Sorry. Back on topic. For reals, though, shimmered, I love your ring. It's kinda art deco, and I'm very into 1940's style jewelry and bridalwear. Classy!
Jesus, I had no idea we had it so good up here. Because my daughter was born three months early, they also gave my wife paid "sick leave" for three extra months. Wow.
Thanks doll. His mother commented that ts a shame there won't be a real wedding. I just shook my head.
Can we talk about bridal fashion for a minute? I am having issues with the growing popularity of fascinators. Specifically, ugly ones. Like this: Also strapless gowns. Fuck that noise. And don't get me started on "mullet dresses," those hideous pieces of shit that are way higher in the front than they are in the back. It's horrid and not at all wedding-appropriate. Grrrrr. I have a lot of opinions for someone who doesn't want a wedding. I know.
Yo pitcha is broken. Google-fu tells me a fascinator is one of those things British people and SJP wear on their heads to weddings, yeah? Fucking hideous. Also had to Google mullet wedding dresses. I expected to find redneck wedding photos (and by your description, I was thinking a dress with a high neckline and low back, which I think is darling). Alas, I was disappointed on both accounts. What is this? It looks like an eighties prom dress. I think I saw one of these on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Not that I watch reality TV or anything. Just channel surfing.
Yes. These are things I do not like. I really liked the dress Kristen Stewart wore in Breaking Dawn (I'm so sorry I know that). I like the back of it.
I completely agree on the strapless dresses. It took me FOREVER to find a gown that I loved that wasn't strapless and looked age-appropriate. I can't wait until that trend is OVER.
Strapless is never going to go away. Too many women like the idea of the 'sexy but not really' bridal look, and waaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too many people like the strapless my titties are everywhere bridal look.
I don't see how strapless necessarily equals titties are everywhere, not age appropriate, or too sexy. In fact they are often quite covered up in the titties area, if you have straps, you can have a plunging neckline, that is far more difficult with a strapless dress. Bridal gowns are, at the most basic, formal wear, and formal wear is often strapless and has been for many many years. Hardly seems to be a fad to me, and can look quite elegant. And, no, I didn't have a strapless wedding dress. Nor a low cut one.
Good point. I just think there should be more variety. When I walked into the bridal salon and said, "I don't want a strapless dress", they looked at me like I had ten heads and gave me a hard time. I didn't want strapless because I have broad shoulders and big boobs. I wanted to be comfortable and didn't want to look like I could tackle the groom. I also didn't want to pay to have some sort of strap/sleeve added or just make do with those skimpy spaghetti straps. It was hard to find a dress that had some sort of strap/sleeve that didn't look matronly. It took a lot of searching, but I found a dress that I absolutely love and it was wayyy under my budget. Win-win!
It doesn't necessarily, but...when I was a wedding consultant the general theme was strapless = a fat girl who wanted to show her cleavage and 'embrace her curves'. Generally (and I recognize the faults in a generalization) slender women don't have a problem looking tacky in a strapless dress. But for many of the women I worked with, strapless was a way for them to wear a smaller dress and just hoist the girls. when done appropriately, I think strapless is very pretty.
I'm in Australia and on maternity leave now. (Started beginning of March with sick leave from my job - I work for the government, I have excellent benefits) From my job, I had a choice of 14 weeks full pay or 28 weeks half pay. After that, I had the option of taking a baby bonus ($5000 paid over 26 weeks - tax free) or Paid Parental Leave (minimum wage - approx $500 a week) over 18 weeks, which is taxed. Paid Parental Leave can be taken either concurrently/before/after any maternity leave offered by your job. I will have 28 weeks from work, and then my PPL will start about 5 weeks before that runs out until school starts next year. In other words, I have until the beginning of February 2013 off work, paid (albeit, half of my normal wage). In addition to this, I may be eligible for other welfare benefits (just have to wait for the welfare office to finish assessing my PPL application) including rent assistance, family tax benefit (weekly payment almost all families in Australia are entitled to) and a child care rebate when I go back to work. I feel so incredibly lucky to have so much time off from work to watch my baby girl grow up. I know Australia is one of the most highly taxed countries in Australia, but I have never known any different. I also don't mind sacrificing so much of my wage, knowing that I don't pay up front for my health care and if anything ever happens, I'm covered.
I was able to bring my baby to work with me for 6 months......that was a blessing! I would love to have those benefits here; however the sad reality here is that people take advantage of social programs. I am all for social programs to help people who need it..... but I hate to see people who have not worked a day in their life staying at home and receiving social benefits. Its really irritating to me to see how I paid out of the butt in taxes and work full time, go to grad school full time, and try to care for my baby all while some people are home sleeping in, and cashing a check funded with money that was taken out of my check. Here, basically you have to stop being a productive citizen to qualify for benefits. yuck!
I am absolutely terrified of introducing a new subject in fear of it making the boys stop posting their pictures, but I'm going to chance it. Does anyone have any tips on how to use liquid eyeliner for your top lids? I've always used eyeliner on the bottom and have had trouble when I try to do the top. I thought it would be easier with liquid eyeliner, and I could do one of my eyes alright, but not the other one at all when I felt like I was going backwards. The line's all shaky and uneven. I know the answer is "Stop moving your eye underneath the lid while you're drawing," but it's HARD. I'm trying to do the little wings thing:
You need a new, liquid liner with a really sharp tip. I know this sounds obvious, but if the liner you're using has had several uses already and is even the slightest bit dull or dry, you'll have an up hill battle. Also, put the eyeliner at a sharp angle and use the whole flank (for lack of a better term) rather than just the tip. It will give you a cleaner line.
This is my go-to look for years now. I use L'oreal Lineur Intense because I love the felt tip - it's really easy to use. I have tremors, which is a huge handicap for drawing straight lines and somehow I get this on my eyes everyday without looking like a clown. Careful to get as close to the eyelash line as possible. Practise, practise, practise. Oh and don't use any liner on the bottom - it makes your eyes look small.
Alright, well now I'm just going to ignore the other conversation. Thanks, guys. I'll just practice when it's not ten minutes before I'm going out. And I only line the outer half of the bottom of my eyes. It doesn't have the same shrinking effect of the whole line.
AM, what Dcc said about the angle - yes, that is key. You can also easily control the thickness of the line with that method. Some occasions call for a heavier hand than others.
This is my every day look - it takes a little practice to be able to get it perfect though. When I was just starting out with it, I would draw little lines across my eyelids rather than one big one and then connect them. I swear by this: http://www.sephora.com/tattoo-liner-P245205?skuId=1177567