People watching

There has been a lot of talk lately about body image and the like so i though i would give my two cents. My BMI is always weird for me because it says I'm at risk for obesity sometimes and others it says I'm ideal, truth is i have a lot of muscle on me (witch ways more then fat) and that always messes me up. Your BMI is not something to live by its just a generalization of how you probably are.

In my personal experience the people most insecure about their weight are people who compare themselves to the wrong people. Models are not a good comparison because they are chosen because they are skinny and perfect looking and all that, how can you ever compare? Good people to compare yourself with are just random people at the beach or pool for example, you'll feel much better about your body image looking at real people.

Never look down at yourself literally, if you do you'll see a lot of things that aren't there just because of the angle, so always look at yourself in the mirror. another thing that will make you lose 5 pounds instantly is stand up straight and pull your abs in, and magic! you look thinner and have better posture!

so watch real people to get and idea about where you stand body wise and remember to stand up straight!

Manicure Tutorial

I found this tutorial on youtube on how to do an easy french manicure! i had never gotten one or done one till after watching this and i must say i think it turned out pretty good! the link is here! I would have posted a picture of my nails with this, but my nail polish is starting to come off so i didn't.

But i did also try doing pink instead of white at the tip and i really liked how it looked! next step after i master this: adding deco!

outfit shots

Its been raining a lot lately but i've managed to wear nice stuff on the nice days! I don't often wear lolita when it rains because i don't want to get what i'm wearing wet and i don't feel like putting thought into what i'm wearing if its going to get all gross and wet. Most of what i wear is more casual lolita that i make myself because at the moment i cant afford brand.


In this outfit i decided to wear my favourite skirt with a simple black blouse tucked in and tights, I'm also wearing my house slippers, they keep just my toes warm the way i like it. i wore black high heels when i went out.


This is another "on my way to dance" shot, again with the same skirt but a more casual look without a petticoat.


This day was really warm so i'm wearing shorts with a t-shirt, i absolutely love the design on the t-shirt, its an octopus! I'm also wearing a crocheted buret that you can just barely see in the picture. I normally don't wear shorts though because i have pasty white ghost legs.


I had this dress in my last outfit post but i was wearing it with tights to go to dance, heres what it looks like on me without, much better. Im wearing a cute black purse also, I really like it but it doesn't fit my wallet.

Thats about it for now! I have another post in the works that should be up tomorrow!

Luts

Following up on the dolls, I'm going to do a profile of another doll company called Luts, its mostly known for its boy dolls but they also sell many girl ones as well. I own a boy and a girl from this company and he's very nice, the bodies have good proportions, nice hands, lots of detail and to top it all off the company has good customer service. The only thing to be wary about is that they can take a while to ship because they are normally pretty busy, and the seams aren't always lined up the best (this means that there is a more noticeable line where the mould was joined together).

They are about the 5-6 hundred dollar range though for the 60cm ones but if you order around christmas or spring they often have event heads where if you spend a certain amount you get a free doll head witch will only be given at the event, these have about an 80-100$ value so its a very good freebie in my opinion.

They also sell lolita styled clothing witch i find is a great inspiration for my own sewing! I often try out a new dress design on a doll scale first because if it looks terrible i've used much less fabric then if i had made it for myself. (unfortunately i cant put in a link because their webpage is flash-based so its all under the one name -_-.)

thats about all i have to say for this company! watch out for the next one!

Hello! theres a giveaway at Miss Lumpy's blog Here please join it! its pretty awesome!

more posts coming soon! i just need to upload the photos!