Judging From Picture Books Apparently Heaven Is A Partly Cloudy Place

Glittery eyeliner + dark lipstick. Both are new makeup purchases and I am in love. The lipstick (Milani brand in Cherry Chocolate, I think) is actually even darker in person.


I don't think I actually did anything in this outfit except go to CVS, where I got said lipstick (and Maybelline Lash Stiletto, which I like SO much better than Diorshow Blackout, which was a huge ripoff). They also had tangerine lipstick but no liner so I decided against getting it.
Trying out my best crooked smile. Just gorgeous, no? I'm actually doing weird things with my lips in all these pictures....

These jeans are bootcut, and I don't have the slightest clue what shoes to wear them with.

Thrifted cardigan. DIY shredded t-shirt. Wet Seal jeans.

I also got my new favorite things ever, bobby pins. Seriously, in 2 minutes I can do this with my hair, plus loads of other things I didn't photograph. And maybe with a lot of hairspray, my hair might not return to normal in 5 minutes.

Get Dressed Best Dressed

Another outfit from god knows when.


Wet Seal jacket. Forever 21 sheer blouse. Gap shirt. H&M skirt. Payless tights. Minnetonka ankle boots.

I have so much fun looking through this collection of wacky hairstyles. I am a sucker for dark, geometric bobs. Probably because my hair could never lie that flat.

I totally would cut my hair like this, but imagine how foolish I would look when I run!
Sexiest hurr ever.
I half want boyish short hair.... But my mom has a pixie cut and if we had the same hair that just would not work. And at the moment I'm obsessed with growing it as long as possible.
Can I be you? k thnx.

Why Yes, I Got A Haircut

Dressing like a gangsturrr or an emooo is so two days ago. Up-to-date people prefer the weird punk Swedish housewife look.





Thrifted dress. Hanes t-shirt. DIY ripped tights. Wet Seal neckace/"body chain", held together with a fake Chanel earring I'm embarrassed to own. Minnetonka ankle boots.

I wanted to try shorter bangs (Betty Page, anyone? =P) so yeah. I almost wanted to go shorter than they are here but then... I don't know. It makes me look kinda different. But it's more convenient mostly than longer bangs. And now I don't have to worry about going in for trims for a good long while!

"So you want shorter bangs?"
"Yeah"
"Do you want me to make them look like you've been in a car crash?"
"...maybe next time."

One... Singular Sensation!

I wore this to this art thing and then my school's play, which was actually really good. I wanted to use the hat to dance afterwards, but it was too squishy. Gotta love musicals!


H&M faux fur jacket. Forever 21 tunic. Urban Outfitters pants. Thrifted hat. Minnetonka boots.

You can't really tell but I got my bangs trimmed. They're shorter and blunter now, and might actually be straight across.

Exhibit A

Taylor Momsen's hair.

Hannah Cheeto's hair.

This was after trick-or-treating, and my hair clip kind of died.

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory

I love standardized testing. Don't you? Yesterday morning, I took the PSAT. I also took the PSAT last year, and I've taken the SSAT three times (6th, 8th, and 9th grade). I'll probably take the PSAT again next year and then the SAT senior year. I might take it junior year too if I'm allowed to. And that's not to mention all the requisite SAT tutoring... Fun fun fun. And yes, that was sarcasm. And the title is from my chemistry homework. It has to do with figuring out how compounds are shaped or something. The day science ends up on one of those tests will be the day I fail. This was really a pointless rant, but anyway yeah.

So, I got a (much-needed) haircut on Friday. I told him I wanted blunt bangs and my hair dresser did that and more. He thinned out my hair so so much, but that's a good thing so it doesn't look like a triangle (ouch 6th grade...). Well, we'll see what happens when I wash it.

And Friday's outfit:



Target dress. Forever 21 blazer. American Apparel leggings. Minnetonka moccasin boots.

I was wearing it with this awesome studded cuff I got which I took off and left somewhere at school! Stupid stupid stupid. Hopefully I'll get it back. I think I am a legit shopping addict though.

"They Used To Call Them Maxi Dresses, But That Was Before The Advent Of The Maxi Pad"

Yes, that's what my friend Erika said when she saw my dress. She is also going to force me to watch Skins. But I have not time; I'm barely up to date on Gossip Girl. Oh, and yeah I actually took an outfit pic yesterday. It was picture day so I used that as an excuse to force myself to actually flat iron my hair. It doesn't really look totally straight but it's sleeker. With the bangs it looked a little space-agey. I'm thinking of getting blunter bangs next. What do you guys think?



Wet Seal jacket. Vintage dress. Converse sneakers.

Yeah, all the pictures are from the same angle....

P.S. Post number 200! Now I feel old....

You Can Pay For School But You Can't Buy Class

I'm not intentionally looking like I want to kill someone in these pictures. That feeling however did occur earlier in the day during a certain hill workout.... Anyway, remind you of anything?




Forever 21 blazer & sweater. Topshop jodhpurs. Converse sneakers.

Yes, it's very sad I know, still stuck on that ancient Balenciaga collection. It's like these two combined, except my jodhpurs don't fit, I don't have a scarf (though I supposed I could try the old hipster scarf) and, ya know, it's not Balenciaga.



I have a blazer fetish. But seriously I tried every blazer in Forever 21 and settled on this one because it was the most different one from anything I have (though my only other blazer is the Wet Seal one). Plus it didn't look cheap, like most of the others did.

And I randomly found this in an obscure folder on my computer.... And realized I really like purple hair. And that Myspace scenesters are kind of sad.

The Internet is Dead!

For some strange reason, the internet has died and will only work on my moms computer—when it feels like it. Blah. But anyway, I was preparing a few things to post right before vacation (because I'm going away until July 5th) but all the photos are deleted off my camera and are only on the other computer, so I'll have to wait until later.

In other news, I did get my hair cut, and I. Love. It. Much better post-salon than last time.




My hair dresser is so funny. He's trying to convince me flat-ironing my hair is "so a year and a half ago" and I should make it wavy with a diffuser and just straighten my bangs. Maybe I'll get a diffuser, depending on the cost, but I'll probably just let most of my hair just chill naturally for the summer. Less wavy than he made it, but still. I guess straightening my hair is kind of like a security blanket, I always know it will look good but really it's more "different" or "rebellious" (hate to use those words...) not to because basically every Abercrombie-wearing classmate of mine flat irons their hair.

And I know I posted two basically identical pictures, but the one with the black background that my brother screwed up had much better contrast because my hair looks like it's the same color as the wood in the second one.

Stay tuned for posts on the new clothes I got thrifting, from Gap & Old Navy (some pretty good stuff for cheap), and if I go to the mall today (can you say mall rat?) I'll take pictures of that too. Also, I have some outfit pics that I would like to post. Anyway, I'll be back!

Bang the Doldrums

Today is the fateful day of my haircut. I have finally decided. I will cut my hair for summer like this:



Effortless.

And then, come fall, I want to get bangs rather like one of my fashion icons, Queen Michelle of Kingdom of Style. Thicker and more rounded. And all of these people picture (well, Irina Lazareanu and Queen Michelle, if not Kate Moss) have relatively small foreheads.


This local thrift store is having a $1-for-everything sale. I have to go.

Update: Umm there was a mix up so I didn't end up getting my hair cut today... hopefully tomorrow. And I was so excited. Blah. But I did get like 10 things at the thrift store!

I Knew It!

I took a quiz on facebook and it said I should have a Rihanna/Victoria Beckham haircut... haha.

Indecision

Just a little while ago, I posted about how I wanted my hair to look like hers. But, I then realized I have a smallish forehead so bangs apparently wouldn't be flattering or something. So then I went a little crazy, and decided to give up on growing my hair out. What was the point, anyway? It's just getting fried by the flat iron. So I decided I wanted this:

And it could be this when it grows out:

My mom, of course, said "that's so trendy [as in a bad thing], all the ladies in the neighborhood have that haircut". Um, what? Okay, maybe some of them have bobs like the second picture, but none of them have the super-FIERCE hair in the first pic. But still, I don't particularly need to look like one of the mothers I babysit for. Which brought to mind my other, long term hair idol:


Do you think if I just grew out the Victoria Beckham one it would look like this? Maybe! Not. But I wish....

The problem with the Posh/Rihanna hair is that it would have to be constantly flat irons so as not to look like a five-year-old gave me a hair cut, but the Kate Moss one would just be easier and would work straight or wavy. However, the second two are also more my "style" as I like sort of "edgier" hair cuts. But I saw a picture of the Rihanna cut on a blond girl and it just didn't look very good... maybe it only works for darker hair? Ugh! But I'm telling my mom to book me an appointment some time soon and hopefully I'll end up with a new style, not just a trim....

Update:
With Instyle.com's fabulous Hollywood Hair Makeover, I tried the looks out myself, in a sad approximation of my natural hair color (seriously. I could make my hair bright unnatural red, this color, or fake-looking reddish brown, which may have been closer but I hate it) and on an old, rather hideous photo of the hairstyle my stylist tried to give me for the 8th grade semi-formal (I made him do something else). And yes, that's a Hollister polo.



Because Kate Moss' bangs weren't on there (!) I couldn't get that one. I tried Mischa Barton, but her forehead is apparently 10382504854930854903 times mine so it looked totally weird, and the other bang ones weren't right. Maybe it's an omen... so I did Selma Blair instead, because though I don't want my hair that short at this point she does have hot hair. So, what do my readers think I should do with my hair?

I also realized that Ashlee Simpson wishes she was me. She has the same hair cut as me in a similar color. Unfortunately, she'll never be half as cool as I am.