archtic circle

i absolutely, unequivocally, 100% sure do love me a black (and arched) outline of thick beyond thick liner, clearly.  photo: jouke bos photography

lonely hearts club band leader

i'm usually the poster girl for not giving coupledom a whirl, but having gone through my recent health coup, i miss it. i do.  photo: charmaine olivia

beauty and the beast

sometimes thursdays are meant for nothing more than a sweet little meet cute between a spotted giraffe and a flowered girl. photo: osamu yokonami

do the pokey pokey

um ... nobody told me (or my body) that after a pokey pokey needle biopsy that the super hard part would be the no sleep recovery.  photo: define us

target practice

       

i never knew that testing positive for the brca1 gene would mean that i would be "target practicing" with my health -- constantly.  photo: blanc pale

breast in peace

that was me not-so-anxiously waiting for my biopsy results last friday morning. turns out the left breast of mine? benign and fine. photo: sequoia ziff

chunky monkey

when it comes to my sweaters, i like 'em knitted and big. and chunky, preferably. you know, just like a chunky little monkey, see? photo: emmadime

loop de loo

fair warning: having a li'l needle biopsy this morning. so for the rest of the day, i'm a-gonna be preeeeetty loopy. forgive me. photo: zilveren camera

bottoms up

i hardly ever line my eyes, and when i do, the bottom is not ever what i usually look to do. but because of this pic, maybe i'll try it. photo: refinery29

bearded lady

since i don't have any tats - yet, i'm always changing my mind on just what i'd get. but i'd love this "beardy" as an arm sleeve. photo: the fox is black

white blouse down

banana republic is really KILLING it when it comes to delicate white blouses i want to run out and buy gazillions of. no lie.  photo: geneviève caron

outta my hands

mammogram and ultrasound down and yet i'm still "more evaluation bound." where will i land? for now, it's outta my hands.  photo: not a pretty girl

handy dandy

a friend and i were discussing hand tats the other day and how they are a commitment in a BIG way. maybe i'll get one. one day.  photo: 1337tattoos

line 'em up

as much as i loooove me a sleek, classic black + swooped cat eye, i also like having other bold line options to try to swoop + swipe.  photo: behance

double double toil + trouble

i have double holes on both lobes; at times i wish i just had one, though. guess i could go and pierce all up my lobes??? photo: porcelain silhouettes

hush your mouth

got a secret, and I'm asking you to keep it. *whispers* ben nye translucent powder. forgive me, but i can't say it louder.  photo: porcelain silhouettes

braveheart

one recently told me of my bravery; didn't know how to take (and kind of threw back) the compliment. wonder what that meant.  photo: g.d. falsken

the way we blur

went to target and got this new magazine-advertised lipstick with a special little blur-er on the end so i could get a pout juuuust like this. photo: edr

dudley dew right

i recently purchased this base in all hopes that i'll eventually end up looking exactly like this model and her little dewy face. photo: the fashion spot

are you afraid of the dark?

was talking the other day about things that make us afraid. bugs and the like. know what doesn't give me fright? dark lips. no, not a bit. photo: smile

freckle & byde

i wish all it took was more time to bide to miraculously have polka-spotted freckles on my face come and reside. le sigh.  photo: d-i-a-b-o-l-i-q-u-e-s