Kitty facts, zombie apocalypse and a cute bracelet
Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 10:45 am | In beauty+fashion, crafts+inspiration, geekiness | Leave a CommentI woke up twenty minutes ago with this familiar feeling. “Oh, I’m not young enough to drink so much”, was my first thought this morning. But, actually I never even got drunk last night. The problem was (and is, very much possibly) sleep deprivation, but, oh boy, does it feel the same as if I had drunk myself into a coma or something.
Anyway, today we (brother and I) are moving to a new flat (we don’t particularly like our flatmates’ idea of cleaning) and need to start packing. The whole room we’ve been sharing is a mess and I feel tired just thinking how much we’ll have to do. Oh, well.
Cats always seem to cheer me up a bit, and hopefully this link will do the same for you. Check out the 17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat, by The Oatmeal.
And if you feel like having some more fun, you might as well go see How Everything Goes to Hell During a Zombie Apocalipse and, why not?, try and find out 8 Ways to Tell If Your Loved Ones Plan to Eat You (previews below). Very serious stuff, you know?
On a different note, I’m in love with this bracelet by Three Horses and might try to come up with a project to create something similar (and cheaper, as I find myself quite averted to spending money on something I can possibly make nowadays). For those of you who just want to use the damn thing and not to worry about finding the appropriate materials, click on the image to go to the Etsy shop and buy it (they also have it on gold – yay! -, white and gray).
Pretty rings to cheer me up
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:39 pm | In beauty+fashion | Leave a CommentKinda sad because I thought I was going to get a job and, as it turns out, I did not. That’s a bummer, really.
So, in order to get a bit happier, I decided to go through the box with all the necklaces, bracelets and earrings I have here. It has almost nothing in it because I did not want to bring too much to London and I already had tons of clothes packed. I’m really in love with rings right now, but these four below are the only ones I currently have with me. All of them are from Accessorize. I’m a bit obsessed by their stuff, I do admit it. And since I arrived, I found out Topshop and H&M have some really nice ones, as well, but I don’t really want to spend my parents’ money anymore, so they’ll have to wait ’til I find a way to earn some money.
The special thing about Uggs…
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 1:24 pm | In beauty+fashion | Leave a Comment… remains unfathomable, to me, at least. Women here in London seem to be really into them and you can see girls strutting their stuff down the streets in Ugg boots of every colour and material. Well, that’s actually inaccurate, as there are not so many available colours and, as far as I know, one can only find the regular leathery one and the knitted one. Anyway, I have always found those type of boots extremely ugly. Regular boots can be quite beautiful, but Uggs are just horrible and seem like something that would come up should I ever try making a shoe or, I don’t know, a draft of something else entirely. Those were my thoughts until very recently. The important word here is, mind you, WERE.
As soon as I came to London, I would see the said boots everywhere in the streets and would just shrug it off. I mean, if cute Londoners want to ruin great outfits with those things, that was really not my problem. After a couple weeks, though, the weather started getting colder and colder, and that’s when I suddenly realised their utility. Even though winter was still officially over a month away, feet and hands had already started to need some heavier protection. And, obvious as it may seem to everybody else, it really never ocurred to me that the weather would be so cold that regular shoes wouldn’t be enough to keep me warm.
So there you have it: now I’m some kind of Ugg supporter and I am even considering buying a pair to myself. I still think they’re quite ugly and even reminiscent of Bigfoot, but, boy, do they look comfy and warm. Despite this, however, I really cannot see how can one think one may look truly good with them on. If I ever wear them, it’ll be only for comfort issues.
Head drama
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 11:30 am | In beauty+fashion | Leave a CommentI do love headbands and tiaras of all kinds, so I just fell in love with the items from Bambako. They are not discreet at all, thankfully! I also love a bit of drama, so having colourful feathers and tapes on my head helps in creating this over the top effect whenever I’m in the mood for it.
A couple of my favorite items:

Bloody brilliant! And they’re not even that opulent!
(via Coquette)
Here a ring, there a ring…
Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 2:03 am | In beauty+fashion | 1 CommentTags: rings
I love rings, even though I don’t wear them a lot because my hands are quite small and somehow I don’t really like the way it looks with this embellishment. Nonetheless, I’ve been saving tons of images of rings and hands wearing them in my we heart it account. After watching Chicago again last night, Roxie’s song got stuck in my head and I decided to post a few of my favourite photos with rings. Enjoy (and click on each image to go to its original location)!
Pied-de-poule is love!
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 6:00 pm | In beauty+fashion, cool items, décor | Leave a CommentTags: houndstooth, patterns, pied-de-poule
I’ve been seeing a lot of pied-de-poule stuff out there, so I decided to gather some great inspirational images and links. Check it out:
# Pied-de-poule fabric roses, one of many ways you can use this pattern in décor. The original post has many more suggestions on decorating with it.
via design sponge
# Incredible patterned tights. I’m in love with those, head over heels in love!
# Amazing pied-de-poule coat. Loved the way the girl combined it with black items, so the overall look wouldn’t be too much.
via lookbook
# Tutorial on how to photoshop a pied-de-poule (or houndtooth) pattern. Worth checking!
via whip up
Beauty bits: pink+salmon polish combo
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm | In beauty+fashion | Leave a CommentTags: beauty bits, nail polish
Nail colour of the week was obtained by using one coat of Impala’s Pink and one coat of Colorama’s Coral (salmon with extra tiny shining particles). I guess it looked quite cute, specially with the pink shade underneath the main polish.
I did this last Sunday, after having that luxurious polish I used for the wedding on for only two days. I loved it, but was sick of it already. This morning, three days after painting my nails as I stated above, I started to get tired of it, too. But I did not want to take it all off, so I decided for one more coat of Pink. The result can be seen below.
(in the first picutre, you can see how stained the polish was. i just don’t have a clue why this happened as i am a pretty good manicure. oh, and please disregard the dry cuticles. =p)
Talking ’bout hairstyles: quiff tutorial
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 7:17 pm | In beauty+fashion | Leave a CommentTags: online tutorials, video
It was merely by chance that I stumbled upon a great video tutorial today. It is definitely a coincidence that I was talking about this hairstyle just yesterday and then found this how-to that explains in detail how to make 2 different quiffs. By the way, it seems the correct term is not pouf, but quiff!
Anyway, click the image below to access the video over at Mookychick. You can also head to Maxine’s blog, where it is also located.
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