Style update- 1/24/2011 (Casual hime on a budget?)

Outfit rundown:

Sweater dress: H&M

Tights, bow, necklace and bracelets: Forever 21

Boots: Bodyline

Muffler (Fresa, I call her!!): Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Hello!! It's me again!!

I apologize in advance for the crappy lighting, messy room, and all the crap on my mirror. Also, apologies for the blatant over-shopping, but you really couldn't see the outfit at all unless I shopped it (and let me tell you I'm awful with image editors xD).

Today, I wanted a sort-of casual style, but I didn't want something t-shirt and jeans casual. I also wanted to wear my white boots (which don't get nearly as much use as I like) and my new sweater dress (I got it from H&M for $15!!), and thus, this was born.

If you can't tell from the pics, I layered two tights- plain white tights and white lace tights. The effect looked much cooler irl, not to mention was a lot warmer than just one of them!! It's also not too clear in this pic, but I curled my hair using a low setting on the curling iron and didn't use any hairspray to see if the curls would look more natural. After I finger-combed my hair and all that, the curls looked lovely! Maybe still a bit too crisp for my liking, but I'll just bring the heat down one more notch next time.

I didn't bother taking a pic of it because the lighting was so bad, but my makeup was clean and simple, just some foundation, cover-up and a tiny amount of mascara. I considered wearing Du Wop lip venom for glassy-looking lips but decided I liked the more natural-lipped look. I kind of regretted it though, so I'll probably end up doing something with my lips next time.

I just love these boots! At first I was worried because they would squeak whenever I walked (people can already usually hear me jingle when I come, I don't need squeaking boots in addition to jingly jewelry!!), but they're more worn-in now and don't make nearly as much noise!!

I liked how comfortable this outfit was, and this is more of a fitting problem but next time I'm going to wear a cami that fits. The cami I was wearing under the dress (as it's rather see-though) kept bunching up around my stomach and, since the dress is so form-fitting, making this weird lump!!

Any comments and critique (so long as it's not straight up rude, of course) is welcomed and appreciated!!

Testing, and update!!

So, finally after being delayed by the snow day last Friday (ah, New England weather... why is it that when I want a snow day the weather becomes warmer and when I LEAST want a snow day THEN you unleash the wrath of mother nature?) I have finally finished my mid-year exams!! :D I believe I did rather well this time around (certainly better than freshman year... I believe I averaged my exams that year when I got them and it came out to a C!! ): ), but I'm not entirely sure about chemistry and algebra. I feel pretty good about English and history, and I already know I got A's on my chorus and Chinese exams (but since I go to public school grades in performing arts hardly count!!)

So anyhow, I've decided to completely change the direction of this blog around. Firstly, I'd like to change it from a feminism/Lolita fashion blog to a feminism (that's going to stick around no matter what!! LOL)/general fashion blog. Since most of the fashions I love come from Japan, there will obviously be a heavy slant toward J-Fashion but it will not JUST be Lolita for reasons that tie in with the next change.

The next major change I'll be doing is that this blog will take a MUCH more personal slant and become my sort-of style diary!! I don't think I'm going to do outfit posts everyday, since I go to high school and hardly ever have the energy to get dolled up at 6 AM (I envy those college kids who don't have to get up until 8 or 9!! That may be early to you but for me that's sleeping in!!), so I'll just do the outfits I actually try on. Going back to the change in fashion slant, part of the reason this blog is no longer going to focus strictly on lolita fashion is because my tastes in fashion are very fickle (One day I'm in LOVE with hime-gal, the next I SO want to try something mori-like, and so on), so I don't want to feel confined to one fashion, though most outfits will probably have a heavy Lolita slant (frills are always beautiful!!). Another reason the fashion focus will change is because, quite honestly, I can't afford Lolita. I have a couple of dresses and skirts, but I don't have nearly enough to wear full-blown "correct" Lolita everyday. Besides, I want a style diary of things I wear in everyday life so I can keep track of my style in general, not just for Lolita. I also usually only wear Lolita on the weekends, when I have time to style up, but for me part of a person's "style" is their consistency. Part of the challenge in keeping up one's style is being able to get up at early times and get ready, which I know I've been getting better at (today I had time to curl my hair!!). Of course, I will have "slob" days in which I won't want to get ready or only half-heartedly dawn some khakis and a blouse, and again I can't afford clothes so at times I am forced to recycle outfits (especially since I lost weight and can't fit into so many things I own!!).

If you don't enjoy personal blogs, I'm sorry, but there's a ton of other Lolita fashion blogs out there without the personal slant (another reason I'm changing the direction- there's only so much to be said about the fashion!! The whole "diary" aspect will definitely give me more things to post about), and I may still post some non-personal articles now and again.

For those of you who read all this, thank you!! I'll have my first style post up in a couple of minutes. :)

Photo dump, and an apology

Hello!!

I apologize for the EXTREMELY sporadic updates lately, but I've been caught up in mid-terms and a whole lot of other stuff so I haven't had time to really write anything! :(

I don't really have time to make a full update now, but here's some pictures for now!!

This picture is so beautiful and the quote is even more so. :) I love it!!

I love this girl's yukata! I really would like to visit Japan someday, hopefully around a festival I could attend (because of years of seeing those things in all sorts of Japanese media has made me want to go so bad!!) and maybe I'll just have to buy a yukata like this one! ;) Hopefully I won't look like a weird foreigner though... /weeaboo ^^;

This is actually a doll's wardrobe, believe it or not!! I've always loved miniatures, and picture like these make me even more than usual want to invest in a Pullip and a vintage dollhouse, but since I've hardly the money for a decent lolita wardrobe that'll have to wait a while. :(

Pardon the language if you're not into the sort of thing, but I love this picture. xD It's a badass unicorn, what's not to like?

I have purple thick-rimmed glasses, but I would LOVE to deco them out like this! Maybe not white and red like this (I don't think that would look very good on me personally...) but definitely with the same overall design this girl used! So adorable!!

I'm not sure where exactly this is from, but I found it off Tumblr. Isn't that such a cute dress? It's so retro, but so bold and super-feminine! I love black with light pastel colours like that. :)