Style Icon: Emilia of Pastelbat

Tody's style icon is non other then Swedish girl, Emilia. I don't follow her much, other then Instagram, but her outfits, hair and makeup always blow me away.

Beautiful hair colour, that was her natural hair by the way, and perfect makeup

Judging from most of the background of her photos of her outfits, I suspect she's a fashion design student, though I may be wrong. Her casual coordinates are also very cute

Another darker, simpler outfit from her, everything she wears is spot on perfect

What drew me to her Instagram was her fabulous cult party outfits, she manages to balance everything just right and despite the shorter hemlines and gathered waist, she hasn't lost the feel and look of a cult party style outfit

Another cute outfit from her, she also wears a variety of wigs to suit her styles. I'm amazed how well she pairs them with her outfits.

I first fell in love with the soft sweet cult party styles she had, but her darker, spunkier outfits proved she wasn't a one trick pony. Everything just looks meticulously thought out beforehand, no accessory ever looks out of place or that there's something lacking in her outfits. This girl has an eye for details.

You can find her at:

Instagram: @pastelbat

Website: www.pastelbat.tumblr.com

Online shop: Eyecandy.storenvy.com

New Hair & New Style

Late post is late and I won't make any excuses for it, only to admit that I was being lazy and kept putting it off. Well, here I am, finally getting myself to write down this post so apologies to all.

With the upcoming Chinese New year celebrations, I finally made myself get my hair done after bout 3 1/2 months since my last hair dye and hair cut sessions.

Showed my hairdresser this picture to get an idea for the colour. Though I told him to make the actual shade darker since my hair is still a tad weak after all the bleaching from before

The eventual result!! I love it! Though I'm bit sad that it's bit boring now, but hey at least it matches my skin tone.

After that I went to my favourite hairdresser for a much needed haircut, I also found out that under different lighting conditions, my hair colour differs, sometimes it looks bit red like here. I took the plunge and decided to cut my fringe back to blunt bangs, it just seems to suit my overall style bit more though I am still getting used to camwhoring with the new length.

 

As the title says, I'm moving onto a different style of dressing now. Something about gyaru just isn't cutting it for me anymore, not quite sure why but then again, I can't quite say I'm really gyaru lately anyway. The 3 main styles that have been influencing me lately are namely, Mori kei, Cult Party kei and Dolly kei.

great examples of the 3 different styles, pic found on Tumblr

To be honest, I still get alittle confused between the 3 since they all share quite a number of similarities. All 3 styles prefer vintage clothes though it's not quite a must for Mori, and I know that Dolly is probably the richest and most colourful of the lot with rich embroidery and great detailing. Guess I gotta do more research on them before deciding what to add to my wardrobe next time.

Of course with real life, I won't 100% dress like that all the time, my outfits will probably vary depending on occasion, mood, weather etc. so I can't exactly say I'm definitely heading that direction and I do love Gyaru-style makeup. I guess I might wind up with a mix of everything hahaha, let's just see how it goes, it might work, or I might just end up as a huge mess.

On  side note, I thought I'd try this Instagram beauty challenge for fun: 

I've been right on schedule so far (though I did start out 5 days late :p), and it's definitely been fun. I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to achieve day 13 though, I only apply makeup if I'm going out so yea... guess I'll figure something out by then hahah. So if you're interested in taking a look at what my postings are for this challenge, just take a look at my Instagram: hortaru 

Though I do have to warn you that it is filled with alot of randomness if you haven't already checked it out previously hahaha