30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 30 Favourite nail polish

The 30 Day Beauty Challenge (that I need in less than 30 days lol) is now at an end.  I didn't realise how hard it was to talk about myself for 30 different posts.  Did you guys feel like you got to know me a little better?  Well, today is the last post, and it is a super hard one.  How in the world am I suppose to pick one polish that is my favourite when I have so many ahhhhh....

If I had to choose, I believe it would be Sephora by OPI's 212.  Not only because it's named after my city, but it has everything that I love all thrown into one bottle.  I call it beautiful chaos, and I absolutely love it.  

 

I think I'll be rocking this all week, with maybe Chanel Peridot on the tips.

I'd love to know what your favourite polish is ladies, so please leave a comment xx

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 29 Photo of a makeup look you would love to try out

I'm crazy for Violent lips. There is something so fresh and avant garde about these lip tattoos.  It's definitely not for the shy, and I'm really looking forward to trying some of these.  Although, I'm not sure which ones will look good on me personally, but it's all about trial & error, isn't it?

 

Currently on sale at Sephora for only $7

UK gals, we have to get ours from Harvey Nichols for £10 or £7 at Boots (different stock at different locations).

Have you tried Violent lips? Which ones do you recommend for a newbie like me?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 28 Top beauty item you can't live without

I really had a hard time narrowing this down.  I just had to imagine what I felt the most naked without.  I already told you that my foundation is very important to me, but I've run to the store without makeup on, so then what could it be.  Then I glanced over at my vanity table and realised it's not really a makeup item, but it's perfume.  

I don't talk about perfume much on my blog, which is odd as they are the one thing that I never go without.  I just feel that smelling good is just as important as looking good.  Imagine someone who is very attractive, but when you get close to them they stink like a$$ lol.  That is NOT a good look lol.   

My perfume stash is very small right now.  I ended up giving all my perfumes to my mother before leaving America.  I just kept one (J'adore L'eau).  There are so many perfumes that I want, but all in due time. So this is my perfume collection as of right now.

 

My top favourites from my collection are:

Dior J'adore L'eau

D&G Light Blue

True Religion

I also am in love with my Bond No 9 Madison Square Garden sample. 

My number one wishlist item in the perfume category is Lavin's Eclat D'arpege.  It is not very popular (which is a good thing), and smells very close to D&G's light blue.  I just love fresh and floral scents, and I can't wait to get this perfume.

What's your favourite perfume?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 27 Favourite skincare product

My favourite skincare product is something that I currently don't own, but I will repurchase sometime in the near future.  It's a mid-range cleanser product that I absolutely loved.  For some, it was too drying for their skin, but for me it left my skin squeaky clean without drying it out.  I loved the clean scent, and it just left my face feeling super clean.  I liked that a lot, and even though I have tried several different cleansers since in the name of experimenting, I am secretly wanting to just purchase this.   My favourite skincare product is: Clarins Gentle foaming cleanser with Cottonseed.

Currently retailing for around £17, I'm going to go to ebay to hunt it down.

The product claims:

"As gentle as a cleansing milk and as effective as soap, Clarins Gentle Foaming Cleanser with Cottonseed promotes skin radiance whilst protecting your ideal pH balance. It leaves Normal to Combination Skin perfectly cleansed. The lightweight texture of the Gentle Foaming Cleanser from Clarins provides a refreshing texture that rinses off easily with cool water and protects Normal to Combination Skin from the drying effects of hard water. Formulated to defend the skin’s pH balance, this Gentle Foaming Cleanser with Cottonseed eliminates all impurities and excess oil secretions without irritation."

Have you tried this?  What's your favourite skincare item?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 26 An Item from your wish list

I couldn't just list one item that I wanted off my wishlist, as I felt both of these products really needed to be featured in the post.

Wishlist item #1:  Suqqu Frame Fix Liquid Foundation

I absolutely love how this brightens my face and gives me amazing coverage.

