30 Day Challenge: Continue!!

Soooo, a while ago I attempted the 30 Day Lolita Blogging Challenge in order to try to cure my awful writer's block, and to an extent it worked!! But, some of you might have noticed that after Day 9 I dropped off the face of the planet for a while and stopped doing the challenge. That was due mostly to the fact that school finals were occurring and I had to study (glad to say I did fairly well!), and partially because I was lazy and didn't feel like blogging in my spare time. At the moment, I'm writing a legitimate article (on the internet phenomenon known as site modelling- if you know what it is then don't judge! It's not going to be all about scene kids and Myspace shots!), but while I write that I figured instead of not posting for a full week it'd be better to do a more pointless post- "fluff," if you will. :P
I've decided instead of steaming full speed ahead and doing ALL the days RIGHT ON TIME, I'll just post a few days of the challenge at a time when I'm working on another, better article, so I don't leave you guys hanging for so long (and so I don't feel guilty for not posting :P ). Here's days 10 and 12 (I promise I'll post 11 as soon as my camera starts agreeing with me)!!

Day 1 – 10 things about your lolita bubble.

Day 2 – 10 things you love in lolita.

Day 3 – 10 things you hate in lolita.

Day 4 – 10 different kinds of food you like.

Day 5 – 10 items from your wishlist.

Day 6 – 10 things you can’t live without in lolita.

Day 7 – 10 people who inspire your lolita style.

Day 8 – 10 songs that inspire you for lolita.

Day 9 – 10 things you will never do in lolita.

Day 10 – What’s in your bag?

Day 11 – One day in your lolita life in pictures.

Day 12 – A picture of yourself before lolita came in to your life.

Day 13 – A picture of your favorite sweets.

Day 14 – A picture of your dream item.

Day 15 – A picture of your last lolita purchase.

Day 16 – Your outfit for the day.

Day 17 – What do you want more then anything right now?

Day 18 – A picture of your favorite lolita style.

Day 19 – What’s in your make-up bag?

Day 20 – A picture of a lolita friend.

Day 21 – Your favorite fictional lolita.

Day 22 – A picture of your room.

Day 23 – A picture of your handwriting.

Day 24 – A picture of you from a meet.

Day 25 – Your favorite lolita themed artwork.

Day 26 – Your Facebook profile picture.

Day 27 – One song that fits your favorite lolita style.

Day 28 – A picture of the perfect lolita location.

Day 29 – A picture of a lolita you would love to meet for real.

Day 30 – A photo of yourself taken today and 3 good things that’s happened over the last 30

days.

Day 10: What's in Your Bag?

Unfortunately, I can't SHOW you guys my bag, due to a current mishap with my camera (though, due to the fact that I'm taking photography this year, I'm hopefully going to acquire a better one soon!), so I'll just describe it and it's contents :)

For a bag, I usually use my pink Bodyline bag with a rose and cosmetic prints. I love it so much because it's so big and it even has pearls on it, but the thing that bothers me is that the lace on it is rather cheap >.> If the lace was only a bit better it'd be perfect!!

In it, I usually carry my brush, a comb, my makeup bag (it's awesome and black and pink!), my Hello Kitty wallet, and my iPod/headphones (unfortunately my good iPod was stolen so I'm using my WICKED old nano that I've had since I was in 5th grade, but the thief was caught and with any luck she'll be forced to pay me full price for the stolen iPod!). That's all; I'm boring :P

Day 12: A picture of you before Lolita came into your life.

You guys better be VERY grateful for this because it's embarrassing to the max >.>

It's blurry because one of my friends had to sneak a shot of me because I hated having my picture taken (you can see why :P ). Yeah... I never brushed my hair, took AWFUL care of my skin, never exercised and frequently gorged on bad foods, wore glasses that didn't suit me AT ALL, and worst of all I wore that hat EVERY FREAKING DAY >.> It wouldn't be so bad if I actually coordinated the stuff I wore with it and didn't just slap it on like I did...

So yeah, I'm VERY glad that Lolita came into my life, because it inspired me to take care of my body, dress better, be happier and generally become a better person. I admit, my brief rendezvous with lifestyle Lolita might be responsible for the majority of this (improving my manners, etc) but it just goes to show that fashion doesn't always destroy people; in fact, more often than not, it often betters them. :)

Finally, this is completely unrelated, but unfortunately I will not be able to do a full vacation post due to lack of pictures (my camera deleted them all >.> ). However, I will tell you that it was awesome and maybe I'll write up a brief summary at some point for the curious.

