30 for 30 : Day Twelve

Hello!

So I said I would do an update on the backlog of my outfit posts today. Buuuut I got distracted and dyed my hair instead! I do have one outfit to show you, but otherwise, I think I'll get some photos done Thursday, my day off. At least then I won't have the itch to dye!

Last night I bleached my hair, and I was so excited to see cotton candy pink hair, but not the yellow roots I was sporting. So we went from this:

To this! Yay! I love turquoise, but the pale pink was sooo pretty, I decided to keep some. So I used a tiny bit of Punky Tuquoise and Punky Purple (which is really pink) mixed with a whole lot of conditioner to dilute the colours. I love it! I feel like a unicorn or fairy or big pile of cotton candy!

Oh yeah, and the bow is Hello Kitty!

And then we get to the outfit:

6) Blue Skinny Jeans-Joe Fresh

3) Teal Cardigan- Zellers

9) Black Satin V-Neck Tank- Winners

Leather hair bow- Ardene's

Necklace- Ardene's

Thanks for stopping by!   

Birthday pretties

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Happy Hallowe'en everyone! I'm celebrating by bleaching my hair :) I got a new job so I'm starting with a fresh hair colour. My original plan was to do a blue/turquoise/yellow colouring, but my pink did not go away, so I'm opting for purple and possibly blue. Stay tuned for the results!

My birthday was great, and it's felt like a week-long happy fest since I was blessed with getting a new job and being sent off very well from my other one (such as a wonderful lunch and a cake) Plus I still have to go see Footloose! I thought I'd show you some of the gifts and sweets I got for my birthday.

 A beautiful scarf in turquoise, yellow and tan.

I bought a box of tiny pastries- the back is a latte macchiato square, the white is a Napoleon, the front is a mini eclair and the other is a chocolate dipped strawberry cream puff. Mmmmmm...

 A cute little beaded coin purse with a sundae!

 

A cute card from my friend Kat

The sweetest little bunny salt and pepper shakers, again from Kat. They are super glossy, so very hard to photograph!

Tomorrow is the beginning of November, and I wanted to start a challenge for the month. Years ago I tried to complete the NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) but failed miserably. I wanted to try again, but also add something that is in keeping with a style blog. I saw that Sonia over at Anomalous Allure was doing the 30 for 30 challenge. If you've not heard of it, essentially you wear only 30 pieces of clothing for 30 days. So, I decided to combine the two and do 30 OOTD with 30 pieces of clothing in 30 days. I've photographed 6 of the outfits so far, so as long as I have the time to post every day, I'm already 1/5 there! I'll go into more detail tomorrow.

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!

Excited!

Hello!

Holy Goldfish Batman I am excited today! I have a lot to be excited about!

1. I dyed my hair Raspberry!

I thought I had more red than I actually did. I mixed about 2 tablespoons in with about a 1/2 cup of Raspberry Kamikaze over faded red hair (looked like ugly puce!). It's Breast Cancer Awareness month so I don't really mind having pink hair! The turquoise I used about a month ago still lingers in a patch you can see in the second picture.

2. I got Rainbow Connection!

Sorry about the horrible state of my nails. I kinda slapped the polish on so I could get pictures. I was in the mall picking up a couple things when I walked by the head shoppe (a hair salon, not a pot seller!) and saw The Muppets Holiday 2011 Collection! I had heard they were coming out early November, so I was suprised to see them, and knew that I had to scoop up Rainbow Connection NOW! I got the last bottle. It's a lot more pricey than what I normally pay for polish (I buy LA Color or Sinful Colors most of the time) but it was a lemming for me. That's never happened with a polish. It's just so glittery and happy!

3. ♥elycia has an awesome contest going on!

I love the stuff at Mungo Crafts! The hoodies are just adorable. Click here to see the giveaway. My birthday is the day she announces the winner, so hopefully that will give me some luck!

4. My birthday is a week from today!

That's me! I wore a lot of pink but I still got mistaken for a boy (I was pretty much bald until I was 2). I really want to go to Darrell's Restaurant for a peanut butter burger and the best milkshakes in Halifax! I'll also go see the remake of Footloose. I'm very wary as the original is my favorite movie OF ALL TIME. It came out the year I was born, so I've watched it hundreds if not thousands of times. John Lithgow is awesome in it and Kevin Bacon is a total fox. I know it will never live up to the movie I could quote in my sleep, but I will go for a birthday bit of nostalgia.

