Thank you everyone who commented on the last couple of posts. It all got a little personal huh? Family & permanent body marks. But anyway here's something a little lighter, lovely vintage-ness that disappeared into the ether of my clothes rail a while ago. This Jean Muir crimplene cardigan thing has awesome buttons that look like a bearded man & also sheer sleeves to *uh hum* show off new tattoos. PLUS if I roll them up my arms a little you get this cool poet sleeve effect that I've spent a while trying to get on a blouse of some king. I got it pretty cheaply on eBay a year or more ago & have no idea why I don't wear it more... Worn with another (accidental) eBay purchased Topshop dress. They are evil, but if the money isn't going into Philip Greens pocket then I'm all good with a 100% cotton £3 dress.

The weird face in the first photo sort of shows the lighting issues I've been having with outfit posts too. When I stand close to the window (& the camera) I get really bright focused (awesome) pictures, but when I stand back to get full body ones they're all dark & look completely different. Any proper photographers out there help me out on lighting? It's in an attic room so the window's a velux on a slant. How can I get well lit full length photos

Also on my day off today I have gone to Bath to look at bags, accidentally bought a coat & come home to finally plan some posts. I never had to do that when I was at college or home, but being at work from 9.30-6 means daylight photographing hours are limited. So expect some actual posting this week, yay!

Last week my Granny came to the end of her struggle with illness & age. Today is her funeral but as I can't be across in Belfast I just wanted to put these up here in memorial & also to show that I am thinking of her & the rest of my family on this incredibly difficult day. Here are some photos of us in happier times, when I was one at the seaside with my Granddad, Poppy as well.

So here it is, a little Sunday treat for my 340th post (how insane is that?) I finally got my ampersand! I don't know if I've mentioned it on the blog, but my friends will know that I've been wanting to get an ampersand tattoo since before I got my equation or anything else. It's taken me a few years but I finally decided on a font (Bold Monotype Garamond, the type my favorite poetry book is set in) & a placement (just above my elbow).

& now with my infinity (yes, it looks like an 8) as well I can say "To infinity and beyond!" through tattoos (almost). Part of me wants to get a 2 just to cement it... is that sad? I didn't set out to spell a Toy Story phrase with the things I've etched into my body forever but hey! Oh & by the way my equation is the Dirac equation that predicted antimatter, hence the beyond, as in parallel universes.

Sorry about the sloppy Sunday outfit. AA leggings & a t-shirt are like pyjamas for the world. Although now pyjamas are fashionable... Oh how confusing. Also sorry for all the marks all over my arm, yesterday I hurt myself by what my mum thinks is an allergic reaction to the masking tape used for the cling film bandage I have to wear for another day, ewww.

Happy Sunday!

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For just £2.50 (+postage) you can get your very own copy to flick through, read & use to complete crosswords & dot to dots around the uhr...TV, at Christmas. The last SWEAT of 2012, which is pretty darn exciting. So to celebrate, if launching on 11/11/11 wasn't enough it's also chocka block with awesomeness from Spring 2012 trend reports & games to stunning artwork by Philippe Debongnie and Sarah Watson. Don't ever say I don't love you, you can view it all & purchase it HERE.

Sorry things haven't improved. This week has been generally shit all round on a personal note. Although I do have a new tattoo...randomly. Love you all.

Sorry this is a bit of a rubbish post, heightened by the close ups of my bad skin/face. Nice. But after some charity shop shopping last Friday I wondered into Boots innocently looking for matte lipstick. Red preferably. & something that would last so I can wear it to work. Unfortunately I got a little blind sighted. Have you ever noticed that there's no one to ask about make up in shops like Boots? There are people that hang around their make up stations but they only know that brand. I think more people would be good... just saying. For a novice like me the highly made up girls who know exactly what they're looking for among the bright lights & broken testers can be off putting.

Anyway somehow after my fuzz descended I found myself in possession of some lipstains by Revlon. The one's I got were called Gothic and Flame which sound pretty awesome. The bright pink Flame is really lovely, not matte but nice & it lasts (sometimes overnight) but the Gothic isn't as RED as I would like, it's just more red than my normal lips. I thought stains were meant to be really bright? I do however, appreciate the nice packaging & the lip balm that comes at the other end, both things the other Maybelline lipstain I own lack. 

Unfortunately in my little gif you can't distinguish between them (there are 3 photos) & I'm still on the hunt for a matte RED lipstick. Any suggestions apart from Chanel? Or should I just be someone who spends £23 on lipstick & get on with my life? In other news I'm sorry the blog is shit but there's no daylight anymore! I have builders in my house all morning & it's dark when I get home. I'll try & figure it out on my day off (Friday) until then please bare with!

Been waiting on the 20 Years of Dazed & Confused exhibition for a few months now & it opened today! As much as I'd love to rush there on this week, I think I'm gonna wait till the crowds (there should be crowds!) die down a little, or it's not a weekend. In the meantime here are some of my favorite covers from Dazed past. From top left, July 2006 cover by Damien Hirst & Barbara Kruger, December 2006 cover Zooey Deschanel by Terry Richardson, May 2007 cover Kate Moss by Venetia Scott, January 2009 The Youth Issue by Hedi Slimane, May 2012 cover Tilda Swinton by Glen Luchford & April 2011 cover by Jake & Dinos Chapman.

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my halloween post, sorry I've been so absent lately. I wanted to make it up to you by trying extra hard with the photography. Maybe those 2 years of A Level weren't a complete waste of time... Anyway, normal service should resume next week as I'm gonna try & figure posts out on my next day off.

Love love.