Been busy organising my hard drive, and the picture folders in it.
I found countless pictures of myself in the past decade, and I'm so pleased to report that every year came a different look.
It's like you can't even point a finger and say that I look boring.
Hahah.
But because I change my mind so often, I guess it annoys people that they can't seem to grasp my style either - Being adverse to changes, it gives people an uncertainty - as routine and habits seems to provide humans with a false sense of security (of what?! that's beyond me)
You know, we are all creatures of habit.
Change one ingredient, and you'll have a whole nation revolting in disgust or something like that.
One of my ex boss was like that.
It's as if I'll induce a heart attack when I walk into his office in a pair of bright red wedges.
Dear Mr H, I nearly went into depression trying to dress professionally in black, navy and black... We need a compromise somewhere.... because before I joined you, life in CRC allowed me to wear practically anything.
Sure Mr D would gawk and ask me if i'm in the right mind when I push the dress code to its limits..but as of my memory served me, it didnt come up to anywhere near 5 incredulous faces.
Lol.
I had twinkly hair just like my little pony, wore high waist shorts, purple and red dress ensembles with matching red necklace and heels to boot, and I survived.
*pats self on the back*
I do not think I would ever live to look the same year after year.
My kids would probably look at my picture album - look at me in the eye and say "mommy, why do all your picture look the same year after year?"
"and if you look the same, why do you keep taking pictures? see one is same as seeing all ma.... only that you look older"
pffft!
I think i'll kill myself if that ever happens.
I can never understand how people can find contentment in looking the same year after year, day after day.
Wouldn't you be tired eating the same food every day?
That would be like telling me that I have to be vegetarian for life, or that I have to wear black everyday like Morticia Adams or perhaps the equivalent to others that the wealth they have accumulated in their lifetime, is no longer in use. Moving back to using rocks and stones and bartering as a means of trade.
Blasphemy I guess.
Lol.
So a blast back to the past as I marvel at the change in hairstyle and my makeup style...
in no specific time order...
Poof fringe.
Dark hair
I believe I was achieving the classy look without compromising my design student edge by mixing the fuchsia color into my outfit.
Oh and, no mascara, not going out era. Lol.
My hair after the hairshow for L'oreal's competition - my hairstylist made it to the Top 10
One of those days after a haircut at the defunct Blitz Salon and still in my ASOS feather earring craze
Growing out my L'oreal haircut (had to have the same cut twice - once for photoshoot and once was the real thing) and still pulling off the asymmetric look, and I like pining up one side of my hair still..
Gotta love those crazy set square worthy angles that I call eyebrows.
I guess over tweezing was the fashion then..just like korean bushy eyebrow was a couple of years back.
The classic bob which I still love - think I'll go back to this again, once I'm sick of my long hair, minus the grey lens.
This is when I learn that Stubby stud earrings is not flattering to round and fat faces.
Lol. Putting a circle on an already circular face is what we call... drawing attention to unnecessary chubs! (chubbiness) *sigh*
Genius right?
Tonged the bob hair for a dinner party.
Going for the sassy look here..
then came the one sided bob.
Took me a week to decide that I really like this asymmetric bob.
You can see that the hair on the left side was really short! It's like ear length!
My sun kissed look.
Minimal eyeshadow, and just tons of blusher.
At that point, I was using up my blusher every 3 months!
I still like this look alot!
Up close,
Really quite nice what!
Went for a hair perm - compliments from the defunct Blitz salon, and styling my hair EVERYDAY is quite a chore...
I also liked how I edited the picture to be semi actual color, and semi sepia-ish.
Nice right?
I then evolved to my "grunge princess" look, with the trucker caps, and dark rimmed eyes..
went on to get myself hair extentions to complete the grunge princess look.
How to look princess, if your hair is short right?!
Lol
Got sick of the hair extentions in like 2 months and chopped the remaining permed bits away.
I decided to be a boy.
That was before Agyness Deyn, the model became hot with her androgynous get up.
Rwar!
This was the picture post photoshopping -color accenting, inspired by Canon's new camera feature that I haven't gotten around to buying yet.
Haha.
Hair grew from my andro cut, and I was still very much in the Rock and edgy girl phase..
So black... so manly, but yet managed to soften the look by girlifying with my girly Miss Sixty chain dangle leather belt and used lace on the wrist, instead of leather cuffs.
Tough balance to achieve alright!
Uhhh I found this random picture of sister and I.
can't remember if the hair do was tonged of styled post perm...
I call it my F
arah Fawcett inspired Flyaway hair!
According to the picture we did some Heineken event I think..
okay, I believe it was a casting we went for.
Uhhh this was when I was highly dependent on fake lashes - and latched onto them everywhere I go. No lash = no chio era.
Stupid huh..
At this point in time, I believe Im almost done with my grunge, rock princess and angsty look.
Reverted back to classic and decided that I wanted mermaid length long hair...
I like that classic Look - Audrey Hepburn inspired with pearl necklace to boot!
The next picture to follow, would be my take on the smoky eye look.
There's a million color combination to achieve smoky eyes, and a million ways to achieve the look.
I'm not saying that I'm right, but I personally BELIEVE that Smoky eye has to be well blended.
Harshly applied smoky eyes makes one look "fierce", cause overall appearance to look flat and unFLATtering (lol the unintended pun) , creates an unapproachable look (then what's the point in putting on make up uh?) and a big tell tale sign of inadequate make up skills - for all your mistakes are so obvious for people to spot.
Blended smoky eyes on the other hand gives the smothering sexy look, without looking as if you've tried too hard, and definitely more feminine, therefore attractive.
what Im lacking is some lip gloss before I took the picture.
Oh well.. Next time..
But love those eyelashes!
Went on to be Korean inspired with the thick eyebrows, minimal make up and dark hair color.
So plain, so boring.
and currently still in my armpit worthy long hair, and eventually moved on to a Gyaru / Ulzzang inspired styling - altering my eye make up and completing the look with cutesy hair accessories.
I know right, there are days when I look like I have issues with being my real age.
Okay I alternate between looking cute,
looking like a hippie, and a grown up when required.
Can't always pretend to be underage right.
There are days where actually HAVE to act my age, and so... no choice loh dress my age.
Lol
Scanning through the post.
I can only conclude that my baby fats on the cheeks is finally gone!
Hamburger face no more!
Hohoho!
It's really tough to catch which mood I'll be in, on a dressing up basis...
so leave me alone.
It's not for anyone (friends or foe) to tell me what is nice and what's not - That's for me to decide only.
I didn't ask for any critique, so no point asking me "what's with the bunny ears".
Just because
you CHOOSE to blend in with
your surroundings to look like everybody else,
or that
you DO NOT have what it takes to look or dress good or even FEEL good about yourself - does not mean that I have to stoop down - just to make you feel "better" about yourself being
atypical.
I'm just being true to myself, my whims, my fancy.
I'm not running an esteem charity here.
Besides, My friends love me for me, not for the way I look, or the weird stares they get being seen with me.
Because they understand me for me.
To be diplomatically right, I'll just share my conversations with mommy, it's like I know my mommy dislikes it whenever I wear my "rabbit eared" hairband totally dramatically.
She's fine if I wear it like a sweet little doe-ed eye girl, but no. I'm not a sweetie, mommy.
Telling me that it is too attention grabbing or that it's not nice, is not going to alter my decision.
No matter how many times you tell me otherwise, I'll still wear it in whichever color, until I finally get bored of it.
Well I'm stubborn like that, and there are also life lessons that I grew up with.
Compromising is something that I would not agree to most of the time - because it involves making EVERYONE happy, but yourself.
Lol - generation gap here, and a post worthy of an entry by itself.
I have never considered myself to be a pretty girl, but looking asthetically pleasing and knowing what "works" and what doesn't is a gift and talent (that I believe), that is bestowed to me. (well, gotta be fair and account for all the maths and accounts that I've failed in school right?!)
I like my bunny ears, and
I'd never wear Tee Shirts in public.
I'll never look drabby or shabby, (you can wish your entire life time away that I would) and along with whatever stupid comments you can think of with regards to the way I am aesthetically.
Just leave me alone, and save unnecessary comments to yourself.
I'll ask, when
I think I need it.
In the meantime, my eyes and multiple full length mirrors at home, serve me just fine.
Aiyo, I sound so bitchy, but kThxBye!
