there are no words for this

prada s/s '10 fantasy lookbook = love.

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le jeudi

i decided to do my own t.i.l.t. this week, so here we go...

this week, i love are wearing stacks of bracelets on each arm, learning french, guys who do sweet things for you (apology brownies anyone?), rose print everything, mylifeisaverage.com, getting my passport renewed (!), wearing running spandex around the house since they're even warmer and comfier than leggings (if that's possible), the song "somebody told me" by the killers, to write love on her arms day, having cool criss-cross shoelaces (thanks to my friend with crazy skillz), lady gaga's amazing music videos, finally discovering who tim walker is (but he deserves his own post), going to the local playground for a photoshoot with my bestie and getting strange looks from the parents of toddlers, paper plate awards, super-delicious pizza, and having curly hair again.

altogether, it's been a good week. :) what's been making you all happy?

why kids are so damn cute

 “love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” - noelle, age 7

“love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” - karl, age 5

“i know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” - lauren, age 4

“when my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. so my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. that’s love.” - rebecca, age 8

when you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” - karen, age 7

“you really shouldn’t say ‘i love you’ unless you mean it. but if you mean it, you should say it a lot. people forget.” - jessica, age 8 

maybe peter pan had the right idea...

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i love to run.

that is all.

school, sports, homework, sleep, rinse and repeat...

i miss blogging so much... ugh, i hate being busy! school is seriously eating into my blogging time. :( my teachers are against students having social lives, i think... either that, or  i just suck at time management. (speaking of which, my dad sent me this youtube video on time management, and yesterday when he asked if i watched it yet i said no. when he asked why, i said because it's over an hour long! how ironic...)

here's what i wore today. yes, today. not yesterday. not last week.really, actually, today. i'm quite proud of myself. :)

 

i had the idea for this outfit in my head pretty much since i bought the sweater.

this picture shows the color of my sweater best. i used to avoid orange a lot because i thought it was super-unflattering, but now i think the burnt orange looks good with my hair color, if i do say so myself. ;)

sweater: marshalls, skirt: target, i think..., tights: ???, shoes: childhood closet (seriously. i've had these forever.)

also, i have the occasion to get more-than-usual dressed up for a thing in two weeks (ooh, suspense!), and i have my heart set on a one-shouldered dress. if anyone know where i can get a cute one for not-too-expensive (preferably under $100-$150), please let me know... i'd love you forever! ;)

taylor swift in her fabulous dress...

p.s. i updated my blogger account thingie, and everything works so much better now! i didn't know i could update, so if you haven't yet, be sure to do it. :) look! i can do strikeout! hee hee hee...

p.p.s. i just had an idea! i think i'll write posts on saturday/sunday (when i actually have the time) and schedule them to post during the week. so it's like i'm actually posting regularly again! genius, right?

p.p.p.s. (yes, i know this is getting kind of ridiculous.) can you guys see my sidebar? i've been messing around with the html and sometimes it just randomly goes away, even if i don't change it. verrrrry strange... and i'm updating my blogroll hopefully sometime this weekend! in case you were interersted...

wintergirls

(all pictures stolen from lovely girls' weardrobe accounts... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

i want one...

(women's wool-blend cadet jacket, $69.50 at old navy)

(military buttoned jacket, $37.80 at forever 21)

(military vest graphic tee, $10.80 at forever 21)

no other words necessary. now i think the only question is what color?

my life as of 11:19 today

<3 i got back from my vacation last week, and am still trying to get through all the posts on my bloglovin' account. so i'm sorry if it takes me a while a comment on all your wonderful blogs. :( <3 yesterday the weather (finally!) got cooler, it feels like fall is actually here now! which makes me sad as i don't want summer to be over yet, but at the same time i want to wear tights and jackets and cardis and such that can only be worn when it's cool out. <3 this outfit is from before the weather decided it was time for fall:

tank top: target
skirt (really strapless dress): marshall's
belt: also target
shoes: stolen from friend (hence, the slightly too-big-ness)

i think we all agree that outside outfit shots are better. by a lot.

<3 i got a tag from laura (www.kisses and curls.blogspot.com), and i'll be getting to that as soon as possible. <3 i found small town fashion (http://smalltownfashion.tumblr.com/), now one of my new favorite blogs, through weardrobe. it's a tumblr blog (i.e., not blogspot) and for some reason it won't let me comment? i don't know why, can anyone help me? i'm a bit tumblr-impaired...

go check her out, she has awesome style!

<3 i want some of this neon goodness. i'm kind of leaning towards the yellow one...

