People we <3

It's been a really long time since I've posted, but let me just tell you straight off the bat, life has been hectic! Too many things to talk about, too little time, so I am going to leave you with a picture that has nothing to do with what is on my mind or this post for that matter... and to my cousin J, who just lost the love of his life last night at just the ripe age of 20 years: God sometimes takes away the people that we love to bring them closer to himself, because they were TRULY ANGELS ON EARTH. RIP. Love you J.. hang in there <3<3<3>

i broke my camera :(

me & the bestie

toilet paper 101!

lovely V & I

me & J, oh the koreans! lmao jk.

Girlicious w/Tony... when we all walked away, Tony's boy comes up to him & asks, "how do you do it man?!" hilarious..

L (who is a model), me & S

me, S, J & M (the future sister-in-law!)

me & S.. gotta get the full body poses ;)

our fav. bartenders @the Lounge ;)

my work e-mail butties: C, me & J (wouldn't survive work w/o his political rantings every morning LOL)

S.. yes we are posing in a bathroom! lol

Need I say more? Well anyway, here's the last couple photos I managed to take before my beautiful canon came to it's inevitable death. LOL... no worries, I am buying a brand new and PINK canon, might I add-- this weekend! :) This is one of me & the bestie's typical nights out, we got ready way too early in the night so decided to head downtown unusually early while making pit stops at five other places before finally making it to our friend's graduation party.. but someone wanted to be a drama queen (and it's a guy! lol) so all the fun I was having was quickly deluded after one single statement :(

on me: pleather jacket & leggings H&M, tanks UO & James Perse, shoes AKIRA, clutch Francesca's, ring Marc Jacobs (it's the perfume ring!).

looks of the week

It was a long time coming, but after like 567,891 outfits, I finally got nominated not for 'look of the day' but for one of the 'looks of the week' on fabsugar, nonetheless, I am totally delirious! :) Thanks FABSUGAR! Someone told me that I look like Ciara in this particular photo and I'm pretty sure she meant it as a compliment, but I'm kind of skeptical because I know some ppl think she's a he/she *yikes*! :X I've also provided the winning look up close, better to view the accessories: the belt, the shoes, the rings from my mom and the two-toned "man-watch" my dad got me a couple Christmases ago. After all, accessories are the cherry on top of the outfit, right? Oh and totally have to give a shout-out to fashionfille who taught my semi-computer-retarded self how to take a snapshot of the fabsugar site :) Thanks much... the world of bloggers is not always friendly you know so I'm grateful for all the help I can get!

Anyhoooooot, sorry, gotta keep this short & boring but it's time for my daily dosage of CSPAN and then off to bed ;) In the next post, I'll include some more new make-up discoveries & also the three paragraph long how-to on falsifying your lashes :) Ciao.

xoxox D.
blazer & tee: f21, jeans: 7 for all mankind, belt: rampage, shoes: chinese laundry, watch: swiss army

i <3 my makeup!.

alongside piles and piles of fashion mags, us news, us week, rolling stone & blender, i also need my daily fix of the latest in cosmetics, hence my subscription to allure (and it doesn't hurt that fashion is mixed into that as well & the most random articles ever!). so i thought i should do a makeup post, i almost sometimes feel like i like it better than fashion.. eeeek!. hehe just kidding folks!. oh, and i have this really bad tendency (when i'm not typing up a case study or press release for class) to add a period at the end of a sentence even though it already has a question mark or an exclamation point.. LMAO!! i got it from Jin the MC (chinese rapper) when we were briefly in contact. ;) the groupie days!!!. anyway, here are my cosmetic must-haves:

1. M.A.C. Studio Fix Foundation w/SPF15: I switch up between NC44 for the winter & NC45 for the summer when my skin's a little more tan. This seriously is the best coverage & fluidity I've ever gotten from a foundation, PERIOD!

2. Maybelline Unstoppable Eyeliner in onyx (black): I don't do liquid anymore coz sometimes it's just messy & requires some precision that quite frankly, I don't have time for! The name speaks for itself, it really is unstoppable(unsmearable more like)-- i once used it backstage at a fashion show to draw on the model's backs & it seriously did not smudge or move! loves it!

