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Festive in February!

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February is sort of a drab month for me. I never felt too great about the month you know? January is cool because everyone’s all excited about a new year, new changes, and wonder what adventures await them. Then February rolls around and you stop going to the gym, the excitement fades and  the reality sinks in that it’s just another year. But on the bright side, February does offer up Pisces (Love all you Pisces out there!) and two fun, festive holidays: Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day!

This was my look for last year’s Mardi Gras (2012)… I didn’t celebrate, I just did this for work. Hair picks from Antickquities.

Below is my look for last year’s Valentine’s Day as well. Again, this look was for going to work and being festive.

I didn’t get many pictures from this year’s Valentine’s day, however after spending a nice chunk of time on my hair, I had to capture this:

Gotta love that pin up look for lover’s day! I’ve received many requests on doing a hair swirl/pompadour tutorial and I’ve actually made attempts at this project, but it has yet to be perfected. Maybe some day…

As for Mardi Gras this year, I went all out. I was going to be volunteering at a booth from an on campus club I recently joined, the Student Communication Association. Our club was amongst a plethora of clubs offering Mardi Gras related activities, club information and general recruitment.

I made my top hat last year and never got an opportunity to wear it, so I styled my Mardi Gras outfit all around my hat. This hat took me over 7 hours of hand gluing Swarovski crystals and it needed to shine!

The night before I constructed the feather and beaded epaulette on my right shoulder, and my vintage gold sequined skirt and Jeffrey Campbell Damsel’s completed the look! Head to toe festive and FABULOUS!

My friend April joined the party also dressed head to toe in fabulous festive Mardi Gras garb, with her own personal flair. We were definitely the best dressed on campus that day, and we rocked our ensembles throughout the entire day.

Think Pink!

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A promoter came into my job, handed me a poster and walked out. Normally I wouldn’t give these posters more than a quick glance, however the title of party was worthy of reading:

“5th Annual Pink Party” hosted in Downtown Long Beach to kick off Pride weekend here in Long Beach. A pink party you say? A THEMED party you say? Any time there is a theme associated with a party, the wheels in my head began turning overtime. Withing moments of checking out this poster I had formulated ideas of my outfit in my head. I’ve had this gorgeous pink skirt from Ross ($9.99) that’s been hanging in my closet and I have yet to wear it. I just haven’t had the perfect outfit or opportunity to rock it. I knew it would be the key ingredient to my outfit.

Fast forward to Friday, and after a few hours of putting some work into my ensemble I got to put it all together for the win.

I’ve been wanting to make my own feather epaulette’s and this was the perfect occasion being that I had the hot pink feathers already. I added silver chains draping down from each piece and added pins to the them so that I may attach them to a jacket. They came out gorgeous!

My hair came out awesome, thanks to help of my hairdresser, Vero. This is the style I have come to refer to as “the usual,” when we style it. We’ve repeated “the usual” many times in the past. What can I say, it looks soooo cool!

My style often focuses on details. It’s the little things ya know? The accessories! One of my favorite parts of fashion! Rings, necklaces, earrings oh my! You can never have enough! Not in this blog anyway!

All in all, the outfit came together just as I imagined it days before. I set out on the town and the ensemble was an absolute hit. I was asked by many photographers for a photo and the shoes were especially popular with the crowd, including an older Asian man who got down on the ground to take a picture posed next to them.

It feels amazing to dress up!