An eclectic thursday

Hello! Here’s my wee face just in case you had forgotten what I looked like ^_^ I wore this Vero Moda polka dot dress on a night out for my lovely pal Dominique’s birthday. We went drinking and dancing and I stayed over at her house, and luckily I didn’t feel too hungover the next afternoon when I had to drive to Stirling to get some of my half sleeve filled in.

A clam and pearl is the newest addition to my arm. That’s the space all around the front covered, and I’m going again on saturday to get the back finished up. Stephen has drawn up a lovely message in a bottle for me to complete it all so I’m pretty excited about getting that done.

Remember the chair from my Out There Interiors wishlist? Well here it is! It’s a wee beauty, and as you can see Dexter has totally claimed it as his own. John has been away working on a cruise ship for the past month so Dexter has been keeping me company with lots of cuddles at bed time. John is home tomorrow though, can’t wait. We’ve got a busy weekend planned.

I had another night out last friday for Leah’s birthday 🙂 Her boyfriend arranged a surprise do for her at the Tiki Bar, which is a brilliant place for cocktails and thai food if you’re ever out in Glasgow. Just realised I had my Abandon Ship Apparel kitty dress on in the last post too (I just can’t get enough…)

Leah loves pandas so I couldn’t resist getting her some cupcakes made from Cupcake (also in Glasgow) They looked too good too eat, but I did eat one and bloody hell it was GOOD. If you follow me on instagram (@hellorogue) or tumblr you’ll probably have seen the above photos before. I’m getting quite bad these days for going out and ditching my SLR. Lazy Ayden 🙁 So here are some better quality photos of what other lovely things I’ve had my hands on recently…

I’ve been using the Phyto Gloss Colour enhancing express treatment from Lookfantastic on my hair to keep it shiny and give it a wee blonde boost until my mum dyes it for me again. There’s about 6 applications in the tube and I’ve only used one so far but found that it has made a good difference to my hair! I didn’t notice it properly until Luisa’s 1950’s themed hen do on saturday. My hair looks so much lighter in the pictures and feels really healthy (It is also available in brown, copper and platinum)

See what I mean? 🙂 I’ll share more pictures from the hen day in my next post. Think I will definitely use this product once a month to keep giving myself a wee boost between actual colouring sessions.

A pretty little box arrived on my doorstep last week too. This pink Mulberry cardholder from Harrods. It is super soft leather and very girly – I love it. I’ve been using it to keep my work related cards in – business bank card, Costco, B&Q Tradepoint, Country Baskets and Ikea Family Card. All the necessities when it comes to prop buying for television shows! It was this time last year I bought my Mulberry handbag, and although for the first two weeks I was frightened to take it outside, it never leaves my side now. It is starting to look a bit worn but what’s the point in having a pretty bag if you don’t use it eh?

Dominique and my step mum both got me Topshop kitty socks for my birthday. They’re too cute and I haven’t even had a chance to wear them yet.

Leah got me surfing vouchers and this awesome Gizzi Erskine cook book for my birthday. It is full of absolutely amazing recipes that I can’t wait to try out. I am 11lbs down now but I still love my food and do like to have a treat at the weekends. So Skinny Weeks & Weekend Feasts sounds like the perfect book for me!

My favourite savoury and sweet recipes from the book which I hope to try out first. YUM. I am totally obsessed with Peanut Butter anything right now.

The heatwave we’ve been having in Scotland has meant sandals at the weekend and tootsies painted! I am totally loving this bright pink ‘Loving Beauty’ from Dielle. Their nail polishes are completely non toxic and cruelty free, with a lot of the proceeds going to help woman and children in Haiti. This ticks all the boxes for me. Plus it goes on like a dream! One coat wonder.

I was feeling really girly with all my new pink things, until my inner goth shines through again with this new skull top from Iron Fist, and these two cardi’s by Banned, all of which I got from Pulp. Which is one of my favourite stores in Glasgow cause I’m a great big emo at heart ye know! Is it bad that I want the weather to go rubbish again so I can wear my new cardigans?

And last but not least, my new glasses from Firmoo. I have blogged about Firmoo in the past and the first pair free programme that they offer. They are constantly updating their site and seem to stay very on trend, with whatever style of glasses you are looking for. These ones were $40 including delivery and my prescription lenses, and arrived within a week of ordering. My main glasses are raybans which I am far too precious over when I’m at work. I’m too clumsy and I’m painting etc a lot and hate leaving them down anywhere. So I ordered these as a comfy alternative which I don’t need to worry about too much. They’re pretty robust!

I have been getting a lot of tension headaches lately and don’t know if being naughty and not wearing my glasses has been the fault. So I’m glad these glasses arrived when they did. Did any of you manage to catch Fill Your House For Free with Kirstie Allsopp on tuesday night? I Art Directed the series, so if you watched it I hope you enjoyed it and liked my pretty shop set. It will be on every tuesday on channel 4 at 8pm, and had the highest viewings for channel 4 that day 🙂 Very proud. It’s a great show so hope you tune in next week. Watch out for my name in the credits! Weeeeee.