Just sing little darling...

Part 2 of my spring break posts: Veronica's last couple of days

Whenever Veronica visits, it's like two weeks combined into four days, which makes us exhausted but I think it's worth it. But it's not like we're hiking or anything, we're shopping and eating which are equivalents to sports in my opinion. Smiles.
We went to The Grove in Los Angeles with the family, Old Town Pasadena, and the street fair on Myrtle later on with Christine. While in Pasadena, I bought my first MAC Cosmetics lipstick which is the Viva Glam Nicki. It's super pink and smells like baked goods and I love it. I'll post about it later maybe.The next day was another long day. We went thrifting with Andy man and bester Kristen at two of my favorite thrift stores and I found great stuff. Some DIY projects in the making. So excited.

We had dinner and boba with the rest of the crew and that was fantast. She left the next day which was a bummer but we had a great weekend. It was perfect timing too since the weather became pretty sucky. Here are photos from the only day I actually took pictures.

JEFFREY CAMPBELL LITAS/ PANTS - URBAN OUTFITTERS/ WOLF TANK - DIY/ VINTAGE JONES NEW YORK BLAZER/ VINTAGE DOONEY & BOURKE BAG/ SUNGLASSES - LE SPECS/ KATE MOSS FOR RIMMEL LIPSTICK IN 12

Stay tuned for Part 3 of my spring break posts. Smiles.

So excited for my last couple of days.

Listening to: Emmylou - First Aid Kit

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What doesn't kill you...

Thanks to my wonderful computer that functions only when it wants to, my blog posts have been all over the place.

I've been super busy with school which adds to the reasons I haven't been posting a lot. I haven't done Inspiration Wednesday for two weeks now and that is not good. But I hope this Wednesday I can finally post one up for you guys.

For today's post, I decided to just talk about my current loves and favorites and some things that are on my lust list, which is still growing.

So without further ado.

The current favorites.

1. Instagram

Yes. I have become one of those people. And it's great. For those of you who don't know, Instagram is just a way to share photos on your iPhone. It has fun filters to edit your pictures and stuff and I love it. You can follow me if you'd like - @queenvictoriareigns. Smiles.

2. Kate Moss Lipstick Collection for Rimmel London

I recently bought the orange-y toned one on the far right (Veronica did too!) which is called 12. Yeah, they didn't have names. I wish they did because this is such a great collection. Also they're amazingly inexpensive which is also a plus.

3. DIY Projects

During the fall, I ordered a crap ton of studs and I became obsessed. I just finished a little something to wear at midnight for The Hunger Games inspired by the character Seneca Crane (If you don't know who that is, read the book, it'll change your life). This photo is just a sneak peek of it. I'm so excited.

4. Le Specs sunglasses in "Digital Nomad"

I cannot believe I actually won these in a giveaway from Analisa over at Rouge Fox. It's been pretty sunny here so I've been wearing these all the time. However today was not so sunny so it might rain which sucks. But whatever, I'm still in love with these.

And on the Lust List.

1. The Hunger Games merchandise

Of course I want everything they came out with like the Peeta pillow case, the bookmark, multiple shirts, a mockingjay pin, etc. but I particularly love the China Glaze nail polish collection for The Hunger Games that is out now. Today my mother sent me this picture since she was super awesome and got them for me since there isn't anywhere I can get them here. So excited to wear them. Thanks mom!

2. American Apparel Disco Pants

I swore to myself that I would get these. I've been obsessing over them for a really long time. So it's about time that I get them. They go with basically everything and they're just amazeballs.

So there you go. Hopefully I will see you very soon.

Listening to: Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

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All this longing...

Lovely weather we're having no?

I've been living in Santa Cruz for two years and the weather still confuses me every time. This week started out really rainy and I thought it was going to last all week. I was wrong.

Today was a very nice sunny and breezy day. I brought a cardigan to class with me, which I didn't even need at all. Thanks to the weather, I'm happy to say I finally have an outfit post to share with you.

The color is kinda off in that last picture but these are the shorts I made this summer. I've only worn them a couple times, but I love them. For my sister's birthday, I made her some distressed studded denim shorts and I had some studs left over. So I googled some styles of studded shorts and found the Sabo Skirt version and had myself a little DIY project. I went to a thrift store and found some Levis and cut the legs off, distressed them, and then added the studs. I really like the way they turned out.

Some updates:

I've been really into lipstick, which is really different for me. Roomie and bestie Veronica convinced me to buy three lipsticks from NYX last night. We made a fall lipstick video for her Youtube page here. Oh and last weekend I also bought a lipstick from Maybelline and I'm loving it. Who woulda thunk?

Oh and I'm going to clear up some confusion if anyone has any: A while ago, I mentioned in a post that I would be posting some old drafts of blog posts because there are big gaps in between posts. So if you are wondering why I'm posting with last year's date, those are drafts I'm publishing.

Love you all. xo

VINTAGE BLOUSE AND SUNNIES/ LEVIS SHORTS - DIY/ THRIFTED BOOTS/ TIGHTS - GIVENCHY/ REVLON LIPSTICK IN BLACKBERRY

PHOTOS COURTESY OF VERONICA SHEPP

Listening to: What the Water Gave Me - Florence + the Machine

Year after year...

"On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." - Mean Girls

Yes I just quoted from Mean Girls, but October 3rd means it's bester Jimmy Jam's 20th birthday!

My mom took the new photo a couple weeks ago before I left because I hadn't seen him for a while so we decided to get some Panera (yum) and chat about stuffs and catch up (me wearing a really blah outfit since I wanted to be comf). And the other is of us in kindergarten. I know, aww. I've known that guy since we were little (a really long time, about fourteen years), he's one of my best friends, such a great friend. I hope he has an amazing day. xo

In other news, I don't know if I said this before but my roommate and bester Veronica does make up tutorials and reviews on youtube. The other day she decided that I was going to be in one of her videos and we did a fall nail polish trends video together. I was terrified because I feel that blogging is way different from talking to a camera. And I can perform in front an audience but I can't just talk to a camera. That's her forte. I'll stick with blogging. But anyway, she's really good at what she does, so if you have a youtube account, you should subscribe to her here.

And here is our first video together:

Yes, I'm making drunk eyes, but yeah.

Enjoy. She's probably going to make me do some more. Smiles.

Oh and I'll make sure to put up some more outfit posts.

And if you didn't watch the premiere of Dexter tonight, you should.

xx

ANOTHER THING I FORGOT (story time):

A day or so ago, I woke up and checked my blog. To my surprise, I saw that Natalie Suarez from Natalie Off Duty commented on my last post and I freaked out. If you don't know who she is, shame on you. She is a big inspiration to me and seeing her comment made me really happy. Anyway. Smiles.

EAGLE SHIRT - URBAN OUTFITTERS/ EARRING - DIY/ JEAN LEGGINGS - AMERICAN EAGLE

In video - THRIFTED BLOUSE/VINTAGE JEWELRY/ MAYBELLINE LIPSTICK IN FIFTH AVE. FUCHSIA

Listening to: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd