♥ VALENTINO FALL 13/14 ♥ A LITTLE FINNISH/A LITTLE WEDNESDAY ADDAMS ♥

I have to say that aside from maybe a handful of looks (or less really), I loved the Valentino collection for Fall 2013/2014. Though some of the dresses look very very Red Valentino (but are surely priced 4 times as much of Red), I still loved them. They even did one little dress that would be one of my dream wedding "gowns" as you will see below. I read their influence as Finnish, and maybe so. But then maybe the influence for Red Valentino was also Finnish because there's a lot of the similar detailing in both. I also love all the T-strap flats. Gorgeous and pretty. One other note, though I love love all the little black school girl dresses and I'd wear them in a hot second, they did remind me of one little Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family. But...that's okay. ♥

the original wednesday addams

i love this but with the braid it's so so wednesday addams.

looks story book/fairy tale to me.

finnish details...love love esp with the red shoes!

i always love these simple chic dresses that they do for valentino.

an amazing little dress for a bride! i love short 60s wedding dresses!

i think this look and the one below are very very valentino...even though some people might not know that.

love a good prairie valentino.

more tuesday tailor ♥ prada spring promos

♥ MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ CURRENT FAVORITES I'M CURRENTLY LOVING ♥

I'm not going to include the foundations or concealers or shadows because they're all the same as last time thus far. But I do have some new things I want to share with you that I am really loving. I also will be doing a write up about some Caudalie products I have been using...but I want to use them for a little bit longer. 

I've also been on that Master Cleanse for three days so far and my skin is feeling wonderful (though my caffeine withdrawal headaches are not!). 

These are not in any particular order...my current fave foundation is still Revlon Colorstay for dry skin...it just stays on all day without any powder and looks totally natural. It's amazing. Concealer is still that Garnier roll-on which I love. You can read about them here.

I have a new eyebrow favorite really because of Josh Collier and his JOSHCOLLIERMUA YouTube channel. He always mentions DEFINE A BROW by MAYBELLINE. I really wanted to buy Mac's Lingering pencil because of Charlotte Tilbury...but every single review I read complained that it's like $24 or something and last hardly any time at all. So I started researching dupes and up came the Define A Brow! And Josh was right. I got it in Light Brown even though I think Medium Brown is supposed to be a dupe for Lingering. (They didn't have Medium Brown at the CVS I went to.) This makes doing my eyebrows so easy and quick!!! Otherwise, I spend a long time making sure they look even etc. I'm into my eyebrows again, or doing them, as much as I was in the 90's. And I've been growing them out. This product is awe-some!

I picked up two 99 cent Wet n Wild pencils on a whim and one of them was 50% off with a deal. Which was great. I picked up a COLORICON pencil in the color MINK BROWN and it is so nice. It's one of the nicest browns I've ever found at a drugstore. The other is a COLORICON lip pencil in the color CHESTNUT and it's more of a deep brown/wine color. It's also amazing for a drugstore product. LOVE it. And it goes perfectly with the next favorite...

mink brown on top and chestnut (which looks lighter here than it is) on bottom. it's much deeper and darker.

I tried to get a few things from Drew Barrymore's new cosmetic line FLOWER which I'm sure all of you have heard about. But everything was sold out! I did manage to find one lipstick in the color CHOCOLATE LILY. It's a very very vampy wine color and I love it. It was only around 6 or 7 dollars. I think her line is comparable to any high end line and let's not forget she married the son of a Chanel CEO. So of course she had some help, I'm sure. I wanted the foundation stick. Hopefully I can get that next time. It's actually called FLOWER KISS STICK VELVET LIP COLOR.

I have two favorite nail polishes that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. I might have mentioned the first one last time...not sure. It's TOTALLY TOFFEE by Revlon. It's like a dark mahogany but looks milk chocolate in some light and burgundy in other light. It's very very 70's and also very 30's. Def one of my new loves. The second one is the darkest plum you could ever find that it's almost black. It's PLAZA PLUMBERRY by NYC cosmetics. It's awesome. Sort of reminds me of Chanel's Vamp, but I don't see any red in it at all. It's gorgeous. These colors all work well with the burnt orange-y eyeshadow halos I have been wearing lately. 

i love this color so much. revlon's totally toffee.

NYC plaza plumberry...awesome!

OH OH!!! I almost forgot...one of my best finds was the L'Oreal Paris Couture Hair colors...I used Blonde and my hair is the perfect shade right now. It's definitely been my favorite hair color and I hope it's not a limited edition type thing. I also think the makeup on the model (on the box) is gorgeous...so French! The correct name is L'Oreal Superior Preference Paris Couture Haircolor Delicate Golden Blonde (9DG) and it is awesome!

my hair came out a little darker. but still as pretty. but look at her makeup! it's gorgeous!

Okay...that's it for now. Happy Monday! I can't wait for Louis Vuitton!♥

more makeup monday ♥ bright blue lashes at stella

♥ SUNDAY MATINEE ♥ NINA RICCI FALL 2013-2014 SO VERY PRETTY ♥

I did watch a great fashion-filled film today that I'll do a post on after Paris Fashion Week is over. But I thought I'd just show the Nina Ricci Fall 2013/14 show because it's kind of a waste of time for me to choose outfits or shoes that I like...I just seem to like almost everything in the Nina Ricci collections and I'd happily accept anything from them. :) Happy Sunday!♥

more sunday matinee ♥ union labels documentary

♥ PARIS FASHION WEEK ♥ VICTOR AND ROLF FALL 2013/14 ♥

I always love what Victor and Rolf do. I think they know what they like and they know what their brand is about and they know their girls. I love their theatrical craziness, but I also loved this more simple Fall 2013 collection that was in the same consumer category that say...Valentino is in now. Which is also genius. I love all the uber 60s micro-mini action and I actually own a few vintage pieces and we hemmed up almost that high (as high as we could go without my showing any bits and pieces) because that's such a great Twiggy/Paraphernalia era of the 60s (only they had matching panties to go with those tiny dresses back in the day). 

I also love how much darkness is always in the collections. They team usually have this very dark Lolita undertone...or a stormy version of Little Bo Peep. I have no idea where this crazy dark Goth part of me is coming from (I just colored my nails a very vampy blood purple color...when I thought I was married to my toffee browns!)...but I like it. ♥

i love that leather skirt, but i could never wear it...i'm too small and curvy.

oh how i love these super 60s suit-type looks...militarian...is that even a word? and julia nobis is working so much this season. she must be rich at this point.

i love these giant bow tops a la marilyn and diana vreeland. but i don't know how many girls can pull it off under 5 foot 10...

another one of these 60s military looks that i love. feels almost balenciaga-ish.

i love this. but as a coat it would be nice, too.

love it but not with those shoes.

i love this top so much. but again, if you're a small person, i don't know how you would pull it off. plus, i have a chest...these extra things on me don't exactly flatter anything.

i kind of like this scratched look in black and white. reminds me of stephen sprouse.

i hope this gets knocked off. because i LOVE it!!!

more girl friday ♥ nina ricci fall 2012