Cut offs and Ukuleles

Cutoffs and my new Ukulele, Beatrice, are my favorite items this week! for a guitar player, suddenly only having only 4 strings you have to play at any given point sounds amazingly easy, and beatrice was a cheap find too! I'm wearing a thrifted silk blouse, tucked into cut and rolled jeans with a strip of lace as a belt. 

 excuse my deep but hey! No makeup days are fun :) my skin can breathe before our show tonight

feathery earrings from the claire's haul a while back with my mom's vintage earrings...

and matching cameo necklace!

Claire's haul

Today I went to claire's and they were having another of their 10 for ten dollars things, so I decided I was in need of earrings. (This is a lie. I have tons of earrings. But none like these!)

Several pairs of feather earrings, I also got black and white, and I'm already wearing those!

This faux-wood hair clip!

orange studs. I'm on an orange kick lately!

These orange sunglasses with green speckles. They match my nails!

Natural Hair

I don't use shampoo or conditioner. OK! Before you click away from my blog forever because "ew gross..." Let me tell you about how I take care of my hair, without product, and save money while doing so.

Think about the last bottle of shampoo or conditioner you bought. How much did it cost? Probably somewhere in the range of 12-30 dollars. Which is quite a bit of money. What if I told you that your shampoo is stripping your hair of the natural oils and protectants it provides for itself? I use a mix of baking soda and water in place of shampoo, and apple cider vinegar with water for conditioner. My hair has never felt healthier, or stronger, looked shinier, or been easier to style. It's a cheap and natural alternative. I use approximately one tablespoon of baking soda to one cup of water, and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to one cup of water. Scrub, let sit, and rinse just as you would traditional products.

On the note of hair, I was so pleased with how mine turned out today! Styling my hair is one of my favorite ways to amp up an otherwise simple look. I was inspired by the intricate braiding in "Game of Thrones", both on the Kahleesi and the noble women. Amazing styles like

this

And

I decided to combine the two, and came up with a style I was VERY happy with. Right here!

The back!

The side! And my little dragon, also in line
with the Game of Thrones theme here!

Over all the braids work as a sort of cage for my hair, keeping it up and out of the way, while still long and lovely. I may do the braids thicker next time, but for now I feel like a Kahleesi!

Outfit of the Day. Like a fairy

What to do on a day when you've got absolutely nothing planned till 6 pm? Spend hours playing dress up to get ready. I love feeling pretty and costumey, and I also love being able to pull it off in real life. I thrifted this $4 skirt yesterday and decided I needed to play with it while ideas were still fresh in my mind, and this is what I came up with!

What I'm wearing: lace tank top from rag stock, Charlotte Russe corset thrifted for $5, garage sale kissing butterfly belt, thrifted skirt worn with slip, thrifted black ballet flats.

The flowers are from an old dance recital, the earrings are from a garage sale

I went with no eye liner today, I have a white shimmer in the inner corners of my eyes, pink eyeshadow on the lid, matte gold above the lid, and white along the lashes, topped of with kirkland signature mascara. Wearing e.l.f. bronzer and clinique lipstick in rhubarb poppy

the belt! this thing is from a garage sale I went to when I was nine, then I grew into it a couple of years ago :)

Thank you to my lovely sister for taking these photos, I'm really pleased with how they turned out.

Ear Candy

Hello there! Today it was once again around a hundred degrees Fahrenheit. All. Day. And I had rehearsal outside of course. We had loads of fun anyway, and made sure to stay well hydrated. I wanted to share with you my ear candy for the day, A totally cool way to make an otherwise plain outfit pop is to add accessories. And I love accessories to a fault.

The hoops are some statement pieces I got in Chicago a couple of years ago, and the ear cuff with the chain is from ebay, the cuff on my upper inner ear is celtic design, also from ebay. I don't have a problem with non-silver/gold metals on my ears, so shopping on Ebay isn't a problem for me, but I wouldn't recommend it if your piercings are sensitive.

The chain was only on one side, on the other I had a white rose stud to offset the stone in the hoops.

To use the heat as an accessory instead of a hinderance I went all out on the eye makeup today... (well, as far as I would go...I'm not one for big flashy colors) and used coral and pink together with a bold liner.

I used a gel liner from ebay, kirkland signature mascara, and pink, coral, and neutral colored eyeshadows from Coastal Scents' original 88 palette. I used cover girl stick concealer as a base. Finally, to make it stand the heat, I used e.l.f's translucent powder.

Don't go out without your sun hats in this heat! This one's my new favorite, $4 from a thrift store, I added the green braid and intend to use all sorts of colors on this hat. Keep cool! Check back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to curl your hair with foam rollers.