Outfit: Pastel Batty Girl

Hello again lovelies!

Another outfit post for you!

I think Mondays are pretty good days for postings, right?  I prep 'em on the weekend, then post 'em Monday morning!

Hopefully Monday postings will make your day a little brighter. ^^

Anyway, this outfit was inspired by all of the pastel spooky pixels I've seen on tumblr lately.  I love spooky-cute stuff!

Let's go!

Details from the top down:

Skull Ribbon Clips: Target

Sailor Moon Earrings: hobbit.town Jewelry

Jacket: Pinkly Ever After

Seifuku Top: Bodyline

Bow Ring: Love Culture

Shorts: Savers

Bat Tights: Holley Tea Time

Shoes: Bodyline

First off, I'd like to apologize for the lighting.  I have plenty of space in this area of my apartment to take full body outfit shots, but the lighting is definitely not the best.  I'm playing around with my tripod in different areas of my humble abode to make sure I get the best lighting possible, so don't be alarmed if the location for these shots changes in the next few posts!

So for this coordinate, I wanted to look like one of the bats on my tights.  A bit silly, but lots of fun!  The bat itself is lavender, so my lavender seifuku top worked perfectly!  The fact that it's also white fits in with the melty moons, eyeballs, bones, and such on my tights.  The pink jacket fits with the background of the tights, so I had a good color balance on top and bottom.  There was a bit of black in the outlines of the designs on the tights, so I paired everything with my favorite black high waist shorts.  The dark color and cut of the shorts also created a nice body shape and contrast to the light colors in my outfit.  For shoes, I went with my Bodyline ribbon shoes.  These are one of my favorite pairs of shoes because they're so comfortable.  Seriously, they're my most comfortable pair of stylish shoes that I own.  I think I'll have to get them in black as well. xD

As far as accessories go, I just wanted to use things that fit in with the color scheme of the outfit, so the pink bow ring and my pink and purple sailor moon earrings did the job.  The entire outfit itself is pretty loud, so I didn't want to pile on the jewelry.  

To top it all off, I tried to style my hair to look like bat wings.  I tied it up in twin tails and teased it to give it more shape.  Unfortunately, a big rainstorm hit after class that day, so by the time I took these photos, my hair had fallen considerably.  But all was not lost, as I had my super cute skull ribbons in!  I bought them in the dollar section at Target during the Halloween season, but I haven't worn them much in the past couple of years since they didn't seem to go with anything in my closet.  I was digging through my hair accessory bin (yes, bin) right before I had to run out the door, and at the bottom I saw these and knew they would work wonders with this coordinate.  

The many layers in this outfit kept me warm on a chilly Autumn day, and I was a little drop of color in the otherwise gray, gloomy day.  I had great fun sporting this look around campus, and the receptionist at the Student Service Center said I looked like a pink, fuzzy bunny!  Not exactly what I was going for, but pink fuzzy bunnies are super cute so it's still an awesome compliment!

I hope you enjoyed this post, and I'll have plenty more outfit posts to show you in the coming weeks!

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Thank you so much for reading, and I'll see you next time!

xoxo

Martha

Outfit: First Day Of School!

Hello lovelies!

I'm back with another outfit post!  Now that I'm all settled into my apartment in Illinois, you'll be seeing photos taken in a different environment.  The lighting in this apartment is slightly orange in some places, so I'll do my best to keep it as bright as possible!

On Monday I started my final year in University, so it was my last first day of school!

Crazy, huh?

It's strange to think about.  Once I finish up and graduate, I'll have been in school for 17 years of my life.  It's going to be quite a change going from school and joining the workforce, but I have until May to get as much as I can out of my last year of school, and I'm ready to learn a lot and then bust out of the gates, guns blazing!

Anyway, all the sentimental stuff aside, I knew I wanted to wear at least part of my seifuku on Monday since it's a school uniform, and I thought it would be a nice way to start the year.  Unfortunately, it was incredibly hot that day, and that seifuku is all synthetic so it doesn't breathe.  I couldn't wear the entire uniform, but I did wear the top!

Without further ado, let's get on to the photos, shall we?

Details from the top down:

Hello Kitty Headband: Target

Rose Hair Clips: H&M

Sailor Moon Earrings: hobbit.town Jewelry

Seifuku Top: Bodyline

Starfish Ring: Chicago Toy Fair

High Waist Shorts: Savers

I'm sorry for these photos being mirror shots, but I took these before I went out the door for my 8am class!  It's not bad at all really if you get some sleep and a nice cup of tea or coffee after you wake up.

Anyway, I thought this outfit was nice and simple, but still a lot of fun and kind of quirky.  If you've been reading for a while, you'll probably recognize the Hello Kitty headband that I got in the dollar section of Target.  I almost didn't wear it, but I didn't think the rose clips were quite enough on their own.  Speaking of the rose clips, aren't they darling?  I haven't worn them too often, and the last time I did was when I put my hair up while wearing my Ko-Furisode Kimono over a year ago, so I'm glad I found another way to coordinate them!  

