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Monday, November 23, 2009

Casual Monday

so I don't feel like doing monster music monday mextravaganza this week because basically I am bored with it. lol Perhaps next week. But thanx to newly turned vegetarian SANDRA KYOUNG JONES, I am adding a new segment for tuesdays... here's a clue it deals with FOOD!

anyway here is my casual look of the day

boots: momma
jeans: H&M


top and necklace:UO

Oh yea and remind me to tell you all about how I ran around lundie naked and cold with my row teammates!
good times

ENJOY


Thursday, November 19, 2009

Pin up girls

I think that I want to add the modern pin up girl look to my repertoire because its a fun and cute look

This is my sad and feeble attempt at a pinup girl look. It was a last minute thing, I will perfect it at a later date.
there are so many bobby pins in my hair its redic!

don't laugh... lol I'm not even going to describe the clothing b/c its pretty much crap!

enjoy!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Denny's World

I decided that one of my favorite umm well looks on lookbook comes from Dennis (Denny) Balmaced who is currently the number 5 male of all time (on lookbook).  He is a humble and generous chap from NJ with a killer fashion sense. I was lucky enough to get an interview from him and here it is!




Q: How old are you and where are you from?

A: 22 years old and for New Jersey.


Q: It wasn’t until my first year of University that I began to experiment with fashion and actually enjoy what I wore out of the house, when did you become a fashion conscious being or were you born like this. Lol

A: Umm, haha, I wish I was born like this so I can look back at my old pictures without getting embarassed. I'm going to have to say High School, that's when it really hit me, these days kids become fashion conscious earlier because of what they see on t.v., movies, magazines etc. When I was a kid, I was too busy playing outside and such. Once I entered high school that's when I fell in love with fashion. I always looked different from my peers, a stand out, which is good and bad depending on he situation, but at the end of the day, I was content with my myself and that's what mattered the most.


Q: Where would you say your inspiration for your fashion ideas come from?

A: Hmm, they come from everywhere, movies, internet, magazines etc...I just try to mix every style I see together and try to make it my own.


Q: What is your favorite color?

A: Hmm, every color. I try to use all the colors, but orange is the least color I use, I don't like how my skin tone looks with it.


Q: How has your style evolved over the past few years?

A: Oh, great question. My style evolves everyday, first I was into the skater look, that evolved to the "emo" phase which evolved to how I dress now. It was back in high school where I started wearing ties and skinny jeans. Yup, skinny jeans, back where the only options where girl jeans, haha...Seriously, thank god they brought back skinny jeans for guys, what a relief. After High School, that's where I really stepped it up and just try to wear anything I like and not stick to one style. Grunge, Preppy, Hip hop...I do it all, I don't base what I wear to what I listen to, I just wear what I want.


Q: I find a lot of my clothes at thrift stores, where do you get most of your clothing from, and where is your favorite place to shop?

A: Yup, me too! Thrift stores and vintage stores are my favorite as well. I don't believe in name brands, to me, it's not how much what your wearing is, it's how you wear it.


Q: Your style seems to range over a lot of genres, what would you call your look if you had to give it a name? (any name that comes to mind)

A: Um, nothing came to mind, I didn't want to be vain and just call it "denny".


Q: Would you say that you put an effort into getting dressed each day?

A: Yes, you have to put effort everyday, specially if you are into fashion. People who say they don't put effort to what they wear and seem effortless are liars. I'm just saying. If you love fashion, putting effort is a must.


Q: I see that you have a lot of fitted hats, how many do you own and which is your favorite?

A: Hmm, last I counted I own 35, it's not that much really. My favorite I would have to say is my Philippine Pride one. I represent it with mad pride.



Q: I like the fact that your looks seem to have a theme to them, would you agree with the statement that each of your looks have a theme?

A: Yes, I agree. Well most of them have themes, the ones with no themes are just days that I woke up late or was too tired the night before to prepare what I want to wear the next day.


Q: How long does it take you to get dressed in the morning?

A: Well, not long, I prepare what I wear the night before. So I would say 10 minutes.


