What's your take on tatoos and piercings?

So for the past year or so I've been contemplating getting a tattoo or a piercing or both. So far I only have my ears pierced once, so getting a tattoo or my belly button pierced is a BIG deal to me.

What do you guys think? Do you have piercings or tattoos? Did they hurt? I'm sort of a wuss when is comes to pain. Were/Are they hard to take care of? I also have no idea what kind of tattoo to get, so how did you decide? Tell me what you think and I'll keep you posted on my search.

Cowgirl Up!

This weekend I had a couple of Halloween parties and they were really fun! But the most fun was getting dressed up! I was of course as you can see one the left a cowgirl. I didn't do alot with my make-up except use more pink colors because I was going for a pink theme. As you can see with the awesome PINK BOOTS.

Of course I went with the pigtail braids for my hair. I wasn't really sure how the side swoop (my side bangs) would work out with my hat. Since my hat fits a little tight on my head I thought that my side swoop would be sticking out looking like it was smashed to my head. but...it didn't at all! I just had to make the side swoop a little more dramatic in order for it to work with the hat.

There was also another issue I was worried about with the wearing the hair. I was afraid that my hat would get annoying and was just sure that by the end of the night it would have to come off my head. And then I would have infamous HAT HAIR eek! To deal with this issue I just put alot of hair spray in my hair to hold it in place and I was good to go!

I had alot of fun getting dressed up for Halloween. A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled GLAMOROUS!, I mentioned swing dancing. I go swing dancing just about every week usually on Wednesdays. Can you guess what this Wednesday is?! Yea, its Halloween! And of course its a dress up dance! I am so excited about going dancing in my costume!

Although I am going to change my costume up a little bit because I have a very cute skirt that will twirl better than the jean skirt. Twirly skirts are so much fun to wear swing dancing because when the lead spins you your skirt will twirl.

As you can see in the photo I also have toy guns on my belt that I am worried will get in the way. So the belt might have to come off by the end of the night.

Long story short I love getting dressed up for Halloween! Have fun and be safe!

Leather Coats

So I was looking through my People Style Watch magazine, and I noticed a picture of Keira Knightley wearing a really cute leather coat which also reminded me of me seeing a picture of Hayden Panettiere wearing almost the same exact coat. Now I'm usually not the one that's into the whole leather scene, but I thought to myself, "This coat can really pull of a ton of outfits." For example, it would look great with a simple, light, flowy dress, or with jeans and a top. It also came to me that it would go perfect with layers, just like I posted in my last blog "Fall Layers".

So I decided to go on a search, on a search for the perfect, inexpensive, leather jacket. Little did I know, I found the PERFECT jacket. It actually happened to be the same jacket Hayden Panettiere was wearing. It's from Express and it was only $248, which is not bad at all for a leather jacket. As I was searching through the site, I also found one that has a hood lined with fur (don't worry, it's not real) for the same price.

So I think I might head over there and try it on and see if it'll look good with any of my clothes, or if I can even pull it off. But don't worry, I know that you fashion savvy people, can pull it off just great.

So with leather, or without leather, it'll look great with any peices you put together.

My Skinnies

Yesterday I finally decided to buy a pair of skinny jeans. After countless times of going to the mall and wasting time staring at an ugly pair of jeans that I knew I was not going to buy that day, I finally gave in. I wasn’t completely in love, but I didn’t hate them either. AND instead of buying just one pair, I bought two! No, I didn’t love them that much, it was just a better deal at PacSun to buy two pairs for $55 than one pair for $40. I got two different shades: dark blue and regular denim color.

So I still don’t know if I am a big fan of skinny jeans, but I think that they are starting to grow on me. I wore the dark pair last night before the costume party with brown flats, and a cute flowy shirt. I have to say that I felt pretty cute. Yet, the shirt was a tank top and I need to find a long sleeve shirt to wear under it to make it more appropriate for the colder weather.

