stick lips

i own a lot of lipstick. 30+ tubes.  i really, really like lipstick, and thus i thought, 'why not show it off?'

also, let's just take a minute to look at the quality of the pictures here.

lipstick pictured above: limecrime's "chinchilla" lipstick from their lip noir collection.

boom. that's right, it's pretty damn good. i finally got myself a decent camera, and the improvement is just amazing. i love it. it's so much fun.

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a brief post today, but i'm going to be back to regular blogging now, i promise. stuff has kind of been hard lately - i'm in the midst of exams, a person close to me died this  past saturday, and i've been very sleep deprived. but otherwise, i'm pretty okay. how are you?

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what's in my bag

this is a blogger cliche, yet it's one i hadn't gotten around to yet.. it's too damn hot to take outfit photos.

what's in my bag?

survey says:

my lovely thrifted leather.. satchel? i guess.

my small button collection - RUN RVA (richmond, va, sorry for the glare) , neon nylon covered button, and the infamous jack nicholson still from the shining. i adore him, and the shining. had to show my pride.

1; Fifty Bags That Changed The World (good style read, this isn't always in my purse - whatever book i'm reading at the moment is)

2; My little otsu annual weekly planner

3; My moleskine 

4; My favorite lipstick - Estee Lauder in Rose Tea

5; Burt's Bees pomegranate chapstick

6; Bath & Body Works 'Midnight Pomegranate' hand sanitizer 

7; Neutrogena oil-free moisturizer 

8; Neutrogena healthy skin in classic ivory 10

9; Maybelline concealer in sand sable 20

10; Sephora complexion brush 53

11; L'oreal true match powder in porcelain W1

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daring to bare

i was really really inspired by Alyse's Girls Who Dare to Bare, and all the ladies who participated in it. i decided i was going to do it, but put my own spin on it.

Alyse's whole point was that our modern perception of beauty is so warped... as a person with numerous beauty-concerned disorders (body dysmorphic disorder, dermotillomania, anorexia nervosa, to name a few) it really touched me, and i decided, hey, what the hell. I sent all of this to Alyse, too. Maybe she'll feature me.

before/after

The video:

Daring to Bare. from Kat Carney on Vimeo.

It's not an attractive video. I know. Get past the first minute and a half and it's bearable. But it's me in my entirety. It's how i look.

This took a lot of balls that i don't have to post, i hope you guys can respond in a good way... I'm not saying i don't want constructive criticism, just no heart-shattering attacks, please.

Oh, and my final thoughts on the video: i make the best faces while putting on my mascara. I roll my eyes back into my head, and i look like the scream. It's pretty hilarious.

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candy striper

 pastels. pastels pastels pastels. i'm fairy enamored with pastels. i know they we strictly for spring and although summer is a time for the brights, i'm keeping pastels on my nails.

crummy snap, but from left to right: essie - lilacism, essie - ballet slippers, uo - orange 7, and sally hensen - mint sorbet. lipstick is revlon super lustrous in matte stormy pink, a perfect look-a-like for mac candy yum yum, but about $7 cheaper.

 i can't get over pastels. 

   

   

   

  

  

jenny from the block, love aesthetics, two two oh four, stolen from grandma, we heart it, amber rose

don't forget to enter the wonderful vintage princess giveaway i've got going on.

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pulp fiction

i think i want to dye my hair again. for the while, i want to go black. with my hair cut the way i cut it, if it's black it's a perfect match for mia from one of my favorites, pulp fiction. fuck yeah, mia. now i get to smoke and overdose on cocaine, then get stabbed in the heart with an adrenaline needle.

after i grow it out more, i'm going pastel - whether it be pink, lilac, teal or gray.

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