Birthday party OOTD + Vote for your GGA Nominees!

Hello guys! First week of school is over and it seems to be like a breeze even in my English 1302 course :o Shocking. I even found out why my GPA was lower than it should have been and luckily the lady in the advising office fixed it for me so now it's back up where I want it to be ^ ^ Last weekend, I went to my friends 22nd birthday party and enjoyed myself while we were there even though were felt like awkward turtles during some moments. Some guy came over to us with two of his friends who had all this energy and it was a little unexpected...a bit scary too but I thought they were still fun loving people nonetheless :D Here's what I wore...

Top - JCPenny's
Jeans - Image
Boots - gift
Earrings - Boutique

I wanna talk about that top really quick. It was actually given to me by my mom a few weeks ago (you can find it on this post here) and when I first saw it I wasn't really certain on how I felt about it. It fits loosely around my torso and the material is like a satiny type of fabric so it's very thin and translucent. It has a sexy feel to it too because of the color but what really drew my attention was the aligned strings placed along my ribs. I wonder if that was done intentionally to somehow emulate them somehow but I thought it was kind of neat and now I actually really like this top (^～^) Here's my make up.

Curse the positioning of my upper lashes ;d

I hate how every I take a pic of my make up, my blush looks less pigmented DX grrrr....gotta figure out why it keeps doing that. Here are some more pictures from the party I took with my friends :)

Boyfriend tag, new YT layout & some gets~

Hello my lovely readers! I'm happy say that I finally got my boyfriend to make this tag video with me last week and it's now uploaded for you all to watch :) Please do check it out if you haven't already & give it a thumbs up if you wanna see more videos of us together in the near future ^ ^

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I also changed up the layout on my channel TheLovelyIfy a tad. I really am hoping to put out a make up tutorial soon but there are a few things I want to wait for before I do that. If I still find myself postponing it for another week, then I'll just do one regardless. I hate depending on other people for things when it comes to my videos lol but whatevah. Take a look and please subscribe if you haven't already!

Click here to go on my channel :) 

Apart from my Youtube thang, I forgot to mention how I had a little extra cash and bought contouring powder as well as an NYX glitter palette from the hair and beauty supply store I live by since I finally used up my stamp card and got $15 worth of store credit!

I only use this powder dry even though it says you can applying it with a damp sponge when I contour my cheekbones and nose which I've gotten a lot better at! I look completely different but it still looks decent in my opinion :) I'm halfway tempted to do a tutorial on contouring...lemme know what you guys think. It's only barely a shade darker than me so it's very easy to keep the shades looking natural and not too deep I don't really need to buff it out as much as I anticipated. Now if only I can get my hands on a good highlight color then I'll be set, but for now I'll just keep using the eyeshadows I already have. I also got the NYX glitter gel palette I mentioned...

Relaxing with the bf at Mozart!

I love days where you can just relax and chill at the bakery with your boyfriend/girlfriend :D This day was so chill but I never laughed this much with Kevin as I did that day. We had the giggle fits...either that or someone snuck something in our bobba which was delicious btw but had no tapioca because they ran out when it was only 8:30pm and they close at 11pm...bull. We were fiddling with our gadgets while we were there too. I like my new desktop background, it's so cute!

Here's what he got me ♥

That my friends is a red bean donut and all of it's glazed perfection. I still prefer the buns over it but this was still delightful! Wish I could've warmed it up some more but whtaevs.

School was such a delightful surprise for me today btw. I went there and came out feeling like everything was going to be okay this semester. Like I was going to actually get shit done and get more A's instead of B's by actually not procrastinating. Let's keep my fingers crossed and hope it stays that way for me ^^x There's a party going down this Saturday for my friend's birthday so I will definitely be taking outfit pics once again when that comes. I don't have a lot to say in this post since I wanna save the other pics I have in my files for another one so for now, ttyl!

This is describes my bestie so accurately XD I love him though!

Sushi & a couple of gets + new video~

Man...I feel like I'm slowly getting into that pattern of posting irregularly again D: Let me not say anything just yet though and hope that this new time management thing I'm trying out actually pulls through for me so it doesn't come to that. Anyway, I went to a really nice Japanese restaurant with Kevin called Tokyo One. lol I'm always hanging with him throughout the week so that's the reason why I'm always with him in most of my posts just in case anyone was wondering. I didn't take any photos of the actual restaurant but next time I will but that probably won't be for a while since it's like $60 for only the two of us :/ But here's my plate...

