do i believe in monogamy?

Hey! My Biology exam is over, and today I finally have the time to make a real post again. Tonight some friends of the family will come over for dinner, but otherwise I have no plans. I want to see this new film, I don't remember the title, something with Brugge and it's a Belgium/UK production, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Clèmence Poésy (dunno if I got the accents right on Cl. Po.). Has anyone seen it? Is it any good? Oh, and I also want to buy a new bikini.
Links of the day:
KATE MOSS STYLE is over and done with.
A great project in which I am interested to participate. I hope I'll make it today/tonight.
Flawless skin and bright coloured lips - I have neither, for flawless skin I would need not to have these red spots at my jaw and for really bright lips I would need a little more courage or a dress-up evening situation. Today I used my red lipstick, but before I actually saw it on I wasn't entirely happy with it in my mind, I wanted a non-shiny lipstick with the colour something between pink and red. But actually right after I applied the make-up my red spots were barely visible (they become visible after an hour or so, make-up or no make-up) and as I wanted a not-so-shiny colour anyway, I just used the faintest trace of the red lipstick and I am immensely satisfied. Anyway I don't have any spare money for new lipsticks at the moment.
I have pale skin with or without make-up, but because my mum's make-up is a bit too dark for me, I mixed it with a perlmutt coloured highlighter thing. I didn't use the make-up on my whole face, only in the parts where there were imperfections. I was careful not to apply too much colour to my eyes, only some nude eyeshadow and a bit of mascara. I just dabbed on a bit of lipstick, took a bit of it off with a Kleenex and then dabbed some more on. I also used a little little bit of blusher.
Products used:
- Dior "Diorskin Icône Photo Perfect Creme-to-Powder Makeup 022 Cameo"
- Manhattan "Shimmering Perlmutt Cream 10 Rosy Silverglow"
- Revlon "ColorStay 12 Hour Eye Shadow 06 In the Buff"
- Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black"
- L'Oréal Paris "Color Riche Star Secrets 710 Rouge Penélope"
- Lancôme "Magie Blush Soft Radiant Mousse Blusher 03 Rose lumière"
When I first started thinking about this outfit, I seriously thought it would be the worst outfit ever. I was thinking about it since the day before yesterday, I took some clothes out for the next day (yesterday). I wasn't satisfied. I put it on in the morning, then changed. I still wasn't satisfied, but I lived thru the day. Today I was sure I wasn't going to put the same things I wore yesterday back on, because I was so dissatisfied. I changed twice today, and the last outfit, which is pictured here, is, on the contrary, one of my better outfits.

WHY I LOVE THIS DRESS:
- Because the silk, the volants and the flower print kinda capture the 70s spirit.
- Because I love the colours, they aren't too sickeningly bright nor are they depressingly dark.
- Because I like the cut with all the volants, I'm always drawing things like this but I never thought I'd find a dress with this cut in real life.
Well, I first had the vision of wearing the dress with a mini jacket, high heels and a glittery clutch, but then I remembered a) that I don't have a mini jacket nor a glittery clutch and b) that I can wear my only high heels (the peeptoes) only with drainpipe jeans because the shoes are a bit too big for me and c) that this would be a party outfit, not an outfit to wear to school. So I chose my vest instead of a mini jacket (I left it open, otherwise it would look too stuffed) and my red shoes with moderate heels instead of high heels. Shit, I could have taken a photo with my silver mini handbag instead of the glittery clutch, but I forgot.
The dress has a good length, not too long and not too short (even if too short almost doesn't exist with me, I like minis) and is made of silk, and it's cut - I love it, it's not too baby doll-y and just a summer dress. At the neckline there are very interesting plaits, but you can't see it very well in the picture; I adore the volants. By Zara.
The Teenagers are, as far as I know, an English/French trio. First, the three of them created a MySpace page of this band just for fun, the band didn't exist then, and even if nobody knew who this (fictional) band was, they had loads and loads of MySpace "friends". That proves what people are like, a friend of mine also has a "musician" MySpace page and he already has loads of friends, even if there's nothing actually on his page (he told me this, I never looked at it, I don't have MySpace). Finally, they released an album.
And it's one of the weirdest albums I own, and that's saying something. And funnily enough I can't find a single thing to hate about this band. A friend of mine said that he thought the lyrics were nonesensical, but I don't think so at all, in My opinion the lyrics just reflect life the way it is. They perhaps aren't very good singers, and there is a lot of talking in their songs, but I think it's interesting, somehow I always love those talking parts. There was a period in my life where loving pop music was the biggest sin possible, but now I love it and I love loving it.

The first song on the album is also their first single, "Homecoming". The lyrics tell of a guy who goes to visit his auntie in San Diego and fucks his step cousin (or whatever). There is a male and a female perspective, the male being "I fucked my American cunt" and the female being "I loved my English romance". "I fucked my American cunt" is such a great sing-a-long line. When I didn't own the album yet, I was listening to this song all the time on YouTube. “Love No” , the second track, isn't as cheeky or anything as "Homecoming" anymore (slightly to my disappointment), but it's still a great song. Again, there is a talking guy telling his story and the chorus is sung. But most of all I love all the namesdropping in their songs, in this song it's the film "Showgirls". “Starlett Johansson” , the third track, is a love song to (surprise, surprise) Scarlett Johansson and my favourte track. The rhythm and melody are catchy and the lyrics - great as ever. It's always going round in my head for ages after every time I've listened to it. “Make It Happen” is also one of my favourite songs because it sounds like directly from the 80s, you wouldn't notice the difference to an 80s song if nobody told you. “Fuck Nicole” is a song that is really hard and crude, especially to Nicole, but that's why I like it. “French Kiss” is a bit of an amateurish song, but that's also the reason why I like it, it's so me - amateurish.

It's certainly a strange album, and you won't find such a fine pop album easily. Somehow I always like the first halves of albums better because if I have to stop listening in the middle and then the next day I continue listening, I put it back on from the beginning, and this way I always know the first tracks of albums better than the last ones. This is why I listen to albums at least 13 times before I write a review like this. I suggest you listen to the songs on YouTube. Tell me what you think of 'em.

Song of the day: Bebel Gilberto - Momento
Rest in Peace
Mrs. Elf

lookbook etc.

I HATE BLOGGER. I MADE THIS WODERFUL POST AND BLOGGER JUST DELETED IT. I WON'T GO THRU THE TROUBLE OF DOING IT AGAIN, SEE YA TOMORROW. I have linked you, SharonRose, bowerbird and taffy. I will respond to all your comments tomorrow or when I have more time, I have visited a few blogs today but not everyone's blogs, sorry.
Hey guys, I have worked a little more on my lookbook. Please click on the images to enlarge (and read). I have a suspicion that I won't be able to finish this post now because I will be going to the theatre tonight, but check back every day, I'll change a little something in this post tomorrow or on Friday, but I'd rather say on Friday because on Friday I have my Biology exam and I have to study tomorrow. Ah in any case check back and see. I'll write my edits in bold letters.Newspaper clipping of Liv Tyler splitting up with her husband. Kate Moss in 7/8 length jeans. Meg Ryan in the 80s. Madonna in the 80s. Meg Ryan with hippie hair. Kylie Minogue in the 80s. Iekeliene Stange with vintage bag. Iekeliene Stange in retro dress. Green belt. Kate Moss.
Kate Moss in drainpipe jeans. Lilac Valentino heels. Black Bijou Brigitte bracelet. Vintage clutch. Vintage skirt. Vintage glasses. Vintage jewelry. Transparent necklace from Mexx. Pink lip liner from Estée Lauder. Blue eyeshadow from Lancôme.
Vintage evening dress. Vintage hat. Vintage blazer. White eye liner from Chanel. Chanel lipstick, lip liner, lip gloss and shimmering powder. Scarlett Johansson's CD. Cyndi Lauper - girly style. Jackie Kennedy, very elegant. Face powder.
Twinset. Kate Moss - androgynous look. Wet look on Mylene Klaas. Basic Instinct. Titanic. Ashlee Simpson's new album.

