My hair is blonde. Dyed blonde.

After nearly 2 years of not touching my hair with any color, I finally got fed up with my natural hair color. So I bleached it.

Bleached the shit out of it. <It only took about 15 minuets to lighten to this color>

I stopped dying my hair in 2009 because I decided that I didn't want to adhere to societal standards of beauty (i.e: the typical "beautiful woman" in the media has platinum blonde hair) So I grew out my natural hair, but as of late I've realized why I dyed it in the first place. 

I now feel so much better about myself. I hated the way my natural hair looked like crap all the time, even when it was styled. The bleach changed the cellular structure of my hair shaft, so hopefully it'll keep styling better. I also picked up some gloss styling serum with the bleach. 

PMX 2011

Saturday was the big day. I finally got to wear my dream dress. It is just as spectacular as I thought.



Chelsea and I. We're both wearing Jewelry Jelly. 

Claudia and I, who is also wearing Jewelry Jelly 

These are the girls that I met in San. Diego over the summer! It was great seeing them again. 


And of course, my wonderful boyfriend, who drove me all the way down to LAX just so I could see my friends and parade around in my frills.


In general, I had a nice time at PMX. It was great seeing everyone again. However, there wasn't a lot to do. The Artists Alley only had about 10 vendors when I was there, and the Exhibitors Hall was tiny. GLW was there, which was pretty cool. Atelier Pierrot was there as well, but it's just not my style.
It only spent a fraction of what I thought I would, by buying a blue fuzzy star from Claudia and a black shooting star bow from my friend Judy. It's so cute, and reminds me of Dream Sky.


So December is going to be a pretty busy month, with 6% doki doki coming to Los Angeles. I'm thinking Candy Treat for that.

Circle Lens Review

Today I am going to review my circle lenses. I own 2 pairs, and have started wearing them on an every day basis.

I bought these specifically for lolita, but have found that they enhance my look so much, that they have turned into my normal beauty routine. I haven't started wearing them to work yet, but may start soon.

On to my reviews!


Lens #1: The Dolly Eye: puffy three tones in blue
size: unknown
I bought theses lenses from the dollyeye.com. They were my first pair of lenses.
Here's a photo of them worn in lolita:

Here's a photo of them worn normally:


Comfort: 4/5
I had a little bit of trouble putting them in at first, just because I was pretty inexperienced with contact lenses. They tend to dry out a little easy, but it can be easily dealt with by using eye drops specifically for contacts.
Price: 5/5
For $15 shipped, the price can't be beat.
Shipping: 2/5
While they did only cost $15 shipped for the contacts, it would have taken a really long time for them to get to me. I paid an extra $15 to expedite the shipping, because I needed them in time for PMX. Therefore, in total, I paid $30 for the contacts. Even with the expedited shipping,  it still took about 2 weeks for them to reach me.
Quality: 5/5
I've worn these several times now with no problems. I'm assuming they have a pretty long shelf life, though the website never specified. They are also beautiful and enhance the color of my eyes wonderfully.



Lens #2: Geo Circle Lenses: WTB83
size: 15MM
I bought these from Geo's facebook page.
Lolita picture:

Normal picture:

Comfort: 5/5
These are very easy to put in, and very comfortable for all day wear.
Price: 5/5
I got these for $30 shipped. Not bad for having such huge eye balls.
Shipping: 5/5
Shipping was included in the $30. They were coming from Canada, and got to me (Sothern California) within a week.
Quality: 5/5
I absolutely love these contacts. They make me look cartoon-ish.

So there you have it. My beloved circle lenses.


PMX is next week, and I finally get to wear Jewelry Jelly. I bought a new wig and a new pair of shoes, so I don't have to wear my stupid GLW blue x pink split and chunky ass an*tai*na duck shoes. Hopefully it ends up looking OK!  Stay tuned (non-existant readers) for pictures!

Victorian Mourning Tours Meet

Yesterday I attended my first meetup in a while. It was at the Heritage Square Museam, which is a little place off of the Pasadena Freeway with old Victorian Houses.  My boyfriend even came with me at the last minute, which was really nice of him!

