Saturday, April 20, 2013

Uncute: Bravo's Married to Medicine Fight! A Black Eye Event

I was watching Married to Medicine on Bravo, and the last episode done made me all types of mad.  I figured it was a perfect reason to introduce an uncute segment on this blog about cute things.

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 Have we all seen the fight yet?  If not, here are some YouTube clips of the madness.


 

What pissed me off the most in this episode happened at the very end.  Kari is a disgusting excuse for a "friend"!  Didn't Mariah and Kari just have a convo last episode saying (in my own words) how they are such old friends, they shouldn't let petty things (like Kari unnecessarily hating Quad) come between them.  But where was Mariah's great friend Kari when she was in a fight and could have been injured?  Her mom and sister and best friend Quad were all right there defending her and making sure she was ok.  Good friend Kari was in the house calling the cops on Mariah and letting Toya help herself to whatever she needed to clean herself up.  Kari, who is now devastated at the embarrassment of this happening at her house (and nothing else, no concern that everyone is ok or anything like that) should be helping them both or calling the cops on them both, to keep it fair.  Better yet, if Kari and Mariah are old friends, she should be helping her friend, and calling cops on Toya!  Kari is soooo fake and disgusting and that makes me more mad than anything in this episode.  She and Toya simply sit around looking down on others and talk about what is acceptable and classy, and what is not.

My first uncute award goes to Kari for being a fake a$$ friend with fake a$$ lips and fake a$$ tears pouring out of her eyes.

But Kari's just the MOST uncute thing in this episode, there's more uncuteness involved.  The fight itself was soo uncute it's not even funny.  I watch a lot of these reality shows that involve fighting, so you would think that I'd be used to it or have seen it all, but no.  This fight seems even crazier than fights on real housewives of Atlanta, and even the bad girls club on Oxygen!  It just came out of nowhere and was so unnecessary.  And it was ALL TOYA'S FAULT!

I keep reading different blogs and things that try to blame this fight on Mariah.  People are trying to say that she's just trying to make Toya look bad since Mariah is an executive producer on the show.  Whether or not Toya ever actually was gossiping about Mariah's adopted child is really irrelevant to the fight.  Clearly the fight was about Toya's issues with Mariah's mom.  Toya went around gossiping to everyone who would listen at the party, about how rude Mariah's mom was to her (after she said somethings and did actually have a rude attitude towards her).  Oh well Toya, just stay away from her and get over it! (is what I would have told her).

Toya eventually ran out of people to talk to about the situation so she decides to go interrupt (uncute) Mariah's convo with her party guests, and tell Mariah how rude her mom was to her, while touching Mariah's hair.  Are you freakin serious?  This is not the time or place.  What do you expect Mariah to do?  Put her mom in time out?  Wash her mouth out with soap?  She is the child, she can't control her mom!  If her mom don't like you (for good reason) then her mom don't like you.  She don't need to hear about it, especially at a party, especially since she was already extra late to the party and needed to tend to her guests.

So Toya wants to talk about Mariah's mom and Mariah says, we ain't gonna talk about no Mamas.  Which is funny, because earlier, when Mariah arrived 2 hours late, Toya  kept saying how late Mariah was (to Mariah, Quad, and anyone else who would listen). So Mariah brought up that Toya's husband was even later, to which Toya said, oh no we're not gonna talk about husbands.  So Mariah let it go.  Toya keeps on trying to discuss Mariah's mom, Mariah keeps saying no, then fixes Toya's hair (which actually needed fixin).  Uhoh!  Now Toya gets mad and goes off because Mariah is touching her, Toya throws her drink on Mariah and starts the fight!  The second most uncute award goes to Toya!  For being a hot gossiping mess who starts a fight over being mad at what someone's Mama said.

Many people are blaming Mariah for this fight being that she was mad at Toya for talking about her kid, but really it was Toya who was mad about Mariah's mom (who doesn't like Toya) and Toya who threw the first punch.  It was also Toya who touched the first hair (which Mariah did not throw a fit about).  Toya really needs to learn to do unto others, first and foremost.  When she didn't want to talk about her husband, Mariah stopped, but Toya didn't stop talking about Mariah's Mama when Mariah wanted to stop.  And when Toya touched Mariah's hair, Mariah let it go, but as soon as Mariah touches Toya's hair, she starts a fight!  You have to be fair, you can do/say what you want to people and everyone should allow it and accept it, but when they do something to you, you're allowed to attack.