Wishlist Item #2:  Guerlain Cruel Garden Highlighter

Guerlain always robs me of my hard earned money with their amazing highlighters.  I'm in love <3

Both extremely expensive.  Better start gathering up funds somehow :)

What is on your wishlist?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 24 Favourite new beauty product & Day 25 Beauty regime

I'm so horrible these days.  I've been so swamped with work, and all my spare time is going to working on my business and I just haven't had time to share with you all the little things that I've been hauling (mainly clothes and fashion accessories).  Once I get into the groove of everything and sort out some better time management, I promise my blog will have some better direction - thus is life though, right?

How are you all.  Please feel free to leave comments about ANYTHING :) Also, for those with twitter, you can follow me @tokkiandoliver.

DAY 24 - Let's discuss my favourite new beauty product.  I'm a bit indecisive as to if this means a new beauty product that is new in general to the beauty market, or just new to me.  I'm not always one to jump on the bandwagon, and hunt down the newest things.  I do this, because I like to see what others say first.  If it's total shit then I saved some money :)  

I also haven't been really hauling beauty products like I have been.  Long story, but you know the drill, after holidays being skint, and just trying to hold onto the money that I do have because I didn't know when my next paycheck was coming.  Yep, same old boohoo "I'm broke" story. lol.  But I'm not dead...I still treat myself from time to time :) 

So....my favourite new beauty product is hands down the inexpensive and amazing, Fantasy Fire by Max Factor.  This was the last polish that I purchased before my 2012 nail polish ban, and I'm happy that I bought the ones that I did.  I loved it so much, that I'm sharing a bottle with one lucky reader.  I can't believe how hard it is to find these days.  I wish that my Boots was bigger, as I bought a few and since then I haven't seen them back in stock (sad face).

For swatches and a review, click here.

To enter the blog giveaway, click here.

DAY 25

Beauty regimes....ahhhhh, regimes, well I'll be honest ladies - I don't have a regime really.  I think I change it drastically based on weather and mood.  The only things that are consistent with me are:

1.  Cleansing using my Clarisonic MIA

2.  Using a toner 

3.  Clinique even better serum

4.  Moisturising

I repeat this at night as well.  That will never change.  I'm 32 now, and I am taking my skincare regime seriously.  Once a week I will exfoliate with a mask (currently out of this, eck, gotta buy some asap!).

As for my makeup regime, it really depends on weather and mood.  If it's rainy and gloomy, I wear bright red lipstick.  If it's sunny, I may use a coral/pinky blush or bright pink lipstick.  Most days however I love wearing nude lips, especially during the day.  So it really changes, but what doesn't change is:

1.  Using primer (face & eyes)

2.  Concealing and hiding the redness and scars

3.  Wearing foundation - I never go out without foundation...never, ever, ever :)

4.  Shape and define eyebrows

I guess I'm just very self-concious about having clear skin, so I always want a bright and even toned face when I leave the house.

OH! I also do not leave the house without nail polish.  I feel super naked when I have naked nails.  Does anyone else feel like this?

My other beauty regime is to give myself a home manicure with loads of oils.  I really enjoy doing this, and it's so very relaxing.  I just don't have anywhere near my house that's any good, so I rather save the money and do it myself.

Share with me your beauty regime secrets or a new beauty product that you think I should own.

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 23 Best bargain makeup item

The best bargain makeup item is hands down Barry M nail polishes (£2.99).  You can get them on their website here, Boots, superdrugs, and various other shops online.  It can also be cheaper with many offers throughout the year.  Their colour range is impressive as well as the quality of the nail varnish.  I just can't say enough good things about their polishes.  Cheap doesn't mean crappy when it comes to Barry M nail varnishes. That's why they are my top pick for the best bargain makeup items.

I only have a couple in my stash (Hologram hexagram, Grey, and Mint Apple).

 I'm planning on getting Indigo, Peach Melba, Vivid Purple, and something from the neon range.

Which Barry M's do you have and which ones do you recommend?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 22 Beauty tips for a big night out

I think it all depends on your style and how you want to look on a big night out.  Not everyone wants big hair, huge lashes and siren red lips, right?  I'm personally a smokey eye type of girl, but not everyone is.  It also depends on where you are going that your look might change.  A big night out to the opera is way different then a big night out to a warehouse club party...so I'm going to focus this a bit more on going out to a club/lounge/dance, considering when I do go out, it is usually to something like that.

These are my tips, so please don't think I'm the know all of night-time makeup.  I don't want to come off that way, I just want to share with you what I do :)

1.  The night before, I give myself a facial and exfoliate my lips.  I also try to hydrate my skin as much as possible (face & body).

2.  Primer is a must!  I use both eye and face primer to try to keep my makeup sticking as long as possible.  I figure it's going to come off anyways as I'm usually sweating so much by the end of the night, but why risk having it come off too early, right?

I'm currently loving Benefit's Porefessional (£23.50) for the face and Urban Decay primer potion (£14.50) for the eyes.

 

3.  Smelling good is half of looking good - Always wear deodarant and perfume :) 

4.  I contour my face (as my face is round) using the Chanel tan de soleil.  The contouring helps your face appear slimmer.  The key is to blend well, so you don't see streaks, but it's also harder to see at night, so I usually contour only at night.

 

5.  I'm a huge fan of false eyelashes at night. It makes my eyes appear larger, and I just love the look of having lush eyelashes.  I don't particularly have a favourite false eyelash that I like, but I do love MAC, Illamasqua, and Shu uemura's lashes.

6. Waterproof mascara and waterproof eyeliners.  I love my MAC fluidliner in blacktrack (£14).  It stays put, and never smudges on me. 

 

7.  I like to shimmer a little bit (not glittery) at night, so I always finish my face off with a highlighter.  My current favourites are MAC belightful iridescent powder or my Chanel powder in feerie.

8.   Another beauty tip is to have with you the proper items in your bag when you go out.  I never leave home without having the following items with me.

* band aid/plaster

* small safety pin

* breath mints

* small vile of perfume

* matches

* my lipstick

* My chanel compact

* panty liner/tampon

* hand sanitizer or wipes

Accidents happen, and you don't want to be unprepared 

9.  Always have painted nails.  This is my personal opinion, but when someone is made up to go out and have naked nails, it just doesn't seem complete, so always rock the lacquer :)

Lastly,

10.  Having fun - nothing is sexy about a pouty girl standing up against the wall xx

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 20 Favourite Mascara & Day 21 Favourite Lipstick

Hello everyone. Are all my UK gals keeping warm?  I look like an Eskimo tracking around town :)  It is freezing, damn...my fingers are still defrosting and I've been home for at least an hour.  

So this post will show you my favourite mascara and favourite lipstick. These products work for me as of right now, but who knows in a week it could change.  I'm a bit flighty like that I'm afraid.

So as of today, my favourite mascara is Benefit They're Real mascara.  You can see the post I did on this here.  I've been using this quite a bit, and I just love how it separates and defines my lashes as I really have non existent lashes au natural :(.  I will be keeping the brush even after the mascara is done, because I love the brush so much.

 

They retail for £18.50 currently at Debenhams, benefit.com and anywhere else that a  Benefit counter can be found.  It definitely was an item that other bloggers have influenced me to buy, and I'm very happy that I did.

Day 21's Challenge is to show you all my favourite lipstick.  I have several favourites that I love, but I choose this lipstick, because it's inexpensive and it's something that I can wear with any outfit.

MAC's Blankety

My lovely nude (slightly pink) lipstick that I reach for most days.  I have 2 of these, because when I return my empty B2M items, I always pick up another Blankety to add to my stash.

 

I'd love to know what your favourites are! Please leave a comment and let me know.  I think maybe I should go out of my comfort zone, and see what other products are there haha.

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 18 Favourite beauty expert and Day 19 favourite look from a beauty expert

Day 18 Can I have two? or more than two?  Well, my favourite beauty expert is a person who many deem as their favourite beauty expert.  She's a professional makeup artist, and has a successful youtube channel...yep, Lisa Eldridge.

Why do I love her so much:

1.  Classic looking, yet has her finger on what's trendy

2.  Excellent verbal teaching skills - Thanks to her, I apply foundation correctly now lol

3.  Very professional in her youtube videos

4.  Her personality is pleasant, and draws me into watching her

I'm sure you all know who she is, but just in case some non beauty addict stumbles across my page, here is her Youtube channel.

