Showing posts with label daily wear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daily wear. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

French Meal Daily Wear

 
I didn't get any pictures of my eyeshadow, but it wasn't too exciting, I was wearing a lot of pink so I kept it pretty simple anyway.
  •  Hat: Vintage
  • Scarf: Gift Made by a Friend
  • Muff: Self Made
  • Pins: Bow was self made, the tea cup platter was a mystery box toy
  • Dress: Vintage 70's
  • Jacket: MurMur Brand
  • Shoes: Coach 
 I remade my muff awhile back, I wanted the strap to be thinner, and then I also put a large pocket inside of it so I wouldn't have to carry around my purse and muff at the same time.

I'm telling you though this dress is one of the best buys I've ever made. I can dress up or down it it, it's been great for all seasons, and it's super comfy. I want a truck load of these in all different colors.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Candy Cane Rhythm

 
I made this dress to use as a nightgown, but I thought it was so cute and if I just wore it as PJ's no one would be able to appreciate it, I couldn't let that happen! So I wore it for International Lolita Day it's more Otome then Lolita but I didn't much feel like wearing a cupcake petticoat just to do some Christmas shopping.
  • Hat: Vintage
  • Necklace: Handmade by mom
  • Blouse: NikiBiki Brand
  • Dress: Handmade by me
  • Belt: Swap Meet
  • Rose Clip: LA Fashion District
  • Tights: Capezio
  • Shoes: An*Tai*Na
What do you think of the fro? I was so happy with my giant hair I wish I could do it more often but it's not always comfortable sleeping on foam rollers.
On my way out I threw on a scarf and gloves and I was quite warm for the day. And while shopping at Value Village a cute girl in an awesome jacket snapped my picture and gave me the link to her vintage clothing blog Vixen Vintage. It's a fabulous read with tons of pretty pictures so I definitely recommend it.

I wanted to wear my new Strawberry Shimmer lipgloss from Morgana Cryptoria so I kept my makeup fairly simple. Just Aromaleigh Corset blush and Meow eyeshadow.

Eyeshadows are Meows Santa Honey, Bliss, and Levitation.

Monday, November 5, 2012

To Kill A Mockingbird

 
I got free tickets to a local play the other day (To Kill a Mockingbird) because I made the pattern for "Scouts" Ham Costume. If I manage to get pictures of it I'll post them here but they didn't build a frame into the costume so it looked a little like a floppy bladder. It was a good production though, I enjoyed it, though sometimes the southern accents were a little hard to understand. Next month they're doing "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" and I want to see that too!

The night before I stayed up and made myself a dress, it took me about 4 hours including cutting out the pieces. There was a little problem with the top front that I have since fixed, and I also cut out sleeves for it that I decided not to put on because I think there's only so much stripe I could handle. 

I realize my boots don't match, but it was cold and wet, and I figured nobody would be looking at them much.


Dress: Self made
Necklace: Handmade by my Mom
Hair Clip: LA Fashion District
Shoes: Nordstrom Rack

The back was kinda cute!

Eyeshadow was Aromaleigh with Pink Fingers on the inner corner and brow bone. Champagne Toast on the lid and Magna Parsec in the crease. I'm also wearing their blush in Corset and Morgana Cryptoria lipstick in Luminous Lava.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Legs Like Leopards

 I decided on an Otome look the other day, I love these leggings, they go surprisingly well with a lot of my wardrobe, I also have them in fuchsia, although I seem to wear these teal ones more often.

Scarf: Target
Necklaces: LA Fashion District
Sweater: Free People
Gloves: LA Fashion District
Dress: Self Made
Leggings: LA Fashion District
Shoes: Payless, painted burgundy by me

I know, weird pose. I'm also wearing lipstick from Morgana Cryptoria in Nevermore.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Out of Spite

 
I love this dress, it was a birthday present to myself from my local vintage clothing store. It's really comfortable, not not too formal like a few of my other longer dresses. And I am buying a lot of longer dresses lately, I like how swishy they are.
  • Dress: Vintage 70's
  • Shoes: Mossimo
  • Earrings: LA Fashion District
  • Hair Clip: Tarrino Tarantino
My eyeshadow is all Geek Chic.

Cold Feet was used on the inner corner, Champagne Toast on the lower lash line.

Companion Cube on the outer lid sweeping over in an arc, and more Champagne toast on the center lid layered over Companion Cube, with some Dream of Large Women layered over Companion Cube on the outer lid.

