TRANSITION: DAY FIFTEEN

DAY FIFTEEN: Diamante necklace, Nocturne

So, I'm cheating a little bit today. As you might be aware, that's not me in the photo above but a rather glamourous looking dachshund. Holly decided that it was time to make her contribution to this run of thirty days and what better way than to model this lovely sparkly necklace from Nocturne?

I'm a big fan of statement jewellery, particularly necklaces. As much as I love big bracelets and rings, I have to take them off the second I get to the office so that they don't impede on my typing skills or get in the way of editing through piles of samples. However, a necklace is great as it stays put and doesn't infringe on everything else I do and it glams up the most basic of outfits. 

You might've noticed this necklace popping up in lots of recent posts so I thought it was time to dedicate a post to it. This necklace is from Nocturne AW collection and is now sold out but you can still pick up a glittery bargain in their discounted section on the website [here] or peruse their SS12 collection of magpie delights [here].

Worn with: everything lately

AUTUMN: DAY EIGHTEEN

DAY EIGHTEEN: Gold ear cuff and comb, Asos

Remember how last week I said that I’d never had as many compliments and questions about a piece of jewellery until I wore the big blue faceted necklace from Freedom Premium? Well scrap that because there’s a new contender in town - this ear cuff from Asos. When I first saw it while surfing around during my lunch break, it took me back to my teenage years when I was what you would gently call ‘alternative’.

For this, read multicoloured hair, too much eyeliner, spikes on everything and trousers that could double as a tent when required. Of course, some of this still translates to my wardrobe today – the voluminous trousers may have been swapped for bruise-inducing skinnies but I still love a lot of eyeliner and have a serious weakness for spikes so I knew straight away that I needed this cuff in my life.

This also partly results from the fact that I can’t really wear earrings (except for my cartilage piercing) as when I do I get what I call ‘triangle face’. You’re probably going ‘huh?’ right now, right? Simply put, ear studs plus my labret stud (the one under my lip) equals a triangular set of studs that make me look slightly odd so I have barely worn earrings for about 9 years now. Well, that and the fact that I’m highly allergic to most metals apart from platinum, titanium etc which means any earring habit would prove to be a rather expensive one so I figure I’ll stick with cuffs for now.