Jane Birkin, romantic look. Francoise Hardy, avantgardistic look. Cute 60s dress. Eyes wide shut.

i love records

Hey guys, so here are some photos from my trip to Holland:
but before: the video of the day: Potter Puppet Pals! With a funny song from Harry
video of the day 2: Rupert Grint at the Paris OoTP Premiere!
Link of the day: Hannah Couture. Hannah presents you a wonderful new photographer in her latest post.In the car on the way there. Yup I own a walkman. Yup, I listen to cassettes. I have read "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby again and it makes me want to go back to the 90s.
I WANT BIGGER HEADPHONES! In the car.
Me sitting at the table in the room where we slept at my aunt and uncle's in Holland.
Again. I'm writing a letter here I think.My uncle playing the guitar in their living-room. He used to play in a band, back when he still lived in NYCMy aunt with the video camera, also in their living roomA new blouse! I got this one from my aunt, it belonged to her but now I could have it because she doesn't wear it any more. It's by Hennes.Jeans: Levi's.My uncle and me, in a MNG Jeans pullover I got from my aunt. Belt: borrowed from my mum, vintageNew shirt: KookaiNew scarf: my aunt got it from a friend of hers who brought it to her from South America. Pullover: knitted by my aunt's mum. Another new shirt, this time from Mango again (Basic)The cool art deco window in their living room.The stairs up to the first floor in their house. You can't see it very well, but the window on this picture is art deco too.My record collection has increased... a lot? 1 The Who: Magic Bus 2 The Specials: The Singles Collection 3 Asian Dreamland 4 Ramones: Mania 5 Ramones: Acid Eaters 6 Velvet Underground: 1969 Velvet Underground Live Volume 2 7 Lila Downs: One Blood una Sangre 8 Habib Koité & Bamada: Baro 9 Habib Koité & Bamada: Afriki 10 Habib Koité & Bamada: Ma Ya 11 Habib Koité & Bamada: Muso Ko 12 Manu Chao: Radio Bemba Sound Sistem 13 Zap Mama: Sabsylma 14 Big Audio Dynamite: No. 10, Upping St 15 R.E.M.: Document 16 Noa: Both Sides of the Sea 17 R.E.M.: Monster 18 Noa: Calling 19 The House of Love 20 Babes in Toyland: Painkillers 21 Echo and the Bunnymen: Crocodiles 22 Tracy Chapman: Let it rain 23 Ride: Smile 24 Ride: Nowhere 25 The Beatles: Rubber Soul 26 The Smiths: Strangeways, here we come 27 Buffalo Tom: Birdbrain 28 Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling towards Ecstasy 29 PJ Harvey: 4 Track Demos 30 Midnight Oil: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1I got these three exercise books too. I don't like it when punk is commercialized, so I'm going to stick something over the "Converse" label and like, make the whole exercise book look a little more as if it was my work and not the work of a big money-making company.
My aunt with my little cousin and my mum at the beach there in Holland. It's only 20 minutes from their home by car.
My uncle (with my other little cousin) and my brother, at the beach
We bought some fried fish there, this is my brother eating and my parents and my uncle standing around him
This is where we bought the fried fish. The woman walking away from the wagon is my aunt with my little cousin, and at the right side of the wagon you can see my other relatives.
There was the most wonderful ice-cream shop there! You can see my relatives standing in the queue.
Close shot of the ice cream. Even if the colours aren't very promising, it's WONDERFUL!
My aunt's wonderful-cute shoes!This is a sort of farm for kids where they can see the animals really up close, they aren't kept in cages or anything so the kids can stroke the goats and sheep and they can buy food for them and feed them.Normally I hate birds, but I love ducks, and these look just like Donald Duck, my favourite Disney character!This is the road where my aunt and uncle live. Crossing the street you can see my mum, uncle and brother. We wanted to buy some food in the Indonesian restaurant there, but it was closed.The market where we bought our Indonesian food in the end (we bought it at a booth there)I never thought Kourtney Kardashian would ever inspire me. But it's basically just because she has a dress almost the same as mine, and I really love her summer look here. Unfortunately, over here the maximum is 15°C, and in the morning it was 9°C, so my look isn't quite as summer-y.
Main thing is the dress, of course. Silk dress: Zara Cardigan: United Colors of Benetton T-Shirt: from the Hard Rock Café in London Necklace: fantasy freak website. You can't see it in the picture because of my hair, but I'm also wearing a pair of earrings that a friend of mine brought me from Iran.o
Tights: dunno where they're from
Boots: had them since I was a kid ^^
I thought this combination looked crap, and it looks crap in the photo, but it looked better in real life.Today I decided to go for a more bohemian make-up. For me, turquoise is the one make-up colour for summer: it's fresh, exciting, sexy. With a turquoise outfit it would have been a bit overdressed, but it would sure look good with a turquoise acessoire (only one). Because if you have too much of turquoise, it doesn't look elegant anymore.I used turquoise eyeshadow (Artdeco, "262") in the inner corner of the eyes, then applied it as a line on the eyelid, the drew the line with blue eyeliner (Artdeco, "Soft Kajal Liner 80") and applied the eyeshadow again. In this picture you see that the line is equally wide everywhere, which is not quite how I wanted it, I wanted it to be narrower in the inner corner and then get wider, but you can't have everything in life. I used bronze eyeshadow to define the brows (Rimmel, "SpecialEyes Mono Eye Shadow 030 Smokey Quartz"), blusher on the cheeks (Lancôme, "Magie Blush Soft Radiant Mousse Blusher 03 Rose lumière"), mascara (Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black") and a red-brownish lipstick (Chanel "Rouge Allure 20 Voluptuous") to compensate for the brightness of the turquoise.
Song of the day: Slipped Away by Avril Lavigne. She dedicated it to her Grandpa, and it reminds me of mine. Yesterday before two weeks was his burial.
Rest in Peace
Mrs. Elf