Here are some of my favourite videos from her:

 

 

 

Also, my other favourite beauty expert is actually other bloggers.  I would be completely lost if there weren't so many bloggers out there.  I honestly never purchase anything without searching for reviews.  So to all the beauty bloggers out there - kudos to you all and keep doing your thing. If you'd like, please leave a comment below with your blog - I love reading new blogs xx

Day 19 was so similar to Day 18, so I am doing them all in one post.  My favourite look from a beauty expert is actually one from Lisa Eldridge.  So let me share with you the video that inspired me greatly.

Who's your favourite beauty expert?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 17 Fashion Pieces on your to-buy list

Are we talking in reality or in my fantasy world? Because those lists are completely different haha.  Well, I think I do enough fantasising on this blog, so I'll come down to planet earth and show you guys a real to-buy list :)

1.  American Apparel Cape

 

2.  Vivienne Westwood booties

I "need" these, it rains here in England :p

3.  Black and grey cardigans

I love wearing these to work, so I need a few more in my wardrobe.

Not the ribbed kinds, but soft cotton...ohhhh so comfy.

4. L.A.M.B. Handbags

 

I'm in love with some older L.A.M.B. bags, especially the Carlisle clutch, Venezia (black), trenchtown Manchester clutch (pictured above), and the Pitch clutch (music line).  

Good luck to me as they are extremely hard to find here in the U.K.

5.  T by Alexander Wang tops

I love his t-shirts and cardigans. I'm searching religiously on ebay for some to pop up for under retail

Items that I am currently saving up for:

6.  Christian Louboutin shoes

Can you believe that I don't own any closed toe black shoes. I guess I felt it was too simple or something, but I figure that if I'm going to have just one pair, it will be a pair that I will wear for the rest of my life, therefore...it shall be CL :)

 

And Last but definitely not least....

7.  Alexander Wang Rococo Bag

Are you guys sick of hearing me talk about this bag yet? I'm sure sick of talking about it.  I'm also sick of saving up for it too, but it MUST BE MINE!  Sorry to keep going on and on about this bag.

Tell me what's on your shopping list?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 16 A celebrity whose fashion you don't like

Yikes, this is going to be a mean but honest post.  I don't like talking about celebrities, because they do nothing for me.  Also, it's hard to pick a celebrity whose fashion I don' t like, because most celebrities are advised by fashion consultants, so it's not really the celebrities I'm insulted, but the behind the scenes professional.

Having said that, I know you guys want to know....so, my pick would be not just one celebrity in particular, but any celebrities that wears and supports Abercrombie and Fitch.   It's not so much the fashion I don't like (which I personally don't care for as to me it looks like expensive farmer's clothes but I absolutely detest their discriminatory policies and their racist t-shirts.

If you like A&F, please stick around to read this, as it's important for fans to read what type of company they are supporting!  If any company wants to know what not to do, they just need to watch what A& F have been doing.

Reason #1:
Racial t-shirts - Look, I know how to have a good laugh, but there is a difference between internal jokes about your own people.  For instance, I can make a joke about Koreans, why? Because I am one. You think that's unfair? Well tough sh*t, that's just how it goes.  A&F market to a certain demographics, it just happens to be middle class - upper class Caucasians.  I didn't pick their demographics, they did. So when you have t-shirts making fun of Asian people when your demographics isn't Asian, that is flat out racist.  If I see anyone with this t-shirt on, I will give that person an ear full, trust.  I would never go around totting t-shirts that offended anyone - white, black, Asian, Latino, whatever you were...no way, I'm just not that idiotic or insensitive.

 

I'm not making this up.

Check out Business Insider

Reason #2:

Their history of discrimination lawsuits. Yep, it's factual and they lost.

On April 14, 2005, a settlement required the company to pay $40 million to several thousand minority and female plaintiffs who charged the company with discrimination.  Not only did they lose tons of money, but they were also ordered to change and modify many internal procedures and adhere to fair employment practices.


So for me, any celebrity that sports A&F and gives a company like this more publicity is on my "hate" list.  Sorry this fun topic turned into a bit of a heated political rant, but I feel that being a consumer is a powerful tool.  Our money goes to companies that do something with it.  I will never support a company that offended any race.  This topic just hits close to home, because I am Asian, and I've been subjected to many racial situations, and to have a successful American company print millions of shirts like this, was highly offensive to me and that's why I boycott them.

