29th October pt II

Woooh! I'm spooky pale here. I rediscovered my Stargazer powder which, although it looks beautiful in real life, doesn't photograph quite so amazingly!

Top: Boohoo
Jeans: New Look

I wpre this to see Every Time I Die last night. It was pretty awesome. Somehow accidentally wound up in the moshpit which was a lot of fun. It's been a long time since I've done that!

Now I have an absolutely cracking headache but it was worth it! 

29th October pt I

If you've been reading for a while, you should know that I adore fancy dress. Halloween is my second favourite holiday of the year (behind Christmas) and, as it's half term, I have a lot of time on my hands right now. So what to do? Dress up for no reason other than I feel like it, of course! 

Yesterday, I was a broken dolly. This was the most fun outfit shoot ever. I put my Danny Elfman discography on and danced like my joints were broken. It was a lot of fun! 

Unfortunately, I couldn't keep this look as I was going to see Every Time I Die that evening. I still went for a Halloween theme but you'll see that later. 

28th October 2012

Today I am a dalmatian. No reason whatsoever. It's nearly Halloween and I want to be a puppy for the day, OK? 

Coat: Topshop

Body: Primark 

Woof woof! 

27th October 2012

As a youngster, the local rock club was my second home. In fact, I'd say it was my first home. My actual home was my second home. These days, I don't darken the dancefloor as much as I used to but I definitely make a point to go to their Halloween party every year.

It's a big deal. Every year it sells out and it is, without a doubt, the busiest night of the year. They spend the entire week decking the place out in decorations and completely transforming it.The best part, though, is the fancy dress competition. People go all out and about 90% of attendees are in some form of costume. 

Last year, my best friend Marie and I actually came second place as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World. Did I mention what a big deal this competition is? Competition is fierce. 

Anyway, this year we decided to go as a paired costume again. We made a pretty niche choice so we didn't enter the competition as very few people would know who we are. Hopefully at least some of you will recognise us as Cosmo and Wanda from Fairly Odd Parents. We lived on a diet of chicken kievs and this show back in our student days. 

At the last minute, we decided to make a little Timmy Turner to come with us and documented the process:

I don't have a clue what was going on here but I like the photo a lot. There must be some reasoning behind this odd moment in time.

Wooooh! I'm a ghost!

This is genuinely how much Fairly Odd Parents makes us laugh!

Timmy's legs are complete!

Timmy is nearly done. I just need to draw his face on and...

Ta-dah! We were extremely proud of ourselves for this! We were even more proud when we managed to get back with Timmy in one piece! 

I have a lot more Halloween plans approaching so keep your eyes peeled. What are you getting up to?

FF XXII: Halloween Edition

Only 4 days until Halloween! How excited are we all? I'm pretty excited so I'm dedicating this special bumper edition of Friday Favourites to the spookiest date of the year!

I am a huge Tim Burton fan (with the exception of Edward Scissorhands, which is my greatest fear, but we won't go there now!). I've never seen the original Frankenweenie or Victor but the trailer is beautiful. It's in black and white. It's quintessential Tim Burton. It's just stunning and I can't wait to see it.

As well as being a huge Tim Burton fan, I am a massive fan of Derren Brown. We actually went to see his Enigma show for our anniversary and it was amazing. I also have a bit of a paranoia about the end of the world. So I am pretty excited about seeing Apocalypse tonight. It's going to be amazing!

I stumbled upon an illustration by Liz Climo on Facebook. I looked her up and discovered the most adorable illustrations I have ever seen. I've mentioned my love of dinosaurs before and the dinosaur series is so cute it makes me want to cry. Luckily for me, she sells prints of her work. Christmas list sorted!

Ok, I know Jeffrey Campbell Lita boots are pretty oversaturated right now but you can't deny that these are pretty special. The perfect Halloween boots. Black and green make me think of monsters, zombies and all things undead!

I love this cute little crochet pumpkin by One Sheepish Girl. It's adorable and, if you're handy with a needle, you can find the crochet pattern over at her blog. Woohoo!

A-Z of Becky: N

N is for Needles

You may have noticed that I have a few piercings. In fact, I currently have 15- all ear and facial, believe it or not! I think that's the most I've ever had at one time, although I've had 24 in total across my lifetime. I thought this week it might be fun to go through a little autobiography of my piercings.

1998

Yes, this is me at 10 years old. I was a looker!

I was 10 years old and shopping with my grandmother when I saw a pair of handcrafted wooden elephant earrings. They were pretty awful, looking back, but I loved them and I was desperate for them. Slight snag- I didn't have my ears pierced. My grandma whisked me off to the hairdresser that afternoon. I was so terrified. Then the needle went in and... I laughed! "It tickles!", I chuckled. The girl who did it had three ear piercings and I remember thinking "I can't wait to get another one!".

2001



Only a couple of months after getting my ears pierced, my earring fell out on holiday and healed up. I was gutted but, for my 13th birthday, my mum took me to H Samuel's to get it redone.

2003
Aged 15, a whole array of us went to the local hairdresser to get our second holes done. Mine were done slightly wonky but I grew to like that.

2004




I was 16 now and had fallen into the emo scene. Hard. I got my third holes done at a local tattoo studio and then, a few months later, my fourth holes.

2005



The year I went crazy. A goth shop opened up in my home town and the most beautiful (albeit gay) man worked there. He was also a body piercer and he had an incredible piercing studio above the shop. I was totally in love with him and his 30-odd piercings. My first piercing was a standard nose piercing. A month later, I had my scaffold pierced. 4 months later, I got my nose done a second time.

2006

This year opened with the devastating news that the shop was closing down. I was heartbroken but took full advantage of the half price piercing offer with two surface piercings on my stomach, one above and one below my belly button. They lasted about 8 weeks before they grew out, leaving permanent (but lovely) scars. Later in the year, I got my lip pierced at Blue Banana in Cardiff, followed by a surface piercing on my nape. Unfortunately, I never got any photos of these.

2007




Then I left uni and had to get A Real Job. I chose to work in a nursery and that meant bye bye piercings. Unfortunately my nape, second nose piercing and lip piercing all healed. However, when I returned to uni in September, I replaced the nose and lip sharpish! It was this year that I started to stretch my left ear. 

2009



I had always, always wanted spider bites. It took me over 4 years to do it but, finally, I got round to the second lip piercing. My ear was up to 6mm by now.

2010



I hadn't had a piercing in 6 months and I was starting to get the itch. I wanted my nape done again but, as I was working part time in a nursery, it needed to be something that wasn't clearly visible. I settled for my collarbones. These beauties lasted a good couple of months. 

2012



It had been a very long time without a piercing before I decided to get my conch pierced. By now, I was working as a teacher so I had to be very considerate about the piercings. Unfortunately, the cheek piercings I had always lusted over would never be a reality. My ear is now at 8mm.

2013
I have plans already for my next piercings. First up: Anti-helix and rook. Bring on the needles!

Review: Benefit Cha Cha Tint and Sun Beam

Yeah, yeah, another video. I am loving these! This is the last one I have right now so I might need to film some more during the week!

This time I review the teeny tiny Benefit products that I got free in November's InStyle magazine.