YOUTUBE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys: I will be going to the Netherlands to visit my aunt, uncle and two cousins tomorrow, and I'll be back on Sunday evening, so I'll post again on Monday!

Video of the day!!! Lemon Demon - Ben Bernanke
Link of the day: My best friend's blog. It's in Czech, but it's mostly a photo blog, so there's not much to read. I believe she will enjoy your comments.
Normally I get a lot of fashion and beauty inspiration out of Glamour. The new issue of Glamour should have been out yesterday, but it wasn't anywhere I looked, not in the stationery shop where I normally buy it, not at the drinks&stuff shop, not at the supermarket, not at the book store. Today me and two friends skipped the last four hours from school and went shopping (if any of my teachers reads this, I'm dead) - at least one of my friends spent about 100 € on clothes, while we other two didn't have any money, we just bought an ice cream. At H&M we spent about half an hour in the changing rooms, and I tried on quite a cool pink and orange dress, but I have so many dresses... And I tried on a pair of trousers that a cousin of mine also has, they were realmy comfy but looked a bit like pyjama trousers. I also tried on a kind of petticoat skirt - I liked the form, but not the pattern, which looked like it was made out of granny's tablecloth. But my friend said she had a petticoat-esque, high-waisted skirt with a hippie print and that she'd give it to me! YAY! In the end we were at the shop designkombinat, where we're already known as the girls Who Never Buy Anything. My friend finally bought a bikini though.


Today's make-up, without any inspiration from Glamour. I decided to go for something really natural, and I only made up the eyes too.
Products used:
-Revlon "ColourStay 12 Hour Eye Shadow 06 In the Buff"
-Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black"
But pink nails to make up. Dior "Vernis 565 Grenade". I love this shade.
And also because I didn't have any real inspiration, I just decided to wear my new white bell-bottoms, which I have only worn for one evening so far, even though I've had them for a few months now. I think it's really hard to find something that looks good with white jeans, and I think the natural colours combination is one of the very few that doesn't look cheap. I wore my Jackpot T-Shirt (with a bit longer sleeves because it's a little colder than it used to be), which is also cool because there are white stripes on it too, but the whites aren't so bright as the jeans. Then the vintage belt, which is of a natural colour a bit brighter, but okay. Finally of course my Blue Sand bell bottoms which I got in Rome - on the evening where I wore them I went to the pub with my cousin & the others, and I didn't feel entirely at home in them until I got a pizza stain on my new trousers. For many people, this would be the end of the world, but for me it was good, now finally I am entirely comfortable in my new jeans.

I wore my extremely dirty Converse high tops to make up for the brightness of the trousers.
FUHGAWZ. What is it and why is it on my shoe? Eddie Vedder, from Seattle based rockers Pearl Jam, once wrote "Fuhgawz" on his shirt just before a photo shoot, misspelling the word "Fugazi" which is a band from Washington, DC. Kurt (Cobain, you ignorants) was basically making fun of Eddie for misspelling the band name. Kurt wrote Fuhgawz on his shoe. And that's why it's on my shoe too.
This one is almost as great as its predecessor, Hidden Vagenda. This is the album where most of the songs from the Juno soundtrack come from. This album is also so emotional, it makes me depressed when I listen to it alone, but when I listen to it together with friends, it makes me happy. But the lyrics on this album aren't quite as depressing as for example on Knock Knock Who or I'm sorry that sometimes I'm mean, the lyrics on this album make you feel more happy.

