the constant (+ watching 'the variable')

WOOPS it's been over a month...moving/lack of internet has been a nightmare

oh well

time to find this perfect lip color...I would prefer to make it from whatever crazy crap I find in my kit

summer essentials

essie polish in funky limelight, nars lipstick in heat wave, parissa soothing azulene oil

three products I'll be using all weekend, I like how they're amped up primary colors

{summer beauty 2010} a white cat-eye!

after 2 weekends spent moving apartments with my best friend

doing fun shit like painting

and driving a u-haul conversion van around the city

moving jumanji-sized plants

....I'm on a considerable brain-cation so far this week
left daydreaming about the makeup featured at Donna Karan's S/S 2010 show
!!!!!!!!!!!!A white cat-eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like how the intensity of color can change depending on skin tone and shade...I suppose it's the same principal as black liner

I think this will be my beauty adventure for summer 2010! I wear a black cat-eye everyday, why not switch it up with white?
Armed with these style.com photos


NYX liquid liner, Urban Decay yeyo and MAC vanilla pigment, I'll be good to gooooo!!

[kate moss x topshop] nyt times video

why won't this health fair report write itself?

daydreaming again....



dream bike

glitter. always.

even more than her hair I love Deneuve's makeup in this shot from style.com

it's so perfectly painted on

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can't wait for my job interview @ MAC in t-minus 9 days!!

AND the hottest ginger-related news of the day? Ginny fucking Weasley and Jamie Campbell Bower, or as LP and I refer to him, "JOOOAAAANNNNNNAAA" from Sweeney Todd are engaged!!!
HOT SHIT

beauty in french vogue

I know everyone dies over Daria Werbowy but I never really 'got' her. Yet these beauty shots floored me
I love a load of glitter!


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hi, I'd like to trade lives for a day

Taylor Tomasi (Marie Claire accessories editor) is perfect in this picture. I've been wildly jealous of her hair color for FOREVER, and throw in this CdG coat, fab tortoiseshell cat-eye sunglasses, classic chanel bag, tangle of necklaces and over-the-knee boots? I die. Everyone says her sunnies are Alexander Wang but according to this they are Norma Kamali. Either way I NEED THEM.

Also been creeping on her (of course) beautiful wedding here They seem like a great couple!

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Liberty of London

few things get me out of bed early on a weekend. Hungover brunch, pedicures, peaceful walks in the park and of course limited edition collaborations with chain stores. So that's why I stumbled outta bed while it was still dark, confused by the time change, and (virtually) shopped the Liberty of London collab with Target. I'm quite satisfied with my purchases, besides the lack of free shipping (wtf Target gimme a break)


got this lil pleated chiffon nightie. I imagine wearing it as a beach cover-up, or with my vintage 60's sheer white housecoat, since they say the time of day shouldn't dictate what you wear anymore. Sequined frocks in the morning! Jammies on a hot summer day!

fun flowery picture frame

I am SO excited about these! Kitchen prep bowls in adorable prints! I love kitchenwares so so much

these will fit right in with my Liberty of London for MAC makeup bag! I love the bird motif...gimme bright colors mixed with black and white and I'm happy


I also got the eyeshadow in 'Birds n' Berries' and lipstick in 'Peachstock'...I love the white casing, so cute.

Now all I hafta do today is write two midterm papers! Ugh the day peaked already didn't it?

left my head and my heart on the dancefloor

the Telephone video finally premiered last night and of course people have been talking about it all day. I mean, THIS, exists already. Little monsters move fast people
The video has been broken down extensively, great example here , so I'm just posting my favorite makeup looks


no doubt what everyone will be talking about (the cigarette sunglasses, not the lesbian subtext). amazing


my favorite gaga look by far, the contoured eyes and matching heavy winged brows, lil beauty mark, blood red rodarte-y chola lips, and HELLO COKE CAN CURLERS


