Grey can be girly

Today Tom came round and we had a day in the house. It's too cold to go out and there wasn't anything I particularly needed to do. This is deffo another Autumn outfit. I used to hate wearing grey, even though it's absolutely my Mum's favorite thing. But now I like it, and I think it looks really sweet with pink things.

I am wearing:

Sweatshirt- TK Maxx

Skater skirt- Amazon - £2.50 (just type in skater skirt)

Grey wool tights- Primark

Vans- eBay

This sweatshirt was a Christmas present a few years ago. I love it, it's an very slightly cropped shape, but not enough to show off any tummy. It has three girls on the front and they're outfits are so cute :) 

My skater skirt is new from Amazon. The last one I had was from Internacionale and cost about £16 but it went bobbly pretty quickly, so I didn't want to waist a lot of money again. I searched 'skater skirt' on Amazon and set the price as 'low to high'. This one was only £2.50! About £5 once you added on p&p. I'm pretty sure that's cheaper than the ones in Primark, even! I didn't even have to wait for it to come from abroad, it was from England and got here super quick :) It also came with a belt (not shown). It's a really good fit, and such a bargain.

I got my vans off eBay for about £3. They were used but I really like the way they've faded and the fraying that they have on them. I've been wearing them a lot recently, to make a change from wearing my converse. I was really pleased to get some for so cheap! I think new ones are really overpriced for what they are tbh.

For accessories I wore my heart shaped hoop earrings from Claire's accessories. I know some people probably think they look chavvy but I like some chavvy type jewellery. As long as it's worn with the right clothes it can look good. These earring are pretty basic, but I like them because they're not heavy on your lobes at all.

I've also been doing a new hairstyle recently, which I talked about in my dreads post. I put the top layer of my hair up in a ponytail. Today I added my pink scrunchie onto this. This scrunchie is genuine 90's! I've had it since I was little and always kept it because it's so fluorescent and brilliant! :)

Thanks for reading! x

I'd like to finish by informing you all that while I was looking through my house's pot pouri, I found some shells. At which point my inner mermaid came out! <3 

Shell bra ahoy!

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Fred Perry

Today I haven't felt well, and I've been staying at my boyfriend's house, so I'm wearing some of the same clothes as yesterday. Sorry.

Fred Perry polo - hand me down

My Dad gave me this Fred Perry because he didn't wear it anymore.It's blue all over including the loral leaf, and has a little collar (like smaller than normal). I really like Fred Perry shirts, but they're so expensive. Even on eBay the nice ones end up costing quite a lot. So it was great to get one for free. Tom loves them too, so I'm gonna let him share this one. Here's a close up to show the collar...

It was quite cold at Tom's today so I wore this jumper again. But it actually went with the polo shirt. If you didn't see my last post this jumper is from a vintage shop in Edinburgh. I think it was called Armstrong.

I accessorised with this Grandma watch, which I got for 50p from a flea market. It doesn't work but most of my watches don't. I just liked the style of it.

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Black and Blue

Jumper - Vintage shop (Edinburgh)
Skirt - H&M - £3
Glittery leggings - Primark - £7
Coat - H&M (pictured later)

I got this jumper at a vintageshop in Edinburgh last year, I think it was the one called 'Armstrong'. I had been looking for a pastel coloured vintage jumper for a while, and this one was in the sale because it had a very small hole in the wool (which was easy enough to sew up). 

I am wearing my black stretchy skirt again because this jumper isn't long enough to wear on it's own with leggings. The leggings I've got on are really decent for being from Primark. They've got glittery threads woven into them and I thought they were really cute. They also wok really well with Christmas outfits; I wore them loads last Winter which is when I first got them.

I also wanted to show you the coat that I wore with this outfit. This used to be my Mum's until it got too small for her, so it's been around a long time. It's still in really good condition though. It's fairly plain, just a light weight parka type coat,but it's very versatile and goes with most outfits. You can cinch the waist right in if you want, with drawstrings. I also like it's deep pockets.

Hooray! I made a blog post! Thanks for reading :) x

Temporary Dreads

Hi, I've seen a lot of girls recently with dreads in the underneath layers of their hair, and cute beads and stuff in them. So I watched some youtube videos on how to do them.
This is the technique that I followed: Temporary dreads diy video

It's really easy to do and I found that they had pretty much come out after 4 washes of your hair, if you make no effort to keep them in. If you re-backcomb them each day they will last for longer.

All I used was: comb, hairspray, straighteners, and beads. Obviously the beads are optional, it just depends on your taste. I didn't use specially made dreadlock beads. They are just plastic ones that I already had in the house. Literally just the cheap ones you would use to make jewellery when you were a little kid.
Here are some pictures of the dreads I have in at the moment, sorry if it's hard to see them.

At the moment I only have 3 in, and I have them on the lower layer of my hair. But since I've had them I've been wearing the top layer of my hair tied up in a mini ponytail so that you can see the more of the dreads.

Thanks for reading! :) x

Cosy outfit post

Autumn has definitely come in the North-East, it's time to wrap up in layers and brace yourself against those icy North Sea winds. I'm not planing on going out just yet, I want to stay in the warm for as long as possible, but tonight I'm going to see y boyfriend's new house. I might be getting the bus there which means waiting in the cold, so I've wrapped myself in knitted goods.

Jumper - eBay - approx £3

Skirt - H&M - £3

Knitted leggings - Primark, these were originally tights - £2.50

Necklace - The Mymble's daughter - http://www.mymblesdaughter.com/

I love this jumper, I think it's one of the best things I've ever bought off eBay. It's a tartan effect with a little collar and has some gold buttons at the neck. I wear it pretty much all year, it's not massively thick so you can wear it just as a top and not be too hot. I don't know if it's vintage, I can't remember what it said on the listing. The brand name in the tag is "Ayrbell".

The necklace that I'm wearing was a Christmas present last year, but I've only just started wearing it recently. It came with a short ribbon, but I put it onto this long gold chain myself. It has vintage-style picture of Little red riding hood on it, and the website it's from has loads of cute kitsch type jewellery.

My skirt is so useful, I wear it loads because it can go with anything. It's particularly handy for wearing over leggings if your top is not quite long enough to cover your crotch! It's just totally plain t-shirt material, so you don;t get the bodycon problem of your tummy being really squashed and feeling like you can't eat in case you get a food baby. Mine is from H&M and was so cheap, you can get other basic colours too. You can probably get something similar in Primark as well. 

The leggings are cable knit and just cute for the Autumn/Winter. They make a change to normal black leggings. Primark is really good for knitted tights and leggings. However I have found that their leggings fit well but tights are usually a bit too short. If you have a petite figure this shouldn't be a problem. If you are fairly tall like me (5"7) they might not be so good. This is why I cut the ends off this pair and turned them into leggings, because it gave them a bit of extra length and now they fit fine :)

Thanks for reading! :) x