"Tire Swing" is the opening track of the album and I think most of you know the song from Juno, it is really light-hearted and wow. The melody is so catchy I actually tried to sing the song and the lyrics seem so greatly random. I especially like the line "I never met a Tobey that I didn't like" - one of the Tobeys, Matt Tobey is Matty Pop Chart himself and he appears on several songs on the album. Paul Baribeau, who also sings supporting vocals on this song, also appears in the lyrics "and Paul Baribeau took me to the giant tire swing".

"Loose Lips" is a really cool song too because the words come so fast and Kimya Dawson occasionally has to gasp for breath, and again the lyrics of the chorus are great, "We won't stop until somebody calls the cops, and even then, we'll start again, and just pretend that nothing ever happened," which includes a "rebellious" touch I guess. "I Like Giants" is again a special song because it includes all that talking, like in a conversation where Kimya Dawson herself answers her questions. "I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye" and "I like giants, especially girl giants," are being accompanied by Matt Tobey on the ukulele and Erin Tobey on the bells, and together with the sweet lyrics it sounds even a bit like a child's song.

"France" is "mostly about what a good friend, musician, and dancer [David-Ivar Herman D?ne] is", according to Kimya Dawson, and was inspired by his song "Sheer Wonder." I heard there is a YouTube video with Kimya and David duetting on the original, but I didn't find it. The melody is a bit strange in my opinion, but that doesn't change the overall emotionality (does this word exist? Anyway you get my point).

Of course, it wouldn't be Kimya Dawson if there weren't a few depressive lyrics - but somehow they don't seem as big and heavy as on I'm sorry that sometimes I'm mean. "Better Weather" has really dark lyrics, but when you listen to the song a few times like I did, it doesn't seem as oppressing anymore. "My Mom" would be another "I'm so cute and all alone" song, if Kimya Dawson hadn't included Sesame Street in the lyrics (am I wrong? It seemed to me). At the beginning, the song is really sharp, but it softens later - you know these songs that you really dance to even though they're really sad? This is a song that makes you feel good even if it's sad. I also liked the violin accompaniment on "Caving In", it goes really well with Kimya Dawson's singing style - you can't hear it in the video, but at least you get an idea of the song.

"The Competition" is actually a response song after some magazine requested the readers to write songs about imaginary friends - that's probably why it's called "The Competition". Kimya Dawson was inspired by a description that Mia Gomez sent in to the magazine. The description was also called "The Competition", but it is different from the song - the inspiration wasn't copying. "I Miss You" is only 37 seconds. I put it on repeat, because I really wasn't sure if I understood her right.

"12/26" is a song about the 2004 tsunami catastrophe. In the information about the video that I have linked there are the lyrics, read them while you listen. While you listen, guys, otherwise you might start crying and not stop again.

Then it lightens up again with "My Rollercoaster," which was also on the Juno soundtrack. It ends with "Life is a highway and I'm gonna ride it, and everyday's a winding road, yeah! My rollercoaster's got the biggest ups and downs. As long as it keep goin' round, it's unbelievable." - which is so true

And then - it's over. The album lasts only little longer than 35 minutes. But it's never boring.

Rest in Peace and Remember that I love you,
Mrs. Elf

Today's song is Freak out by Avril Lavigne.

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Hey!
I haven't been posting these last few days because my aunt, uncle and three of my cousins were here, one of them is my best friend. So I thought I'd post some photos of their stay here!

This is my little cousin. Her ice-cream the best flavour there is in that ice-cream shop, yogurt and strawberry.
These are my uncle and dad with their ice-creams.
These are my mum, my cousin, my brother and my aunt with their ice-creams.
These are some street musicians. When my cousin and me took a photo of them, they smiled at us expectantly, probably expecting money. We didn't have any though (I didn't even have pockets!)
This is me in my brother's room. Where I am on the picture is also where I am sitting right now, you can see the computer screen behind me.
This is on the playground just around the corner from us, my two cousins on the swings.
This is also a really cool picture from the playground, you can see my cousin there.
And here are my dad and my uncle.
This is me, on the way to the ice-cream shop.
And this is that ice-cream shop. There are always enormous crowds there, but the ice-cream is really worth the wait.