It's creepy how much she looks like gaga, if this chick didn't have a fuller face I would still be convinced it IS gaga, just taken down a notch


freaking love this retro look on Beyonce...black lips are the new red!!


hey gurl, love your double-winged liner.


well aren't you cute as a button!

must re-create this colorful liquid liner...LOVE the bright yellow


double kitty gaga! black lips again..it's not even overpowering on her. bitch can rock anything

love ya gags!

manic panic love strikes again

....so I'm ambivalent about jumping on such a trendy, overexposed bandwagon. But the WhoWhatWear daily email sent me over the edge

I WANT LAVENDER HAIR SO BADLY! It's such a beautifully soft, unexpected color. The last time I Manic Panic-ed my hair was 5 or 6 years ago. I had a hot pink streak that peaked out of from my temple, a lil peek-a-boo strip. But now I want a substantial amount of lilac in my hair. I'm so jealous of blondies, they have it so much easier when it comes to pastel shades.

Like this hot bitch

GAGA LovelyLocks and the Pixietails

and this one

Kelly Osbourne looks freaking fantastic, bravo grrl

and of course princess proenza icy glare who started the ball rolling

I love it ALL

I'm thinking some bleach and either Manic Panic 'Lie Locks' or 'Mystic Heather' is in my near future.

dance in the dark

Another package of the day! I ordered from HauteLook for the first time when they had Kevyn Aucoin's cosmetics on sale. The products were such a STEAL! Like lipsticks for $7 marked down from $27. I had to restrain myself and only purchase 4 products...I feel like I've been hemorrhaging money lately :(

So I received

Liquid Patent Lipgloss in Nyalia


Liquid Fountain Pen in Lilette


Liquid Lipstick in Ondine


Lip Tint in Tatjanaberry

I'm pretty pleasantly surprised. It's sometimes a gamble ordering unfamiliar makeup online but the colors are quite nice. I was bummed because "Ondine" (btw, the color names are so funky! maybe they're named after certain people) looked very similar to Beaute's Masochist which I just bought, but Ondine is more of a true cherry red while Masochist is a deeper retro red. Both are lovely. I'm excited about Nyalia, it's a very nice creamy rose. I don't have a lip color like it so I'm quite satisfied. Tatjanaberry is a little disappointing, it's a little too brown, not as nude as I had wanted. Maybe it'll look better when my skin is more tan.
I'm so happy to finally own a few Aucoin products. Kevyn Aucoin was the first makeup artist I loved. I remember scouring ebay for his first book "The Art of Makeup" years ago, luckily I found a decent copy! His books are so beautiful and I could just tell he was a kind, gentle man. His death was a huge loss for the beauty and fashion industry.

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Package of the Day

I'm a notorious online shopper. I find it very relaxing, much more so than real life shopping. My favorite is shopping for makeup! I still get excited when the package arrives. So to celebrate this semi-frequent event I'm doing a "package of the day" post.

Today I received MAC's Gaga Viva Glam lipstick!!


and a Paint Pot in Blackground


I can't wait to play! I'm a huge fan of MAC's free shipping promos, they have a new promo practically everyday. Keep up the good work MAC! And I'm so glad I got the Gaga lipstick before it sold out...that would have been a dark day indeed.

Can we even talk about the possibility that Gaga may headline for Lollapalooza?? I. may. faint. (if it's true of course)

I'll end with Alphabeat's genius cover of Telephone/Bad Romance

classic

I'm probably years away from my ideal living situation...
but when that day comes, I'm going to create the perfect vanity, for all things beauty. My grandmother's antique vanity will probably come into play, even though this means I will have to move it out of my parent's house and I'm not exactly ready to go THERE

But when this finally happens, I'd like to have these pictures lining the walls. I found this great website with high quality scans and I literally spent half my night going through all the great pictures.

They're great inspiration and will never go out of style.
oh AND I wanna be wearing Audrey's sparkly silver shadow like now

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