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'till next time! ;)

edit: some some reason, my html thing is going all screwy, so sorry if this post is sorta messed up. i have no idea what i'm doing, but i'm trying to fix it!

happy 4th!

ahh, there's nothing like coming home after a week at the beach only to log into bloglovin' and find you have 150 new posts...

anyway, i just figured out that i'll be away for the next two weeks too, so i apologize in advance for my extended hiatus. expect only (maybe?) sporadic posting.

anyway, to try to make up for it, i will leave you this link to an amazing jewelry website, marquis and camus. i esp. like their "victorian romance" collection. for some reason, the whole getting pics from the website/putting them here seems to be not working, but trust me, go check it out! there's some crazy-good eye candy. too bad it's so far out of my price range....

and i also feel obligated to post about the uniform project, which, according to fashion bloggers everywhere, is the amazing-est thing since carl lagerfeld. now, i think it's great that she's doing it for charity and everything, but i'm not as impressed as everyone else seems to be... please don't call me a hater! :(

well, that wraps up the randomness for today. as always, hope you guys are having awesome summers so far!

walk like an egyptian...

i admit it: i am cheap. especially when it comes to makeup. the only time i have ever considered spending more than $10 on makeup was for the guerlain terracotta loose powder kohl liner. (and $33=waaay more than $10. so it just wasn't goin' to happen.)


so thank god for the knock off version, by l'oreal, hip kohl eyeliner. (it costs $13=only a little more than $10.) (also, the photo on the website totally lie. the brown is much closer to black, and the blues aren't nearly as bright.)

also, yay for the sale going on (went on?) at cvs: buy one l'oreal eyeshadow/liner, get another one free. as you could probably tell, i am now the proud owner of two little vials of colored kohl, in black and in teal. i think i also need it in burgandy... remember that post?

go to apocalypstick to learn more about them, how to apply them, ect.

here is my review:
these kohls are really great, and highly pigmented. watch out, though, for all the fallout. i recommend tapping the wand on the edge of the tube before applying it and lots of q-tips. i wear contacts, but they didn't bother my eyes at all. :) they last a long time, but again, they can be kind of smudgy. the only other problem i had with them is that apperantly you can just apply it to your bottom waterline, blink, and transfer it to your top waterline. that doesn't work for me, so i have to apply it to my top waterline, too. one last thing: removing can be a real bitch. again, say it with me: q-tips!! ;) i would definetly recommend it, though, becuase you can either use a little in your lash line for a really clean look, or use more for a more party-ish look. it's amazing for tightlining.

btw, if you haven't heard of tightlining, here's what it pretty much is (and it totally changed how i apply eyeliner.) you color in the little space between your eyelashes, and it instantly makes them look tons thicker! if i don't feel like usuing eyeliner, sometimes i just smudge a tiny bit of mascara at the base of my lashes for the same effect.

p.s. i know this is a "fashion" blog, but i also think that hair/makeup make a huge difference in the way you look, so i include those types of posts, too.

return of the "cage skirt"

btw, this is basically the first ten results google comes up with when you google "cage skirt." availible for sale here.

i first i was like, that seems kind of weird. what good is a skirt you have to wear another skirt under? but then i kept seeing them in the most amazing outfits...



then i saw this.



holy shit. how amazing-ly awesome/gasp worthy is this?! a cage skirt that's actually a bird cage.
i mean, isn't this what fashion is supposed to be?? "wearable art" and all that? plus, you can make one yourself in only 25 easy steps!

who i want to be when i grow up...

alternate titles:
"queen of the self-portrait"
"kamikaze dressing room photography"

how can you not love this girl?!...

eye candy!

this photoshoot is called "bollywood dreams," and i want to say it's from vouge or something, but i'm not totally sure...
**edit** thanks, fritha louise! this ed is from vogue india cia 2007.



just wow. look at those feathers!! look at those pearls!! kinda grungy, but glamorous at the same time...



i love the pic where she's sitting on the trunks. :)



this just might be one of my favorite photoshoots ever...

the paradox of the blue tights...

source: lebonbonmulticolore

i wonder if she made the t-shirt based on the tights/shoes, or created the outfit around the tee.
but really, what's not to love?

why you *really* should watch yesman

zooey deschanel. oh, and the costumes. and the insane laughter that's bound to happen during the first 5 minutes of the movie.

yesterday, i watched yesman for the first time, and i have to say that i loved it. it's a totally hilarious movie (jim carrey is great), but my favorite character by far was allison, played by zooey deschanel. and then there were the costumes. *sigh......*

warning: do not read ahead if you want to see the movie and haven't yet, as there are some minor plot spoilers.

so, the first time we see zooey, she's on her scooter, being very safe and all with her helmet and her helmet is just so... so... like something a five-year-old would wear, except she can totally pull it off.

this was the only picture i could find of the first jogging scene, but as i was watching, this was exactly what i was thinking:
hmmm... very touching scene, blah blah blah. maybe i should get some ice cream... wait!! omigod, look at her outfit!! it's absolutely perfect. why can't i look like that when i run?!...

but seriously. i would love that outfit.

allison is also in a band, and comes out on stage in ensembles that could only be described as... interesting. still, of course, very cute.

and then, when allison and carl get on a plane to nebraska (or something like that), zooey wears this amazing navy coat with red piping that seems so prim and proper to me, but fun/playful at the same time.

so, overall impression of the movie? funny, good moral, ect. but the costumes were to die for. i would recommend it. :)