These are my uncle and my dad sitting at our kitchen table. You may recognize our kitchen table from my last post, when I took a fashion photo there.

My brother and my cousin were always sitting at the computer. But well, in the end we did make quite a good animated video. We will try and add some music and then put it on YouTube.
This is my little cousin again, on my brother's bed.
This is my cousin and best friend playing the piano. She's really good.
She bought a new dress here, and I think it's one of the most beautiful dresses I've ever seen! Anyway, she's the most stylish girl in the world.
This is us before we went jogging. In the park, our motivation was to overtake a fat bloke who was jogging there too, and then not to let him overtake us.
Oh yeah... We did a lot of makeovers too. Here I am with hair-curlers in my hair (where else). But the curls didn't last long, only about five minutes, I have this damned straight hair.
Oh... We also rearranged my beauty closet, and in the end we agreed that the Chanel lipstick that's standing in the middle is Voldemort and all the others are the death eaters. First we put my moisturizer as Voldemort, but it looks really shaggy, it's the cut-open thing with the tin foil on top.
On the right. Oh, and the shaving mousse is Malfoy, and the deodorant is Harry Potter.


Ya, geisha look.
Oh, another picture of us before we went jogging. We didn't take any after that, to make sure.
My cousin with hair-curlers in her hair, spraying hairspray on her head. This pic is so cool, so retro.

Anywho, this is my make-up for today. I only used pressed powder and mascara. The powder has the word "foundation" in the name, but it isn't a foundation really, more of a compact or something.
- Shiseido "The Makeup Powdery Foundation I 40 Natural Fair Ivory"
- Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black" (I first wrote "Deep Impact", but that's a science-fiction film with Elijah Wood)

Today's song: Fall to Pieces - Avril Lavigne

I am going to upload some outfit pictures tomorrow, I want to take some pics outside today.

Rest in Peace
Mrs. Elf (again)

A post for Molly - GO WILDCATS!!!!

This is Molly's dress. Molly wanted some advice of how to wear it to her friend's grad and you know me, I like a challenge. Dear Molly, click on the pictures below and you'll see some of my advice, I'll type it too. I hope you don't mind I've taken your picture of the dress.****by the way: while you read, enjoy my current favourite song: Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows****
This is Lily Allen. Well, I would recommend wearing nude coloured shoes with heels!!! with the dress. The similarity I saw between Lily and Molly's dress was mainly that the dress is the "main" part of the outfit, so I think you shouldn't wear any accesoires with it, and the shoes shouldn't claim much of the outfit either, so nude - black is so severe I think. And maybe too matchy-matchy because there is a lot of black in the dress. But they should have heels I think, because after all it is an evening event, and if you wore flats it might look too casual. What I noticed was that Lily is wearing neon nail polish, and I don't think that's such a bad idea for giving a sort of twist to the outfit! Maybe in pink... that would be a little matchy too, but not so obviously as if you wore black shoes... yeah, I think pink would look pretty good. As for make-up, I would prefer something classical and not too noticeable, maybe nice 60s-style black liquid eye liner, which you can see here on Lily too. And hair - yes I would definitely put the hair up. Maybe in that style called a "banana" - I really don't know what it's called, but it was in in the 60s, and it looks like Lily's wearing it too - but I can't see the back of her head so I can't tell for sure. I'm crap at doing my hair, but maybe someone from your family can help you.
Aha and this girl, I think it's at some vintage fair or something that this picture was taken - I just posted it too because her dress is vintage too. she is wearing nude shoes too, but I like Lily's peeptoes better. High heels, I can only say. Oh, and one last piece of advice: bare legs. I love bare legs with dresses.

