Style In Chelsea

Like I know a lot of you will be, I am a Made in Chelsea fan and have been since episode one.  In fact, even their awesome adverts which get shown before each series make me have big fangirl moments (and wish I could be in one).  My mum and brother always joke that I've ended up in the wrong family as my standards (in general) are far too high for little old Burnley and that I'm a bit of a snob... Oopsies!  Thus, Made in Chelsea is a sweet form of escapism for me as it gives me an insight into what my life COULD be like in a few years (or twenty...), although I don't know if being a tattoo artist would let me fit in with the crew, but it's nice to pretend!
One of my favourite characters from all of the series is Caggie, I think she was one of the nicest, most laid-back people on the show (and also scarily beautiful, in that English rose kind of way, but that's besides the point).
Because of this I became very giddy when a certain email dropped into my inbox the other week from Lacoste, asking if I'd like to part in a Google+ hangout webchat with Caggie herself, as well as Rosie from the show (also lovely!) and some other awesome bloggers: Marleigh, Rachael, Corrie and Claire.  It was basically just a big girly chat about fashion and beauty, Marleigh kept the chat running smoothly and asked questions to everyone like who are style icons were and which decade we preferred for their fashion, Rosie also mentioned how she's been working to raise awareness of skin cancer which was really interesting!  Caggie was just as lovely as I imagined, which you'd be able to see yourself as Lacoste put the whole webchat on video for people to watch.

Thank you so much to Lacoste for hosting the chat, it was a surreal and really fun experience and I'd love to do something similar again, I'm so flattered I even got offered in the first place!  I genuinely woke up the next morning, sat up in bed and thought 'Did that really happen?'.

Elephant dress

Elephant print dress: ASOS | Gold studded shoes: TOPSHOP

Everyone, meet my new favourite dress.  New favourite dress, meet everyone.  Anyone who knows me even a small amount knows that I seriously love elephants.  I've even bought home decor with elephants on which I can't actually use until I, you know, buy a home...  Nothing wrong with being prepared!  I don't know, I just buy everything which has elephants on, so when I saw this dress the other night, it was added to the basket.  Literally straight away.  I don't do that with many things, especially when I'm as skint as I am now.  I really like how the print is big enough so you can actually tell what it is without putting your face right up to my body - a pet peeve of mine.
The shape is something I wasn't sure of when I first tried it on earlier, my initial thought was 'Do I look pregant?' but I quickly realised it's a really cool, casual fit and wearing it with these flatforms gives it that perfect, laid back vibe.

This dress is more of a summer one - handy, seeing as that's the season that should be turning up any time now - but I could easily adapt it to a winter one with tights and a leather jacket too.
I haven't worn my red lipstick in a while - daaaaaamn have I missed it - but that small amount of colour was  just what this outfit needed.
I'd thought I'd show you my new finger tattoos which I got yesterday, you'll either love them or think I'm a crazy bitch, but either way I'm down with it.  Oh, and I haven't shown you my half shaved head on here either!  Another impulsive decision, what can I say... This tattooing apprenticeship is changing me, man, I love it!

Superheroes

Comic book cover sweater & denim skater skirt: TOPSHOP | Shoes: CONVERSE

I bought this sweater about a month ago now and I am certain that it's one of the coolest things I own (as well as my Ironman and my astronaut t-shirts).  The weather's been lovely over the last couple of days but me being me I'm never sure if I'm still going to be cold or not, so this sweater is perfect for me as I can keep warm but still have the legs out so I don't look like a weirdo who dresses in layers in summer.
I don't regularly shop online on Topshop as I have more control over my impulses than I do in a physical store, which shows just how much I must like it as this was swiftly added to my basket.  I think the colours of the sweater are what initially really drew me to it.  It has a purpley-blue colour which I haven't really seen on clothing before, and the yellow and the red look absolutely awesome against it.  (Am I making sense or am I just rambling about colours...?  Moving on.)

