Clear glass summer

clear spikes

plastic jewels

space nails

glass towers

Acrylics haunting my dreams...

nails

black beads on nails


crackle finish

faux-minx

I've been obsessing over nails again. The ultimate in being useless. I do my nails and watch back to back netflix crap, two useless activites killed with one stone. I've been way into this China Glaze halloween series, specifically the "Ick-A-Body," pictured on the far left above. (picture snagged from here.) It's a copper flat glitter in a sheer black and goes over dark blue teal like awesome sauce.

I'm also becoming enamored of the idea of gluing useless shit onto my nails, in order to prove my delicate feminine nature to the world. Yeah, the last part of that sentence is bull shit, but something in me always feels kind of guilty about spending so much time painting my nails. I should give it up, as there are way more important things to feel guilty about, like not cleaning my cat's litter box, or how there are so many starving children.

Anyway, back to nails. I'm also stoked about that crackle finish that OPI is coming out with, and kind of interested in these heat activated metallic things. Oh, the time I waste.

Matiko

i love you i want you.
Matiko Wood Wedge Platform

UPDATE: These just went on sale at Solestruck for a measly $70. I ordered as fast as I could, and still sold out by the time I pressed submit. EEEEFFFF UUUU UNIVERSE.

minor obsessions / major attractions

Craving raw crystal and chunky slabs of geode lately.
Astral and earthy at the same time.

Zula Surfing

Stone and Honey

Beijo Flor

Stone and Honey

Specimen Jewelry by elseetee

Midwest Alchemy

Specimen Jewelry by elseetee

Stone and Honey

Cynthia Rybakoff

Beijo Flor

Zula Surfing

Beijo Flor

I now get motivated once a month.

I've been doing this craft, DIY thing with a friend, where we try to do a project as fast as we can. First craft day, I made these earrings. Really sloppy pieces of shit, just from a bunch of old necklaces, and unfortunately a little heavy, but I'm still kind of diggin it. Don't mind my expression please- just trying not to let up how my ears are being pulled out.





Next time, I decide to tackle this coat. My dad gave it to me in high school, and I wore it every day for years after that. Holla, nineties. The coat meant a lot to me, but I could never bring myself to wear it any longer. Too boxy, too grungy, too worn out...







I ordered a variety of studs, trying to find the largest I could. (Which was only 1". Really disappointing, but what ev.) I painted them all a flat black enamel and proceeded to cram them under the lapel and down the back of the neck. They are pretty crappy quality too, but I am trying to tell myself that the black paint hides it a bit.




Here, you can kind of see them going down the back, but I ran out of studs much sooner than I anticipated. I ripped out the lining and tore out the shoulder pads to combat the boxy shape, and finished off by painting all the hardware on the coat matte black, except for the zipper teeth. I love how it turned out, but would like to add more- For now though, the modifications have me wearing my coat again.






And here's some cat that thinks he's in charge of everything. He is totally uninvolved with DIY day.

I just want to get to know ya

"I've had my eyes on you for such a long time. So long, girl, it feels like your mine."

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mad penguin style

I really want this from the Zac Posen collection for Target. I think it's horribly, horribly cute. James laughs and laughs about it though, and can only say, "But it's a tuxedo that's a bodysuit."

a heavy hand

Some looks on heavy rotation in my inspiration folder:

jagged brow : nylon jan 2009

matte pink lip : zink march 2005

smear tactics : Pat McGrath for Balenciaga



galaxy nails : pop rocks


orange : Nars in Allure Dec '09


old school: ronnie

heavy eyebrows : Numero magazine



Prada look : jjacks48



Arabic look : MissChievous