Molly, I hope this helped you - and it would be so cool if you posted a picture of what you then actually wore to your friend's grad! This was fun ^^
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And my outfit today was inspired by Kate the Great Moss.Okay, I wear skinny jeans almost all the time, but Kate makes her outfits always look extra casual by wearing skinnies. I guess my battered old Zara's are the right jeans to do this job on me. I actually made quite an effort with the photos today and I think they turned out quite well!
Sitting on our kitchen table ^^ The white blouse I'm wearing underneath the vest had actually been a dress by Annie & Jones once. But I already have a white dress and the Annie & Jones dress looked really like a nightdress with the puffy sleeves and the buttons and everything, so I just cut the top part off and made a blouse of it - I needed a blouse just like that. I'm planning to make a skirt out of the bottom part, because if you cut them apart, the top and the bottom of the dress are very cute. Underneath this blouse I'm still wearing a white top by Esprit Kids, because the blouse is just a little short and the Zara jeans I'm wearing have a very low waist. My mum has some reeeeeaaaaally wonderful 70s ballet flats with straps, but unfortunately her feet are two sizes bigger than mine. She said she asked me if I wanted a pair too when she bought them last summer, and she said I said no. That can't be true!!! How could I have been so stupid and said NO?!?!?!? I'm still hoping against hope that they'll have them still, but... Ah well. I wore my Converse high tops instead. My mums ballet flats would have been a bit too cutesy I guess. *sniff*
Haha and guess what? Today I wore my sunnies that I talked about in my last post, and that I even showed you in my last post, and in the school yard two little boys shouted at me: "Hey, Paris Hilton! Hey, Paris!" and I said: "Wanna have an autograph?" and one was eating yogurt and he said: "Will you autograph my spoon?" and they kept shouting "Hey, Paris!" all break. Haha I've got fans.
****And I'm a fan of this video: Slumber Party!!!! Zac Efron is creepy. Wildcats, gooooo!****
And my make-up today was inspired by Rihanna. I'd never thought Rihanna would inspire me, but as the weather's so sunny I'm reaaally into pink lips and apparently Rihanna is into Barbie pink too. I think it looks really good with her short jet black hair.

It doesn't look so flashy on me, probably because my lipstick isn't so flashy and because I'm so pale.
Products used:
- Rimmel London "Professional Liquid Eye Liner"
- Manhattan "Khol Kajal Eyeliner 11"
- Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black"
- Shiseido "The Makeup Powdery Foundation I 40 Natural Fair Ivory"
- Lancôme "Magie Blush Soft Radiant Mousse Blusher 03 Rose Lumière"
- Chanel "Rouge Allure 22 Boudoir"

Today's song is Who knows by Avril Lavigne. It expresses my new philosophy of life perfectly. I like this live performance because it is a bit different from the album version and not so polished.

Rest in Peace,
Paris Hilton
(if you're wondering why I'm Paris Hilton today and not Mrs. Elf, I advise you to read this post)

Another post from the anti-folk bitch; the ghetto is waking up

As Ivy rightly said in the comments to my last post, I must be now living and breathing Kimya Dawson. I liked her album "Hidden Vagenda" very much, but now I've been almost only listening to her music for the past few weeks, I got rightly sick of it. Nevertheless, yesterday I listened to "My cute Fiend sweet Princess" for the first time, and...
Maybe after "Hidden Vagenda" this is my favourite Kimya Dawson album ever, and after Adam Green's "Jacket full of Danger" and Kimya Dawson's "Hidden Vagenda" it may even be my favourite anti-folk album ever. As I said so many times before, the melodies of the songs make you want to dance and smile, and the lyrics make you want to sit down and cry instead. The melodies are light, but the lyrics are really heavy, so you don't quite know what to do - I suggest that you don't listen to the lyrics the first few times you listen to the CD, and smile, and when you feel you've smiled your soul out to this album and would like other songs to smile to, listen to the lyrics, sit down in a corner, bury your head in your hands and weep.

"Will you be me?" is a fab song, which I unfortunately didn't find on YouTube, that really made me dream, in fact it was probably the best song on the album for me. The Beer has in my opinion a catchy but somewhat haunting melody and very strange and possibly disturbing but nevertheless somehow funny lyrics. Look up the lyrics on the internet or something, there is a reference to the Mad Max films in there - or so I think, I'm not very good at reading the signs.

I have never seen Kimya Dawson live, and even though I got pretty sick of her because I listened to her 24/7 I would like to go to a concert of hers - I heard that she is brilliant in concert, and I also saw some of her live videos on YouTube. Somehow I started off with listening to her "Juno" stuff (so off the album "Remember that I love you", mostly), and then I listened to "Hidden Vagenda", which is also a more recent release, and somehow there is always at least one song on all her albums that takes me in. I looked at her website yesterday and I have to say she's quite a character - and has an unmatching ability to make the most horrible things sound amusing and catchy. Her music is probably of the most personal kind there can be, yet it is accessible to people unafraid - many would, I believe, be scared by the topics she sings about.

