OOTD; Neutral And Nautical

_ Striped top from H&M

_ Neutral skirt from H&M

_ Black tights from American Apparel (finally bought new ones)

_ Necklace by Pyrrah

_ Studs by Juicy Couture
_ Cameo ring by Tarina Tarantino

_ Glasses by Gucci

_ Black flats from Aldo

Average work attire ftw.

My manager wore a striped top and had the same colour nails as me, so we matched. The general manager came in and commented on it. She thought it was cute.

Anyway, I love the new blush colours this season; you don't need to tell me twice to wear neutrals.

This is my favourite way of wearing my hair lately; Japanese girls always put their hair in a bun on top of their head, so everyone keeps asking me if I'm a mix. My nose gives my Caucasian-ness away, though.

Anyway, I point that out because Sunday I'm chopping all my hair off. I'm scared, but excited.

So as you may know, it was my birthday this month; the girls I work with bought me these Juicy Couture studs.

They know my penchant for studs too well.

I bought myself another Pyrrah seal on my birthday, since I was working downtown.

It reads 'Such Is Life' and it's a picture of a ship.

I think 'such is life' sums up my views on life. Plus I love Pyrrah. I think I'm going to get another one soon....

I know. I have pastel nails. This is Pandamonium Pink from OPI's Hong Kong collection (I now have four polishes from that collection -_- ). I've been getting complements on it, but I still love dark nails.

I was telling my manager that I have to paint my nails dark green or blue after I take this pink off.

It's a nice change, but not as 'me' as Suzi Skies In The Pyrenees or Russian Navy.

So what have I been up to as of late? Besides wearing this sweater, jeans, Converse and the infamous leather jacket every single day I've had off for the past couple months (I'm not exaggerating)?

Today I had my first successful shopping trip in forever; I've been out three times already trying to spend my birthday money.

I even brought friends along to try and force myself to buy something, yet nothing was purchased.

I only bought two tops, a toque, and an amazing red rose dress from H&M, and then a skin-toned scarf from Le Chateau, but it was better than I've been doing lately.

I'm too excited for that dress; since I was downtown, I popped into the shop I work at to show the other girls. I think two of them are going to buy.

I'll lol if we all show up to work wearing the same dress.

QuestionOfTheDay;

What did you buy yourself for your birthday?

Put it in the comments.

Love.

GleeTips

~ Sleep with a stuffed animal in your bed.

Sidenote; I'm thinking about one of the big Quatchi dolls, since they're on sale. it's only $20, but I definitely don't need it. Should I get one?

~ Wear no make-up, or, if you never wear make-up, wear make-up. Just switch up whatever you do for a day.

~ Make popsicles. I always liked cherry or grape Kool-Aid for this, but if you want to be lame, you can use apple juice. Jaykay, apple juice popsicles are good too. But not as good as Kool-Aid ones.

~ Create your own Starbucks drink by adding more shots, less, flavours etc. You'll probably annoy the barista (I worked in a coffee shop, I know this) but maybe you'll discover your drink. Try a French vanilla caramel machiatto, or a chocolate frappacino with half a shot of strawberry (I had a full shot and it was too much, but whatever floats your boat).

~ Create a playlist specifically for when you're doing housework and sing along to every word. You can do this alone or with your roommate. Not gonna lie, I have to do this soon; I literally can't see the floor in my room. It's gotten to that point.

Love.

FOTD; Film Noir & 'Nevermore'

Face

Make-Up Forever Primer in Green

Almay Nearly Nude Foundation

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

MAC Powder Blush in Harmony

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! (All over the lid and as a highlight)

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

Covergirl Lashblast Mascaras (Volume and Length) in Black

Brows

Anastacia Brow Duo in Ebony

Maybelline Greatlash Mascara in Clear

Lips

MAC Lipstick in Film Noir (Like five coats; it's not too opaque when a lip brush is used)

My mom and I went to see 'Nevermore: The Imaginary Life And Mysterious Death Of Edgar Allan Poe' last Wednesday.


I was super excited; it was getting rave reviews, the poster looked appropriately creepy, I can never think of a third point, etc.

I was really disappointed.

I'll start with the good; the guy who played Edgar was fantastic, and I felt that he was the best singer.

That's all the good news.

I don't know what play these critics were seeing; both my mom and I found it juvenile.

It attempted to be a Rocky Horror Pictureshow-esque comedy, but it tried too hard to be creepy and not campy, like it should have been.

It wasn't the actors faults, save one, it was just the material; the 'save one' actress, the chick who played Rosalie, was one of the worst over actors I've ever seen. She reminded me so much of the girls I used to do drama with who's lives were 'the theater', and every single breathy word was completely contrived as their faces went crazy with 'emotion'.

The audience seemed to love it though, or at least the people who laughed were very loud.

Because the play was based on Edgar Allen Poe's life, I went with Film Noir lipstick by MAC, since I'd never worn it out.

I was going to wear it to work once, but I think dark brown lipstick may be too much for an NC15 to wear in the day time.

I also wore my new Alexis Bittar ring and some fifty cent earrings I bought at a sewing shop that have seemed to have not fallen apart, unlike their fallen comrades that I purchased the same day.

They were literally fifty cents though, so only a couple wears were to be expected.

QuestionTheDay;

The Olympics. Thoughts?

I had to do a delivery between stores at work the other day, so basically I was just supposed to walk around downtown Vancouver and pick up what needed to be picked up. I thought it would take me at most fifteen minutes, since I know the quickest routes and it's not very far.

I was wrong.

It was a nice day so every tourist decided to be on Robson and Granville. It took me double the time.

Then, coming home, the new seabus could barely fit everybody.

Vancouver, you can't tell the tourists to take transit and then not fit them. It doesn't work that way.

Anyway, we'll see how these nest few weeks go.

Love.