3. Andrea Modlash false eyelashes: I forgot what # I use, but I think it's #36-- the outter edges are longer so they create a catlike eye look. I'm trying to get off my addiction of false eyelashes, so I asked my cousin who works @Clinique for eyelash tips, because her eyelashes look so FAKE, full, long and luscious! Yet they are real. She just e-mailed me back w/THREE paragraphs on how to achieve fuller, longer lashes w/o the false! LOL. I'll post later!

4. M.A.C. browset in 'Show-Off': Can't forget the eyebrows!!! Like any true makeup artist would say, eyebrows make the face, if you ain't got them right then everything is off! After searching endlessly for an eyebrow product that would make my hairs stick, this one was the answer to my prayers. But being asian, I prefer the browset in MINK(it's a darker shade of brown thus more natural-looking), which is coming back temporarily in a line being debuted at M.A.C. at the end of September, stock up my fellow asians before it's discontinued again :)

5. Clinique Blush in 'Aglow': I really don't have much to say about this, but it flatters ANY skin tone and seriously does wonders for that natural, dewy, glowy look without being over-the-top. I get compliments on my 'glow' all the time & recommend it to all my friends!

6. Tub of Vaseline: 'Nuff said, this is great for multi-purpose uses: chapped lips, make-up remover, to put over your eyeshadow for a moist look, etcetera. Plus you can get a small tub(that will last you forever) for just 99 cents, can't go wrong w/that.

7. There isn't one particular lipgloss I use so I'll just list my favorites: Lip Venom Lip Plumper, Bath & Body C.O. Bigelow Ultra-mentha lip shine, MAC chromeglass in 'metalphysical', various NARS glosses (can't think of the names right now lol), Rimmel lipliner in 'eastend snob' and burt's bee's! loves.

okaaaaaaay... i really should be working so i'm gonna hop on outta here, but i'll leave ya with a picture of me & Siders (BFF since jr high!) from over the weekend :)

a different kind of LIFE.

the boy is leaving in some days now. forever.

these are pictures from both of my birthday parties this year(and yes, that is coldstone creamery cake- strawberry passion!), and from big island this past weekend. i'm quite distracted at the moment, hence the lack of photos. i realize i still have yet to post pictures from the obama rally, that is because i was mad at him for quite some time, like i know him personally(lol). look up FISA, and you will understand. ciao loves.

attempts at creativity.

& here are some pictures from the wknd(in no particular order and definitely not in order of occurrence), had to attend a wedding last minute where my dad's band happened to be also playing! lmao.

dress f21, fuschia belt gap, tstraps bcbgirls.



kanye west concert!!! also the meet & greet w/N.E.R.D. i heart some black, rock-rappin', skateboarding dudes.. PHARRELL.!!! excuse all the neon-ness... dressing for the occasion haha!

headband & bandeau bra american apparel, racer back tank go international for target, bodycon skirt f21, shoes steven for steve madden.








some RR(Random Ridiculousness, this lingo is due to the many wasted hrs @work reading bossip.com lmao) in the velvet room!

skirt go international for target, top girbaud, necklace & bangles mostly f21, shoes chinese laundry.









i decided i would try and put some spunk into my photo-blogging, instead of those boring & crude shots of me standing in my room trying to get every portion of my outfit into the camera's window. lmao. so i guess now would be a good time to invest in a tripod, no? ;) these are from today, me, charlie & the rolling stone that just came in the mail enjoying the beautiful weather!

skirt(worn as dress) necessary objects by way of macy's, black tank banana republic, jacket mossimo for target, patent open toed pumps MIA, sunglasses target.

on charlie: coach collar hehe!

**as you know, if you've ever read my blog, i'm a little politics-obsessed, so i know i'm gonna be late on posting about the Barack Obama rally that I went to here in MPLS, but i wanna reserve it for a rainy day bcoz it definitely deserves a whole post to itself & a lot of input-- HISTORY IN THE MAKING BABY.!!! OBAMA 08!!!!!!!! toodlez.