Double Mirrors

Look into your eyes

Like I'm looking into double mirrors

Could you make it any clearer

Everything's such a blur

It's not my turn

It's hers to get hurt

-Ed Sheeran

25 Facts About Me

   Recently I have seen this post turn up on a few blogs. Even before that though I thought that I should probably do some sort of get to know me introductory post. So here it is!

1. I wear contacts.

2. I have had my own sewing machine since I was in 4th grade.

3. If I were to be a fashion designer, I could design a whole collection based around THE COLOR.

4. One day I am going to write/produce/direct a TV show. It will be a real and raw depiction of what growing up is really like.

5. My nails are painted sky blue right now.

6. I am falling in love with Downtown Abbey.

7. Seven is my favorite number, and not just because it is everyone's favorite number.

8. Earrings are my favorite accessories.

9. If I was going to marry anyone, it would be Ed Sheeran's voice.

10. I have 2 cats, 3 dogs, and 1 horse.

11. One day I will have a fat orange cat named Olaf. I'll also have a Himalayan cat, but I'm still debating between the names Ludovic, Hanzila, Hector, and Xenophilius.

12. I'm very open and outspoken about my views.

13. Sometimes I'm a little too loud.

15. I'm craving sushi and a burger right now.

16. I want to attend Barnard, NYU, or Columbia. Maybe Berkeley.

17. When I'm in the car or watching TV I can never have the volume on 13. It's just too much like tempting fate.

18. I believe that editorials in fashion magazines are so much more than pictures of clothes. The clothes bring a thousand words to life, they help to portray so many emotions.

19. My favorite animal is a Tiger and I was born in the year of the Tiger.

20. I'd much rather shop at thrift stores.

21. I'm a Sagittarius.

22. My favorite movies are Grease, Fried Green Tomatoes, Practical Magic, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and The Lion King.

23. I want to live to see 3 centuries: the 20th, 21st, and 22nd. I'll have to be at least 101.

24. I'm getting my hair cut on Thursday.

25. I am almost 5'9"

So, Sew, So

   So....inspirational struck this past weekend. Sometime probably in November I went into Salvo for a little peruse as I often do. I came out with a nice little peachy dress which at the time my family hated. I have to admit, it did resemble something a 50 year old housewife from 50 years ago would wear. However, Saturday I decided that needed to change.

   On Monday i had the day off school so I went to work. Snip, snip, snip and away went the flow-y cap sleeves, soon to re-purposed. I took about 5 inches off the bottom of the skirt, cut that fabric apart, added the fabric from the sleeves into it re-sewed it back to the hem, and viola! 

(Excuse the superwomen pose and the adorable Harvey)

   The not so great thrift store find was transformed into something wearable, and now it comes along with bragging rights. 

Maybe this post will inspire someone out there to do something about that so-so article of clothing in the back of their closet that they always wish they could find a way to make it work. I can only wish.

Love, 

Chloe

Wake Up, Spring

Dear Spring,

   I enjoyed the initial excitement of snow, but this winter just seemed to come too soon, and it isn't leaving fast enough.  

Please come visit early this year because I miss the flowers. I can also deal with the showers. 

Love,

Chloe

Those Brits: Part Two

   Part two of my little love affair. Let's start of with a lesson in my music history. I started off middle school as one of those children who listens to all of the catchy and terrible pop songs of the month. That's not to say that I didn't listen to other music, but I did look down upon country. Now and again I do turn on the radio and admit to finding myself singing along to Pitbull(ick) but everybody has those days, especially in a town with 5 radio stations.

   Now a days I listen to what I'd like to call a diverse assortment of music....sort of. I have taken to really liking Indie music which really isn't too different from country. My taste is basically alternative. One of my favorite things is to randomly come across new artists that none of my friends know and feel like I discovered them.

   Here are a few of the British musicians that I know are popular in England but that I obnoxiously feel like I was the first person to have ever heard of them and my favorite song of theirs:

Ed Sheeran

Just every word his voice has ever sang.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AllThingsEd/videos?view=0

(not his official channel but it has all of the songs including his various demos)

Paloma Faith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvXeUqlfxhY

Eliza Doolittle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxqtnWwLxYI

Birdy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlaeJ6k75cY

Kate Nash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYWv_NSBZQI

Florence and the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs

Ben Howard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADP65wbBUpc 

    I won't list Mumford & Sons because I know they are popular and I'm not even sure why Florence and the Machine is in there. Anyways, here is my playlist of sorts!

Love,

Chloe

My Hair

   As the case is with most girls and woman, I have a love hate relationship with my hair. These photographs are landing on the love side of things. I  have been attributing that to a few new products I've been testing out. 

   i might as well say that I was gifted with my hair. Or so many people would think. It is naturaly almost stick straight with luckily a bit of volume. This means that there is never a good reason to get a straightening iron, but it is very easy to curl. 

    This isn't a shampoo or conditioner but I got it over a month ago for my birthday and use it about once a week. It's the Remington Pearl Curling Wand. It makes stunning ringlets or beachy waves and all I can do is praise it. 

   In the pictures of me above, you can see reddish-blondish highlights. I can't get over how good my hair looks in those pictures! I have only gotten a highlight once. That's right, singular. Oh how I love you 6th grade judgement. Now a days though, I have been getting into the Shikai shampoos and conditioners. They use natural Henna to add lustrous light reflective highlights. You can judge for yourself if you think these products have been working are working. 

   Now this next little bottle is my favorite. I'm sure you've heard of it, but another review never hurts. Organix Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil, Penetrating Oil. It lives up to everything it claims to do: it reduces loads of frizz and makes my hair so soft and look even better super straight. More than that though, it has been healing my ends which is all I really want in life. Not really, but my ends. End of story. They are the terrors I can't bring myself to get rid of even though I know that cutting off a few useless inches of dead cells is better in the long run. Oh well. I'll stick it out and see if this little dreamboat will be able to improve anything for me. 

Have you been trying any new great products lately?

Love,

Chloe

  

Those Brits

   One of my slight addictions.....is watching the videos of British Youtubers. That's not weird at all.  Tons of my "valuable" time is wasted watching these people with gorgeous accents. I am forever jealous of them. Forever. Ever. 

 My Favorites!

(In no particular order because all of them have a special place in my heart)

Zoella: http://www.youtube.com/user/zoella280390/featured

Louise: http://www.youtube.com/user/Sprinkleofglitter

Alfie: http://www.youtube.com/Alfie

Caspar: http://www.youtube.com/caspar

Marcus: http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcusButlerTV

Sam Pepper: http://www.youtube.com/sam

Fleur: http://www.youtube.com/user/FleurDeForce

Jim: http://www.youtube.com/jimchapman

Sammi: http://www.youtube.com/user/beautycrush

Tanya: http://www.youtube.com/TanyaBurr

And......

Jack: http://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap

   I am going to marry Jack one day. 

Soon I'll be posting my favorite British musicians!

Love,

Chloe

(My goodbye is a perfume! That's pretty darn cool.)