There wasn't really a theme for the meetup, but since it was a meet geared towards victorian death etiquette I wore the only black brand I have.

I wore it in the sax version, so  I wouldn't have to plod around in my stupid blue RHS. I need to get rid of those!

Heres a shot of the group. My boyfriend was kind enough to take multiple pictures of us using everyones cameras, he was so patient!
  

Here are some photos my boyfriend took of the event:

We attended a mock funeral:



 

All in all, I had a pretty good time, and learned some pretty interesting things. It was definitely quite the experience!

AP Purchases

After I bought my Tokimeki ring, I decided to collect Tokimeki instead of Aurora. Tokimeki things are a lot easier to find!

I found this on Saturday after stalking the EGL sales:


And, I'm pretty excited about these socks that I bought for a really good deal:

These socks are from the Merry Making Party series. Though I already had a coordinate planned around my Merry Making Party skirt, I'll now be able to wear the skirt in two different ways. In my first MMP coordinate, the primary color is black and the secondary color is blue. However with these socks, I'll be able to make blue the primary color and black the secondary color. I think I may need a blue hair bow though.

Ring Haul

Well not really a haul, but just a couple of new rings I've purchased for my coordinates.


1.)
Strawberry ring from Imperfect Kawaii:

This will go wonderfully with Milky Berry(pictured), and was a steal at $6.50.

2.)
Jelly ring from random etsy seller:

I got this for pretty cheap at $4.00. I wanted to try and make these on my own, but decided I don't really want to dabble in resign.
I bought this to go with my Jewelry Jelly coordinate. I can't find the ring that comes in the JJ series:


3.)
Angelic Pretty Toki Meki ring:

This will go with all of my pink and blue coordinates.


Just for the hell of it, I also bought this Jewelry Jelly print for my wardrobe:


I'm also currently keeping my eye out for an Aurora necklace to go with my bittersweet coords: 





Well I'm off to eat some donut holes.

Junk I Love Other Than Lolita

So right now I'm waiting for my boyfriend to come back from church so we can do a couple of errands, and I'm pretty bored. So here's the ten things that I love outside of the frills.

In no particular order or ranking haha:

#1: My dog Skooter

Playing fetch with him kept me from getting bored at home. Because of that, I was able to quit smoking cigarettes two months after my family adopted him.
I buy bandanas for my dogs:

Poor Skoots hates having his photo taken while he's asleep!

#2: My dog Maya:

She loves having her picture taken at all times.

Me and Maya:


#3: My boyfriend! 

He's great. He's patient and trustworthy, and although we have polar opposite hobbies, he still supports me.

On to the material stuff!

#4: Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake lipgloss

This is the longest wearing lipgloss I've ever had. It stays on all day, and it really does taste like cake.

#5: Urban Decay makeup
24/7 eyeliner in Zero

Midnight Cowboy Palette 


The Midnight Cowboy shadows have been my favorite for years. I bought this palette back in January and lost it :( How the hell do you loose an eye shadow palette?

#6: Doc Martins

I've got Doc mary janes to the ones that lace all the way up my knees. I don't wear them often, but I still love them!

#7: British comedy:
....has twisted my sense of humor in dark ways..



  


#8: Stephen King

I read a lot of different things, but I've been reading Stephen King for as long as I can remember. My favorite is probably "The Long Walk", which he wrote under his pen name of Richard Bachman.

#9: Happy hour at Bahooka

Bahooka is this restaurant near my house with nautical decor and thousands of fish tanks. When they have happy hour, hawaiian drinks are only $4 each. I feel like I'm on vacation when I go there.


#10: My car

I made a bunch of stuff for the interior of the car. I glued cookies to my radio knobs, and deco'd the seat belt clips with jelly beans (this car reminds me of a jelly bean) I also got customizable Boondock Saints stickers made for it.


There you have it. Ten things I love, other than the obvious things like my family of course.

Until next time!