So they're fighting and Quad notices that its Mariah in the fight and is all, Oh no ma'am, that's my best friend!  And she tries to break them up and get Toya off Mariah.  Now Quad is a real friend, she didn't think twice about going to help Mariah.  Mariah's sister and mother also went over to help, Mom's help being to pop Toya in the head with her purse. LMAO!!!! Mama Mariah is so funny, that's what Toya gets for starting stuff.  Kari of course is hidden away somewhere, wouldn't wanna get hit and bust open fresh plastic surgery incisions. SMDH!  But who needs a Kari when you got a Quad?  Most cute award goes to Quad!  For being a true friend, on your side no matter what.  Not afraid to jump in a fight even in a fantabulously gorg ball gown!

During the fight all you hear is, they are messing up this poor woman's house, from Dr. Simone.  Which is true, but really?  You see two girls fighting and that's what you think of to say?  Bring up that they're messing stuff up, forget about that they're messing themselves up and need to stop fighting, nope, they just need to stop breaking stuff.  Earlier in the evening, Dr. Simone was all to happy to point out how late Mariah was to all of the guests, and telling them that they should confront her about it when she gets there.  For those unnecessary instigator type comments, Dr. Simone gets the last uncute award.  Dr. Simone, we all know Mariah's late!  You don't have to keep trying to remind us and get us all riled up about it!

This was such a hot mess of a party.  First the co-host is 2 hours late, then the co-host is involved in a fight.  But, it seems clear that it was all Toya's fault although Mariah's getting all of the blame.  Some say that people are on team Toya because she doesn't move her neck when she talks (i.e. have big personalities) like Mariah and Quad does.  People's personality should not matter, facts should (as far as we can see being onlookers).  And the episodes show Toya being a gossipy person who likes to bring up inappropriate topics at large gatherings.

PHEW (deep breath). I just needed to point out how uncute this episode was, and the reasons why.  There's more info on the show, and even cast blogs on the Bravo site.  Here's a YouTube video I found of the full episode.  Watch and let me know what you think.

To recap:

Uncute Award 1:  Kari - the fakest friend (and person) in town (or on the show).

Uncute Award 1:  Toya -  for being gossipy, and starting fights.

Uncute Award 1:  Simone - for trying to instigate small drama.

CUTE Award:   Quad - by her friend's side in any event, and best dressed!
*I could not find any good dress pics of Quad, so I took screen shots on my phone from the episode and made a collage using an app (so excuse the blur as they were moving videos that I took a pic of). 


The bottom of the dress (largest pic, on the bottom) is the best part!  It's a sparkly sequin type of dress with varying shades of gray/silver to make a star burst like effect, and the sequins lessen at the bottom to give an ombre or gradient type of effect with the sheer white material.  I love it!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

8 ways to wear a flannel shirt (comfy and cute)! Pt 2

Here's part 2 of my post;  8 ways to wear a flannel shirt (comfy and cute)!  Remember, you can wear your flannel over any type of clothes you want (dress/skirt/pants/shorts) and these looks will work.  Part 1 was all fully buttoned up looks.  Now, lets get unbuttoned...

UNBUTTONED LOOKS:



Unbutton the shirt and wear it like a jacket.



Add a belt to your high waist with the shirt unbuttoned (looks good when fully or partially buttoned too).


 
 Tie the opened flannel at the low waist.


Or tie it at your high waist.



I thought I was done but at the last minute I came up with this way to wear a flannel.  It's tied up in the back and looks like a shrug!  *End pics show how...

Wear it unbuttoned.



Button one shrug button, second from the top.



Or button two buttons if you want.



I especially love the look of this flannel turned shrug with the topmost button buttoned.  It's like a choker!  

It would look cute with an actual choker or short necklace around the collar.  A tie, bow or collar tips would also look super cute especially with the last look.



This is how I knotted the back of the flannel so that it looked like a fitted shrug in front.



Then I thought to tuck the knot under up into the shirt for a more seem-less look. 