The seifuku top from Bodyline should also be familiar if you've been reading my blog for a while, since it's a versatile piece that I like to pair with various things.  I think it's perfect to wear with high waist shorts since it has a short length, and shows just a peek of tummy.  The shorts are another DIY project.  I bought some high waist jeans from Savers for a few bucks, measured and cut off the legs, rolled them up, and voila!  Cheap, cute, high waist shorts!  I like the dark wash of these shorts, and I think it gives a nice balance with all of the pastel colors (read: PINK) in the rest of the outfit.  

The last main pieces of this coordinate are my favorite hobbit.town Jewelry Sailor Moon earrings, and my starfish ring!  The Sailor Moon earrings have been in most of my coordinates since I bought them in June.  If you'd like to read about them and the awesome shop they came from, check out my review here!

The starfish ring was a gift from a friend's mother when we took an adventure to the Chicago Toy Fair a couple years back.  It was unexpected and so kind!  Thank you so much Mama L!  She bought her daughter (my friend Micki) a panda ring, and the pink starfish for me since black is Micki's favorite color and pink is mine.  I'm not even sure if Micki still has her ring, but I like to put this with casual coordinates because it's fun and a nice conversation starter.

In the spirit of keeping it simple, that's it for my back to school outfit!

I hope you enjoyed this post and keep on the lookout for more outfit posts and fun stuff ahead!

The next post will be my August favorites in a few days, and I have a lot of awesome recommendations for y'all!

Thank you so much for reading, and I'll see you next time!

xoxo

Martha

Outfit: First of Spring!

Hey there honey bears!

I'm back with another outfit post!

It's FINALLY starting to feel somewhat like Spring up here in Central Illinois, so on Monday I broke some things out of my Spring wardrobe!  Spring clothes are the cutest, right?  You can still layer, but you don't have to bundle up to brave any blizzards. ;)  Let's go!

Details:

Hoodie:  Lion King the Musical

Top:  Urban Outfitters

Shorts:  Target

Shoes:  Rue 21

Bracelet:  Target

Necklace:  Hot Topic

Headband:  Forever 21

Obnoxious Pink Phone Case:  H&M

Wearing this outfit made me so happy, and it helped make a great start for my week!  I love the combination of pink and white, I just think they go so well together, and I liked pairing the delicate lace of the top with the funky print in the shorts.  The floral print in the shorts also went with the floral print in the shoes.  It was also nice that the black shoes and hoodie went together.  The bracelet and necklace were added to up the girly pink theme, and you can never go wrong with Hello Kitty, right?  The shorts have some spikes near the pockets, so I paired my spiky headband with the outfit to compliment those.  Also I loved that my shorts and my hair matched. XD  My hair was also extra super cotton candy fluffy, so that was also a plus!

I did my make up a little differently than usual, but I actually like it a lot, and it's quick to do in the mornings!  I put a nice pink blush on the apples of my cheeks for a rosy glow, although I might have added more than that and gone into dolly-land. XD  Oh well, I thought it was fun, and since the eyes and lips were kept toned down, it didn't bother me.  The eyes were done in a simple shimmery gold eye shadow over the lid, on the corner of the eye, and under the eye as well.  On the outer third of the top eyelid, I used a thick brush to wing out some dark brown eye shadow to add more definition to my eyes, but by not lining the whole lid it kept the look soft.  I blended the line a bit with a fluffy brush, added a few coats of mascara, and I was done!  For my lips, I just put on some lip balm, and then topped it with the Clinique raspberry glace that I wrote about in my last post!  I didn't want a very dark color since the cheeks already stood out, so the lip balm softened the color a bit and I think it worked nicely.

I wanted this whole look to be youthful and fresh for Spring!  Did I get it right?  Let me know what you think, and tell me some things you like to wear in the Springtime!  

Here's another photo in the practice room mirror just for good measure and better lighting. ;D

More fun posts will be coming your way this month, so I hope you'll stay tuned!  Thanks so much for reading, and I'll see you next time!

xoxo

Martha

Spooky-cute in black and pink!

Hello again lovelies!  

I'm back with another outfit post!

Since this past week or so has been fashion death with all of the crazy cold and windy weather, I haven't been able to take outfit snaps since as soon as I got back to my apartment I dashed under my covers to hide from the weather! XD

This outfit is from the day before I left home to come back up to Illinois for the semester!

Dress:  Topshop

Cardigan:  Love Culture

Tights:  Holley Tea Time

Shoes:  DSW

Click "read more" for more photos and details!

Pink Ombre Adventures!

Hello darlings!

Last Thursday I went to the hair salon to put color in my hair...PINK!

I've always dreamed of having pink hair, but the root maintenance was slightly intimidating.  A friend of mine had tried the ombre style with her hair, and while I didn't like the blonde, I thought I could try both things at the same time if I did it in pink, so that's what I did!

"OMG guys I've never dyed my hair before!!" 

It's true!  Before I did the pink ombre, the only dye I had used was wash out dye, so I had virgin hair!

Click "read more" to see a step by step photo process of my hair!