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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.

Hair stylin’

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Since I work for the blood sucking, money grubbing corporate “MAN” I am forced to wear a hideous black polo shirt (UGHHH, of all horrible shirts, the polo is the WORST!) and jeans to work at the restaurant. I guess for most people, to work in jeans and a polo would be a dream…. but NOT for THIS fashionista! Oh no!

It’s okay though, having to work with these restrictions on clothing, makes my creativity flourish where it can… with my hair and make-up. I suppose the “MAN” that I work  for isn’t as bad as other corporate blood suckers, considering I actually have a good amount of freedom to style my hair pretty much however I please as long as it’s not flying around, landing in peoples’ food. So I take full advantage and frequently wear multiple flowers, headbands, garland, clips, pearls, and pretty much whatever I can stuff into my hair.

I usually like to have a theme, whether it’s a holiday or a color scheme. Here are a few of my favs:

Turquoise, black and white with silver accents.

Obviously…. red and yellow!

Pretty in pink! A bow tie is obviously not a required part of the uniform, but I love wearing one, and the boss allows it, so why not? Anytime I wear a bow tie, I get lots of compliments from my guests and even my coworkers.

So… if you have a work uniform, don’t be afraid to play around with accessories and make-up and see what works and what doesn’t for your job. When all else fails, just stick a flower in your hair! And don’t worry about finding a flower hair clip… just go to your local craft shop and purchase whatever faux flowers you like, and cut them off the stems and stick them into your ponytail or bun! It’s much cheaper than the flowers at the mall, and there are usually a huge variety of flowers to choose from!

On an ending note, the new dishwasher at my job referred to my hair as “unicorn hair.” LOL!