Thursday, 29 September 2011

Celebrity Hairstyles

I feel like hair is the last thing I think about when I get ready in the morning. I've even dared not brushing my hair...actually...that's a lie...I should say I've dared brushing my hair. My usual routine involves washing my hair in the morning, and air drying it with the windows down while driving to work. It dries even faster when you're on the freeway, if you were wondering!

Anyways, that familiar "I'm so bored of my hair" feeling was starting to creep up on me again and so I started browsing through some hair sites--the ghd website, instyle.com, etc, etc, etc...

I'm mainly contemplating getting bangs. Hairstylists seem to be obsessed with side sweep bangs. They always give me this look when I talk about straight bangs, as if only elementary age kids have that hair cut.

If I could manage to keep side sweep bangs like Jessica Alba's on the left I would give them a try, but they always seem to look more like Nicole Richie's hair in this picture where it's almost glued into a curtain like shape and a huge chunk of your hair grows in a different direction than the rest of your hair.





I prefer the "straight and sleek"...The ghd website even has a simple instructional on how to pull this off. Looks pretty good with hair down or up, and the bangs seem to start from pretty far back, so it looks like you have so much hair!





Can be easily changed to hair down with curls.



Anyways, I don't have much patience for hair that isn't long enough to tie back or short enough to stay out of the way, so I'm much more of a straight bangs kind of girl!

Monday, 5 September 2011

LIGHT BALSAMIC

Right now I'm obsessing over asymmetrical hems--short in the front, long in the back. The more dramatic the length difference the better! This dress is part of the new collection Bar III at Macy's. I'm really loving their pieces, though the material could be a little better.

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I'm wearing a Bar III asymmetrical dress available at Macy's, resin necklace from PONO by Joan Goodman, ear cuff from Zannedelions, and Forever 21 wedge shoes and ring.

Thursday, 25 August 2011

PRINTS CHARMING

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I'm wearing a dress available at Macy's, vintage sweater, and Wild Diva sandals.

Thursday, 18 August 2011

AROUND THE WORLD


Finally got my hair permed again! I'm hoping it lasts through the end of the summer, and I can go back to straighter hair in the winter months. I'm floating along the Seine River here--wearing a dress, jacket, and gloves from Primark and scarf from a street vendor in Paris. The only thing about wearing long jackets is that it pretty much covers the entire outfit. My dress is long enough that it peeks out from the bottom so it looks like my legs aren't as long loll. And I'm ruling that gray gloves match everything literally. I wear these with every outfit when it's cold.


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All the clothes that I bought in Europe a couple years ago are starting to pop up in shops in LA finally! Like this jacket, it's a tulip-cocoon shape, I'm starting to see this multi-dimensional, shapeless forms around stores in LA now. When I have time I love browsing my favorite UK and European boutiques and creating huge online shopping carts.

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Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Monday's Outfit

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I'm wearing a Wisp dress from a shop on Melrose, H&m jacket, studded belt from Japan, and Forever 21 shoes.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

American Apparel Flower Sweater

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I've finally given into the American Apparel craze...got this flower patterned sweater from AA haha because I had this $25 gift card. Honestly I don't really get the AA craze, all their clothes only look good on super skinny people, and the people who wear AA never actually talk about their ethical practices.

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Pockets on the leggings are pretty convenient.

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It has a rather unflattering wide neck opening so decided to let it drape off one shoulder so my shoulders wouldn't look so wide.

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Close up of the American Apparel sweater.

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I'm wearing a sweater from American Apparel, Joe Boxer leggings, studded belt from Japan, Forever21 flower hair piece, and Forever21 wedge shoes.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

DeYoung Museum

Got this new jacket from H&M. It feels sort of vintage-y. The materials are totally different, jacket's sort of velvet-y mixed with threading and beading, while the top is sheer, but I really like the way the colors of the leopard print and embroidery on the jacket mix together.

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I really like how this skirt fits, "tulip" style, the way it cinches at the waist.

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Check out the knuckle ring ^^

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Btw I wore this to the DeYoung Museum in San Fran.
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I'm wearing a H&M jacket, Target top, H&M skirt, H&M stockings, three-finger ring from Forever 21, and wannabe Balmain fringe boots hahahah.

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Valentine's Day!


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Layered two necklaces over each other to make this feel "bolder".

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I'm wearing a Forever 21 dress, H&M stockings, Primark & Target necklace and Target belt.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Stripes

Wow I've totally neglected my blog for so long hahaha. Recent outfit. I know these are bad pictures but I hope you can kind of tell what I'm wearing.

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I'm wearing an Atmosphere top, Cecico Collection harem shorts, Poison Apple NYC necklace, and F21 shoes and bunny ears.