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red light spells danger

So today was Chinese New Year! Happy Chinese New Year to any Chinese bloggers/readers. Even though my family doesn't really celebrate it aside from the red envelopes, wearing red, and having a big dinner, I kind of felt super Asian today. Plus, all my friends could pick me out in the crowd because of the horridly bright blazer I had on. I swear, that's the only red article of clothing I owned (besides this red cardigan, but I wasn't in a cardigan mood). AND IT HAS SHOULDER PADS. Haha! It was my mom's, originally, and like many of her clothes, it got passed on to me. I went to school today and blah blah blah. School's pretty boring, but at least the weather's looking better! Can you believe I got amazing lighting at 7:30 A.M in the morning? THIS NEVER HAPPENS.

But I checked the weather again and it says there might be a wintry mix in the next few days. I don't want to know what that's going to be like. New York City was encased in ice the other day, and I slipped a total of FOUR times walking TWO blocks to get to my bus. I even left my house early in anticipation of the weather to try to make class on time but NO. I end up two hours late. Isn't that ridiculous? It felt like NYC turned into our own personal ice skating rink that day. Even the mounds of snow had this glossy sheen that you knew was going to be dangerous. I tried to climb over one and I ended up sliding. Not. Fun! But it was pretty funny seeing everyone struggle with the ice.

And these Seychelles flats that I'm wearing are AMAZING. I wear an 8 (which is the size I got), but they're a bit small. I don't think they had half sizes, so that's a shame. But they're super super comfortable so it's fine about the whole size thing.

Me. Being ridiculous because it's so early!

MAKE UP TIME YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Okay, so in lieu of the nastiness of the Icepocalypse, it was raining and everything, so my make up ran and I didn't carry my tools with me. So in order to look decent, I had to run into the local drug store and buy a few products. I was so happy with them, I actually decided to use it today.

(from left to right) Maybelline's Waterproof Great Last mascara, Prestige liquid eyeliner in black, Jane Iredale lipstick "Rachel", Neutrogena lipstick "Rum Raisin", rosebud salve lipbalm for those chapped winter lips!

That's right! I use two kinds of lipsticks. I have no idea why, but I really like the mixture of the color. Rum raisin's a bit too purple for my liking, and Rachel is a little too orange-y! Not pictured is the L'Oreal Double Extend Eye Illuminator Mascara in Black Quartz. It's alright, nothing special. It just adds colored glitter to your eyes. But it is long lasting! It lasted me through the whole day, haha. I'm no make up expert, so that's why I don't have some super cool tutorial for you guys. Sorry. Maybe in five years, haha.

Outfit Details:

vintage red blazer - Isabel Ardee

floral printed dress - Forever 21

grey tights - American Eagle Outfitters

black flats- Seychelles

vintage quilted red Chanel bag - from my mom

burgundy velvet hairband

 

FIRST OFF, I'd love to thank Harlow Darling of Elegantly Wasted for giving me a blogger award! I'm extremely honored. I'm a bit too caught up right now to follow the exact instructions, so maybe I'll end up doing that later on. :)

Hi guys! It feels like forever since I've blogged. Truth is, I've got a lot of work to do. As the end of the semester comes near, teachers are constantly piling us with papers and readings and then there's the finals! So...if anyone is good at pre-calculus and applied calculus, I'm in need of a tutor, haha. I can offer you cookies! YUM. So I decided to make a rather long post today! :)

Right, so the story with this outfit post and rather unoriginal title is that my dad and I were cleaning out the basement and I stumbled upon the hairband I'm wearing in the photo. It's from about five years ago and I thought I lost it for good. It's a deep burgundy with a velvet like texture from Versace. My mom and I scored it at Off Saks Fifth for $3.99! It was such a bargain I should make it a point to visit that place quite more.

I always have a hard time trying to pair articles of clothing with this skirt. It's a rather silky fabric and the print is really busy. I've yet to find the perfect combination of patterns and colors, so for now I'll stick to plums and blacks!

As you can tell, I've started on painting my dresser and another canvas piece. The thing with me is that I tend to start projects then get distracted by something else and forget about the other one or lose interest! It's such a bad habit. I'll probably do another art post once I get around to completing these projects, haha.

And I've started to attempt wearing make up again! Well, not like I really wore it to begin with. I always loved collecting make up but never really attempting to wear it. One of my favorite looks so far is really simple! It's just lipstick and a creme eyeliner.

For this look, I used both a drugstore brand and a more quality designer brand! A Wet n Wild creme eyeliner and Chanel lipstick. I really like both of these products. The Wet n Wild creme eyeliner is really easy to apply (though I have to use my own brush since the one they provide is a bit hard to use due to its size) and it stays on without really giving me raccoon eyes. And I really like the Chanel lipstick. It's nice and opaque, but it isn't really a dark color. I don't really think I could pull dark make up off! I'm not brave enough to venture into foundation or anything eyes really. I guess it's best to start off simple!

Do any of you guys have make up tips? I'd love to hear them!

Outfit Details:

black sweater - J. J Basics
red patterned silk skirt - Classique

plum tights - Hue

black canvas sneakers - Vans

velvet headband - Versace from Off Saks Fifth

Makeup Details:

Wet n Wild creme eyeliner (black) - #886

Chanel lipstick - #142, Enigma