I am also looking for a new coat and there are some long coats that are at Target that would be great to wear with skinny jeans. I just can’t decide if I should get a black or brown one. What do you guys think? I can't really decide if I wear black or brown more often. Let me know what you think.

Showgirl Style

Last night I got invited to a costume party. The only problem was, I didn’t have a costume yet! So I rummaged through my closet to get some inspiration, along with my mom’s closet. I guess this was one good reason about still living at home…yet still not a good enough reason to keep staying there.

The only ideas that I could come up were my work uniform, a cowgirl, and using old dance dresses. Dressing up in my work uniform…pretty boring since I do that every day I go to work. Being a carhop for Halloween was just not going to fly. The cowgirl is not original at all and I’m pretty sure that’s what I threw together last year (and so did everyone else), so not going to work this time! Now for the old dance dresses, I didn’t really want to get all dolled up and act like I was going to go to a dance again.

That is when I found an old dress of my sister’s from like the early 90s, but looked a lot older than that. It was a strapless dress made of black lace with three tier-like levels. It had a bow with rhinestones on the chest, so I wore black heels with rhinestones and a big diamond cocktail ring. At first I was going for a flapper, but then I decided that I was going to more like a showgirl. So I spiraled curled my hair, which is already short, and made it big. Then added on my accessories, some fake lashes, and a lot of make-up and I was good to go.

I wasn’t a huge fan of my costume, but it was sufficient for the party and it didn’t cost me a dime! It wasn’t that big of a party and if I decide that I’m going to another one, I might just have to go buy one. A girl at the party was a flapper with a long skinny cigar and a boa....perfect I thought! It's what I need to be. But I would much rather save my money for something more important and just make do with what I already have.

"Cinematic Style"

So as I was searching through the Teen Vogue website, I noticed that there was a section, called "Cinematic Style" where they chose, what they thought, was one of the most stylish movies. Here is what they chose:
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Why am I not suprised?)
2. West Side Story
3. Annie Hall
4. Grease (Also not so suprising.)
5. Flashdance
6. Clueless (Duh!)
7. Romeo and Juliet
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. Marie Antoinette

I am not suprised that these movies were chosen-even though I have yet to see "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Annie Hall". These are all great movies and they are all deffinately led with great costumes. What stuck out to me most, though, was "Romeo and Juliet". Even though that is a great movie, I would've have never thought of "Romeo and Juliet" as a "stylish" movie. Whenever I saw the movie, I always thought about how boring and plain there clothes was without even considering the era the movie was taken place in.
But now that I think about it, it is very simple and modern, just how the movie was set. It sort of makes you think about what the movie really would be like if it was modern day. As I remember what Romeo, aka Leonardo DiCaprio, wore, I now think that it sort of makes him like more of a rebel. If you read the book, you don't really think of him in that way, but in the modern day movie, it looks like he is. I kind of like it, it brings it a little twist. What was also nice was what Juliet, aka Claire Danes, wore. She wore simple, light clothing. It made her look almost innocent. I think the best costume worn was Romeo in his Hawiian shirt and Juliet in a light, cream-looking dress. It almost shows what their personalities are: hard-core boy and an innocent-looking princess. So props to the head of costume.

What do you guys think of these movies? How do you feel about these movies being called as one of the "stylish" movies? Let me know!

What should I be for Halloween?

As I talked about in my last post, Halloween Time, I told you about how I was Cinderella last year for Halloween. I wore a blue dress to my prom my senior year. It is just gorgeous and definitely my favorite dress in the world! That when I realized I'm probably never going to wear it again. It was about this time last year that I realized this, that when I decided I was going to be Cinderella! I would get to wear my dress again and look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I just love Halloween!

So if you still haven't figured out what you are going to be for Halloween yet look in your closet and see what you have. Find a pretty dress and just wear it! Or just put together a bunch of crazy clothes! Its so much fun to get dressed up!

Good luck!