OMGLITZY: One Direction Concert – Dallas 2014

Thursday, September 25, 2014

One Direction Concert – Dallas 2014

A few weeks ago I went on an adventure to see the band One Direction perform! I became a Directioner after seeing the guys perform Story of My Life on SNL. I couldn’t believe how well they sang and the song really moved me. After that I bought all their albums and was instantly hooked. So when I first heard that the Where We Are Tour was making a stop in Dallas I just knew I wanted to get tickets. I was excited to see this specific tour because I had made a playlist of their setlist and had every song memorized!
The concert was held at AT&T Stadium which is where the Dallas Cowboys play football. I had never been to this stadium before so I left really early to avoid bad traffic. I was impressed with how well they had labeled the parking lots and had no trouble finding a spot.
While waiting for the doors to open, you could shop at the merchandise tent outside. I thought this was incredibly smart because you could buy everything you wanted and take it right back to your car and not have to carry it around during the show.
I decided to buy this purple and pink shirt. It photographed kinda dark but it’s really a pretty color, and I like that it says the name of the tour at the bottom.
This is from the very back of the stadium. I loved that someone on Instagram said “bow ties are cool” .. At first I was like huh? But the backdrop totally looks like a bow tie! haha!
Since I went by myself to this concert I had to ask a stranger to take this pic for me. Luckily the place was swarming with young girls with nice mothers willing to help ^.^
I saw on Facebook that my cosplay friend Emily Ann was also at the show! So I messaged her the section I was in and she came by to say Hello!
Photo by Elizabeth Villarreal 
Since Emily had amaaaazzzzing seats I asked if I could post one of the photos she and her friends took. I can’t believe how close they were to the stage! This photo didn’t require any zoom at all!
I still had a decent view from my seat and was able to see the boys pretty well when they walked along the extended stage.
During one of the songs everyone turned their phones on and the whole place lit up like the night sky. It was truly breathtaking.
I really enjoyed how funny the guys were with each other. At one time Liam let the whole audience know that Harry sleeps with his hair in a bun. And another time Niall did a great Texas accent for us!
The stage itself was very impressive. They had a fantastic light show and small fireworks went off several times. I loved it when the stage extended up into the air because I could almost believe that maybe one of them saw me ^.^
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I realize not everyone is a One Direction fan, and I totally respect that. But please don’t say anything negative about my likes! I found that their concert was super professional and very entertaining. One of the best I’ve been to! It’s been exciting to watch this ‘cute boy band’ turn into some highly talented young men. They can sing SO well. And they truly never stopped thanking the crowd and looking around the entire stadium with awe. Now I am looking forward to their next album!

4 comments:

  1. My older sister is a big fan of one direction and she's 24 so she's used to getting hate for it, so i'll send her this blog post to let her know she isn't alone! I volunteered to see them when they were in London with her earlier this year and i was completely bowled over by it. We had standing tickets and were about 5 people back from the front! I was expecting to have to fake enthusiasm to please my sister but the stage was outstanding and i knew a hell of a lot more songs than i thought so i could sing and dance along with everyone else! Sorry for going on a bit but yeah. One direction can get a bad reputation with fangirls but i was pleasantly surprised (:

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  2. Jelly! Seeing a 1D concert is on my bucket list!

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  3. Dude you look so adorable!!!! I'm so happy you got to go to see One Direction. They are fantastic performers and it sounded like an amazing show. I've had to go to soo many concerts by myself due to no one else liking the band or lack of money including Hilary Duff and Hanson. 🙂

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OMGLITZY: Once Upon A Time Cosplay: Evil Queen Regina Costume

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Once Upon A Time Cosplay: Evil Queen Regina Costume

I am so excited to share with you all my Once Upon A Time cosplay of the Evil Queen Regina!!!
This cosplay is special to me because it’s proof you CAN use a Halloween costume for cosplay! Anyone that says you can’t is silly. Sure, I enjoy making a lot of my own stuff, but sometimes I just don’t have the time or money to make an entire cosplay from scratch. I’ve used pieces from Halloween stores for several of my cosplays in the past. So when Costume SuperCenter contacted me about modeling one of their costumes, I couldn’t have been more stoked!! Going through their gallery was a lot of fun, too. They have SO MANY to choose from for all genres and fandoms.
After narrowing it down, I finally chose the Elite Wicked Queen costume. I picked this because it’s not something I would know how to make on my own. Evil Queen Regina from Once Upon A Time wears some exquisite dresses, and the time and money it would take for me to find patterns and fabrics would have been stressful. The costume came in a dress bag inside a well-packaged box. 
**I chose a size Large – I’m 5’10 and about 145 pounds.**
More photos and lots of great details>>>

