my dna is running out

This is my first ever post from university! Last term my laptop broke so I couldn't upload from here, but now it's working again so I can blog all I like. Welcome to my room in halls, it still doesn't feel like home here but maybe it will one day. In this outfit I'm wearing a shirt from Urban Outfitters, skirt from H&M, tights from Urban Outfitters, socks from Topshop and shoes from Jeffrey Campbell.

I got a tattoo over the Christmas break. It was surprising un-painful and only took 20 minutes to complete. It's of a pampas grass and it has sentimental value to me.

Dissolve me

I always find this top difficult to style because of the length and the see-through-ness of it. I got it for about £5 in the Zara sale last summer and have worn it about twice since then. Today I've put it with the Hacker dress from Unif, gold glittery socks from Urban Outfitters, a floppy hat from Next last year and Jeffrey Campbell Stinger Spikes.

No Guts

 I got these trousers as a Christmas present from my mother. They're perfect as my old leather trousers were getting old and tatty, and I love how these ones sit above the ankle! I'm wearing a T-shirt from No Guts No Glory, a shop in my home town that prints lovely T's. Santa brought me the Topshop socks in his sleigh, and the shoes are Jeffrey Campbell Stinger Spikes.

I'm slowly trying to sort out my room at the moment, I've been such a hoarder in the past but I'm trying to be ruthless with it now. Hopefully in my next post I'll have got rid of a lot more stuff!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas/time off everything.

Beat it.

I bought myself this shirt in the Urban Outfitters sale for £5! Everything's half price then half price again. Super happy

 Urban Outfitters shirt, H&M leggings, Jeffrey Campbell shoes

I dyed my hair earlier today by mixing up all the left overs I had and it went this weird purple colour. Not sure if I like it yet, what do you think?

We Could Forever

I've taken a little break from blogging for the past few months. A lot has been happening with the move to university, but I've completed my first term studying Fashion Knitwear Design and am back home now.

Yesterday I received my new pair of Jeffrey Campbells! My latest purchase was the Stinger Spikes in Pewter, and they're just wonderful. I haven't worn them outside yet, I'm worried for my ankles as the shoes are very heavy and my feet keep turning over as the soles are so skinny. I'm getting a lot better at walking in them around the house though.

Blue dress from Dahlia, lace dress from Topshop, shoes from Jeffrey Campbell

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Unif.

I bought this dress a while ago intending to wear it to my friend's 18th but unfortunately I couldn't go. So it's been hung up in my wardrobe for weeks and finally I had a chance to wear it out on Monday night! I don't like posting pictures of new clothes before I've worn them because it makes it feel like I bought the piece for the sole purpose of this blog, but now I have worn it out so here it is:

 

The dress is by Unif (yes the guys that make Hellbounds and Hellraisers) and I got it from KARMALOOP on sale, but I don't think it's on the site anymore. You could find it if you search 'Hacker Dress by Unif' on Google or something.

If you guys want to get anything from KARMALOOP you can use the rep code horriblelauren to get you 20% off your first order! Enter the code when you get to check-out to receive your discount.

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I hope your new girl takes off with a new guy.

My bezzie bud Josh came up to visit me at the beginning of the week and took some photos of me trying to look model-like and stuff in my garden.

In this outfit I'm wearing a vintage shirt, my dad's old binocular case, cut off jeans and Jeffrey Campbell Litas. My pink hair's super faded now so I should probably re-do it at some point. I don't really have much else to do this summer... I've also got a blue hair dye but I'm a bit worried about putting that over my orange hair. OH WELL YOLO. (ew I just said yolo I think I might go and drown myself)

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Don't let it form us.

I'm feeling good today. Apparently it's the hottest day of the year so far today, and it's absolutely glorious. I've spent the day knitting and painting and painting on my knitting. 

I got these tights from Romwe.com and aren't they just fab! I feel really cool when I wear them, especially with my Jeffrey Campbell Back Offs. This is their first appearance with me wearing them on my blog!

I'm also wearing a Dahlia dress I bought about two years ago.

This morning I set up a WhatIWear account. So like me or hype me or wow me or love me or whatever you do on this one.

I also got a new Twitter. I really don't understand this site at all so any help would be greatly appreciated! Follow me please because I only have one friend on it. And I'll follow you back too!

(okay, needy popularity pleas over now)

 I got Jeffrey Campbell Back Offs yeyyyyy! They are so so beautiful and so easy to wear. Ive worn them out a few times and the comfort I experienced was heavenly. I even managed to last a full day at college in them. The only downside of them is the silver strip at the bottom, it scratches very easy and there's no way (that I know of) to fix it. But maybe a few scratches could look cool on them, it's not too big of a deal. But, yes, they are a hundred times better than the Litas, so much more comfortable and so much easier to walk in! I feel confident to wear these in the day time, and the Litas have only ever seen the night time outside of my house.

I picked up these shiny little numbers at the charity shop I volunteer at. Snapped them up for £4 (I get half price KER-CHING) and although they're a bit worn on the inside, it's nothing an insole can't fix. But there is no grip whatsoever on the bottom so any ideas on how I could grip-ify them??

Jeffrey Campbell

I bought these delights as an 18th birthday present to myself. Luckily there was one pair left in my size. They are so comfortable and so beautiful and I want to wear them all the time but I fear my ankles will snap if I take one wrong step. I'll just have to stick with parading around my house in them instead.

Thanks Suzie for the beaut photo.