I don't know, I just dig the whole I'm-a-geek-but-a-really-cool-one look.  Especially now Cara Delevingne has made the look even cooler.  I thought it went pretty damn well with my Chucks as they tie into the whole geek chic thing.
I can't get enough of this denim skirt at the moment, especially now the sun is coming out and I don't need to wear tights.  You can't see here but it fits so perfectly on my waist, I can't wait to wear it with different crop tops.  I can see it becoming one of my favourite pieces.

I’m flying too close to the sun...

Blue hooded denim jacket: ASOS (mens') | Striped shirt & denim skater skirt: TOPSHOP | Shoes: CONVERSE

Hi all!  Long time no outfit post, but I thought I'd show you today's look as the amount of items I have and haven't worn on this blog yet is getting pretty ridiculous (however I've been on a spending ban the last few weeks - and a successful one! - so maybe I'll catch up).  All of these clothes bar the shoes are from recently.    The jacket I bought in the ASOS sale for twenty pounds, not something I usually but, and I kid you not, I have worn it every single day since buying it.  Surely the novelty will wear off eventually (right...?), but the cost per wear has definitely got into negative numbers now.

The weather is still bit up and down at the moment (as in boiling one day and literally teeth-chatteringly cold the next day) so it can be difficult to know what the bloody hell to wear.  Yesterday morning I put a nice dress on before going to work, but changed my mind last minute and put some black leather pants on.  I can safely say after walking to the bus stop I was starting to question that decision... Sooo as you can see I chose the skirt-and-no-tights option today (and was cold, but we'll skip over that part).
I really like this shirt.  It's very boyish with the short sleeves and the button to the top, so it's the perfect contrast when worn with a skirt.  I think it looks great with my tattoos, too.  Thank you, me, for buying this, what a blummin' good choice.
The tattooing apprentice is going really well, I really want to start a new tattoo blog - mostly to force myself to learn new things which I wouldn't necessarily learn from my apprenticeship - but I don't want to do Blogger because of Google Plus (errrgh).  I asked on Twitter last night and a few guys said Tumblr would be a good choice, should I go for that one?  If anyone has a better suggestion (please remember I'm not a complete computer genius) then throw them this way please!

A trip to the zoo!

Anyone who knows me will know I prefer all animals to most people (nothing against people, I just love animals), so a day out at the zoo is my favourite favourite FAVOURITE way to spend a day.  Well, apart from on a safari in Kenya, but I'm being realistic.  In October time I went to Chester zoo, which was amazing, and since that day I've been waiting to go again - it should really be a monthly thing.  This time I went to Blackpool, and I saw lots of amazing creatures from all kinds of species!

It was just my mum and I who went and I took as many pictures as I could (my camera ran out of charge right when I got to the lions - damn it!).  We started the day off with these huuuge turtles, one was stuck in the turtle flap of their little house - they were that big - but it eventually got its big bum out and we all cheered!  Aw, it must have been a bit embarrassed... We then saw the seals which were amazing, I loved their pool thing which they live in, they all looked very happy!
The gorillas were funny to watch as they were being very lazy and lying down in weird positions, all except the baby one (born in November - aaaaah!) who was playing around on the rope climbing frame.  Blackpool also had farm animals which I don't think Chester did, it was more of a childrens' area but we went to look all the same!  We saw this adorable young donkey, such a bonny thing!
We then went to see reindeer (more baby animals!), zebras (really cool to see), ostrich, pelicans, wolves, and some weird ant-eater-thing-but-not-an-ant-eater (forgot the name...) which was very happily chilling in the sun.

One of the most enjoyable things which I saw was - surprisingly enough - a giant ant eater!  I thought it was so cute in a quirky kind of way, I now really want one as a pet... They had a peacock walking around the zoo, such an amazing bird to see in person, even without its tail spread, gorgeous colours!  We then went to this inside-rainforest thing which had lots of little monkies roaming about, two walked right next to me!  *slips one into pocket*

The camels were pretty fun to see as one was munching away - and most people know camels don't have the most attractive eating technique!  And last but no least the beautiful elephants - my favourite!  They were Asian elephants, hence the lack of tusks and the tiny ears (in comparison to African).

So there we have it, my day at the zoo!  I'll be going back this summer I'm sure, but I think a safari park is out next one!