I took the dress out and marveled at the fabric. Although slightly shiny, it didn’t look cheap at all. The fabric is quite heavy. This is definitely high quality for a Halloween costume. It has a nice invisible zipper up the back, some decorative buttons on the sleeves, and is a gorgeous combo of royal purple, black and silver.
**I love that it came with an unattached petticoat!** This helps fill out the dress. I’ll be able to use this for other costumes, too.
In the bottom of the dress bag were the crown and necklace. These are **included** with the costume. The necklace has an adjustable lobster claw and is made of a thick lace with little purple beads on the bottom. The crown was a thick plastic covered in sequins and jewels. It velcros shut, but I found it too small to fit on my head.
So although the crown is made well, you would have to clip it on your head instead of closing it all the way.
The only two things I bought for this costume were some black lace and an apple. *These were not included!*

The lace was kinda thin so I hand stitched two layers together. (The left is by itself and the right is after I put two together.) I slid the lace under my wig and had the bottom “triangle” hanging down my forehead. I’d recommend using some eyelash glue to stick it to your head in case it’s windy outside.
The wig I used was a dark brown (nearly black) wig from a store in my mall. It was *not* included with the costume. I’ve had it for awhile.. it was pretty cheap. I pinned the bangs back with bobby pins and made a little updo using some dark hair clips.
Here is the detail on the sleeve I mentioned earlier. I thought this was such a nice touch.
For my makeup, I put a lot of foundation on to smooth out my skin tone and hide my tattoos. I used a bronzer and purple eyeshadow on my cheeks for blush. For my eyes I used a black, dark grey, and red eyeshadow. I blended them in really well and faded them out to make a slight point on the sides. Be sure to darken your brows a lot and also line your lips first. Then fill them in with a maroon lipstick. I’m also wearing false lashes.
**You can also see I’m wearing a nude mesh shirt. It did not come with the costume and is totally optional. I wear it to hide my tattoos.**
Click the photos to see them bigger! 🙂
Overall I’d give this costume a 9 out of 10! I loved the quality and colors. The style could be used for an Evil Queen, witch, Renaissance or Victorian dress, or for a masquerade ball. I’d love to wear this with a Once Upon A Time cosplay group! The only things I didn’t like was that the crown was too small, and the chest area was a little big. I’m small chested so this probably wouldn’t be a problem for someone a little more filled out.
Be sure to check out all the costumes available at Costume SuperCenter! They offer wonderful customer service and so many options to choose from. Take advantage of any Halloween discounts they have to stock up on costumes for conventions all year long! I know I will be 🙂 And follow them on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates!
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Have you ever used a Halloween costume for a cosplay at a convention?
(All photos were taken by April Miller and edited by me.)

7 comments:

  1. Whoa! This looks AMAZING! I love how you added a few of your own little details as well.

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  2. Your cosplays are always so epic! ^^

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  3. You look awesome! Love this costume. 🙂

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  4. I own a small costume business and starting cosplaying about three years ago. I agree completely that it's okay to use ready-made. Not everyone can sew, myself included so it's nice when you can put together different pieces from costume stores, thrift stores and craft suppliers. Last year for FanExpo I handpainted a "morph" suit and went as the Female Titan from Attack on Titans. My ultimate idea of cosplay is being true to the character as well as authentic to yourself. DeviantArt is proof of that. Thanks for sharing, I'm going to re-post your link on my facebook page.

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  5. Gorgeous costume. I'm always worried about buying costumes because I'm a bit tall (5'9"). But you are tall too and it looks great on you!

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  6. My first cosplay costume was a Halloween store costume, as I wanted to cosplay at my first convention but didn't know how to sew whatsoever, and I already had the costume from the past Halloween. (Incidentally, it's the Evil Queen from Disney's Snow White). I was so hesitant to wear it at first because I was told if you didn't make your costume you weren't a real cosplayer and was scared to be called out for that, but I was too stubborn to not cosplay.

    That was 7 years ago, and I still cosplay her. The outfit/look has been through many minor upgrades since then, but to this day she's hands down my most popular cosplay. 🙂

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  7. You look so fierce and beautiful. Such a rad costume and cool that anyone can try this one out too. 🙂

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OMGLITZY: OMGlitzy! New blog! New name!