I promise..next post will be light hearted lol.

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 15 Your favourite piece of jewellery

I'm really excited to show you guys my favourite piece of jewellery, because it's one that I really saved up to buy.  I'm feeling a tad guilty as I should be showing you my wedding ring HAHA!!!! But that goes without saying :).  Unfortunately, you guys will not be gazing at some huge diamond rock, or a set of gorgeous gemstones...it's not even real silver I don't think lol!

My favourite piece of jewellery is a second hand piece that I bought offline.  I'm not sure how much it originally was, but I would only assume it was out of my budget.  I love this piece, because it is not too "girly", but still an eye catcher.  I love long necklaces, so this is a piece that I always reach for.  It goes with so many of my outfits, and I always get compliments on it.  I would cry my eyes out if it ever broke, got stolen, or I lost it.  It really sums up my love for haute couture and street culture.

Gaze your eyes on my Chanel logo dog tag necklace.

It's super heavy and feels very luxurious.  I had it for a little over 2 years now, and despite it not being made of real silver or platinum gold, it has no signs of tarnish or wear.  It's really diesel and I love it with all my heart.

30 Days of Beauty Challenge: Day 14 Photo of a hairstyle/haircut you'd like to have

Hello lovely people.  I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is that I will be finishing off my 30 day beauty challenge as I always intended on doing.  The bad news is that these posts are going to come in more frequently.  I just can't do one per day, as this week is super busy for me at work and I have an intense schedule starting week, which will prevent me from doing this one day at a time.  So I hope you still stick around to learn more about moi!

xx

Now only today's challenge - What hairstyle do I like?

The hairstyle I like is the one that I can't have :( it is the edgy and very sexy blunt cut bang.  I have a very small forehead, so this look just won't work with my face :( SO SAD! I absolutely love this cut.  Anytime I see a woman with this cut, I always compliment her.  Seriously, I always always always tell her how much I love her hair :)  

I did a quick google image search, and found so many examples.  I'm still laughing at the picture of N. Minaj with that blue hair, but yes she is rocking the blunt cut haha.

I just love this look, it's so sexy!

 

What is your favourite hair style?

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 13 Photo of your fashion/style icon

Hi everyone.  Snowed in? I am haha.  I had a really hard time with today's beauty challenge.  I don't really have a fashion/style icon.  I actually hate all celebrity gossip.  I seriously could care less what Kate Moss, Kim Kardashian, and freaking the Jersey Shore or TOWIE girls are wearing.  In fact, I try NOT to wear what they are wearing, because I know that a million other girls will have the same exact outfit or accessory on.

I could say something cliche like Coco Chanel (even though I love her ethos and fashion house), but I wanted to share with you two websites that I look at for inspiration.

1. The women on Lookbook.nu.

I love how creative, unique and unconventional people can be.  I love that, and for those reasons, I love this site.  

2. Another website I frequent for fashion inspirations are the people of NYC.

http://nycrunfashion.blogspot.com/

so check these out, they are amazing sites!

Sorry I'm going to cut this post short.  Tomorrow is my DH's birthday but we are celebrating today as he's off to Amsterdam for a show and we won't be together :(

So have a wonderful and warm Sunday.

Loads of love xx

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 12 Favourite colour of clothing

Ever since my early 20's, people use to ask me why I always wore black.  I've heard it all..."are you from NY?" or "were you a goth as a teen?", or the ever so famous "are you depressed".  Yes, I was a depressed kid, no I was never a goth, and no I'm from Philly not NY :)  The real reasons why I love black clothes so much has to do with the fact that:

1.  Black goes with everything

I love adding bold accessories to an all black outfit

2.  Black is slimming

The rumors are true.  It provides the illusions and hides those extra "bumps"

AND...

3.  Black never goes out of style

A classic black dress, black blazer, black pants - all of these will never go out of fashion, right?

I wear so much black that I've been mistaken so many times as an employee of hair salons and makeup stores hahaha.  I know that black clothes is a staple in many wardrobes, but I really love black.  I do switch it up with some forms of grey LOL!  To some, this may seem extremely boring, while others may see it as very metropolitan and urban.   I'd like to think that I'm the latter. 