I love the shrug look!  Never thought a flannel could go from lumberjack to cutesy :-D

That's it!  Actually these part 2 looks are pretty spring friendly in my opinion, so  maybe it's not that bad that it took me so long to post this look-book-type-thing :-]

*Note:  I realize you can also wear a flannel under things, like a blazer, sweater, vest, or possibly a dress.  My goal in this post was to have the flannel be the star piece, not be hidden underneath something else.  

**It is also possible to wear this flannel and other button ups as a skirt, I haven't mastered how to do this yet but Youtuber lx3lally has.  I just watched her video DIY: Long Sleeve Shirts into Skirts (No Sewing) again and she makes it look so easy!  I'm going to try it again.  Here she is (below) in the shirt turned skirt.


So imagine the flannel as this skirt.

8 ways to wear a flannel shirt (comfy and cute)! Pt 1

JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING!!! Yes, I really took this long to post this winter look-book-type-thing, but it's OK since on this first day of spring it's only in the 30's here.

*Note*  I was going to post all of the ways I came up with to wear a flannel shirt in 1 post, but I realized there would be way too many pictures involved.  So I decided to split it up into two posts. See part 2 here.

IDK (I don't know) where I've been but I'm just realizing the fashion and warmth value of flannel shirts, particularly men's flannel shirts.  To me, they're a great sweater alternative that keeps you just as warm but can be worn many more different ways since they can open and close, and are collared like a dress shirt.

I first noticed flannels on sale in the men's section at Kmart (a few months ago) and thought, hey, these are cute plaid prints, I bet I can make these over-sized men's shirts look girly and fashionable, instead of baggy and lumberjack-y.  So I bought a bunch of men's (and boy's) flannel shirts in small and mediums (boys xl) from Kmart and JCPennys and tried.

In the next two blog posts, I'll show the different ways I thought of to wear a flannel, so that you will be warm, yet look cute!

BUTTONED LOOKS:



Untucked and belted at the low waste, I scrunched up the shirt a bit so that it would look less stiff.



Plain ole untucked is cute and super comfy.



Add a scarf for interest.  I'm wearing a bulky winter scarf, but thinner scarves or pashminas would look even better.



Tie the scarf weirdly for even more unique-ness. (again, I am aware of the fact that this is a chunky knitted scarf, but I have no thin scarves that match this outfit.)



Tuck in the flannel.



Tuck in the front part only, leave the back out for a high-low effect.



Side view of the high-low flannel look.

The flannel for these looks is from either Kmart or jcpenney (I got about 10 total from both places) for about $10 each (on sale and/or using coupons).  Just checked both sites and their flannels are now on clearance (being that it's now spring).

I chose to wear my flannel with a mini skirt, but these looks would look just as good over a dress, or pants, or shorts.

The skirt is a stretchy denim type that was with the legging/jeggings at Burlington coat factory for $5.  The black winter scarf was also from Burlington and was about $10.  The black shirt underneath is long sleeved and from Macy's (forgot the price but was cheap of course).  Tights and belt were on clearance at rue21 or somewhere similar, for $5 or less (my accessories are generally $5 or less).  Black buckled combat-ish boots are from gojane.com.  Gold and black robot earrings were $1.50 from forever21!

Read 8 ways to wear a flannel shirt (comfy and cute)! Pt 2, for even cuter and more interesting looks!!!

Monday, March 11, 2013

OOTD red tweedy



Red tweedy jacket with gold thread throughout for sparkle (forever 21) on top of a multi-colored dressy shirt (macy's).  Beige jeggings from drjays.com and brown faux suede wedge boots with gold grommets for side lace from amiclubwear.com (I think).  Went for a business casual look.  Was my first time wearing the boots (although they're like 2 years old, smh) and boy was that a bad idea!  My walk to class had my feet burning so bad I was seriously ready to walk barefoot in 20 degree winter weather.  Note to self; don't be lazy and say no to carrying extra shoes for walking, don't ever think you can walk in heels, you can't!  you will feel like you're being stabbed with every step! you will seriously consider taking a sit down in the middle of the sidewalk to give your feet a break from torture!  They may look like a puny heel, but your feet will feel the pain!!!!!