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

OMGlitzy! New blog! New name!

omglitzy.com
 
I’m excited to share that I have come up with a fun new name to go by – OMGlitzy! I’m still Glitzy and I’m still geeky, but I have felt like going by a different online handle for awhile now. I’m still going to update this blog with cosplay tutorials and giveaways, though. So don’t lose this bookmark! Since this site became cosplay centric and still gets lots of hits, I plan to keep it updated when I can. But my new blog www.omglitzy.com is going to be a little more random and a place for me to hopefully post more often without the pressure of making an epic post each time. What I mean is I started to feel like if I didn’t make a cosplay post with lots of photos, links, and information then no one wanted to read it. I didn’t want to clutter this site with random ramblings. I dunno, I am sure it’s just some weird blogger insecurity thing. But what I’m getting at is my new blog will be more laid back and easier for me to just chat about what’s going in my life!
 
I’ve already updated my Instagram and Twitter to my new handle – @OMGlitzy – but my Facebook and YouTube links will have to stay /GlitzyGeekGirl since they don’t offer name changes. I debated about how to handle my Twitch channel (since they don’t do name changes either) and ultimately decided that since I plan to stay pretty active on there that I would go ahead and make a new channel with my new name. So if you’d like to keep following me on Twitch head over to twitch.tv/omglitzy and give it a follow!
 
Thanks so much for staying interested in this blog while I’ve gone through some transitions this year. Coming soon here will be a Wonder Woman cosplay tutorial!
 
HUGS!!

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  1. My favourite Nintendo game right now is Animal Crossing New Leaf! I still can't put it down after all this time 😀

    SAMI★SPOON

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  2. My favorite Nintendo game is Super Mario Bothers. I think. I love so many old school and new games, it is hard to choose.

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OMGLITZY: Oh my glitzy – I’m actually updating this thing

Friday, December 13, 2019

Oh my glitzy – I’m actually updating this thing

Wow so Hello! Anyone still read this thing? I went around and updated a few broken links and changed my age.. it still said I was 30 in a few spots.. hehehe .. So anyway I guess I’ll post my most recent YouTube video. Life’s pretty great these days!

Be sure to follow me around social media – username is @Glitzybrite and I try to stream regularly on Twitch.tv/Glitzy

Cheers!
Glitzy

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OMGLITZY: North Texas Comic Book Show

Friday, February 7, 2014

North Texas Comic Book Show

About every 2 or 3 months there is a small comic convention show called North Texas Comic Book Show. I have seen many of my friends attend it so I decided it was time I check it out.
My friend Sean dressed up as Hawkeye, and I went as Black Widow. This was Sean’s first time to go, too.
The show was held in a smaller hotel near downtown Dallas, but had two big rooms filled with vendors.
In the rooms you could find vintage toys and loads of comic books. There were also quite a few artists to meet.
I found several good deals here, and would like to go back to see what treasures I could find next time.
There were a handful of cosplayers in attendance as well. This is Enasni Volz as Dr. Harleen Quinzel. She won the costume contest! 
Photo by SCNS:Live
I’d like to dedicate this post to Chris Skiles. He is the cosplayer next to me dressed as Darth Nihilus. His costume played a sound recording of the character’s deep booming voice. While we were standing by each other during the costume contest I asked him what the recording was saying. He whispered to me that he wasn’t really sure, and we both laughed together. I know it was a very small moment, but it feels like yesterday that I shared it with Chris.
He was very active in our local cosplay scene, and I had the chance to see him at several other conventions. I couldn’t believe it when I heard that Chris passed away this week. He was only 30 years old, and I learned that he was also an Air Force veteran. At the Dallas Sci Fi Expo this Saturday several of us will be honoring Chris by wearing a white ribbon on our costumes. I didn’t know Chris well, but I have been touched by the opportunity I’ve had to meet new people through cosplay. My heart goes out to his friends and family.

8 comments:

  1. I am so sorry to hear about Chris. He sounds like a loving and positive person. What a terrible loss.

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  2. I'm sorry to read that. He seems like he was a cool dude, and he was so young. Sorry for your loss of a comrade. It's great that you guys will honor him.

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  3. He was a good guy. I'm going to miss him

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  4. I'm very sorry to hear about Chris, it's terrible to lose someone that young.

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  5. Great post! I'll be looking forward to meeting more of Chris' friends on Saturday. I only just recently got to meet and talk with him at the show in November. I wish I had met him sooner.