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 11 Bag you want to have

I want to apologize as I'm about to sound like a broken record. LOL!  Today's challenge is to talk about the bag that I want to have.  Well, if you follow my blog, you know that the bag I want to have has not changed in the last year, and I think I talk about it nonstop hahaha!! I know it's annoying, so I'm apologizing right now hahaha.

For those who have clicked for the first time, you will learn what bag I want to have, and if you stick around, you'll hear me talk about it again as well, so I'm apologising in advance too hahaha.

The bag I want is the Rococo by Alexander Wang (BIG SHOCKER)
I featured this bag in a previous challenge post that talked about my ideal outfit.
I want it in either black or grey, with either gold hardware...heck I'll even take silver as long as it isn't rose gold hardware.   I have to have it, but the money gods are not looking favorable upon me these days, so it is all something that remains in my dreams....and have remained in my dreams for the last year.  I've picked this bag up, inspected it at several different stores, and painfully walk away (hahaha, sorry for the drama).  I shall have you one day Rococo!!!! You shall be mine. bwahahahahaah!!!!

 

Ok, so now that you put up with another post about me talking about this bag, I am going to cut that portion of the post short, and talk about other fun things in random bullet point formats as I'm rushing to do this to meet a 1pm deadline on another project (it is currently 12:35, eckkk!!).

* I'm going to the London IMAT's this Saturday for the first time.  I feel super guilty about going there and spending money that I technically don't have, but fortunately for me, I got a press pass and I feel like it's a waste if I don't go.  Plus, I'm dying to actually see the Hakuhodo brushes in real life.

* I had some business cards made up for free, so I wanted to show you them.  They are just cheeky little cards, nothing fancy or special, but they are funny looking lol

 

*  I've recently been obsessed about learning the history of my country (Korea) after I learned that my country was once split into 3 kingdoms and one of the kingdoms had 3 queens.  That is such a big shock for me to hear for so many reasons.  So I've been geeking out online trying to find out more about the Queens of past Korea.

* I'm embracing myself as in 2 weeks, I will technically have 2 jobs.  Some of you may know that I haven't worked for anyone in the last 1.5 years, and going back to actually working for someone is nerve racking, but it's not in a corporate setting, so I'm very happy about that.  Wish me luck!!!

* Since I'm starting a new job which requires me to be on my feet most of the day, I'm looking for comfy flats and low heel boots...fashionable ones at that, and cheap too.  That combination has been quite hard to find.  So I've spent many endless nights scouring the web for these, any suggestions? Please comment below.  I don't want to spend more than £30 as I will probably required several pairs.

* I have an upcoming interview with this awesome Etsy shop, and special discount to all of Tokki & Oliver's readers - so check back as I'll probably post this up sometime before Friday night.

* I still have a few things left in my blog sale, so please check that out too.  Postage is free within the U.K., and the link for the blog sale can be found on the top header.

* Last but not least, come and enter my giveaway.

Lucky I type fast, it is now 12:44 and I will have 16 minutes to finish something up, so I'm going to say goodbye to you all now.  :) Have a lovely day everyone !!!

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 10 Current fashion/style you like

You know how everyone has guilty pleasures? I'm about to reveal mine today with you all.  I have been sucked into the allure of the 50's through the horrible tv sitcom, Pan Am.  It's bad, my 70+ mother in law watches it, so I started watching it and the cheesy plot makes me cringe, but the pencil skirts and pristine outfits have won my heart.  I don't agree with majority of social ethos nor the domestication of women in the 50's, but I really do love the femininity of that era.  It's such a contradiction! I'm battling with it internally lol!  The show however wants to depict a dawn of the new woman, the Pan Am stewardess which travels the world and doesn't have to live in the confounds of what a woman was meant to traditionally do (housewife, mother, etc. etc.)....so I guess it's ok then for me to watch (that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it).

I won't lie to you all, even if it's embarrassing as hell, but a current fashion (fashion rebirth more like it) that I like is the 50's/60's prime and proper tailored clothes and fashions.  The look I put together is not all necessary from this era, but I felt it all tied in together to create a modern spin on the quintessential female from the 50's.   I am also enjoying blues and nudes as you shall see.

