white hot blonde.

My hair has been growing out for a couple of months now, and I was starting to get used to the idea of going back to a more normal hair color.  My natural color is a strawberry blonde, but after looking at these pictures I'm not so sure I should.  Plus it's not that hard to color my hair... still moderately damaging but very manageable.  These girls are hot. 

abbey lee :)

kate.

so good. 

anja konstantinova.

anja konstantinova.

abbey lee.

siri tollerod

siri tollerod

me from the summer with fresh roots.

 

If you are platinum, and are blessed with fair hair like me, 

you can use dry shampoo to add a little white powder and lighten up the roots in between salon visits.  

My two favorites are:

 Klorane Dry Shampoo at Ulta.com for $17.99

(sometimes the nozzel is a little faulty, but they normally replace it without question)

Bumble & Bumble white hair powder spray at Sephora.com for $35

   

scandal eyes vs. bad gal lash

I love Benefit Mascara.  Forever.  But, I was in a pinch the other day and had to pick up something cheap from Duane Reade.   Grabbed the first thing I saw, probably because of the neon orange packaging.  Anyway, I love big fat mascara wands so I was impressed with the brush.  First use was nothing but positive, but today I decided to put it up against my tried and true to see how it measured up.

Scandal Eyes: $8

has a richer black hue

wand is significantly shorter

not easy to layer coats

mascara clumps on wand

lashes stick together with additional coats

looks a bit wiry

Bad Gal Lash: $19

long, full wand

easy to layer coats

formula does not clump on wand

lashes stay separate with extra coats

looks feathery & full 

Over all... You get what you pay for.

Left: Benefit    Right: Rimmel

  

update: I tried it again.

Used no other eye make-up except for the Rimmel mascara, 

and today I liked it.  

I still would pick Bad Gal over Rimmel, but I'm pretty happy with the product.

skeletor.

Pretty much way over the skull trend, but I saw these adorable friendship bracelets the other day at So Good jewelry in SoHo (Broadway btw Grand & Howard) and bought a few up.

Usually $8.99 but everything was 50% off, and I believe it still is.  Couldn't pass it up.  They have them in a bunch of other fun colors too & in silver skulls too.

moon drops.

revlon moon drops. lilac champagne lipstick.

I wore this hue yesterday & everyone kept asking me for the details, so I thought I would shard it here.  I have a really light complexion so it's probably not for everyone.

revlon moon drops: lilac champagne

$8.99 @ Ulta.com 

inspirational pics.

sunday afternoon.

snapped this photo > instagram.

walking to work sunday afternoon at Allen & Grand. Lower Manhattan.

thrifted gold jewelry.

Most of this jewelry was acquired at a few thrift or antique stores on my most recent Ohio trip (in Elmore, OH) but a couple of the pieces were found on Ebay, scavenged from my mom or childhood gifts.  Most things were a buck, but definitely nothing over $10! 

Most expensive item on the left: vintage enamel earrings found on Ebay. $10.00  

(go to Ebay and search "vintage enamel earrings"- there are some very, VERY cool things out there)

old school clip on earrings with a screw back

bracelet assortment

other cool options on the cheap from forever 21

(the one in Times Square usually has a pretty great selection of jewelry)

Braided Leatherette Bracelet $6.80 

Triangle Panal Bracelet $7.80

madame de pompadour.

Happy New Year!!!  

With my first post of the new year  & also my 100th blog post, I bring you 

Madame De Pompadour.

I attended a New Year's Eve wedding this year and took the festive occasion as an opportunity to do something crazy with my hair.  Below is a cartoon drawing of a pompadour & my hair accidentally turned out to be pretty much spot on but with a modern twist.  

Was going for a backcombed, pompadour, faux hawk. 

hair by Sean Gallagher Hair

Other notable pompadours... 

Mine was looking like this for a minute, but I insisted on taming it down.