Q: I see that Cool Kids, Gym Class Heroes, and Regina Spektor are among some of your favorite artists, what other kinds of music do you listen to and what songs are you blasting through your headphones currently?

A: I listen to everything except country, it's really hard to love that genre, I have no idea why that is to me. Apparently it is the number music genre in the USA and I can't even listen to 5 seconds of it. Recently, I've been listening to a lot 90s alternative rock, seriously 80s and 90s music is where it's at.


Q: One of my favorite stores is urban outfitters, I used to work there spend all of my money shopping lol. Have you ever worked in a clothing store and basically worked to shop?

A: Nope, but I've been asked to work at Urban Outfitters before, and I would definately work to shop.


Q: If you could meet any famous person dead or alive who would they be?

A: Andre 3000, that's my fashion hero right there.


Q: Are there any current looks that you are working on? 

A: Nope, they just come to me out of nowhere, I don't plan ahead.


Q: What is your favorite food?

A: Italian food, definitely.


Q: I see that you dressed up as QuailMan from the cartoon Doug, I love the way Nickelodeon used to be back in the 90s, what other old Nickelodeon shows do you think they should bring back?

A: All of them! Nickelodeon was the best when I was little boy...Doug, Hey! Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life...more!


Q: Ok last question, what do you want to do when you get older, what is your ultimate dream?

A: Just be happy and content with life.


^^amazing! =]
In closing I would like to thank Denny for answering my questions! Secondly if you want more of him check him out on: lookbook or visit his blog: Denny's World
If you liked this interview segment let me know and there will be more...or just don't and I'll blog about whatever I want!


ENJOY

Monday, November 16, 2009

m^4

monster music monday mextravaganza!!!
This week lets listen to TheXX
They are a band from south west London comprising of 2 women and 2 men (Oliver, Romy, Baria, Jamie). One of my favorite songs of theirs is Basic Space. Romy and Oliver the lead singers both have very nice and relaxing voices.  Their music seems very chill and smooth. 

They are currently touring so check out their myspace page to get the dates. 
ok bye
oh yea, leave comments with songs/artists that you would like to contribute to monster music monday mextravagana...or not
enjoy the most hated day of the week!!
cheers =]

Sunday, November 15, 2009

I'm clean I swear!

I seem to have moved away from fashion quite a bit
this blog is for everything, but fashion is one of the top things lol
so I'll tell you why 

My motto is "when one is stressed hygiene is the first to go"
lol now I would like to modify this motto to "when one is stressed looking ones best is the first to go"
so be happy that I am showering regularly, I just look like a plain jane. lol
anywho, I'll post more tomorrow 
don't forget tomorrow is monster music monday mextravaganza
so get ready for that!
Also I have an interesting interview segment lined up so stay tuned!

Monday, November 9, 2009

sheesh, it's monday already?!

         For this monster music monday mextravaganza I'm going to take it back and the band that I'm going to cover are The Beatles!!!
(I wonder why they didn't spell their names beetles?)
hmm but I sure do wish someone would purchase the beatles rock back and let me come over and play whenever I want.
         Anyway "The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. During their years of international stardom, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals)."
^^Thanx wikipedia


and if you don't feel like shuffling through their many many songs, listen to Norwegian Wood and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Those are just 2 of my person favs!!
again...Leave comments with songs/artists that you would like to contribute to monster music monday mextravagana...or not




enjoy the most hated day of the week! -P

Wedding Entrance

If i ever get married I am going to do this at my wedding!
I actually cried when the bride and groom came out.
The bride and groom seem so happy. That is how a wedding should be.
This is probably the best wedding entrance I've ever seen!

Thank you Chris Brown for making Forever


enjoy

remember remember

the fifth of November!!!
On the fifth I went to Lewes (pronounced Luis) to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day!!!
They had a huge bonfire and amazing fireworks!!!
It was pretty scary because we were in huge crowds and people would drop bangers on the ground and they would explode at our feet. It was pretty dangerous but amazingly fun!!!



since they don't celebrate thanksgiving

I'm going to dwell on halloween a little longer than normal!
This year me and some of my enlgish mates carved pumpkins!!
I made mine look like Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.














