Thursday Spending

In celebration of having (almost) completed all of my hand-ins, I did some spending today. It's been a while since I went high street shopping properly so, since Topshop is pretty much the only shop in Putney, I headed there.

I have pretty much no money and am constantly being reminded of how I need to start 'saving', but since falling in love with my bargain lilac jeans, I've become obsessed with coloured skinnies - high waisted only.

Apologies for the poor quality iPhone photos, as always!

Jeans - 'Kristen' High waisted skinnies; £25

Mint cropped vest top - £6

Rings - £4.50

Necklace - £3.50

Lipstick - 'Brighton Rock' - £7

I've loved these jeans for so so long but they never have my size, especially when sales hit, so when I saw these babies in a size 6 today I had to snap them up... With a lipstick to match, obviously!

Another for my cropped collection is this minty racer back vest. There's a 2 for £10 offer but since I had some form of crop top in each of the other colours I resisted and am very proud of myself! Also, when taking these pictures, I decided I'll probably wear all of this together so all in all I've got myself an outfit for around £35 (incl. student discount). 

Not bad, eh?! 

Anyway, a night of mojitos awaits me... Have a fun Thursday. xo

Dye Time!

When I get a second away from work of every kind - bar, writing, uni - I'm dying my hair. My roots are growing and the colour has gone dull. I tend to do it every 3 months: January, April, July and October. I feel that by that time my hair has been left long enough to prevent damaging from overuse of dye, and the colour hasn't gone too too much, although I do have roots.

For the past year I've been using this L'oréal dye in "Mango Intense Copper." They've changed the packaging since my last buy and it's looking much better. But after a year of ginge, I want to mix it up a bit.

I love all the pastel colours going around at the moment, but they always seem to suit blondes best. This causes an issue for me as I refuse to go blonde for many reasons. Mainly because I don't want to kill my hair with bleach and I think it would look horrendous with my complexion. Nothing against all the blondes out there!

I've been liking the look of the Crazy Colour dyes but since a reliable source told me not to go there, I've turned to Directions. I love their range of eye catching colours but I just can't decide what to go with!

Torn between pastel pink, neon yellow, lavender and bright purple, it could take a while for me to decide as I've already had a mixed response from the people I've asked.

Any ideas?! Leave a comment with your opinion and in a few days I'll post with my decision, and hopefully some photos of my brand new look!

Have a good weekend!

xo

Fluoro Love

I always have and always will have a mostly-black wardrobe. But when the weather gets like this, I need a way to jazz it up. But rather than veering away from the goth look altogether, I found the answer in a charity shop.

One thing I didn't put in yesterday's Wednesday Wish List was a bright blazer, but I've been going on about how I want one for ages. In love with the shades in Zara and The Kooples at the moment, I've been holding out for a cool but cheap version which I knew would inevitably turn up in a charity shop. And I was right!

Yesterday, as I wandered Putney on my own in an attempt to put off travelling on a sweltering train, I found this bright pink shirt. It has cute gold buttons and done up it looks awful, but as I undid it to take it off and return it to it's rail I had a revelation. And here we have it! The perfect light, bright blazer!

                                   

Shirt - eBay; Leggings - eBay; Shirt/Blazer - British Heart Foundation

Pretty thrifty outfit all in all. I'm such a sucker for charity shopping and eBay! Had a work night out with my Slug mateys last night and had to take that mirror shot!

But now I'm off to sun myself by the river with a vino. 

Happy Thursday! 

Phone Case

How cute is that?!

After sitting in my "Watch" basket on eBay for the past 2 months I finally decided to part ways with yet another £10 that I don't have. 

But this babe of a phone case was so so worth it. It's received a mixed response from my friends but anybody who knows me and my love for all things glittery will understand that this is pretty much my perfect case!