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  6. I'm sorry for your communities loss! He sounds like a great guy.

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  7. Gorgeous Black Widow!
    I love Harleen Quinzel, i was her for halloween. c:

    <3
    Harlynn
    mindyourmadness.blogspot.com

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OMGLITZY: North Texas Comic Book Show: July 2014

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

North Texas Comic Book Show: July 2014

When I was asked to attend the North Texas Comic Book Show as a cosplay guest, I couldn’t have been more excited! I attended this event in January (you can read about it here) and loved the smaller size and feel. They have two large rooms full of comic artists, vintage toy sellers and other cosplayers. 
When I arrived I saw my face on this giant poster and said WOW out loud 😛 This is also the convention I debuted my Steampunk Princess Leia cosplay. I couldn’t have done this costume without the amazing corset from Corset Story. You can read my tutorial for this costume here.

I brought along several prints and accessories to sell. A few of these are still available in my Etsy store.
I was happy to see quite a few of my friends in attendance. Here’s my good friend and fellow blogger My Geeky Geeky Ways!
Photo by My Geeky Geeky Ways
I even hosted a panel! I’ve been a panel guest one other time (at Animation Celebration) but I was joined then by 4 other girls. So I was really nervous to talk by myself this time. The topic was about basic cosplay construction. I made note cards and listed out the steps I go through to determine how to pick a character, what materials I’ll need and work well, and the best places I’ve learned to find them. The crowd was small but still had at least 20 people there! I loved that I knew most everyone and they all joined in the discussion. 🙂

I held a drawing to win a giant Spider-Man 2 poster and my friend Mindy of The Geeky Seamstress won it!

I also had some Punisher posters and my friends Jesse and Ricardo won them! Jesse’s PikaPool was great!

Courtney wore her Azula cosplay and brought along her fireball. I was excited to see this in person since I missed her at Comic Con!
Photo by Trevor Jaro Chambers
I helped out as a judge for the cosplay contest, too! This was so much fun and, all the contestants did a great job!
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The next North Texas Comic Book Show is in November. 
Be sure to check it out because it’s awesome!!

5 comments:

  1. Glad to finally see that selfie of us. It's a good pic, despite having my ugly mug in it.

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  2. I couldn't imagine hosting a panel alone! It looks like you did a fab job!

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  3. Wow, that is so exciting! And your steampunk Leia is perfect.

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  4. Love this and congrats on a great and successful day! By the way I nominated you for the Liebster Award, please go by my blog.

    http://beautywtgeek.blogspot.com/2014/08/i-won-liebster-award.html

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  5. Your steampunk Leia was so beautiful. You did an amazing job. It must have been so incredible to see your face on that banner. Congratulations. 🙂

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OMGLITZY: NEW NAME!!

Friday, October 19, 2012

NEW NAME!!

OMG FINALLY! I have been driving my family crazy trying to come up with a new blog name! The Galaxy Life was so lame, but everything we came up with was already taken! But not GLITZYGEEKGIRL! Here at GGG I will still bring you all the fabulous posts as before and much more! This new identity is giving me some inspiration! So expect some really great posts. I have so many bloggers that I admire and enjoy reading and now it’s my turn! I’ve got my Zelda Symphony post ready to publish and this weekend I’ll be at the Dallas Comic Con’s Fan Days convention. Follow me on twitter @glitzygeekgirl for updates and live tweets! And Facebook.com/GlitzyGeekGirl

Once I have more time I’ll really update my header and backgrounds and such, too. Thanks so much for all the love, and I hope you enjoy the blog!

3 comments:

  1. Name seems like a perfect fit. Finding you isn't always easy. Looking forward to Fan Days updates. See ya GGG!

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  2. Love the new name/look!

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  3. GGG – Congrats on winning the costume contest!

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OMGLITZY: New Hair! Hot Pink & Half Shaved

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

New Hair! Hot Pink & Half Shaved

A few weeks ago I talked myself into cutting my hair into a pixie cut! I just have A LOT of hair and it’s ridiculously thick and wavy. I have had it short before but I wanted to go extra short this time. Another reason I want a pixie cut is because I love to color my hair frequently. With the length it takes WAY too long and too much hair dye.
So I grabbed my clippers (or buzzers) and a 4 guard (size of the attachment) and went to town! I wanted to keep the top kinda spiky so I piled it up into a pony tail to cut later and shaved the sides first.

