NEUTRAL(S)

A new combination of mostly old things, the battle with hair that desperately needs a trim, and bejeweled nails courtesy my grandma

Nails: my grandma bought me these nail rhinestones last christmas (maybe more than one Christmas ago, I can't remember, I just thank the lord she finally stopped giving me ugly toe socks). Anyway, I'm sure you can pick up some similar small stones at your local craft supply store.  

The trick is to wait up until the point your nail polish is still kind of tacky to put them on (you know, usually when you think you've waited long enough to do things and then make a mess of them). Then shellac the heck out of them with at least 2 layers of clear topcoat. Granted it didn't last more than 3 days on my grubby little paws, but yours will surely survive a little longer!

Blouse: Primark (of course a few buttons are loose..)
Skirt: Forever 21 (currently in stores!)
Boots: Kohls (for dirt cheap--I almost went back and bought a second pair)

<3

BUSINESS CLASS

     

As new additions into my wardrobe, I thought I would post.  I wore this jacket/shirt combo yesterday with dark skinny jeans cuffed and black chelsea boots- I definitely had that "strong woman" feeling pulsing through my veins. Amusingly, we talked about the whole "woman being objectified in advertisting" in my History of Design class that day.

 Both are from Forever 21. It's always a hassle trying to find things of decent quality there but this shear lime shirt shocked me, definitely the most well-made thing I've purchased there before.  The jacket is nice too (sans the really craptastic button). Since this jacket will probably be out of style in a week I figure the F21 price would be hard to beat and it fits so darn well!

<3

BAG LADY

I've been awaiting the arrival of my black leather (albeit, fake...) backpack

for weeks, and in all my giddy received it in the post today

after an afternoon of taking photos for my job in the pouring rain.  I am

obsessing over everything black leather & gold at the moment and 

couldn't resist the temptation...

The mesh backpack is one my oldest brother had...probably circa 2000(?).

It's fun to throw stuff in & take every once in a while

SOLID GOLD

          

Lovely new toys arrived on my doorstep this afternoon. I've been debating about getting double cuffs forever now and convinced myself they're simple enough I will probably get good use out of them-- now that they are in my possession I don't think I will ever take them off. May find myself purchasing a set of silver in the near future.

From ASOS: Cuffs, Ring

FOUR EYES

Makeup can be so boring, and i'm a real bore in my day-in-day-out routine of it.  I ran across the image of Lindsey Wixson a few days ago on tumblr, was really interested in the idea of a shaped shadow on the eye, and tried it out.
There is definitely something interesting in the 3-dimensionality of the eye and how the shadow is not really just a rectangle- I liked how it looked completely different when your eyes were closed vs. wide open it would almost look normal.
In my test i tried a bit of color, but to my dismay.  Maybe for night but even in a dark green the idea was too heavy of an eye for me. May try out in a super saturated hue- let me know if you give it a try and what color works best for you!

MESH SESH

printed mesh dress: Salvation Army (Lawrence, KS)

black tube skirt (underneath): H&M

+bandeau

I ran across this dress one day as I was browsing salvation. It was misplaced among all the other clothes and at first glance it was the ugliest of things but as i circled around the rest of the racks i couldn't help but come back. It's one of those "it's kinda so ugly that it works" type of things.

I would like to pattern from it to make a simple solid mesh dress- although i can only imagine how annoying sewing stretchy, thin mesh material would be. It's downside in wearing is that it stretches out so easy- especially in the sleeves.  I would accessorize this with tons of gold bangles and cuffs but as I'm sort of living in two places at the moment I don't have hardly any jewelry with me.

BOLD FLORAL

As you may notice, my posting has been a little non-existent these past couple weeks and it's been killing me!  I've been swamped with end of the school year projects and organizing plans and events for my summer.
Yesterday I had to be to my first class at 8:30, so I was up working on homework I hadn't done by 6:30 (I'm a morning person, for the most part). I'd showered right before zonking out for the night and woke up to the weirdest and most awkward, yet limp and not-wanting-to-do-anything-else hair.  So of course I decided it'd be a good idea to trim my bangs, something that's been needing done for months now.  Needless to say I did this at 7am.  The results were far from fabulous and I was running around my house  feeling more awkward than usual and with this tragedy now (literally) on my shoulders, I could not even focus on what to wear.  To salvage the day I put on one of my favorite outfits I put together when nothing else seems to work-

Floral Mod Dress: Thrifted, Wild Man Vintage (Lawrence, KS)

80's Belt: Thrifted, Lighthouse (Clay Center, KS)

Orange/Gold Glitter Flat: Primark