These Chains You Bound Around My Heart, Complete Me, Baby, I Would Not Be Free...

There are two really irritating things about this post: 1- Althougthe seam is intentially in the middle of my leg, one of my stockings had rolled down a bit at the top and I didn't notice until I uploaded the pictures and 2- It looks like my last few pictures are crooked when actually it's my clothes rail that's crooked cos I don't have a hammer to knock it into place... 

Anyway, now that i've got that off my chest, here are today's photos... And look who figured out how to shoot full body shot self-portraits, heyyyyyy!

I wasn't really up to much today so my outfit's nothing special but these are the second pair of earrings I won in the give-away I blogged about a while ago (read the post here). I wouldn't really describe myself as much of a 'Rude Gyal' at all but I am Jamaican and they look pretty good with baggy clothing.

Still haven't completely figured out lighting and perfect focus yet but you'll just have to bear with me for that...

• Banana Republic jumper- Brick Lane Market
• Earrings- Zoe Love (think it's closed atm)
• Fishnet hold-ups- Primark
• Lips- MUA black kohl eyeliner filled and blended with Nars lipstick and Illamasque lipstick in Howl

Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. title = lyrics to 'These Chains' by Hot Chip)

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Life's Too Short To Even Care At All... I'm Losing My Mind, Losing My Mind, Losing Control...

One of my greatest character flaws is impatience. I'm not impatient in every sense, I don't get annoyed easily or anything like that but when it comes to things like: learning new skills, waiting for a delivery to arrive or buying something I feel I need I can be ridiculously impatient- Once my mind is made up- I want things when I want them and that doesn't always work to my advantage...

That is why I still haven't learnt how to use my camera. 

My mind was set on being able to take better photos for my blog and in general, so when my friend offered to sell me his old camera at a reasonable price I emptied what was left in my bank account and bought it.... This was several months ago.

As hasty as i'd been with making the purchase, I was so impatient with learning how to use it that it's basically been sitting on my shelf collecting dust while I use my other (inferior) camera or borrow other people's for 99% of my photographs.

Well today I decided I was finally ready to take a deep breath and tackle it again. The quality difference between the Lumix i'm always using and the Pentax I should be using is like night and day. See for yourself...-

Even though i've obviously messed around with the colour etc, the first pic (and unfortunately the best one of the bunch) was taken with my Lumix...

All the rest were taken with the Pentax...

• Top- Ebay
• Leopard print bra- Next
• Chain- Forever 21
• Robe- from a friend
• Docs- from a friend
• Lipstick- in Trash by Illamasque

What a difference!!!

I've always wanted my blog to have big, clear, bright pictures on it, with better detail. More about my clothes, hair and make-up products and less about my stupid, unchanging face lol...

 Maybe with a bit of intense practice I can finally put my impatience aside, stop wanting to throw my camera out the window every time a picture doesn't come out how I wanted it to and make the adjustments here that i've been wanting to make for so long...

I feel my patience increasing slightly just saying that lol

Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = lyrics to 'Cough Syrup' by Young The Giant)

P.P.S Solange's new EP is out tomorrow. Yay!!

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Say You're My Lover, Say You're My Homie, Tilt My Chin Back, Slit My Throat, Take a Bath In My Blood, Get To Know Me, All out of My Secrets, All My Enemies Are Turning Into My Teachers...

I look quite manly in this photoset but hopefully the more I allow other people to take my picture, the less nervous and fugfaced i'll look when they do!!!... These were all taken and edited by Sam, you can look at his amazing website here ...
I take absolutely no credit for the idea of wearing tights as a top as i'm doing in these pictures... I saw it on my tumblr dash the other day and thought it was a great idea- imitation is the greatest form of flattery etc etc. Anyway, I put my own off-the-shoulder spin on it... Have a look...

• Necklace- Forever 21
• Top- DIY
• Leggings- Oldham St, Manchester (forgot the name)
• Shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

So what d'you think??

I think i'm gonna start posting DIY how-tos, they look fun to do!

My room looks like a bomb hit it so i'm off to tidy up... Hope you lot had a lovely weekend, don't forget to leave your blog link if you comment... Provided you actually have a blog ;)

Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = lyrics to 'Truth' By Alexander)

P.P.S. I opened a new twitter account, still not getting it because i'm always 5 years behind everyone with that stuff but you can find me at https://twitter.com/zizziswardrobe

Cry Me An Ocean Build You A Boat Then Sail Away, If This Is So Difficult I Cannot Make You Stay...