My plate...this piece of pretty sushi was unexpectedly salty to my surprise. Idk where my mind was thought because obvi fish eggs are bound to be a little salty but I stupidly dipped it in what I thought was soy sauce when it was actually dumpling sauce to make matters worse...lol but otherwise, doesn't it look pretty? :D

 Here's Kevin's...

His plate looks gross mainly because he got a lot of the curry chicken but it tasted really good. A lot like my mom's stew she used to put on top of my rice when I was younger.

Cute, really soft desserts we ate. There were so many I wanted to eat and take pics of but I decided to leave that for another time. I was too HOONGRAY!

Coffee jello :9

I've never tried coffee jello before but it wasn't too shabby :) Everything was yummy I had many mouthgasms that night.

I went to a Walmart to just browse and remembered how I was almost running out of my make up cleanser by clinique and neutrogena so I got Noxzema's deep cleansing cream for $3 and Maybelline's baby lips moisturizing chap stick...

Hair update - Reached full APL :D

My sister said that before pic is my Kid Kudi face...wat? Look at dat mane!!

APL - armpit length


For those who don't know, I am still on a hair journey despite these past few months I've been shamefully ignoring my regimen...hence why I feel like my hair didn't grow as much as I expected it to (￣д￣;) It's mainly because right before I put my hair up in my sew in, I was experiencing some breakage and was stressed because of the crappy job I had at the time on top of it being right before school started. Yeah, hectic lifestyles effect my hair tremendously unfortunately so I guess this 6 month stretch didn't quite show a lot of length from my last update. I didn't even intend on stretching that long but I had no money when it was time for me to get a touch up after my 4 month was up so I had to wait till after Christmas gifts were bought before I could get one. Boy did the de-tangling suck ASS! I will never wait 6 months again or dare think of going natural! This experience helped me realize that and was the worst visit as far as the pain goes. My hairdresser was not gentle at all so I lost a lot of hair through shedding and him ripping out chunks of dreadlocks. I should've taken a picture of all the hair that was on the floor which could also be another reason why I didn't see as much length as I wanted. Luckily for me, I still had lots of hair even after all of the hair loss still attached to my scalp surprisingly so I'm not fussing too much over it but God, never again!

My goal for last year was to achieve BSL but I still got a long way to go however I am happy to say that I am at full APL :) My hair was annoyingly longer on the sides and shorter in the middle but now the back has seemed to finally caught up with the rest of the longer parts of my hair so now it looks more full at the bottom and I won't be needing to trim just to even it out anymore unless there are badly damaged ends. It slipped my mind to take a pic of of my hair going down my back for some reason but when I get it straightened again in another month, I'll take another pic to show you it's true length. I will do a regimen post for my hair very soon for those who want to know my routine which I plan on being more serious with this year, even with sew-ins unlike last time.

Before I go, I wanted to share with you all some new products I purchased last year for my hair from Sally's.

I bought Ion Purifying Solution's Hard Water Conditioner to help with the mineral build up from the water I wash my hair. The part of Texas I live in doesn't have very high levels, but hey the more you prevent, the better in my opinion...but it was fairly inexpensive as well as the Swimmer's Leave in Conditioner. I don't really go swimming, but if I do, this spray will be all up in my head! It always has sun protection to prevent damage from the UV rays which I thought was pretty neat like a 2 in 1 sorta deal. Then my favorite out of all three the Roux porosity controll corrector & conditioner :D This mofo is awesome! I love how it makes my hair feel the moment I apply it throughout my hair. I might go back and also buy the shampoo to see if it works even better with it but I used this Sunday night before I got my touch up to keep my hair balanced which is highly recommended! Love this stuff, but it is like $12 or something at Sally's but still worth giving a shot.

Alright so that's all I got for this post, I really hope everyone is doing good this week! Me and Kevin filmed the boyfriend tag video for my Youtube channel since so many people have been requesting it for months now lol it was fun :) I also still gotta edit my gal meet too first D: Trying to get these done before school starts back up next Wednesday but we'll see. Bye for now!

Michelle Phan's newest video and first short film. I loved it and she says my name lol she looks so gorg, just watch!

Hit 200 followers + Misc. buys from gal meet & pho

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I recently hit 200 followers on this blog Ｏ(≧▽≦)ＯI am so happy that I finally got to this amount! I was thinking of doing a giveaway when this day comes and honestly, I just might :D Thank you to all my loyal readers and even my most recent followers, all of you are so awesome for being interested in my life and what's going on with lil ol' me! Can't wait to get to 500 one day!