Well after I did the sides I kinda looked at it and liked it! I thought.. Hey I might as well rock this for a day or two before I cut it all off.
I think the real reason I liked it is because it reminded me of Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender 😀

If I was going to leave the cut alone then I knew I still had a big job ahead to color it. This was after one bleaching and kinda looks like a My Little Pony tail!

Since it was still purple and kinda yellowy I decided to bleach it again so I could have a total change.

I mixed some RAW Fuchsia Fatale with a lot of conditioner and applied it to dry hair. Then I let it sit on my hair for an hour.

After an hour I rinsed it with COLD water and let it air dry since it’d been through a lot! This is what it looks like down .. it’s like you can’t even tell I shaved half of it off!

And here is what it looks like straight.

Most of the time I wear it up in a pony tail .. Like Sokka! 😀
It’s already grown out a bit now.. So one of these days soon I will be coloring it again. I know I will eventually cut it into a short pixie, but for now this is fun and different.
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Have you ever shaved part of your hair before?

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  1. Pardon the all caps but I LOVE IT!!!!! The cut and color are PERFECT!!! I was totally thinking about doing this as soon as my hair grew out just a bit more. I love having the sides shaved! It's perfect for summer and it's a nice little surprise when people notice. So beautiful!!!

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  2. Love the new hair!!! c:
    You look stunning.

    <3
    Harlynn
    mindyourmadness.blogspot.com

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  3. It looks sososo good on you! DAMN. *__* And not just because I really love Sokka. 😀 haha

    xo

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  4. I am so in love with your hair!!
    and I know exactly how you felt before making your choice, I took the other road and went short but seeing you amazing locks is making me full of regret :O

    SAMI★SPOON

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  5. I'm so amazed at the thickness of your hair. I don't have much to spare!! It's a super fun style!

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  6. It looks great! I've thought about doing this ever since I saw Anya's hair like this on Project Runway, hahah. My hair grows slow, so I haven't got enough courage to go for it yet. I've had a pixie cut before, though! It feels so light and easy. I never use hair products to style my hair so getting ready in the morning was so quick!

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  7. When I was 20 years younger, I wanted to do this. Not necessarily the color, but definitely the shave job. My hair was about that long and wouldn't grow out on the sides, but I never had the nerve to do it. Very nice!

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  8. I've been seriously admiring your hair on instagram since you went through with this! Like, I'm IN LOVE. And it's in such good shape for having been bleached a bunch of times– I'm jealous!!! I bleached mine recently and it became seriously damaged! Y'ouch!

    Elyse @ Cuddly as a Cactus

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  9. You really rock that style, and I love it. It suits you so well! ^__^

    http://nagareboshi9.blogspot.ch/

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  10. Super pretty! Yea you can barely tell its shaved when its down. I liked the multi hair style before to. Kinda reminds of a mullet… Dunno why. But the pink is lovely!

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  11. I've thought about it but have no idea if I can pull it off or not! I love it on you!

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  12. I love the colour and cut. If you can't tell I LOVE pink hair. I had a 1/2 shaved head for ages. I miss it.

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  13. This hair suits you so much!! Not many people can pull of this style but you look great :3

    ♥ Little Owl Diary

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  14. Looks fantastic! And you're so blessed to have thick hair! I wish I did, cause I would LOVE to shave the sides and be able to go incognito with the length.

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  15. Eep your hair is so neat, I've been thinking I'd love to do the shaved sides but I get stuck in this short hair trap, well you can have short hair and shaved sides but I think it looks especially cool the length you have it at now. Love the pink too and you will also definitely look killer with the pixie chop as well 🙂

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OMGLITZY: Nailed it! Purple purple

Friday, June 29, 2012

Nailed it! Purple purple

Painted my toes last night and used OPI “Do you lilac it” and Sinful Colors “Let’s talk!”.. And my fab sandals are from Steve Madden 🙂

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  1. I want your shoes.

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  2. What happened to Coldplay concert photos? Amazing.

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OMGLITZY: Nailed It – Blue and Glitter Ombre

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Nailed It – Blue and Glitter Ombre

This nail design was pretty messy, but very cute! I painted on a clear base coat, then one layer of Sinful’s Midnight Blue polish. Once dried, I did another layer of blue polish and quickly sprinkled some of Martha Stewarts craft glitter near the cuticle and moved slowly toward the tip of the nail. This creates an ombre effect which is quite popular these days!

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