I hope you enjoy!

 

What style has you interested this upcoming season??

Also, before I go, I wanted to alert everyone that I'm having a 100 blog follower giveaway.  Come and enter for a chance to win the highly sought after and hard to find nail polish by Max Factor in Fantasy Fire (a very good Clarins 230 dupe).

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 9 Favourite pair of shoes

Welcome to Day 9

My Favourite Pair of Shoes

This is going to be a very cliche post, because it's a pair of shoes that I wanted for sooo long, all due to a certain movie called Sex in the City.

I really didn't want to succumb to the 2 hour long advertisement, but it worked, and I was left drooling over these shoes.  I spent endless nights thinking of them, and found every which way to penny pinch so that I could afford these shoes.

But one just wasn't enough, I loved these shoes so much, that I ended up buying 2, and if the 3rd pair came up cheap somewhere, I'd probably buy them too.  They are comfortable, sexy, and versatile.

I want to apologize about not having photos of it today, I just walked through the door, and the sun is down now :(  but here are some teaser pics......

These are my Christian Dior "Extreme Gladiator" Sandals

 

Sadly, I'm not able to wear these year round, but I do save these for special occasions.

Since these were sold out, I'm not positive where you can pick these up, but of course you can always look on auction sites like evilbay and such.  They retailed for $685, and after the season was over, they even went down as far as $250, so good luck if you like these and want a pair for yourself.

Come and share with me your favourite pair of shoes :)

30 Day Beauty Challenge: Day 08 A photo of you getting fashion wrong

Hello lovelies.  Ok, to today's challenge is a funny one, because as much as I want to believe that I never got fashion wrong.....I think we all did, right? lol!  So come along and read about my journey in fashion and just how wrong I got it haha.

Sadly, I have no photos of me getting fashion wrong (they do exist tho). I did find this photo today so I wanted to share it with you all.  It actually shows the contrary haha, I think I was getting fashion quite right from the beginning (thanks to my mom) lol

 

Red shoes were hot back then as they are now haha

Ok ..... so here goes my embarassing tale of how I got fashion wrong :)

FASHION FAUX PAS #1

It all started when I was 11 years old.

I got a hold of a bottle of sun-in, do you guys remember that? It was a spray that supposedly made your hair lighter.  It sure did, a light shade of orange.

FASHION FAUX PAS #2

Then at the age of 12, I started to wear penny loafer with an actual penny in them, as I was heavily influenced by my preppy brother's friends, preppy kids at my church, and the emergence of GAP.

Yep, penny loafers - good old copper brown penny loafers (vomits)

FASHION FAUX PAS #3

I then rebelled against the preppy me, and I started to dye my hair lighter and lighter until it was wrecked and almost blonde.  Yep, I was blonde before all these kawaii girls who now all dye their hair all shades of brown and blonde haha.  So as I was saying...my rebellion began. 

I started to get heavily influenced by yo mtv raps reruns, MTV, BET, and the emergence of r&b groups.  I wore really baggy jeans, chinos, sparkingly white reeboks, tight tight tight tops (when I wasn't wearing huge cross colour t-shirts), huge gold earrings (hey still wear those lol) dark lip pencil that outlined my lips with a nude lipsticks on top (of course I never blended), and I wore my hair in a tight ass bun most of the days.  Yep the 90's were full in effect, and I rocked it like there was no tomorrow. TOTAL FAIL! lol

FASHION FAUX PAS #4

Then when I turned 16, I decided i would dress like a slut. lol!!!! My skirts got shorter for some reason, my heels got higher, and I seriously should not have been allowed out the house.  There is no reason to ever let someone see your knickers girls! NEVER hahaha.  Of course my parents didn't know I dressed like this, I changed once I got to school.  Not a good look.

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

I finally got some sense around 17-18, when Ibegan to dress like a normal person as I started to get internships and work.  I also noticed all the fashion designers (thanks to all the hip hop videos that were huge walking advertisements).  My eyes opened and I never looked back.

So are you guys done shaking your head and laughing at me? Share with your fashion faux pas :)