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The competition closes on May 22nd. Good luck!

Jeffrey Campbell shoes, accessories found on Asos.com

Oh the perils of online window shopping! I've always had a thing for spikes. When I first moved to Cape Town at about 9 years old, I remember walking into the late 90s UV heaven of Space Station, staring into the black light glass display and asking my mom to buy me a spiked dog collar and neon red coil ring. The colour chipped off the ring and the dog collar is lost in one of my drawers but my obsession prevailed throughout the years of angsty kids deeming them too tacky, cliché or painful during hugs. Luckily, trends grow up with us and there's always a new way to work an old idea back into our wardrobes. 

Love or hate spikes? What is something you've adored since childhood?

I'm in love with these giant cross earrings from Tokyolux, they're the perfect size and look killer with everything. I love getting things in the mail and more so when there's a confetti explosion to come with it. My cross obsession has gotten a bit out of control, I've even started twitpicing my friends' cross accessories. 

Tomorrow is a busy day full of appointments and on Friday (Friday, getting down on Friday) I leave for Joburg Fashion Week. I'm so excited, I'm going to be blogging like crazy covering the shows and then afterwards I'm taking a break at Sun City. I've been going for years and it makes me all nostalgic, you talk to people and almost everybody has been at least once. I'm pretty excited to stay at The Palace, never been, they're giving us some free nights with breakfast included so I'm gonna definitely wake up early for that! Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day but I never eat it, I need to find some 24 hour breakfast places. Harries Pancakes is amazing for pancakes whenever, I went last week. I gotta sync my Ipod and pack some books, flying freaks me out!

 I'm always looking for an accessory to toughen up my look and I've found just the thing. Ila Security were kind enough to send me a sample of one of their best-selling items, the Ila DUSK. This cute little keyring is a personal alarm that emits an ear piercing scream that will disorientate a suspicious character and call attention to you if you're in need of help. It screams for you; I don't know if you've ever experienced a loss of voice when faced with a scary situation but it happens to the best of us and with the DUSK all you need to do is pull the little chain and you'll have those precious seconds back in your hands. 

What I love about the DUSK is that it teams safety with sexy, the accessory is stylish and discreet and you wont have to worry about accidentally setting it off like you might with other safety products (I just heard from my friend that a girl set off her pepper spray by mistake at college, not chic). The packaging is fashion student approved (all my friends at college loved it)  and you can be sure to find a design that suits you, it was also in this year's Oscars goodie bag so you'll be in good company.

You can get your DUSK at Busby House, Foschini or Woolworths in South Africa. If you live elsewhere or want more information be sure to visit http://www.ilasecurity.com.

Stay safe!