Back to my outfit, turns out I had an unplanned twin moment with Yaminah!  It was red and tan day for us!  She's wearing a long-sleeved red scoop neck shirt, khaki pants (bootcut) and black sneakers...TWINSSSSSS!!!

Now for the bloopers...


Apparently our camera person thought it was a good idea to snap a pic while we are hideously laughing at something, NOT COOL!!!


Well Yaminah looks great, I...am looking asleep.  Oh well, we're still TWINSSSS!!!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Tea time! Cute tea set for loose tea!

I recently purchased tea on amazon (ginger mmm) and didn't realize until I recieved it that it was loose tea, not tea bags of tea.  So I went back to amazon to look for tea infusers.  They had these cute cheap wire infusers, a tea ball infuser that was $4,

          

and a larger heart shaped one that was $6.50 (pictures are from amazon.  So I got these to be used in any cup I have, like a tea bag.   Now that I'm looking at the pictures I think that the heart one (which I haven't used yet) will work better for the tea that I'm drinking, ginger citrus, because it is mesh and the leaves and pieces of my tea are super small and migrate through the holes of the others.  So it's good that I got both mesh and perforated (holey?) kinds.

After a while of tea infuser browsing on Amazon, I noticed mug sets with tops and infuser cups that nest inside.  I came across this cute two piece set (1 for me and 1 for backup) and had to get it.  When I received it, even the package was sooooo cute that I had to blog about it.


The box it comes in itself is super cute print and matches the cups, then it is tied with a bow (cute) and opens like a little cupboard (cute!).
 

When opened, you see the cute cups nestled cozily inside.


I love the print and how the infusers rest on the top when you're done steeping your tea (so the liquid doesn't get all over the place).




It's all just cute cute cute!  And since this blog is about fashiony whatnots AND cute stuff I wanted to add this load of cuteness.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Missed bus, so...OOTD!!!

Well I missed the bus this morning (due to my freshly trimming my bangs) so since I had extra time I decided to do an outfit of the day for my first day back to work after the holiday vacation!

I was actually excited because it was my first chance to wear my serious snow boots since snow actually stuck and stayed on the ground during the break.





I'm wearing Mudd Jeggings and a black, gray, and pink houndstooth sweater (both from kohls).  Gray and white stripe button up under my sweater, and pewter gray crocs moon boots.  My black necklace around the collar was inspired by UglyFaceOfBeauty because in her Holiday Party Outfits Video she kept wearing a short gold necklace under her collar in all her outfits and it looked so cute that I had to try that necklace-in-place-of-a-bowtie look myself ;-)  I just clasped it around the beads to make it into a choker length (since it wasn't long enough to wrap around my neck twice) and the extra long tail is tucked under my sweater.  The matching earrings I made myself from the beads from a second necklace I bought (I bought 2 since they were only $1 each, so that I'd have matching beads to make earrings and a bracelet if I wanted). 

Cute warm outfit, ready for snowmageddon part 2.

End of year Cosmetics clearance? A haul

So I notice for the past few weeks that a LOT of drug store cosmetics have been going 50% and even 75% off.  Which means...I got a whole new cosmetics collection!!!

I've been to multiple CVS pharmacies, Rite Aid pharmacies, and even Kmart, and noticed that they all have many different cosmetics on clearance, so I stocked up.  I didn't even know that cosmetics had a clearance season but they must because it's no coincidence that they're all going on clearance at the same time at different stores.

I won't go into too much detail about the items because you can basically tell what products I got from the pictures.  Check drugstores in your area to take advantage of this apparent cosmetics clearance season. *Less popular stores will likely have more and/or different items (pending they keep pricing up to date).

Nail treatments and tools

Nail coverings

Sally Hansen nail polish

Name and item number of shades (kinda)

Other Sally Hansen nail polishes

their shades

Other random nail polishes including a magnetic one (i will finally get to try it)

Revlon nail polish

Revlon shades and item numbers

Mascara, interesting nail treatment, and nail tips tape

Foundation and eye pencils

EYESHADOWS!!!! *many different brands

LIPSTICKS/GLOSS!!!! *many different brands

shades (if you look reeeeaaaalllll close)
Now that I know makeup has a clearance season, I'll probably only ever wait until then to buy.  Hooray for cheap makeup!  Let me know if you find some good stuff on clearance X-D