I have a slight obsession with fashion, diy and finding great deals. Therefore my most frequent haunts tend to be the local thrift stores.
A lot of my (two) friends tend to make fun of me for my tendancy to find the ugliest thing in the store and go "I think this could be cute!" Sometimes it starts out as joke.. but usually it ends in me taking it home.
Of late my favourite thing to do is make a beeline straight for the "Mormon Grandma" dresses. You know, the ones with the massive shoulder pads and ankle length floral patterns? Yeah, those are my kryptonite.
This dress used to brush my ankles and tie up at the back, but no more my friend, I am a visionary, Damnit.
Some other passions of mine are photography, hairstyling and make-up. Though I may not be as big of a make up guru as one of my favourite humans: Megg, of "anditspretty.com" People generally don't tend to point and laugh when I leave the house with it on, so that's a good sign right?
Being able to roll all these passions in to one has been extremely fun for me. I woke up this morning and decided that I wanted to do something fun with my hair, so I tried for a vintage pinup look. Of course, after completing my hair, I had to give myself the makeup to match. I threw on one of my newly vamped old lady dresses, and with a quick text to the best friend we determined we should take advantage of the beautiful weather and take some pictures.
I've always enjoyed the act of putting on makeup, as I find it kind of therapeutic. But do you know what else I find therapeutic? Sleep. Some days the idea of trading those precious extra five minutes of sleep so that I can look like I didn't spend the night rehearsing for Zombie #5 on the newest season of The Walking Dead just doesn't seem worth it. So I don't always wear it.
I would say any given day of the week there is like an 80% chance that I am not wearing makeup, and if I am, it's the leftovers that I have forgotten to remove before bed from the day before. I know, I am disgusting. But it's ok because when I DO remember to wash my face I get that shit sparkling clean so it totally evens out. (That's how it works right?)
So that's my face and hair in two different(ish) angles. (Wow, I'm good at this) For anyone who may be curious as to what I actually put on my face to make it look like this, I used make up. Badum-tsss.
I used my Naked 2 pallet from Urban decay, and Lash Sensational Mascara by Maybelline. (Two things that I use daily. Or at least the days where I wear makeup.) And my Holy Grail Lipstick #30 by Kate Moss. I mean I know that girl has never eaten more then one slice of pizza in her life, but colour me impressed that her lipstick is still intact after three slices in one sitting.
For my hair, I used my best friend dry shampoo. Wow, so much insight to my personal hygiene habits here guys. I promise I bathe on the regular. I use Batiste Dry Shampoo, because it smells like Yum and gives my hair extra hold for when I do more then pile it at the top of my head and call it a day. I also used four bobby pins and enough hairspray to make the earth sad. Voila!
Back to my love of thrifting.. A lot of the time, the treasures I find need to be tweaked, and that is okay because I love the DIY projects and can sew pretty well whatever pops into my brain (not always with ease mind you, but always with an impressive stream of creative curse words). Then once in a blue moon you find a piece that you fall in love with as is.
For me, that was this Jacket-Dress. I call it a "Jacket-Dress" because I haven't fully decided what it is yet. The only bit of work I did on this item was removing the shoulder pads.
Look at me, I know how to Salute both ways.
I'm so fancy.
So there you have it, four people who read my blog. I like to buy things cheaply, up-cycle them into something cute and wear it in pictures I have every intention of posting on the internet.
I am a raging narcissist.
...but like, a cute one!
And if there wasn't enough evidence of my narcissism on here already, here are some more! These are a few of my favourite bloopers from the 'shoot.
*Can almost wink without looking like going into a seizure*
*Loses ability to 'even' and needs a moment after seeing adorable gay couple holding hands*
BYYYYYYEEE
