new hair & sunday sister style

All photos by:

(c) Elle Battung

seeing green: outfit envy

You know that self satisfied feeling, of heading out of your house after an hour or two tops of endless outfit changes, only to run into someone who is wearing the one outfit your heart didn't know it wanted. But, boy did it want it bad.

This was mine.

1. Rag & Bone Boyfriend Jeans // 2. Army Green Long Sleeved Button Down // 3. Champion Cosmic Photo Keds // 4. Casio Analog WR Gold Face Gold Stainless Steel

None of this is cheap however. So if you're broke, but willing to go the extra mile to for the perfect (cheaper) replica then head to your closet for a pair of ill fitting jeans you are willing to part with and follow this. 

Once that's done begin the search for that perfect button down that screams of effortless and just right amount of "oh this old thing?". I'd suggest your local thrift shop or you can go my route and root through your dad's closet like I did. A very successful adventure, I might add.

Next, the shoes. That's a piece of cake. Ever since galaxy started a trend our search for these babies became 10 times easier.  And since I'm a DIY junkie and couldn't pick more than one tutorial you can either watch this or read this. 

Now comes the bad news, unfortunately. The watch must be bought. Unless you want to print this out on a sheet of paper, slap it on your wrist and call it a day, you're gonna have to shell out an extra buck for this beauty. In my opinion however, it's an investment you're gonna wanna take. Shiny things are almost always worth it.

  

late night experiences

Homework: Make an experience poster

I should probably make an experience poster about making this experience poster. It goes something like, 3 a.m. sleeping after waiting for inspiration to strike. Which is did. 6 hours late. I'm a cramming pro. 

DIY: the "puurfect" cat dress

The day began with me doing my own thing, surfing the net, stumbling upon street style blogs and I came upon this photo:

(My new favorite thing to do being, Google: couple street style)

First thought:

That dress. 

So I did my research and came up with this.

All my hopes and dreams stitched up into this too good to be true cat dress. I had to have it. Even if the cats weren't identical. Even if the cats were pink. But the idea of the dress oh! I needed it. 

So I made it.

You'll need:
1. A brush

2. A Cat Stamp (I made my own out of foam and double sided tape)

3. The perfect black dress

4. White paint (I used latex, since that's all I could find in the house, but fabric paint is preferable, I think.)

5. A cup of water 

Start by applying the  paint unto the stamp. I use a brush because I don't want to get paint into the holes where his eyes should be. That'll be a mistake that's hard to fix. You'll be spending the day painting black everywhere the white paint exceeded. 

Also, I watered the paint down slightly, because if it's thick some parts might dry before you've even stamped them. 

Work your way down the dress. I did mine in a pattern like the original. However, if you would much rather stamp wherever you felt like it than go right ahead and do so! There are no rules. 

Afterwards, you've got yourself a cat dress!

Wishlisting for the big 2-0!

Its coming! 

December 3 is close and I'm going to be leaving my precious teen years behind.

*tear*

I will take what I can get though, the good and the bad. The good being: The Big Yearly Birthday Wishlist

1. Nature Republic Hair & Nature Natural Wave Wax 

P360+

This baby is available in any Nature Republic shop. I regularly visit the Filinvest Mall branch. I've tried the tester and fell in love immediately.

2. Tish & Snooky's Manic Panic NYC Vegan Hair Dye

P700 per pot

Since shipping is the silent killer whenever anybody that wants to achieve pony hair, I did my research and found a legit distributor here in the Philippines. Head over to RainbowHead to get a pot. I'd love to try the following:

Atomic Turquoise

Enchanted Forest

Violet Night

Mystic Heather

Cadillac Pink

3. Face Sponge
P150-300

I know that PCX sells these things and so does Nature republic and I've been itching to try them out. I can't vector a sponge so a box will have to do. 

4. Maybelline Rocket Mascara

P270+ (Christmas sale price!)

I think, almost all drugstores and department  stores are on sale with their Maybelline  products at the moment. Oh the beauty of having your birthday during the Christmas sale.

5. Nichido Mineral Brown Eye Pencil 

P138

My brown eye pencil has reached that point where it is literally smaller that my eye. That's how much I use it. Owning more than one would actually be great because I'd like to keep one in my bag and one at home. You can purchase this, again, in almost any drugstore or department store in the Philippines.

6. Dove Intense Repair Conditioner

P140+

I love, love, love this conditioner. I think my Dove conditioner intake may actually rival my water intake.

7.  Sunsilk Damage Reconstruction Deep Conditioner

P100

Again. A girl can never have too many conditioners and this pot of deep conditioner is surprisingly cheap for it's size, and in comparison to other brands. 

8. Gold Hairpins

Okay, I used to buy my gold hairpins from Accessorize because the quality was great and the price pretty reasonable (P150) for 30 pins. But I think they have closed down because all three locations that I used to visit are closed! *sob* Now I'm desperately on the search for gold pins again. Nothing looks better than gold hair pins on pony hair. It's just so...magical. 

9. Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream Chips 

P100+

Bottom line is: I'm too stingy to spend that much on myself but I welcome anyone willing to do so. Hah. 

10. UniSilver Super Small Silver Studs

P150

The only thing that has stopped me from spending for these is because I'll need to buy more than one pair. 2-3 to be exact. And than the price goes up. But If anyone wants to help out and get me at least 1 pair I'd be a VERY happy birthday girl. 

(That's what you get for having 6 piercings) 

Oh to dream.

hairVOLution

Hair update!

I messed around with my hair dye products this week. 

My original hair color (of the week) was a faded bright blue, which is a rather washed out gray/blue-ish color. And then I applied some violet/lavender and more bright blue. The parts that are white-ish blond are the ones from long ago. I always miss those parts when I do my hair myself cause I can't see the back of my head.

This is my "about to do a new color" face:

And these are a few pictures of my "hairVOLution":

 New polishes!

1. This awesome gold glittered polish by ORLY

2. A sweet pale grey by O.P.I

3. And this glittery silver polish that dries, get this, MATTE! Ridiculous. Also by O.P.I.

Here are some flowers that I purchased. I went a little crazy in the craft supply shop. This isn't even half of what I bought. 

all you need is love

Wednesday afternoons spent with Adobe Illustrator.

With the ocassional McDonald's meal inbetween. 

hearts for niall

Things Niall Horan and I have in common:

1. Good taste in clothing. 

This was completely unintentional. That's just how fly I am.

His style. 

sleepovers & pony hair

This weekend consisted of 5 movies back-to-back, an army of hair supplies and coffee jelly with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Some school friends came over after class for some bonding, and Elle and I became overnight beauticians. Colored hair seems to be catching fire nowadays and it really saves your b-bucks when you can do a P1500 job for under P200. 

If you want to give a home bleaching job a try check this tutorial for starters. The platinum just kills me. 

I was looking through my photographs and decided to do a quick photo recount of my past hair colors.

I'm very excited to place an order for some LaRiche Directions colors. The Lilac and Alpine green will definitely be on my list. 

And if you are loving these pixelized people half as much as I am; head on over to MakePixelArt! 

Disclaimer: It's addictive. I've done more than is good for me already. 

In other news, Dave and I both have white kicks now. 

Don't forget to end the evening with second servings of this monster:

(The color pallets at the Color Collective love your right click save as button.

purple undertones

pink hair post