Carving jack













me, haia, and will













"and I'm jack, the pumpkin king!!"
Also since this day and age we like to waste food and such, and since we are fattys, we used utilized the pumkins resources and made pumpkin soup and roasted the seeds!












ps. sorry for not updating in a while...my mom, aunt leigh, and rosario are in town and I was showing them lundie!! oh yea and I had my first drunken night with mumsy! There is nothing like throwing back a brewski and play pool with your dear mother -]

Monday, November 2, 2009

OMG guess what!!

its MONDAY
and you know what that means!!!?!?!?!
monster music monday mextravaganza!!!!
So this week I'm going to introduce two groups to you 
no.1: This cute pop group called Thieves like us 
^^especially the song 'drugs in my body'















no.2 This  Malawi music guy called Yalira
His style is Malawi Africa music. and he is currently touring the US.
I only really know one of his songs called 'The very best
It has a really cute tribal feel. lol if that makes any sense, but check him out as well,
the song will make you smile.








again...Leave comments with songs/artists that you would like to contribute to monster music monday mextravagana...or not

enjoy the most hated day of the week! -P

In the ARMY

so I went to yet another fancy dress party(hosted by the row team), this one was army themed.
It was pretty fun because we ran around london in army fatigue and some stupid ppl actually thought we were in some branch of the military. lol but We went to the bar and finished the night dancing away at the Aussie club Walkabout.
I got the hat from this really cool vintage shop in Camden!


Night out with the girls

I promise I don't JUST dress up in costumes ( although I would love to)
Here are a few pictures from a night out with Haia and Lucy +others.
We went to Club de Paris, and they gave us free champagne!!!















I am wearing a floral print skirt from primark
a tank top from forever21 i believe.
black stockings
necklace from charlotte russe
blazer and boots from urbanoutfitters

That is all

how to become a vampire

I know that few immortals (like myself) have the ultimate honor of being a natural born vampire...
so I am willingly sharing with you great people, the secret of faking the 'vampire look'
of course my look is natural but since I am generous I will show you all how to look the part.
STEP 1:
put on concealer and make your face as pale as possible. If you have a darker skin tone, you might want to stay away from whites and lean more towards ashy grey-browns or lavender-browns. Using white could give you a really artificial and funny look.
STEP 2: 
Apply a reddish toned color around and under the eyes. My reddish tone was cream based so I applied a powder with a similar tone so that the color would set and last the whole evening.
STEP 3:
Apply eye liner to the top of the eye, (not so thick that it goes past the crease of your eye) Allow the line to go past your natural eye line and wing the ends for a more feminine look. Instead of liquid eyeliner I'm  black water based stage makeup and a brush for a thicker line.
STEP 4:
Next define the eyebrows. After applying all of that concealer your natural eyebrows can get lost. Also make the eyebrows thicker, longer, and darker than your natural eyebrows. This adds a more dramatic effect to your look. Also add some red-purple blood stained lip stick. I applied a lip stain first then lipstick. This allows the color to stay longer, and if the lipstick does fade, the stain will stay and give you the I-just-sucked-some-blood look.
STEP 5:
Next do your hair however you like, usually pulled back gives you a more serious look and down gives you a sexier look. I also put some earrings on (I ended up not wearing them) Try to find old looking jewelry b/c after vamps tend to be pretty ancient. Also for the old school vampy look add an widows peek to your fo'head. Depending on how you do this it could look really good or cheesy.

STEP 6:
Of course mine are retractable but for everybody else put on your feux vamp fangs. I recommend caps that are a bit pricey but can be found at any good halloween/costume shop. Do not get the full mouth retainer ones, they tend to collect spit and look really fake. Get ones that you can mold to both canines. (btw I got that necklace from fashion week in london!!)

The finished look!




Now you are prepared you go and suck the blood of any unwilling patron...I chose a tranny named Will-amina
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Happy Hunting!!!!