i wanna talk about fluff for a bit
So I don't really grok beauty/fashion. My mom is like the lowest maintenance person around and I got a heaping dose of that, so this year my New Year's Resolution was a sort of unclear amorphous "I want to learn how to look pretty! with the hair and the makeup and the wardrobe and the sophistication and someone do this for me oh god"
I've had limited success.
My hair is ridiculous. There is no other word for it. The first time someone starts to cut it or style it the first words out of their mouth are generally "...you're kidding, right?" There is a lot of it and it's really coarse and has waves that sometimes (if I am at the beach and have not showered in far too long) look fucking sexy but usually look pretty lol. I can't let it get too long because if it goes too far below my shoulders I get major headaches. It's shoulderlength now and most of my hair is gone vis-a-vis layers and I can't put it in a bun because the bun is bigger than both my fists.
Recently though I have figured out how to tame it! Anti-frizz/smoothing shampoo of any type (like Garnier or Herbal Essences) followed by another anti-frizz/smoothing conditioner FOLLOWED BY this amazing Macadamia Oil leave-in deep conditioner FOLLOWED BY a small amount of Macadamia Oil smoothing oil. For the first time in my life my hair is smooth and straight and silky and I don't even have to goddamn brush it with this regimen, I can just brush it with my fingers and it just falls into place. Amazing. And it SHINES. What madness is this?
I have yet to figure out how to style it or anything though yet though. Baby steps, right?
Oh my god I love perfume. I was afraid this would happen when I told kryptongirl I wanted to get into smells, and lo and behold. I love - fresh scents, citrus-y scents, [some] florals, all roses. Salt and milk notes love my skin like no other. Patchouli can fuck right off (as can most 'spicy' scents). Honey turns to baby powder on my skin. I'm not really into smelling like foods. Vanilla is boring.
My current favorites-
*BPAL's Sea Foam's Milk. This stuff, you guys. I don't really know how to explain it except when I wear it it smells rich and creamy and just a hint of salt keeping the milk from getting cloying. I smell like some fabulously expensive lotion, or maybe like I bathe in fresh milk in the morning and it never goes sour. I think I spilled some in my bedroom at Granddad's (lol oops) and I just love how the room smells. So good.
*Emilio Pucci's Aqua. Oh man, I know here I am again with the salt but this just smells like salt water. Clear, clean, breezy salt water, maybe with a hint of someone's garden down the lane & the laundry in the drying yard.
*Comme des Garcons- Red Series: ROSE. OH MY GOD THIS ROSE. It's so sweet and tasty and delish. I have a bunch of other rose scents I love - Body Shop's Moroccan Rose, BPAL's The Rose (and their Two, Five, & Seven), but this is the winner at the moment.
I have a wishlist as long as my arm though. On it are at least 3 other Comme des Garcons smells. I need to block LuckyScent from my life, SERIOUSLY.
Okay this is probably where I fall down the hardest. I do not grok makeup. kryptongirl put makeup on me for the cruise and I was like "wow I look after than before. That NEVER HAPPENS" which is sad but totally true. I can't even put on eyeshadow without looking like a total fucking fool. I will never understand foundation, or powder, or blush.
The only exception is that I look fucking smashing when I put kohl on.
I have got to do something about my wardrobe. I wear jeans every day :[ I want to look like an adult but every time I go to buy like, a nice skirt or a nice blouse I go "oh god I would need something to wear with this" and then I either get skittish or I buy it and then have nothing to wear it with and so I have a bunch of jeans and hoodies and shirts that go with fucking nothing I own. It's so sad. I need to do like, a major shop someday but I need to do it when I have money and I really don't right now.
I've had limited success.
My hair is ridiculous. There is no other word for it. The first time someone starts to cut it or style it the first words out of their mouth are generally "...you're kidding, right?" There is a lot of it and it's really coarse and has waves that sometimes (if I am at the beach and have not showered in far too long) look fucking sexy but usually look pretty lol. I can't let it get too long because if it goes too far below my shoulders I get major headaches. It's shoulderlength now and most of my hair is gone vis-a-vis layers and I can't put it in a bun because the bun is bigger than both my fists.
Recently though I have figured out how to tame it! Anti-frizz/smoothing shampoo of any type (like Garnier or Herbal Essences) followed by another anti-frizz/smoothing conditioner FOLLOWED BY this amazing Macadamia Oil leave-in deep conditioner FOLLOWED BY a small amount of Macadamia Oil smoothing oil. For the first time in my life my hair is smooth and straight and silky and I don't even have to goddamn brush it with this regimen, I can just brush it with my fingers and it just falls into place. Amazing. And it SHINES. What madness is this?
I have yet to figure out how to style it or anything though yet though. Baby steps, right?
Oh my god I love perfume. I was afraid this would happen when I told kryptongirl I wanted to get into smells, and lo and behold. I love - fresh scents, citrus-y scents, [some] florals, all roses. Salt and milk notes love my skin like no other. Patchouli can fuck right off (as can most 'spicy' scents). Honey turns to baby powder on my skin. I'm not really into smelling like foods. Vanilla is boring.
My current favorites-
*BPAL's Sea Foam's Milk. This stuff, you guys. I don't really know how to explain it except when I wear it it smells rich and creamy and just a hint of salt keeping the milk from getting cloying. I smell like some fabulously expensive lotion, or maybe like I bathe in fresh milk in the morning and it never goes sour. I think I spilled some in my bedroom at Granddad's (lol oops) and I just love how the room smells. So good.
*Emilio Pucci's Aqua. Oh man, I know here I am again with the salt but this just smells like salt water. Clear, clean, breezy salt water, maybe with a hint of someone's garden down the lane & the laundry in the drying yard.
*Comme des Garcons- Red Series: ROSE. OH MY GOD THIS ROSE. It's so sweet and tasty and delish. I have a bunch of other rose scents I love - Body Shop's Moroccan Rose, BPAL's The Rose (and their Two, Five, & Seven), but this is the winner at the moment.
I have a wishlist as long as my arm though. On it are at least 3 other Comme des Garcons smells. I need to block LuckyScent from my life, SERIOUSLY.
Okay this is probably where I fall down the hardest. I do not grok makeup. kryptongirl put makeup on me for the cruise and I was like "wow I look after than before. That NEVER HAPPENS" which is sad but totally true. I can't even put on eyeshadow without looking like a total fucking fool. I will never understand foundation, or powder, or blush.
The only exception is that I look fucking smashing when I put kohl on.
I have got to do something about my wardrobe. I wear jeans every day :[ I want to look like an adult but every time I go to buy like, a nice skirt or a nice blouse I go "oh god I would need something to wear with this" and then I either get skittish or I buy it and then have nothing to wear it with and so I have a bunch of jeans and hoodies and shirts that go with fucking nothing I own. It's so sad. I need to do like, a major shop someday but I need to do it when I have money and I really don't right now.