I did this weird braided side bun, but it doesn't look right for whatever reason.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Daily Wear: Otome Monster Mash

This was my first time getting to try Darling Girls Mommy Little Monster, Brenna got it as a free sample from the company, but she doesn't do dark colors so she gave it to me. I LOVE it! It's a dark cerulean blue with blue and purple glitter, so pretty. I decided to wear it because Brenna and I were roaming around Portland together this day. I picked up the dress at a Vintage shop while I was in Los Angeles. I ended up removing a piece of lace that was haphazardly sewn across the front bust line, looks kinda cute with my flattest petticoat underneath.

What I wore:
Boater Hat: The Village Hat Shop the band was altered by me.
Flower Accessories: My mom made it.
Necklace and Earings: Tarina Tarantino
Dress: Vintage 70's
Belt: LA Fashion District
Boots: Vintage 70's

On my eyes I used Darling Girls Mommys Little Monster, and Meows Oddity from their Carnival Collection. I also used Evil Shades Frostys Intervention as a highlight on the browbone but you can't tell. I've tried it several times and it just doesn't work well on me. And then I used some black eyeliner on my upper and lower waterline.

On my face along with my regular foundation is Aromaleighs Peaches n' Cream finishing powder and Meows Iced Watermelon blush. In the close up pictures I'm wearing Morgana Cryptorias Quark, and in the full length picture I'm wearing Morganas Galaxy gloss. I didn't end up liking either of them with this look.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Review: Snow White and the Huntsman + Daily Wear

 
Warning: Contains Spoilers

Now that I've seen both SWATH and Mirror Mirror I can say what I've suspected since I heard of these two films which is, I like Mirror Mirror better. Not that SWATH is a terrible movie, it's just the two are very different so I've decided to do a bit of a comparison.

Snow White: In MM she's plucky and sweet, in SWATH there's not much of a personality at all aside from wide eyed wonder of the word around her and they only ever call her Princess, they only reason you even know her name at all is because of prologue at the beginning of the movie. In MM she runs away and gets trained to fight by the dwarfs. In SWATH she was locked up in a tower since she was 10, she runs away and is constantly getting saved until she dies, is resurrected, and suddenly she's leading troops into battle. I don't know about you but I wouldn't follow an anemic, malnourished Princess into a fight. It's bit like Kristen Stewart never moved on from her character in Twilight. On the bright side she speaks blessedly little where as MM's Snow has several lines, most of which are uttered pretty in a sickly sweet unbelievable way.

The Dwarfs: In MM the dwarfs are bandits who were thrown out of the village as a product of racism, in SWATH they're are a noble race of miners dwindling out of existence. However in SWATH they used forced perspective and regular actors, where as in MM they used actual dwarfs. But here's the odd thing, in MM they get more lines, screen time, and each dwarf has their own distinct personality. SWATH had Nick Frost as a dwarf and I can't remember a single interesting thing he did.

The Queen: Ooh this is a tough one because I really liked Julia Roberts version of the Queen which she plays a bit like a spoiled child that's all grown up, but Charlize Therons Queen is deliciously wicked, plotting and killing people right from the get go. Her right hand man is her ever loyal and super creepy brother who usually does quite well at his job. Julia Roberts has a bumbling steward that can't do much of anything right.

In the end I liked both movies, but for different reasons, if you're put off by Kristen Stewart (for whatever reason), she doesn't actually seem to add or subtract much from the movie and it's mostly Charlize and Chris Hemsworth that carry the movie even though his character doesn't even get a name other then Huntsman. And we like Chris Hemsworth. Over here we like Tom Hiddleston better, but if Hiddlestons are thin on the ground we'll take Chris.

As you all know by now I do like to be on theme when I can, I wore my prairie dress to the movie and a big red rose my mom sent me for christmas. I think it's my first time wearing it.

I kept my makeup simple, using my regular foundation and Aromaleighs Ultra Resolution Powder in Clear, with AL Cherry Bomb blush just on the apples of my cheeks. On my lips is a combination of Morgana Cryptorias Luminous Lava, with a ruby gloss I got from my mom. When she gave it to me the lable had worn off, so my best guess is it's Wet n' Wild, but I don't know for sure.

 
 On my eyes is a light dusting on AL's Champagne Toast with no primer black liner, and white liner for the lower waterline.

