late night hair

Welcome to my face with no make-up on! yahoo :) Do you ever get this sudden urge at 1 o'clock in the morning to do your hair? Well, that happened to me last night. I've tried this style before after seeing Ashley's tutorial but it didn't stay/turn out right because I had slightly straightened my hair before hand. This time I decided to try it again with just my natural hair (which used to kinda do this on its own but somehow decided to stop). I love how it turned out! Next time I get my hands on a slightly bigger curling iron I'll for sure try it again (mine's only maybe 1 inch).

All you do is take a section of hair (I grab various sizes) and curl it from the roots (or as close as you can get) by twisting it around the barrel without using the clamp. I spray each curled section with hair spray as soon as I've curled it so that way it stays. I absolutely love Dove Damage Therapy Extra Hold Hairspray- because it doesn't have that awful strong hairspray smell and it has a super light formula that dries quickly but doesn't leave your hair stiff or sticky. Its almost like not even having hairspray in your hair at all. Its glorious.

After I'm all done I usually shake it out a bit so it looks more natural. I even slept on it last night and it still looked good today!

you are the smile to my face

shirt: ross (i think), skirt: freepiled 

 theres no point in starting out this post with apologizing for how much i stink at blogging, right? okay great cause i'm totally skipping it :) 

life has been an interesting whirlwind again...but a much kinder one this time. Lets just say that I feel absolutely fantastic about my life right now no matter what.  I'm running with the fact that any uncertainties I might have at the moment will just make the ride more interesting. Also I take a ton of comfort in this quote I came across the other day:

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

what a classy lady.

gettin...uh...crafty?

I designed this little number last night for the about section of my photo blog! you like? I do.

I'm planning on adding an about me section here too soon! No worries. And it will be great. 

ignite the light, and let it shine

shirt: roommate hand-me-down, sunglasses, earrings: claire's

 so these pictures are actually from sunday. tricky huh? I just haven't uploaded the pics my lovely mother took of me today in the fabulous outfit i wore to my interview. And oh, I rocked it by the way (the outfit and the interview, of course). And these ones were actually taken by my sister with my f/1.8 lens...I was trying to teach her how to use it and she didn't do too shabby.

Now, for your amusement I would like to share a joke my 8 year old little brother made up and shared with my sister and I at the dinner table this evening as we were munching away on taco salad. He said:

"Two men were sitting and talking, but one of them said, 'I have to go home and do some work.' Then the other one said 'What kind of work?' 'Homework, of course!'"

Get it?

We busted up and were giggling like the little goofs we all are.

 And oh, your dose of cuteness for the day (or errr....night): 

she was picking flowers for mommy.

funkytown

oh hey. its been a while. goodness gracious. I've just been in such a funk lately....some stuff has happened that has thrown me for a bit but thats life and it goes on. right? right.

 cardigan, shirt: mila, pants: freepiled (ya thats right...got em for free!), headband: no clue? :)

in other news: I have a job interview tomorrow! yay! and it pays good! I'm really hoping I get it. i'll put on my sexy new black pencil skirt that I got from khols yesterday (while I was being a good little grownup and going on all sorts of errands...including grocery shopping for my mama), a cute flowy shirt, some red heels, and curl my hair and i'll nail it!    

shoes: target! they will make a better appearance, because they are too cute and comfy and i wear them all the time.

and now, whenever I'm feeling icky, I'll just remember this picture and how happy I was in this moment, shakin my booty. You are free to do the same. 

I'm going to go back to editing photos and watching the voice/chopped now.