So during the gal meet this past Saturday, I bought a few things but nothing special since I'm really trying to save up for textbooks when school gets here next week and other things that are more important but I still thought I'd share anyway. When we went to go to Victoria secret, I originally wanted to buy bras and panties since I feel like my stash could use some updating and they did have some good deals being from VS, but I been so spoiled by Charolette Russe's 5 for $10, I rarely ever look else where for my undies and as for bras, I go to Ross and get bras just as cute to save. But I do plan on buying a gel padded one there very soon for more lift. That's won't be till around Valentines day though... *giggity giggity goo* Here's what I bought...

It actually smells really good but it's not strong at all. It has a pretty subtle fragrance and the shimmer shows flicks of gold and the reason I got it is because I know the sun will be coming out in a few more months which means I will be showing off more skin so I thought why not have a pretty glow with this body shimmer while smelling lovely at the same time? I have bronzers I never use too, so this will be my replacement of them.

Then at the cute store Fancy in H-Mart, I finally bought my shitty MetroPieceofShit Samsung a charm. Meh...I can see my mom not listening to me and sticking with this service longer than I anticipated so I might just deco out my phone to make it match the charm...it's so cute and girly, I fucking love it~

This has already been in my belly and out the other end, but I still thought I'd share lol! If you take me to any bakery that sells these red bean buns or donuts, I promise you will be repaid with acts of complete kindness and gratitude! These are so yummy especially when you eat them in the morning and warm them up in the microwave *drools* It's simply delightful!

I DIDN'T BUY THIS! But holy poo I wish I did T^T This is Kalicia's bag she brought to the meet up I forgot to put in the last post. Isn't it cute? I had to share because I've recently went to the Sanrio store and saw a really cute bag for like $180 and I nearly came to tears.

Okay so that's the end of the miscellaneous stuff from Saturday. Now here's the thing about pho...I think why I don't like it that much is because of either where I am going to or what I am order...or also how little I season it with the sauces that are typically provided. I just don't see how it's so amazing :/ Someone will want to slap me after saying this, but I personally find instant ramen more flavorful. Yes, I said it. & I don't even like eating that sodium packed shit anymore these days xP But I did take some nice pics of my tea and pho when I went with my boyfriend and his broski the other day :D

Dallas Gal Meet 2012 + OOTD/FOTD

Where do I begin? This event was such a success and I am so happy that I conjured up the courage to put this meet together despite the hatred in the gal community. I knew there would be some gals in the area who were well informed on the style and were ready to blossom into their own unique style. Let me not say too much and just dive right into our day. Now I was late by like...and hour and a half but luckily the lovely ladies waiting were so patient and didn't sound like killing me when I told them I'd be coming late after picking up two of my friends and dropping off Hachi at his dogsitter's place. After feeling like I was never going to make it alive driving on the highway to Dallas, we finally arrived at the mall and went inside to meet our group. I was so nervous but they looked adorable and I was so happy to find that one of my other friends was already with them.

D'Andria EDIT: Those nails were my friend Elise's lol my mistake

Kalicia. She had cute nails too but I forgot to take pics of them for some dopey reason! Check out her new blog here!

Sweet Odely~

Precious - fellow Naija :D

Second from the right - Elise. The original 6 all together :)

 After we met up, we decided to go do some light shopping while we were there and went into Victoria Secret and we saw some gorgeous bras and panties.

Prepping for gal meet + Latest gets :D

Hey all! I'm so pumped for tomorrow I can barely stand it! Tomorrow is my first gal meet ever that I'm hosting in Dallas, TX at the Galleria mall and I am super excited! For those of you who haven't heard yet, but we're be doing a plethora of things like shopping, taking purikura, bobba, and meeting fun loving people! I'm not expecting anyone to be a full fledged gal or anything nor do I care. I think it's motivational to have so many people still want to partake in this regardless and I'm sure with time, everyone will eventually become more dedicated to the style :)

Since the weather's going to be nice I'm probably going to be wearing tights with a mini skirt, and my black boots but I've yet to decide what top I'm going to wear. I'm thinking my leopard print tank would look cute with it and maybe just go for an onee gal look or maybe rokku kei depending how I feel tomorrow morning. & I'm packing on that blush like there's no tomorrow too! I went out and also got my brows done which hurt like a bitch and got some free dark foundation from the hair beauty supply store since I had my free $15 card on me :D Helps a ton to save those things! My lashes will be super chunky too and I'll try to add a lot of black liner and eye shadow to make my eyes pop. I'm still iffy on whether or not I wanna wear my circle lenses but I just might and if they piss me off later in the day I'll just change them out, it's no biggie.