Here's one surviving picture (my mom actually took it and sent it to my e-mail) of a baby mountain sheep I saw on one of the tallest peaks in Yellowstone:

He was so cute!! His parents were cute too :) I wish I could've gotten a closer shot, but I didn't want to get too close to the wild life, especially since his parents could've gotten aggressive over him (did I mention I went the day after a guy was mauled to death by a bear? I was WICKED paranoid all day xD ) so I just zoomed as much as I could and got this.

Thank you for reading!!

Style update: Sugar Rock!!

I was SO bored today, being trapped at home and all, so what did I do? I dressed up, of course!!

I tried some Purikura! What do you think??

Outfit rundown:

Jsk/headbow: Dream of Lolita (Angelic Pretty replica)

All jewelry (bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings): Offbrand

Socks/wig/shoes: Bodyline

I actually wore this outfit to test out my wig- I FINALLY got around to cutting the bangs today!! Honestly, I just did it as practice (as I'm getting my hair dyed pink later this August so I wasn't too worried about destroying the wig) but it came out MUCH better than I expected!! So of course the first thing I did was try it on with a myriad of bows :3

I was going for a sort of sugar-punk look with this out fit. I was pretty pleased with the result!! I actually like the way this jsk looks without a blouse, but tbh I'm not too fond of jsks with blouses in the summer at all (yes, even if it's not "proper" Lolita); it just gets too hot for blouses! @_@ Honestly, I don't think I would've been able to wear this outfit out because the wig, however light it is, was quite stifling...

So this is what I wore while sitting around today!! As usual, critique is welcome! :)

The Winter of Questionable Fashion Choices

A while ago, the lovely Victoria Suzanne made a post about her dreams for the upcoming winter. In the post, in addition to sharing her own vision, she encouraged the readers to come up with their own "fairy tales" as well. Well, I am now in a similar position as she was then- even though I was SO looking forward to summer and spring, I'm now sick of it and want it cool down again. Why?

As stupid as it may sound, the reason I want it to cool down right now is because I miss dressing in layers. I know, I know, I'm a materialistic bitch, why don't I just go outside and forget about fashion for a while, etc etc. The fact is, even in New England not only does it get too hot to dress up, but it really feels too hot to do ANYTHING outside (at least for me; I'm a total wuss in the heat).

So, while the weather has been peaking 100 outside and I've retreated inside for the past couple of days, I've been dreaming up a look for the next winter. Last winter, I was all about princess-y things, with a touch more of classic than sweet. I still love that stuff, but, being an America teenager with an appropriately short attention span, I'm rather tired of that look. Thus, I've decided to channel some of my new loves (Fairy kei, decora, and OTT sweet) into my new planned look for this winter. If all goes well, it should be super colorful while everyone else in New England is clad in black and brown, it should have TONS of layers (even more than I usually wear in Winter, and I do wear a lot of layers!), and it will probably end up breaking quite a few rules in the Lolita section (I'm LOVING these Marie the Cat ears I saw online recently...). Due to the quirky and often just strange pieces I plan on adding to my wardrobe, I plan to call this upcoming season the Winter of Questionable Fashion Choices™ .

Here are a couple of pieces I desperately hope to add to my wardrobe that perfectly go with this theme:

These cat tights from ManiaQ are so crazy it's adorable!! I have a soft spot in my heart for cats (though that can go for just about any animal really :P ), and these kitties are simply adorable!! The only problem is, the tights are a little expensive for a broke high schooler like me ($40 a pop!) but I still might have to save up any lawn mowing money I make this summer for these ;P (yes, I mow lawns for money, having no other skills or places nearby who want to hire me, especially with all the competition I have with kids my age... oh suburbia!)

Of course, this girl's whole ensemble is absolutely adorable, but really what I'm looking at here is the carousel hat. I would like nothing more than to wear a carousel/cake/tea cup hat at some point this winter! I just love those things all so much; they're so ridiculous it's great!! I know the lovely Mana of Starre Princess has been open for commissions for a while, so I might just have to ask her about making me a carousel hat... :D

Bear hoodie! Unfortunately, it is from an ebay shop, but from what I can gather the shop sends you decent products and you get what's pictured (so if the item had crappy lace, that's what you get, but this has no lace so I needn't worry :D ). I'm not sure whether I'd want one in black or white, but either way I'm adding pink accents once I get it!! (I also love the pink colour way, but unfortunately, as I'm dying my hair pink later this summer, I'm afraid to get TOO much pink tops as I could end up accidentally wearing all pink like I did this vacation, except I'd have pink hair too so I'd just look weird :x ).