Ciao bitches. How are you all?? 

I have been a lil busy of late- getting my tan on and looking for a new house to move into AWAY FROM THE OLYMPICS, hence the blogging dry spell...

Anyway, here I am again. Wearing the jumpsuit I dust off every Summer cos I still love it... In my latest reincarnation i've matched it up with a braids-incorporated turban, chunky belt, my round, blue sunnies and glossy orange lips...

• Scarf- friend's
• Glasses- Ebay I think?!
• Jumpsuit- Retro Rehab
• Belt- Clothes Show Live
• Lips- Illamasque and Mac mix

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Back soon

Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = Lyrics to '2 Seconds' by Jhene Aiko)

Oh Say Can You See My Stars, The Night Time Is Almost Ours...

So I finally went to the post office to collect my Dirtyloves shorts. Besides the obvious camel-toe potential i'm really happy with them. Looking forward to the weather being good enough to actually be able to wear them outside (did that sentence make sense? I'm really not sure)...

Assumed a bun like this wouldn't be possible with the length and weight of my hair, but I was wrong... all my hair fit in, no clips or bobbles necessary, it stayed secure for hours and it didn't strain my hair or weigh me down at all!!! Win...

• Top- Still a mystery item!!
• Shorts- DirtyLoves
• Waistcoat- Brick Lane
• Glasses- Primark
• Ring- Forever 21

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Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = lyrics to 'Oh Say Can You See' by Lana Del Rey)

You Cry Out In Your Sleep, All My Failings Exposed, There's a Taste In My Mouth, As Desperation Takes Hold, Just That Something So Good, Just Can't Function No More...

...Love, love will tear us apart, again... One of my favourite songs for sure!!

Even though i've always found Creepers quite ugly shoes, I knew they'd be a great asset to my collection. 

They go with just about everything!!

So finally I have some and wear them all the time so expect to be seeing a lot more of them in future posts...

• Hat- Beyond Retro
• Glasses- Claire's Accessories
• Joy Division vest- a shop off Brick Lane I stupidly forgot to find out the name of
• Hold-ups- Primark
• Creepers- Ebay
• Lips- Illamasque
• 
  

There doesn't seem to be any middle ground when it comes to Creepers- people either seem to love them or hate them with a passion. Which camp are you in??

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Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = Lyrics to 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' by Joy Division)

I Like A Woman With A Future And A Past, Little Attitude Problem All Good It'll Make The Shit Last...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

I'm gonna suffer through a whole pint of nasty-ass Guiness later to celebrate!

So a few days ago I mentioned there'd be more on the earrings from my disastrous studio shoot... 

The earrings are from the Etsy shop 1MeNaturally and I was lucky enough to receive 4 pairs.

 As many of you who have blogs will know, sometimes people offer to send you stuff and you're just not feelin' it cos the designs are kinda on the lame side or simply don't fit your personal style. But I really love these earrings, they're all very big and bold with really nice prints so if you're into your accessories, check it out. 

I still haven't had my ears re-pierced so mine are all clip-ons.

Over time i'll feature all 4 pairs but today i'm starting with these gorgeous floral ones...

My beloved '90s Hammer pants...

Lots of hand-on-hip-closed-eyes action today, don't know what got into me, ha...

• Top- Forever 21
• Trousers- Cow Vintage, I think
• Shorts- Ebay
• Shoes- Vintage, from a friend
• Earrings-  http://www.etsy.com/shop/1menaturally

• Cheeks- Nars blush in Taj Mahal
• Lips- Illamasque lipstick in Blaze

What d'you think?? When my student loan drops i'm definitely gonna buy some more of these earrings- I'm always neglecting the accessories side of things. You can also have a browse of the facebook page here if you like.

In unrelated news, I was doing my weekly re-shave of the shaved bits of my hair earlier and accidentally snipped one of my braids off at the back. To make it even I had to shave a couple of my other back braids off too so i'm now working this weird undercut, ha!

Toodles to you bitches xx

(P.S. Title = Lyrics to 'Make Me Proud' by Drake)