And my hair...Lord...I want to do curls but they always fall out. But I'm taking down my extensions after tomorrow anyway, so I'll just pray my hairspray does me justice. All in all, I'm so anxious and even a bit nervous haha but I know it'll be well, even if it's just two out of the 11 people who actually show up, we'll make it into a fun day!

Click here to rsvp on fb

Aside from that, I bought and received a few things recently because of sales going on at Claires and Icing yada yada yada...

My favorite from this bunch is the triple gold rings on the bottom right hand corner. I felt like those green earrings were too boho for my taste, so I gave them to my sister instead.

It wasn't the best idea to take pics of these on top of this fabric I just realized but anywho, I bought the scarf  the necklaces are laying on and my personal favorite out of this bunch is the peacock necklace then the pretty silver heart one. The other two needed to be detangled xP

Now onto the gifts!

From my friend Alex! Such a cute plushie pouch, I love it!

My sister gave me $30 to spend anywhere when we went shopping this week so I went to Icing to finally buy me some studs for my new piercings and got these suckers.

Fun at D&B + OOTD/FOTD) ｡:゜★

Hey people! On Tuesday Kevin wanted to spontaneously take me to Dave & Busters as well as the Cheesecake factory (no pics of food this time, sry) where we had our second date when we first met and it was delightful! I've gone to arcades in the past, but the place was so alive with neon colors and noises that would make any gamer wanna cream their pants :D Plus it's been a while since I've gone to one lol

I was beastin' on this game >:3

I'm getting better and better at my gal make up but I feel like I could still practice more especially with contouring and lower lashes.

First post of the year + NYE drunken story xP

Hello everyone in 2012 :D I'm starting out a bit late on this post but uhhh yeah. I was going to take all of these pics and stuff but my night went a bit out of hand this year but luckily I was with my closest friends at the time but I do have pictures of other neat things so just bare with me for a moment and lemme tell you how my NYE went.

I'm not a drinker or a stoner. If I do decide to drink, it's only for special occasions. That shit just seems overrated the way some people go about it as well as getting high which is why I shudder at people actually bragging about stuff like that as if it's an accomplishment of something so grand and even go as far as posting their pics on fb. Uhm...no. You look like a dumbass and are lame as hell, just stop! & before anyone goes well, have you ever even gotten high/drunk? Yes, I have right off my ass to the heavens and back and yes, it's an experience that puts you right out of your element but unless I'm retelling say a funny story or something along those lines, you will never catch me bragging about it. Wtf is the point it doing that? idgi :/

Now that we've established that, my NYE. It was pretty decent but unfortunately I was sick so I felt a little lazy to go out to the parties I was invited to so I just stayed home with my sister and her bf who came over as we watched the countdown. I put on my make up, which looked flawless btw but I didn't take any decent pics because I was so drunk later on that night but I pretty much just had gold glitter on my lid and smokey black and blue eye shadow on the corners with falsies on. God I'm so pissed I didn't take a pic of my eye make up DX Anyway, after that, we went to our friend Adrias where some of my besties were chilling at for the night. There was some weed and alcohol and I figured I'd give it a go since I haven't in a months so I did. The closest I have gotten to drunk was feel the slightest bit buzzed but that could have been a combination of being up so late at night running on hardly any sleep. After a few minutes of playing some drinking game, I started to suddenly feel light headed and my body movement slowed down. My brain was aware however that I was acting funny so I figured I was finally experiencing what it was like to be drunk and it was nothing special although I made everyone in the room laugh their asses off from how I was behaving. This is why you should ALWAYS be around people you trust when you decide to drink! lol but honestly, I don't regret that night at all. I was a happy drunk and the next day I had to go with my family to church early in the morning...luckily I had no hangover which shocked the hell out of me. But that was all I did really...nothing fancy.

The other day my mom bought me and my sis some clothes and said she'll be buying me more ^ ^ So glad she knows my style now.

I really love these leggings/skinny jeans...whatever they are I love them!

I didn't get this as a gift, I actually bought it months ago but just never blogged about it. I needed it to relieve stress last semester lol and I think it's just a nice aroma overall. I want to sleep to it, and I suppose you can. The lady at Bath & Body Works said it has up to 50hrs of burning wax in that little glass container it's in :o for $20 only, so if you got some extra monies, I'd highly recommend. Or you can buy the cute small ones for I believe $5 or under I'm sure they have lots of sales going on right now for them.