CLAW ILLUSION

 Wearing: Aquascutum shirt, Acne shorts, Miu Miu sunglasses, MFP bracelet and Dominic Jones rings

I’ve been experimenting with more and more manicure variations of the DIY I posted last week. Absolutely in love with this one! Nude undercoat with black spiked tips. Almost gives the illusion of claws!

I painted the nails nude first, then cut triangles out of masking tape, this time putting them further down the nail, towards the end, then painted over with black. Remove when dry and add top coat. 

In the mean time I’ve been working on my SS13 collection, so excited for fashion week in less than a month now! I also got myself a bicycle to zip around the city in. Took it out for it’s first ride to the flower market yesterday! 

Thanks to Nathan and Kit for the photos! 

COLUMBIA ROAD FLOWER MARKET

 There’s no doubt that East London’s Columbia Road flower market is the place to be on a Sunday, just a short walk away from Brick Lane’s PUMA YARD, it hosts live music, a farmers market, coffee pit stops, cafe’s and of course, the flower stalls overspilling with freshly cut or grown greenery. The sound of merchants trying to out shout each other is deafening as you walk down Columbia Road (GET YOUR ROSES £5 A BUNCH!), and always brings a smile to my face. 

For lunch I stopped by Printers and Stationers, an old printing workshop converted into an eatery just off the square where you can watch the buskers play, it’s the perfect chill out spot for a beer a beer and pulled pork sandwich, as well as being just around the corner from the fresh Oyster bar. The flower market is open from 8am to 4pm on Sundays only.   

Helpful tip: turn up around 4pm, closing time, for bunches of flowers for £2 or £3!

BREAKFAST ON COLUMBIA ROAD

It was clear that Spring was on it’s way yesterday on Columbia Road, all the flowers were out and blooming despite the cold rainy day it was in reality. Alexxsia and I headed down, following the delicious smells of coffee and cakes at Lily Vanilli but it was so rammed we settled in the little oyster place down the road, nestled in the corner beside a victorian heater, could have easily stayed there all day. The new jewellery I’ve been living in is from Back Stage, they sell all kinds of awesome stuff; the bangle I’m wearing is actually an anklet which I’ll be looking forward to wearing with bare legs in the summer. I hear a heat wave is on it’s way, so fingers crossed for that! Also the pony cuff I was pioneering on Facebook yesterday will be making its way onto the blog sooon. Hope you all had a good weekend!