Barbie Ring and Pinkie Pie necklace, both from Pretty Pop Designs!! I actually just ordered both of these, so hopefully they'll arrive soon! I'm especially excited for the Pinkie Pie necklace; I'm actually planning a trip to Jo-Anns so I can get the materials to make a skirt based around it!! (I also plan on getting back into sewing this winter, as the DIY aspect of Fairy Kei doesn't seem TOO difficult, especially the Nile Perch-style stuff!)

I could go on (and on and on...) about my plans for this winter. To be honest, Pre-Christmas winter is actually my favorite time of year, so of course I always plan EVERYTHING about it (for example, I've already planned what I'm getting a couple people for Christmas! :D ). If any of you guys are weird like me and already have a plan for the upcoming season, please do share!!

Style update and Mall of America haul!!

Hello! I just got back from vacation yesterday, so while I am happy to be back and blogging I'm a bit exhausted at the moment (17 days of trekking around the country with your family will do that to you) so please bear with me; it will take a bit to write up a full report >.>
However, I do have a couple of little somewhat vacation-related things I'd like to share with you!! :) First of all, one of my favorite things I did over vacation was go to Mall of America in Minnesota. It was awesome, I definitely recommend going if you ever get the chance (though that might be the mall-lover in me speaking :P ). So, here's my haul for that day:

(ignore the notebook in the background; that's old. I didn't notice that was there until I was uploading this pic :P )
From the Sanrio store: Sugar Minuet stickers, Charmmy Kitty backpack, bow pen, nail art supplies.
Forever 21/Love 21 (F21 accessory/beauty store): Sailor jacket, shimmer powder, eyeshadow palette, makeup puff, eyeliner, bow and cupcake earrings.
From Icing: Pink and lavender hair extensions (SO regretting not getting mint >.> )
From the Disney Store: Marie Plush (I love love LOVE it, so soft and cute!! :) )
From Journeys: Pink Converse
From Claire's: Pink OTK rose socks
From Wall Drug (not part of MoA obviously, but I wanted to include it in here): Black star necklace

I... may have gone a TEENY bit overboard :P Nonetheless, though, I was pretty proud of myself! I didn't have that much money to begin with, and I still had some money when I was done, so I thought I stretched my money pretty far. My favorite things I got would have to be either the Marie Plush (SUPER cute and cuddly :D ), the eyeshadow palette (the colours are gorgeous and it was like $6!), or the sailor jacket (it's a really nice weight and reminds me of Victorian boarding schools xD ).
However, when I got home, I found out that while we were gone I had received a package! As it turned out, it was my Sugary Carnival replica!! :D I ordered from Taobaospree, and I would definitely recommend ordering through them if you decide to order from Taobao! My agent was very polite and nice, and even though DoL was very slow to respond to HER (apparently this replica was VERY popular), she still responded quickly and politely to all my questions, and kept me updated on my order at all times :)

Here's a quick outfit shot showing off my order!
Dress/headbow: DoL
Tights: Forever 21
Cardigan: Marshalls (I didn't want to wear it, but I have REALLY bad sunburns on my shoulder and it looks like I was in a fire >.> )

I'm pretty happy with the dress itself, but there were a few flaws (most notably the lace; I was so looking forward to having pony-printed lace then they had the lace from their Milky Planet replica on it instead!! D: ), but overall I think it's a nice weight and it fits very well :)
I promise I'll try to write up the vacation post asap; I apologize for the delay!!

Apologies, again!!

Sorry for taking such a long unannounced hiatus!! I thought I'd have more time to post after finals, but it turns out that even after school ended my life was super busy D:
I'm actually posting this from Yellowstone, part of the 17-day vacation my family is taking!! This is the only campground we've stayed at thus far that has had decent wi-fi, hence why I'm posting now. After this vacation is over, I promise I'll turn over a new leaf and post more, and kick off this promise with a post full of pictures of all the beautiful things I've seen (not all related to fashion/feminism, but definitely some things I'd love to share with you guys!!).
For now, here's a few of nice pictures: