BLEACH FAIL

Today I was going to have fun with my hair by lightening it down to a golden brown - but that failed (Nathalie and I mixed the chemicals all wrong). Earlier I was going to make a huuuuge make-up tutorial but that failed (blogger wasn't feelin' it, so I gave up and decided it was shit). Tomorrow is a new day and a new camera is going to arrive to be part of the huge camera family in my room. I have loads of nice pictures to upload, loads of words to write. Stay with me. x

HALLOWEEN RANDOMS

I better post these before they go out of fashion. Halloween morning was spent waking up unusually early to go to my favourite flea market. I picked up a beautiful antique wooden chair for my vanity table and an old framed map (pictured in the last shot). I had been out the night before to an amazing cabaret but both the flea market and the cabaret were worth the lack of sleep. People say sleep when you're dead, but I guess that doesn't count on Halloween. Influenced by all my recent readings questioning the roles of gender in society and female surrealists like aforementioned Leonora Carrington I put on a 'stache but kept the lingerie. Boo!

I've started to realise that picture blogs that don't solely focus on outfit shots inspire me much than the archetypical fashion bloggies. Besides, fashion is so much more than a good outfit. Here is a girl who I love to follow: polkadots & vodkashots from half of my hometown - Oslo.

NATHALIE

Introducing my always pretty and super well-dressed housemate from Bergen, Norway. I always want to take her picture as she has the most amazing vintage pieces ever. She's actually a blonde - she had to color her hair to copper for a fashion show in Italy a couple of weeks ago. She's also training to be a jazz singer (and completely bonkers). Do I have a glamorous roomie or what?

PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

I admit it! I have been the shittiest blogger evvaarrrrr and I blame it on nothing else but my own temporary self loathing. I've been on meds for a week right now, and it makes me feel like I am constantly on an elevator, probably the grossest feeling ever. This alongside boy troubles (real & imagined) and my actual life has all been a little bit too much for me. So boohoo for me! I promise to get better because I do actually have some gems that I want to show off... anyyyhhhooww... here are two random snapshots from the past few days and a shot of my tattoo just because I love it and miss my hair. Key words: random, hair, tattoo. I've been contemplating real hair extensions from India but I don't think that glueing somebody elses hair into my head is going to stop me from missing my own hair... Now off to fall asleep on this woozy elevator I call life lately. Someone please press the stop button already.

Miaow.

ON MY MIND

Frida Kahlo / flowers in my hair / staring out of windows /paintings and books by Leonora Carrington (read The Hearing Trumpet - highly recommended) / being a lady all the time like Dita /scary children / pictures in frames

MAD LOVE, PARIS STILLS

Here are some stills from a wonderful little film that Erwan made about my short trip to Paris a few weeks ago. Maybe I will ask him to upload it to my vimeo account so that I can share it.

LIFE UPDATE: SAD FACE & A SORE EYE

I've got a case of the sads lately. A freak gardening accident (I know, so random) landed me in the emergency room at Moorfields Eye Hospital and now I have a slit in my eyeball and a very surrealistic red-tinged eye. I'm on antibiotics every 2 hours and feeling quite shit so this means absolutely no make-up and no fun for two weeks. The doctors said that I was very lucky so I'll just have to leave it at that.

RECURRING DREAMS & THEMES

I'm working on an outfit post, promise. x

JIMMY + INGRID

CREATIVE REVENGE. I threw a hissy fit about my scarf and he drew me with spots all over my face. This sullen-faced picture was drawn When I Had Long Hair.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FANCY TALK ABOUT COLLABORATIONS going on at the time, so we jokingly started to draw things together. This one was our first ever.

Image No. 1 by Jimmy Merris (April 2009)
Image No. 2 by Jimmy Merris + I (April 2009)

AFFECT & EFFECT

I call days like these 'museum days'. A slightly hungover trip to Brick Lane Market yielded me this beautiful fur vest - a great item for transitional weather days like the ones London is experiencing at the moment. I also found a rug for the kitchen and some beautiful peacock feathers to give our house a more bohemian feel. The weekend will be spent painting furniture / the girls and I are happy.