Make it blue...no make it purple?

It is really already mid-August? Time is certainly flying by this summer! I apologize for my lack of blogging recently, a lot has been going on here and my motivation to write has been pretty low. But as you can see I am back in action which is a good sign, because yes things are looking up.

The other day I popped into Target after a job interview and found a top that I had been interested in was now on clearance, that plus the $3 off coupon I had for being a Target mobile member made the price much more affordable given my current income. The question after realizing that I could in fact buy the shirt was which color to choose, there were four total (purple, blue, grey, and green) but after narrowing it down I had two to chose between.


Purple


blue


So as an interesting little blog game I give you pictures of me in both colors, purple and blue. Which do you think I chose?
One of the people who guesses correctly will me drawn at random and be sent a nice little surprise from me.

When enuf is really enuf!

With the summer weather now in full swing here in Los Angeles, I have been trying out more vibrant colors for my toes. This week I am using Essie's Enuf is Enuf, which is a reddish coral color. I do like this color, but I think there are probably many dupes that are cheaper than the Essie price tag to be had.

You will have to excuse my shoddy job here, I took this picture just after I had painted them and hadn't cleaned them up yet.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

A nice day for a...white wedding!

Happy August everyone, time sure does fly by fast doesn't it?

Two weeks ago the last of the cousins who are of marriage age got married, so my husband and I drove up to San Luis Obispo for the event. It was held at the Flying Caballos Ranch. As expected it was a lovely wedding followed by a fabulous reception. I have to say my cousin and her new husband sure know how to throw a party!

For the wedding I wore the Horkelia Shift dress, that I previously mentioned in this post. I styled it with a gold necklace that I layered, some gold teardrop earrings that I made, and some gold heels that I have had for years.

I couldn't find anything that looked like these that either a)didn't cost a fortune or b) didn't look cheap...so as I am crafty I made my own! I have enough parts to make even more though lol. Here is a closeup of my work.



As for my makeup I went towards shades of gold, brown, bronze, and rust.
e/s yaby shadows I purchased at IMATS.
MAC antiqued
MAC satin taupe
top liner MAC teddy
bottom liner milani gold liner
lashes fairy drops lash film type

lips revlon lip stain
cheeks MAC otherworldly
NARS orgasm

Unfortunately not many nice pictures of me were taken (meaning without me pulling some kind of funny face), so I leave you with a nice shot of me and my husband partaking in some wine after the ceremony.

More fun from the fitting rooms & an OOTD

Apparently I am a glutton for punishment, the reason I say this is because at the moment I can't spend any money but I still go to to some of my favorite stores like Anthropologie and try things on. I tell myself its in the name of research and to stalk items till they go on sale.

Anyway here are a few things I tried on that I loved and some that I think in the end I will pass on. Forgive me for my silly faces, I am honestly no good at taking pictures of myself with my iphone in fitting rooms lol.

After my last post I tried the Expanding Universe top on again and had a change of heart. My father sent me one in navy for my birthday so I tried on the red one today just to make sure I liked the navy over the red. As I expected, the blue was definitely more for me. I do like the red though.



This next item is something I have seem on many blogs, its the lunar cycles top. I avoided trying this on because the feel of the material is pretty rough and stiff to the touch. I have to say thankfully it is softer on than on the hanger, though I am not sure it is for me. I felt that in ways it makes me look pregnant, so I will have to pass on this one.



After checking out the sale area I came across a Loosened Shelby Blouse. I actually liked it and liked the fact that I could wear it in such a smaller size. Though I do believe the next size smaller would have been a perfect fit, sadly they didn't have one I could try on. I also decided to try on the green jeans I love so much again, I think they look good in this outfit. If they were only cheaper!



The last item I tried on is called the gathering tee, it appealed to me as it is a basic but has style. I think if I were to buy this one I would size up and probably pass on the white version as it is pretty shear. They have this in a plethora of beautiful colors.



And finally I leave you with my outfit of the day! I am wearing absolutely no makeup *gasp*, but I am loving it. I have been giving my skin a break over the weekends and since its been warmer I haven't been as motivated to put on a full face.


shirt: Anthropologie Brickwork Tee
pants: the gap Broken-in skimmer crops on super clearance $6.50!
shoes: blowfish
watch: Michael Kors

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I survived carmageddon and got to see an excellent soccer game on tv, congrats to the ladies of Japan!

Blogger Love from Nic Nic

When I was in Japan I was fortunate enough to meet upwith NicNic who writes the blog Bangbangsheshoots. Just before I left we had lunch a few times, I suspect if the earthquake had not happened we would have met up more....but such is life. Like many other bloggers who have met her or hung out with her, I can tell you she is great. I am happy to have her as a friend. At our last meetup she mentioned she had something she wanted to give me but had forgotten it so she sent it to me here in Los Angeles. I just got it this past week and it was such a sweet surprise!

I think she was able to key into my love for bath with all of the Lush posted that I have put here and so its full of lovely Japanese bath goodies. The larger bag includes a bath pillow and bath salts and fizzers that smell like cherry blossom. The smaller package includes two bath fizzers in the shapes of Macaroons, they smell lovely as well.
I look forward to using all of these, especially as they are scents I can't find here easily in the US.
Thank you so much NicNic!

Fashion : Anthropologie items; lust or bust?

After working my part-time job today I stopped into the mall across from where I am working and tried on a couple of items at Anthropologie that I have been lusting over. When I first saw the Expanding Universe top online I was in love. It had the perfect qwerky but fun fashion that I like. I paired it with the AG Stevie Ankle pants in green. I was inspired to try these on after reading this post on the blog Square Peg for Anthro.





I had never tried on any jeans from AG and ended up really liking these, I just wish the price tag wasn't so high! Sadly the item which I had really been lusting over (expanding universe top) didn't really impress me too much, the colors looked nice but the fit was all wrong. It left me feeling that my chest was lopsided and thus not flattering at all.

What do you think of the green jeans? Would you buy them if you were me? I have also been considering them in red too.

My IMATS LA experience and a little haul

Happy belated 4th of July! Sorry it took me a while to post this, things got a bit busier here in LA after I went to IMATS as my husband finally arrived in the US.

I was lucky enough to attend IMATS in LA this year, after watching videos about it last year I was determined to experience it at least once.

I got there at about 10:30am as I wanted to make sure I would have time to see all that I wanted in case there were lines to get in. Amazingly enough I didn't wait more than five minutes before I was in the door. I think getting there early was a good move in that later on in the day the booths got much busier and items started to sell out. At about noon I met up with Jamie of Maquilagem Masstige and her friend Kat. It was really nice meeting them and we had a lot of fun going around the place together. One could easily spend a lot of money there and I was lucky that I stuck to my budget.




Here is what I got:
6 Yaby eye shadows
2 Yaby corrector concealers
2 MAC eye shadows in Print and Antiqued
1 Z-palette
1 3 eye shadow freedom palette from Inglot with 2 green shades and a highligher (I chose the colors)
1 Stila convertible color in lillium
1 Stila long wear lip color in coquette
2 Hakuhodo eye shadow brushes
1 Sigma E25 (free sample)

Overall I think IMATS was a great and fun experience, I made a couple of new friends and was able to see and try more make up than ever before.

Here are some more photos from the event.








Hope you are all having a wonderful week!