I was going for something laid back — Thing is I wanted it to be a tad bit more dressed up than usual. I went for this gorgeous headband and a pair of one of my comfiest heels to date! I love how I can switch to heels or flats and well — This look will still love as dressed up as I hoped it would be.
Malasimbo related — Since I was pretty much surrounded by nature for hours as well as sitting on the ground, I had this idea of sitting on the tree roots for my photos. Nature and I are slowly working on this relationship of ours, so you’ll see more of these short of stuff to come!
Got my blog title inspiration from the Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars song for the Hunger Games soundtrack. Its such a soothing and beautiful song, and for some reason my look shot location is in a similar venue of the music video. Listen to it, I’m sure you’ll love it as well. Btw, I’m thinking of getting my Taylor Swift bangs done again, what do you all think? Yay or nay?
When I posted the first look from the WAGW shoot I did with Kryz in Cebu I got a number of emails saying that they loved the photos and that I looked like Taylor Swift. I’m not complaining for I think she’s gorgeous — Which is also why I named my post after her perfume!
I remembered seeing an ad for Taylor Swifts perfume in a magazine and when I was thinking of a blog post title this just happened to pop into my head. Surprisingly the shoot is pretty similar to the feel of the ads as well as her short video about it. The whole curly hair look with a nice and pretty dress on in the woods — Except I was in a park. SEE! The perks of a good photographer, who was Jacklyn, Kryz’s sister!
This time of the [end] of the year, namely New Years Eve, I always opt to dress different from my norm. Color wise. I go for colors like cream, white, pink, blue and this year — GOLD. I’ve had this dress for awhile as well and promised myself to save it for a VERY special occasion, and what better celebration than New Years Eve. For the record, forgive my indoor flash taken photos, I’m so used to day time shots and I didn’t have time to take better ones due to the rush of NYE as well as people setting up their fireworks along the street, haha!
I wore the same thing before the countdown, but decided to switch it up when I went out after. | Dress: Herve Leger | Heels: Dolce Vita | Necklace: Versace for H&M |
And so what I did I wear after? Btw, sorry for the weird face I made. This was at about 3 am about I was just heading out to meet my friends, haha! | Blazer: Zara | Dress: Herve Leger | Necklace: Versace for H&M | Boots: Dolce Vita | Bag: Chanel |
What a good night NYE was.
Here are some photos of my sister Pauline and myself goofing around while I took my look photo, HAHA! She wore a super cool Proud Race dress and Zara heels. She even had an OS harness on which she wore after these photos were taken, very different styles but pretty much the same humor!
I had some pegs for tonight. I know a lot of celebrities who rocked gold dresses and pretty much got inspiration from them all. From hair, to make up and even accessories. Hopefully I pulled off this gold dress well, but I promise to wear this again and take better photos!
I looked to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Karlie Kloss, Emma Watson, Blake Lively, Vanessa Hudgens, Paris Hilton and Leighton Meester for some ideas for my outfit. I wasn’t used to wearing gold so I definitely needed some tips!
Well, I can finally cross something off my bucket list — Getting myself some Katy Perry inspired streaks! I know it’s nothing like hers but this was my first try and God do I love it! At the salon I went to I was quite hesitant cause I wasn’t sure that it would turn out the way I wanted to but thank God it did!! I will post a few teaser shots of my new do, just PLEASE do not judge. I’m not vain — I just needed a few good shots of my hair, haha!
I have four colors of streaks on my hair, blue, purple, pink and red!
“You, with your switching sides, and your walk by lies and your humiliation. You, have pointed out my flaws again, as if I don’t already see them. I walk with my head down, trying to block you out cause I’ll never impress you. I just wanna feel okay again.” Just a little excerpt from one of my favorite songs, by one of my favorite singers of all time.. Taylor Swift. For some reason she tends to know exactly what I’m thinking in different stages and point in my life, but that’s not why I’m here. Yesterday, June 1 was pretty good day for me. I finally got to design a whole lot of approved designs at work that day and I was finally going to get to buy these markers I’ve been eye-ing for over a year now.. Things were great till I got home to KarmaFashPolice tweeting to me, telling me about a certain something. I already heard about parts of this prior to going home. the thing was I needed to see/read it for myself before making any judgement cause I vaguely knew what it was about. Right after work, I rushed home to a series of Tumblr posts and Tweets with regards to this certain issue between Lexi and a few of her friends with regards to me and other fashion bloggers. I was gobsmacked, with me in denial, I did try to joke about it at first — but not until I saw everything, and I mean everything. If you ask me, what was said about me (as well as Tricia, Laureen and Camille) weren’t as bad as what was stated about my good friends, JL and Lissa, they were just flat out WRONG. Oh yeah, I was a part of that Woo Girl album so, maybe that was for me too? I don’t know.. You tell me..
Well, this was where it all began.. Cause, apparently I look like Justin Bieber as a girl. (see photo above). As funny as it may seem, it still hurt. I’ve know Lexi and some of these girls since I was in high school and never did I ever think it would come to this. Oh, and to create a thread just for the plain reason of what? Talking smack about people? Why? Just cause you felt like it? Cause you wanted to make a joke out of people? I don’t get it. I’ve gotten hate mail, comments, tweets and more from haters but this was something different. Because I knew Lexi and those friends of hers personally, and I still don’t know what to think.. It just proves that people can be such fakes and be really good at it. I won’t lie, I do gossip as well, I’d be lying if I say that I never gossiped in my life.. I mean who doesn’t? It’s just unfortunate that this was brought into the public eye.. BUT never will I ever say such cruel things about others, and that I can vouch for without a doubt.
So, after reading both Lissa and JL’s posts here are somethings I agree with and I’d like to share them with you.. This one is from Lissa, “It’s natural to talk about other people, I’m not going to pretend by saying I don’t gossip about others because I DO. It’s a natural thing to do and let’s admit it, it can be kind of fun right?… Especially when we do it with our friends. The thing is, while you are entitled to your own opinion and entitled to pick your own side, it doesn’t mean that you have to be mean about it and go on a hating spree. It doesn’t mean that you endlessly curse, make fun and call other people names. Also, before doing anything, ALWAYS be prepared for the consequences of your actions.” and an excerpt from JL, “I didn’t quite know how to take it— how can people just bash at random? Is bashing supposed to be a hobby now? I feel the apology, if you could call it that, was for the fact that things were released to the public. The reason behind the hatred & bashing,were never accounted for. I deserved a better “apology” and an explanation… than this.”
If you’re all wondering.. NO, I do not hate Lexi or those people involved, more of disappointed and I feel betrayed. NO, I will not talk smack about her or her friends just as they did. NO, I will not gang up on her of her friends. NO. NEVER. I’ll be the bigger person and try my VERY best to keep mum about this. I will rise above this, trust me. This is one of the many times the people who care for me give me the best advice. Knowing that, I’d like to thank my family and friends who have showed their love, it means the most to me. To you all, my dearest readers, thank you for reading my blog and giving me the inspiration to keep doing what I do, to keep moving forward, thank you. With that, I end this. But, I’d like to leave you with a few lines and the video of Taylor Swift’s song Mean. Let’s all learn from this, I know I have.. To all haters.. “Someday, I’ll be, living in a big old city, and all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, and all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Why you gotta be so mean?”
