If you know anything about me, it’s that I lovelovelove Halloween. This year I didn’t get to celebrate it too much since I was caught up in other things but I did manage to go down to Los Angeles with a couple of my girl friends for some drinks and dancing. Geisha House in LA is just fabulous. There is a random fireplace placed in the middle of the dance floor but other than that, the venue is nice.

Blue Silk Top: Forever 21
Black Skirt: H&M
Belt: Handmade
Shoes: Audrey Brooke’s Shocker

This year I decided to be a peacock. No, it’s not because of the Katy Perry song. I did a wedding just a month ago and it was peacock theme. The florist didn’t want any of the leftover peacock feathers when the wedding was over so I took them all home. I’m sad I didn’t get to use a lot of them but I did get a couple uses out of them. I made a belt and my headband using the feathers. I don’t have an upclose photo of the belt. After a night of clubbing it was completely trashed! It’s okay though since you got the general idea that I was a peacock.

I kept it simple because it’s clubbing afterall. But I really wanted to play with makeup instead so I went all out on my eyes. After all they are the window to your soul, right? I cannot believe how pigmented these drugstore eyeshadow where. The only thing I used that was not drugstore was the primer, my trusty Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Original! I’ve never used any kind of blue eye shadow before but I think I will start. Perhaps be a mermaid next year just so I can use it again! The teal color is the dye for, just look.

Blue & Teal: Maybelline Eyestudio Silk Eyeshadow in Sapphire Siren
Gold: Wet ‘n’ Wild ColorIcon Palette in #249 Vanity
Cream Liner: L’Oreal HiP Color Truth Cream Eyeliner in Black
False Lashes: Overseas eBay (came in a pairs of 10 for only $1.99 shipped!)

And here are rest of the peacock touches!
Peacock headband in case people weren’t looking at my back.

My all time favorite pair of shoes! Audrey Brooke you are a shocker. (: Get it? They are called shockers by Audrey Brooke! Haha.

Here’s a photo of me and some of my girls the other night.

Hope you enjoyed my Halloween Peacock post! What were you all for Halloween, leave me a comment below and let me know!

Excuse to messiness of it, sorta. And you can see my blonde peekaboos.

And definitely excuse the no-makeup face! It’s summer, it’s hot, so I’ve been going bared faced everywhere. But look at that hair bump! I don’t even need a “bumpits” Hahaha.

Here’s a 360 view of the french twist. Yes, I was turning on my knees and now they hurt. But enjoy!

But anyways, here are what they were supposed to look like.

Aren’t they the perfect summer wedges? But now I won’t have them. I am so heartbroken.

Abercrombie & Fitch’s Ashley – $68 $29.94
This is usually not my style since it has all these ruffles and it’s a scoop neck but I was feeling a little feminine. And again, this would be in a neutral grey. A&F is currently doing their additional 40% off all red line tags. I’m actually headed to their site right now to look at their other stuff as well.

Benefit Cosmetics Feelin’ Cheeky! Minis – $15
I had a giftcard to Sephora so I picked this up. It’s a travel-size set of Benefit’s Benetint, Posietint, and High Beam. I’m not sure how much I liked these at the moment. I might end up using them as lip stains than cheek stains. It’s not showing up enough for my liking. It smells good though!

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion – $13
Just picked up another one because the one I had was running out. My go-to lotion. Must have for anyone that needs moisturizing…which is everyone!

I still have around $20 left of my giftcard, I am on a hunt to see what I want next. But until then, I will save it. Be on a look out for a post on my nail polish haul soon. I’m missing my camera therefore I cannot be taking photos. But just know, I just got around 10 new colors and I am so excited to be sharing that with everyone!

If I had to count I might have dyed my hair around 11-13 times in the past two years…and this is as much as I remember. I might have done more. But if I show you my whole transformation we might be here for awhile. So let’s just start with the most 3, er 4 recent dyes. I think this is important because I’ve used different brands and so we can compare and contrast here.

First off, I had some really badly faded mocha orange hair. I don’t know why I picked up this color, I just know that I did and it was one of the worst investment ever. Prettia’s Mocha Orange is the most awkward color. I wanted to try a foam dye because my hair is so long that if I buy the regular ones I needed two bottles. I figured with foam I can just spread it around. This was the only color the store had so I just went with it. It’s pretty easy to use Prettia since it’s foam but please read the instructions before you start or else you’ll end up with a mess like I did. Do not shake the bottle. I repeat, do not shake the bottle!

It doesn’t look too bad there but in person it was so brassy and was just a mess. The bottom was way darker because I have a black dye from before. It was like some inverted ombre hair I had going on. I had this for awhile but then I couldn’t stand it any more so I decided to redye it. I thought since it was already so light, why not go lighter …like blonde. It was Spring and heck there’s no better time to be blonde than college and in spring/summer. So I did it and used Clairol’s Perfect 10 Dark Blonde Butterscotch Boom. I didn’t bleach it because I was too scared for the extreme change so just dyed it blonde. The results came out as if I just evened out the brassiness.

You can tell again that my bottom is still a lot darker. Overall, I didn’t mind as much because in a couple of days the dye sunk in and my hair or at least my bangs turned full out blonde. However, the smell of this dye was so strong it made my eyes water the whole time through. This dye was kind of nice because it had a brush attachment unlike most American dyes. To me, I pick hair dye based on color and then the easiness to use it. Like I said, I wanted to try foam because it just looked so easy. Little did I know, I hated the color. The days went on and my hair just got lighter and lighter. I think it has to do with the fact that I blow dry my hair every night. Heat changes the color.

I had so much fun being a blonde, inside and out. But then I had composite photos (think yearbook photo) for my sorority and I knew that if I stayed blonde, that photo will be hung in the house for the rest of forever and I don’t want to look back and regret it. So, I sad goodbye to my favorite blonde hair and went darker with Palty’s Ganache Tart.

I usually don’t have a problem with Palty but this is by far my worst experience. It faded super quick and it didn’t even dye to the color to the box. Oh and it made my hair feel super dried and fried! And you know what? It’s true, blondes do have more fun. After this hair dye, all I did was sit around the house and studied and never went out to play. …It was horrible. And the worst part is like I said before it faded back and my blondness was showing through.

The composite photo date, formal date and my birthday was all closing in and I basically gave in if I was going to go darker, I had to go way darker. This blondness of me just wouldn’t go away. (Not really complaining.) I had enough of this fading hair color and decided its time to switch brands again. I was walking around in Target and came across this dye, L’Oreal Sublime Mousse in Spicy Auburn Brown. At first I was like, hmmm, I don’t know if I can be spicy like this. And after the dye my hair was so red I was taken by surprise. It toned down after awhile which I kind of liked. And this was also a foam/mousse dye and I completely loved it because I only needed one bottle and I had so much left over even with such long hair. It didn’t drip and it made application such an ease.

It’s been over a month and even tho the spiciness of the red kind of faded, I am actually happy with my hair color again. Blondes do have more fun and I do miss that hair color but I know that deep down, I have a layer of blonde somewhere in this mess. So go ahead, go buy some hair dye and go crazy with it. If you mess up, just know you can always redye it…unless it’s jet black. Learn from my mistakes! So all in all, go with the foam/mousse from L’Oreal. They have tons of color and it even comes with a really good smelling condition. And if any of you are wondering, my hair does not feel fried/dried at all. People touch it all the time and cannot believe that I dye it so much and yet it is so soft and smooth!

Happy Hair Dying! (: