catula from meowsylvania

Some photos from the past few weeks. I was lucky enough to score some great UNIF for cheap at their sample sale in Downtown LA. Luckily they were a few blocks away from my work, so getting there early was really easy. Everything in that photo I scored for under $200, so I am extremely satisfied. Also a while back was the space shuttle Endeavor show. All over LA, Malibu, Hollywood, Pasadena, Downtown you could see it. I saw it. I'm happy. Also some Chanel flats of mine and some street art from Melrose and Downtown. Melrose really does have the best street art. The last one, was named by Timur. I came up with (the horrible) catula, he added "from meowsylvania." Can you forgive us for our lame ways?


le rebelle douce,
Sheebanna

i can give you ice cream

Some photos from the past few weeks. My friend sent me a picture of the inside of some modeling agency he was at, very rad photos there. Then some weird Jesus/alien art near Little Tokyo in Downtown LA, Topshop socks I picked up at Fred Segal, a Marc Jacobs condom (seriously), and some good ol' fashioned Walgreens ice cream sandwiches. They're supposedly the best ice cream sandwiches, and they're pretty good, but then again, I don't eat enough ice cream sandwiches to say what's "best." Anyways they're a great way to keep cool and to satisfy a sweet craving at the same time. Oh, and please excuse my butchered thumb nail in the Topshop socks photo. I was in the middle of doing them when I just decided to stop. Whatever.










Song of the Day: "Ice Cream" by New Young Pony Club

there is no one on earth i'm afraid of

Alright, so I know I've been seriously lacking in posts this week and I just gotta say, it happens to everyone. We just kind of stray off from our normal path and other things pre-occupy our minds, but I think/hope I'm back on track, so stay tuned for many more posts. These are just some pictures from the past week including another hotel on Main St. in Downtown, a closer look on a collar tip, some cool Occupy art in Echo Park, an insane alligator bracelet I just bought, a Shakespeare book that will be the focus of my next DIY project and some Cha Cha Cover nails. I bought several and will be posting them in the weeks to come. I really love these nail decals, just ridiculously cool and easy to apply. By far, the most difficult to apply have been the Topshop brand, I'm sad to say. They were such a pain in the ass to apply and only lasted about 3-4 days. These are super easy to put on, like those temporary tattoos, just add water and apply. I'll be posting more of the nail covers in the following weeks. Oh, and they just got in Morrissey decals. Yeah. MORRISSEY decals!!!

Here's the link to Cha Cha Covers' Etsy site.

Song of the Day: "Irish Blood, English Heart" by Morrissey

be a world child

Some photos from the past week including TWO different nail art decals I put on (still going strong with them and LOVING them), two street art pictures from Downtown LA, a tie dye dress I made trying to mimic the UNIF Deadstock dress and last Monday I went to Bardot to catch Samantha Ronson. I thought she was doing a DJ set, actually, I really didn't know she sings. Barcelona was playing that night too and overall it was really great. I've noticed a lot of my weekly pictures tend to be of street art, and you guys have to understand that street art is EVERYWHERE in LA and it adds a great ambiance to the city. I mean, Downtown already has a great atmosphere, but it definitely adds to it.









Song of the Day: "Street Spirit" by Radiohead

i'll be wandering on for all my years

Some photos from the past week or so, including my newsprint DIY nails and my Topshop Unique Dalmatian nails from their last Fall collection, a shirt I bought at H&M that was white before I used the dip-dye technique (see the dip dye fringe post), art at my local Anthropologie and the Bristol Hotel West Side representin'! You can imagine me saying that in a ghetto accent. Anyways, I unofficially decided every Monday I would do a new DIY or nail art manicure. You'll see the results above. Here are step by step directions for getting the newsprint nails, and by the way, it took me two tries to get it right:
1. Get light colored nail polish, clear nail polish, rubbing alcohol, a shot glass and cut newspaper strips. Make sure your strips have chunks of lettering, no paragraphs in between.
2. Coat your nails with the light nail polish and allow them to COMPLETELY DRY! Can't stress that enough.
3. Put the rubbing alcohol into the shot glass and dip your fingernail in it for at least 10 seconds.
4. Immediately take a newspaper strip and press down HARD for at least 15 seconds. Make sure you evenly press down, tops, sides, everywhere.
5. Peel off the newspaper strip and coat the top with clear nail polish so the print stays. And voila! Easy as pie.







Song of the Day: "People C'mon" by Delta Spirit

cause i wanna take you downtown

Some photos from the past week, including a group of palm trees off the 101 Freeway, a Free People slip dress and my floral Docs, some street art in Echo Park and Downtown LA and my new cross earrings I bought in Little Tokyo next to my shark tooth ear cuff from former featured designer Red Wolf Treasures. Just so you know, I'm 20, and I have no idea why my hair looks grey in the last shot.







Song of the Day: "Downtown" by Peaches