Naked

Remember Carrie's infamous naked dress? The one she wore on her first date with Mr. Big? Well, I have  the equivalent. I wore celebrity favorite, Jovani, for my 30th birthday in Miami and it was perfect but I haven't found much use for it since. Why the illusion of nudity? I don't know. Hmm, attention maybe. Not sure. I mean many have done it before me right? Britney Spears at the 2000 MTV VMAs and J. Lo in her on the floor video. Perhaps it's not the need for attention but the need to stand out? Is that the same thing? Regardless for some reason some women love to flaunt it.   Me included.   I just wanted something unique and pretty and of course sparkly.  I don't anticipate making much use of this dress, for one it stands out so you'll remember seeing me in it if I wear it more than once but I can't get rid of it! I love it.

It was my friend's birthday on Saturday and we were meeting for dinner at Panache.  I wanted to wear something nice but I refuse to buy any more clothes.  Time to get creative.  I decided to pair my "naked" dress with a Sabine skirt that I purchased from Piperlime and B by Bryan Atwood sparkly peep toe booties.   The dress served as a top.  I must say I was very pleased.  I received many compliments and inquiries on the dress.

I think next Halloween I'll dress up as Katy Perry and wear it again.  What do you think?

                                             

I purchased the dress from Signature boutique in Georgetown.  Jovani 7757 dress found here.  If paying that much isn't in your plans I've selected other options that are not exactly the same but will help you stand out in any party or special occasion.

And now the pics . . . .

Jovani 7757 

What do you think of my outfit? Hot or not?

And now the look for less . . . .

  Delia's sequin mesh dress $59.50

 Kimchi Blue Ice Princess Dress $99

Asos Mesh dress with sequins $96.75

Nasty gal winged mesh dress $68

Confetti Sequin dress $78

 Motel Gabby sequin plunge back dress $116

 TFNC sequin dress $96.75

 

Love sequin halter tutu dress $80.91

 

Lipsy embellished body-con dress $105.54

 

Lipsy embellished mesh dress $123.13

So many dresses!

Mascara Madness

Not only do eyelashes protect the eyes but they also draw a lot of attention to our eyes, that's why we love to enhance them so tomorrow is a big deal for a lot of us.  It's Mascara Madness at Nordstrom! Enjoy! Saturday November 3, 2012. Buy 2 get one free.

Here are my top three.

DIORSHOW Blackout $25

                                                           

DIORSHOW Extase $28.50

                                                           
Yves Saint Laurent Volume Effet Faux Cils $30

                                                         
One more . . .

Stila Forever your curl mascara $22

                                                           

Many more to choose from.  Here's to a year of beautiful lashes!

Costumes

Growing up I wasn't allowed to dress up for Halloween or go trick or treating.  We did once when I was 7 and that was because our neighbors asked our parents.  I think my parents thought we would get kidnapped or maybe someone would poison our candy.  I really don't know.  So growing up every Halloween we would order pizza and stay in and watch movies.

I started dressing up for Halloween when I was 22 and moved away from home.  Over the weekend we decided to dress up as the cast from New Girl.

I was Jess and my friend was Cece.  I purchased our bangs from folica.com a while ago.  I like to change up my look.  They came in super handy for the occasion.  I purchased the red dress from ebay and I wore blue contacts since Jess has the bluest eyes ever!  Don't we look like them?!

What do you think?

Yesterday I decided to dress up as Hello Kitty since I thought it would be easy but I think I look more like mini mouse. I used double sided tape to tape on my whiskers (black pipe cleaners broken in half). I styled my hair into a bow. Voila! What do you think? Hello kitty or mini mouse?