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!!