FOTD: Sugarpill Midori & MAC Browns + New Hair

It's been ages since I posted a FOTD! I've just had lack of inspiration and I really haven't been in love with the way my make up looks have been coming out lately so I just kinda gave up for a little. But I've been playing with a lot of my goodies from my IMATS haul and I'm sooo in love with my Sugarpill make up! I've been using Midori a lot because it's such a pretty green. (And if you didn't know Midori means "green" in Japanese!) I really liked the way this came out because the green is so vibrant but the browns make it wearable during the day. Sorry if the pictures aren't as clear, I had to use my iPhone since I left my camera in Hawaii! >___<

Aaaand I wanted to show you all my new hair cut! I trim my hair regularly because I've been trying to grow it out but I'm always getting split ends and my hair grows so fast I have to trim my bangs all the time. I wanted to try out the "front bangs" (as I call them) or "fringe bangs" idk what they're officially called? I've had sideswept bangs since my senior year in high school and I wanted something different but I kind of regret it! I'm not really feeling the fringe, idk if I just have to get used to it or what but I'm going back to sideswept ASAP! Oh yeah and I dyed my hair super dark brown. It's so dark it looks black! I wanted to go back natural because I'm having a hard time keeping up my hair color since it grows so fast so I think I'm gonna leave it dark for a while. It was so odd to have my hair dark again! Especially with the bangs! But I guess it's nice to have some change every once in a while.

FACE
+ MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC43
+ MAC Cream Blush in SWEET WILLIAM
+ MAC Mineralized Blush in DAINTY
+ MAC Blush in STRADA [contour]

EYES
+ MAC PAINTERLY Paint Pot
+ MAC SCANT Eyeshadow [highlight]
+ Sugarpill MIDORI Eyeshadow [lid]
+ MAC SMUT Eyeshadow [outer v/crease]
+ MAC COPPERPLATE Eyeshadow [crease]
+ Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in BLACK
+ MUFE Aqua Eyes Liner in 0L [waterline]
+ MAC Opulash Mascara

LIPS
+ NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in STOCKHOLM

Henna'd my 4c / Kinky WOC Hair

Hi guys, since this isn't my hair blog, I'll post a link to my henna experience here.

Check it out for anyone who's been curious about henna, particularly on extremely coily hair =D

Henna Hair Experience on 4c / Kinky / Coily Hair

Dip-dyed Hair

I'm aware that dip-dyed hair has been "hot" in the fash-pack for a while, but seeing Katie Shillingford (editor of Dazed and Confused... swoon!) sporting a short peroxide crop with blue ends made me fall head-over-heels for it all over again!
I'm aware that few people think that they actually have the lifestyle, bravery and style to be able to pull this off - but I'm very much inclined to believe that it is achievable.  Hopefully, these photos will allow the "curious but wary" to be inspired towards taking the first step to dip-dying (or even ombre-ing) their hair...

 Katie Shillingford, image source: models.com

Dip-dyed Hair, image source: blogspot.com

Alexa Chung, image source: beautyeditor.ca

Admittedly, I don't seem to have much "authority" to advocate this as I haven't experienced the delights of dip-dying my hair: mainly due to the fact that I have recently gone from being blonde to deep mahogany and therefore don't want to completely wreck my hair through over-dying it... Although, who knows what the future will bring as summer begins to vaguely creep towards fruition?

Lottie 

xxxx

so much

EVOLUTION

Cut My hair

Now it's just me and 4C

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Better late than never! Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! I spend the weekend in Hawaii with my family and friends. I thought I took at least one family picture but I didn't! =( I guess I was too caught up being around family I forgot! But here's a pic of the view from the airplane - I never get tired of seeing Hawai'i like this:

arriving! there was a rainbow :)


leaving :( view of waikiki

It really depends on which side you sit on to get a good view. I recommend sitting on the right side [if you're coming from the mainland] when you're arriving and the left when you're leaving - otherwise you're just looking at ocean! I love going home and I'm really thankful that I can go home for the holidays. Normally, Brian and I don't go home every holiday but since we're apart my mom wanted my sister and I to come out, especially since I'll be going to Guam for Christmas. I LOVE island weather! I don't care for four seasons at all, I hate the cold! I will take humid island breeze all year long, thank you. =P

My trip was really short! And I got sick when I was there. =( I ended up wasting a Saturday night just because my body was so tired from being sick, but I did get some good QT with my mom and dad. Ever since I left home, I appreciate them so much more and they're so funny to be around. I managed to go to the beach once in Lanikai after I had brunch with some friends, call me biased but I have yet to see a beach that even compares to one of Hawai'i's! [Maybe Tahiti judging by pictures but I haven't been there yet!]

Lanikai's

I always get my hair and eyebrows done when I go home! I'm always skeptical to have someone else do my hair and I won't let anyone besides my regular eyebrow waxer touch my brows because the ones I've tried out here always make my brows super thin! I prefer a fuller brow and my waxer knows just how I like it. Plus she always trims and shapes my brows [they're suuper long and thick] whereas anyone I've tried out her just waxes it and I never like the way it comes out.

BEFORE: yucky brows & faded red/brown hair
(lol @ my sister in the back)


AFTER: clean brows! & dark brown hair

My friend does my hair EVERYtime I go home - I like to trim it often because I have a tendency to get split ends a lot. My head always feels lighter and healthier when I do trim it. I really need to stop dyeing my hair though! It was reddish brown and now it's dark mocha brown! My friend warned me against going back to black because she said if I wanted to change my hair color lighter again t wouldn't look as nice. I think after this dye I MIGHT dye it one more time if it ends up getting lighter from the sun and go super dark, dark brown and just let my natural hair grow out, but we'll see how it goes.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I'll be back to the beauty posts soon! Don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

Locs with a Retro Twist

So LOVES! This is the look that I was inspired to do. You prolly got sick of me because I mentioned this look on twitter a few times, but now I can put it to rest =D. I was watching SimplYounique's youtube channel ad she had this cute tutorial. Soo I had to give it a shot and success!!

soft and sexy

The haircolor in this take on 1960's boho glamour for Vouge Turkey... and we heart the soft, natural, matte, real, tone on tone, vintage beigey goodness.




so Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin.

CHECK OUT MY BOWL CUT | tic-tac-toe, three bowls in a row jill, josh,...

CHECK OUT MY BOWL CUT | tic-tac-toe, three bowls in a row
 jill, josh,...

spring feels natural

natural hair is the hair that happens every day, and we like it.

Mr. and Mrs. Wright

Congrats and happily ever after to Kyle and Brooke Wright... see the blushing bride's pretty hair by Shampoo in this month's Indulge.

hairy good blonde

bows are back in town

weirder things have happened in the hair accessory fashion time line, but i can't think of any right now. love this new life of the party, hey looky here x-large size the best. won't be having bad hair days this spring/summer '10. spring break or bust!!!

charlie le mindu

i mean he's really it. charlie le mindu takes the abstract idea and transforms hair and your idea of what it should be. sure, there's glue and wire involved... but doesn't every great hairdo have a hidden secret? i'm not telling.
the bow is falling? rope.
need to break up the bangs? pheasant.
giant hairmouth wasn't enough, hairglasses x3... now i can see!!!
coverup
charlie le mindu is taking hair to another place. and we like it.

I MEAN REALLY! He rigs then he rigs some more...

never to hip to be HAIR BRAINED

like this hair blog
HAIR BRAINED

AND the sweet, smart, sassy braid.

givenchy

sienna miller

fishtail braid

norma kamali

side braid





here's ours for 360West