This is another Longhand post (yea I was thinking a lot this week).
What influences your clothes and makeup style? Where do you draw inspiration? Where do you go for those things that you just ahh love? Is it social media? Streaming (inc TV, movies, etc.) Magazine and books? Walking around the mall? Maybe, you are like me and it’s all of it. Anyone who really knows me, knows I love to shop. I might not buy anything, but I’m definitely going to spend some time looking. My mother, she would find what she liked and then she would wait, for it to go on sale. She had the patience of a saint (well she was my mom it was a prerequisite). Me, if I see something that I bond with that much, it’s mine. It does not happen often but when it does on that level, bam! I do have to say there was a Kate Spade purse that I wanted really bad but, it was so much I just couldn’t do it. It dropped in price but not enough for me and alas, I didn’t get it. Where was I, ah inspiration well then..
Well, I get into eons where it’s sweats, shorts, and t’s. I have a ton of clothes (not a lot believe me I’ve seen some way bigger closets than mine), but I have enough that I could dress impeccably every day. I don’t for one silly reason or another. Again, chasing a rabbit down a hole. I get a lot of inspiration from a lot of places. Right now my clothes inspiration is coming from the book I’m reading Lethal Black Dress by Ellen Byerrum. It’s the next to the last of her Crimes of Fashion series. I love how she writes, it’s really life-changing, well it was for me. Since I started this book and whenever I read her, I tend to take just a little more time and put thought into what I put on my back. If you are a follower of mine on Pinterest you will know just how many clothes I have pinned. -swoon- Just to let you know it’s thousands of outfits I love. It’s my own little vision board.
I don’t ever take photos of me in my wonderful clothes, this is something I could and really should change. I get compliments, so I must look nice right?
Okay, makeup? I love looking on Pinterest and in magazines, but lately, it’s been movies. One or two specific movies. And, they both have Anne Hathaway in them. Ocean’s 8 & The Devil Wears Prada. I really love the lipsticks in Oceans’ 8. Helena Bonham Carter had some amazing lips in that movie, and so did Sandra Bullock and Rhianna, who am I kidding (not you) they were all fabulous. I loved the clothes on Kate Blanchett, I could go on. I mean really that was a great fashion movie. Iconic to say the least. But, so was The Devil Wears Prada. All the clothes and make-up looks AHHHH, heaven . Anyway I researched the makeup on Oceans 8 and saw that it was Julie Hewett, and I bought the Rouge Noir. Loved it! And, it’s not drying comes off easily or stays depending on what you want. I recommend it!
Tell me about what inspires you on these two subjects?
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Me
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