5. My husband's birthday is on Hallowe'en!

Yep, our birthdays are a week apart. He is 51 weeks older than me. He loves horror movies (wonder why?) so his plan is to see the remake of The Thing. It's his favorite movie, made the year before he was born (it's really eerie, dontcha think?). I watched it for the first time last weekend and all I gotta say is- disgusting. Not scary, yucky. I'm not too keen on puppets and animatronics (might be from growing up in the 80s when EVERYTHING was puppets and stop motion and animatronics), and this is some of the grossest sampling of imagined creatures I have ever seen. I think the new one might scare me more.

I'm off to cook some chicken tornadoes (chicken wrapped in bacon) and maybe rice? Veggies? I got as far as SOMETHING WRAPPED IN BACON! I eat a lot of vegetarian and vegan meals, but chicken and bacon are two foods I feel I will never be able to give up!

That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!

Shop Love: Oddjects

Hello!

Today I went to the Halifax Shopping Centre to pick up some new jewelry organizers (more about that in another post), and I saw a new store I fell in love with. Oddjects is mainly a home decor store that also carries toys, jewelry and accessories. Everything is funky and unique, like laser cut wool rugs, patchwork horse plushies, and rolled paper jewelry. They also support local artists, like Wind Bag Company of Nova Scotia who make bags out of recycled sails. I have a feeling I'll be buying more than a few Christmas gifts from there!

I also wanted to show you my new haircut. I got it cut three weeks ago, so you can tell I'm way behind on my posts! I have a backlog of photos I need to share, so be patient with me. Anyways, here it is!

As I mentioned before, I had my hair cut at Concepts School of Cosmetology. I love it! My hair dresser was awesome, she only needed a little advice from the instructor. I love how the colours look, too. Very cool blending.

Any hoo, I'm off to watch Boardwalk Empire, then Dexter. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, even if you're not Canadian!

Born to be Wild

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Finally, another OOTD! It 's also a look at my new red hair! I put the mandarin dye all over my hair, expecting it to be a lot oranger, but it turned a lovely deep bright red. Being a natural red head, I didn't know if I'd like the obviously fake colouring, but I do! It works really well with my pale skin. The blue stuck around, but hey, I like turquoise!

I've wanted a leather jacket for ages. Mostly because Gwen Cooper on Torchwood looks so badass in one. I saw a great one at Walmart around the middle of August, but couldn't afford it that day. By the time I came back, they were sold out. Weeks later I found it at another store! So of course I needed to complete the look- black jeans, black boots, black tank top. Badass.

Jacket- Walmart

Tank Top- Given to me by Mom

Jeans- Joe Fresh

Belt- Ardene's

Boots- Walmart

That's all for today, thanks for stopping by!

What's under your hat, Rose?

Hello!

I have a secret.

I have something crazy under my hat.

Shall I reveal it?

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Ta Da! I completely redid my hair! This is part of the reason I haven't posted since Monday- It's a long process to bleach and dye your hair so many colours! Plus I work every day this week, so it's been tough to squeeze in a photo shoot. I still haven't gotten an appointment at the salon- I have to wait til Monday to even call!

So What are we looking at here? Well, I bleached my blue and pink hair on Monday night, hoping to get it a nice white (used violet toner). Unfortunately, the pink and blue only faded to a cotton-candy shade with white tips. I was not discouraged! I moved on to the dying Tuesday night. I sectioned my hair into seven sections, and started applying. The very back sections I dyed Color Jamz Raspberry Kamikaze and Punky Colour Mandarin. The the middle section right behind my bangs got half Directions Alpine Green and half Punky Color Turquoise. Then for my bangs, I sectioned it out and did some Mandarin and some Raspberry. Because of the blue left behind on my bangs, the two colours changed entirely, giving me a purple and dark red.

Here's what the raspberry (left) and mandarin (right) look like in the back:

I really love the Mandarin! I want to do my whole head in it, possibly with raspberry streaks.

All in all, I'm VERY happy with my new colours! Now just to get a nice cut to compliment it. I'll try to remember to bring my camera so I can get good shots.

Well, that's all for today. I'll have something awesome for tomorrow, but until then, thanks for stopping by!

PS- Beret was hand knit by me in a gorgeous yarn I bought for my birthday one year that reminds me of my birthstone- the opal!