 
 All in all it was very simple, but thanks to the bright bits of red, pretty striking.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Daily Wear: Garden Party

 
I finished my Garden Party dress awhile back, just in time to wear it to California, as you might have noticed from a few of the pictures. I'm really proud of how cute and comfortable it is. It does however have a lot of fabric and I have to be careful getting into a car.


This was my original quick sketch of the dress.

Hat: Jaxon Striped Band Skimmer from The Village Hat shop. Slightly altered by me.
Blouse: S Line Brand
Necklace: Fashion District
Dress: Handmade
Shoes: Bamboo Brand Oxfords

The whole dress cost me 30$. Booya!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Brennas Daily Wear

Okay so I totally forced Brenna into one of my lolita dresses, but in all fairness it's not like I had to work very hard at it.

She's wearing my strawberry lolita dress which frequent readers probably recognize as the lolita dress I wear most often. She's also wearing my second fluffyiest petticoat, which for some reason is not so fluffy on her. I think it's might be because she so tall, but in retrospect I should have put her in two petticoats.

Blouse is from the LA Fashion District, shoes are An*Tai*Na, socks are from Target, the bow I made, but the flower is something Brenna made herself with a ribbon she got from a See's Candy box. I do stuff like that all the time, it is awesome that I know now someone else who does that too!

She's wearing my Betsey Johnson bird necklace AND my Tarina Tarantino necklace, plus one of her own.

Horray! Brenna is so awesome!

I sadly didn't get very good pictures of her makeup, which was a combination of pink Meow shades. I also feel like she should have worn more blush, I forgot how that much pink and red can compete with cheek color...grrr. Next time!

Friday, February 3, 2012

Daily Wear: Chocolate Fest 2012

I wore my mint dress to the Chocolate fest this year, along with the pink sweater I bought an altered a few years ago. I actually altered it further for the Chocolate Fest by shortening the bottom a bit. My petticoat from Candy Violet is super long, I've sewed it shorter and have it rolled up around my waist but it still peaks out from under my dress *sigh*.

I didn't get pictures of the eyeshadow I'm afraid, but along with my foundation I've got Aromaleigh English Rose finishing powder, and Corset blush on my face. And I'm wearing Meow's Blitzen, Vixen, Brisk, and Snowball. I'm bummed cause it was really pretty.

For accessories I'm wearing my An*Tai*Na shoes, the socks and tights are from Target, and the bracelet is Tarina Tarantino. You can't see them but I'm wearing my Sora broach from Ink & Paint, along with a pink plaid rose pin my mom sent me, and a Little Twin Stars pin and necklace I made from some mystery box toys.

Aww I like this picture, these were taken with Brennas new camera. I WANT IT!

The hat was made with a mystery box Re-Ment toy I got at few years ago at Anime Expo. I glued it onto a frame I made with pin dot pink fabric, silvery sea foam ribbon, and an old pink rhinestone necklace. I love it, it's going to work double duty as a cute witch hat next Halloween. It's a candy windmill so I braided my hair like a little dutch girl, I almost bought wooden shoes to go along with the theme, but I didn't thing they would be very comfortable.

I had extra pin dot fabric so I sewed the ribbon on the bottom of the braids out of it. So what do you think? Did I do well?

Also, my nails matched.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Daily Wear: Cozy Pantry

Fall and Winter are my absolute favorites in terms of what I can wear and what shades look best. I love layers and cuddly clothing, scarfs, hats, gloves. I am however super sad to find I'm currently missing my nice red leather/spandex gloves and I hope they turn up soon.

All eyeshadow is Aromaleigh with Zeus in the inner corner and brow bone. Mega Parsec is lined halfway under the lower lash line.

On the inner part of the lid is Tarantellegra, then Spiked Punch, then Mega Parsec.

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, I did my best but it was a very grey day. For blush I used Aromaleigh Corset, and on my lips is Aromaleigh Coquette

I finally got around to putting together an outfit for the Pantry Skirt my mother sent me last Christmas. It really is very cute but it's a bit tricky to pair with other articles of clothing, you could very easily look uncoordinated or like an old maid. I wore it with my fuzzy gray boots, wet look leggings, a black T-shirt, red scarf, Free People sweater, and Tarina Tarantino butterfly hair clip for added sparkle.

Also how do you guys feel about the hair? Last winter my style was poofy and curly, I think relaxed and wavy is where I'm going this year. Do you think it suits me?