You may or mayn't like it, but I suggest you give at least the song "The Beer", that I linked up there, a listen - if you like it, you can listen to some more songs, as I'll link the tracklist with those songs I'll find on YouTube. I listen to most of her albums a few times over and over to get to know the songs better, look up the lyrics, and once I know the songs I really get to like and appreciate them. Okay, the sound is not always highest quality - if you like higher quality, I suggest you listen to "Hidden Vagenda" and the Juno soundtrack.
This is my outfit for today, kind of casual. I'm wearing some Kenzo Homme vintage shirt, a hand-me-down from my uncle and my battered Zara skinnys. I wanted to wear my Levi's jeans because they are more elegant because they're dark blue and not washed out, but well. They're in the wash. I did want to wear a dark blue wide/loose top, originally I had imagined something more tunic-like, but this is okay too, I love it pretty much.

But now comes the diva, coolness factor! My huuuuuuge white sunnies. I love them and I often get shouted at because of them in the street. I practically built my whole outfit upon these sunnies, because I have to take advantage of the sun when it is out, don't you think so? I preferred to wear a not-so-colourful and eccentric outfit with them, because I didn't want to look totally mismatched and freaky. The people in my town aren't so very open to fashion they're not used to. Then again, I wore the sunnies a lot when the sun wasn't out, and that was mostly when I got the negative comments. But when the sun was out and everyone else wore sunnies too, I got a lot of positive responses. That proves it, people are just so narrow-minded. Anyway, I got these from Hypernova in CZ. It is sort of a super huge supermarket like Wal-Mart (?).
My sunglasses in close-up. I am making a very stupid face here.
Okay, I first considered wearing my super killer peeptoe heels, but they are a bit too big for me after all and maybe the heels are a bit too high for the day too.
So I wore my Mary Jane T-straps to school. I wanted some heels. My friend Lawa told me about Fergie's song "Mary Jane Shoes" when she saw I was wearing these, so I thought: Why not post the song? Just click here. My Mary Jane Shoes are by Fabiani.
Oh, and I almost forgot my my inspiration: Kate Beckinsale. I think she is super cool. She's always wearing dark colours like black or dark blue and mostly she wears huge sunglasses. I could have imitated her look so much better with my Levi's jeans and if my peeptoes actually were the right size, but of course I have to add a little "Cate's just come out of the garbage can" touch.
Okay, and my beauty inspiration today is Leven Rambin. I don't know if anyone of you ever heard of her, I hadn't until I saw her in Glamour. Anyway, now the sun is shining I'm still more motivated to use bright coloured lipstick. Pink or orange are my absolute favourites at the moment. These two colours look good with tanned and pale skin, which is great for a paleface like me. Of course, the rest of the face should not be very made up then. But I saw my eyeliner. And I couldn't resist.
Gosh, this photo is quite... drama queen. What I like is that the pink of the lipstick is pretty in this pic. Prettier than in reality, actually. And I'm glad my red spots at the jaw aren't visible in the photo. On the right side a little... You know I have these red spots at the sides of my jaws and it really pisses me off. I don't do anything to cover them up or something, in my opinion concealer is complete crap, it doesn't work anyway.
And yeah, yesterday I used brown khol kajal for under my eyes, but today that seemed a little sharp and I used brown eyeshadow.
This last photo is crap.
Products used:
- Rimmel "SpecialEyes Mono Eye Shadow 030 Smokey Quartz"
- Kron "Solist Eyeshadow 04 Verführer"
- Rimmel London "Professional Liquid Eye Liner"
- The Body Shop "Eye Definer 02 Shade: Rich Brown" (I used that yesterday, today I used Revlon "ColourStay 12 Hour Eyeshadow 06 In the Buff" instead)
- Clinique "High Impact Mascara 01 Black"
- Lancôme "Magie Blush Soft radiant Mousse Blusher 03 Rose lumière"
- Chanel "Rouge Allure 22 Boudoir"

Today's song is Forgotten by Avril Lavigne. It is possibly one of my favourite songs by Avril. Takes out frustration and aggression and is depressive at the same time, expresses one's feelings perfectly.

Rest in Peace
Mrs. Elf