Budget Bardot

Bardot by boothebootch featuring beauty products

One of the benefits of having long hair is that I can finally get that perfect bed head look that I love so much.

In my perfect fantasy I'm stepping out of my car during high noon as I whip my hair from side to side stopping traffic!

Yeah no... it's not like that in real life :(

But there's an aspect of my personality that tries to summon Brigitte Bardot. It's a fun look to do especially when you instantly need to feel hot, when you've haven't been feeling pretty all day.

Everyone relates to Bardot for her effortless sexuality and beauty.

 It contradicts a new phase in beauty, which is just way to much effort and time. I blame the Kardashians. Although I can't stop watching them >_<

In this particular picture I was super pissed off at my bangs. They were growing out and I spent about an hour trying to figure how I was gonna leave the house without blowing a gasket. So my answer was to clip them back and tease the shit out of the crown of my head. I half hazardly curled the ends, did a smokey eye, and voila I can leave the house!

Things to note that I did for this look: A conventional comb and a shit ton of hairspray will keep your hair bed sexy steady. I did some contouring to my face before I did my eyes. If I had more time I would have set my hair in velcro rollers and then teased. Oh, and add some fake eyelashes to finish the look :)

Below is a great video that I found to help you with the look.  The woman below actually sort of looks like Brigitte Bardot, which is kind of cool.  Of course I follow Projface on youtube. She uses the Wet N Wild comfort zone palette in a lot of her looks, and I often look to her smokey eye tutorial to get tips on how to do a pull it off with an Asian face.

Both women give an awesome tutorial. Enjoy!

My Ingredients for Retro Pin Up

Yesterday I attended a White Gloves Brunch with my two BFF's Ann and Rachel at the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus.

Now I know the theme was "Ladies who lunch," but I ended up looking more like Traci Lords from Crybaby rather than a proper Southern Belle.

I learned how to do this look when I was a huge Masuimi Max fan girl. I had never seen an Asian American pinup model before, and because of her I began to experiment with Bettie Page bangs and 40's up dos.

The retro 40's/Rockabilly look is a little over saturated in Los Angeles, so I've been a little hesitant to bring it back.

In order to do this hair style you have to set you whole in huge curlers, spray a shit ton of hairspray, tease furiously from the root, and start rolling your hair from front to back. Then you pin. I would recommend large bobby pins. I didn't have them this time around, so my hair was sort of falling by the end of the day. Once I set the rolls, I just curled the bottom with a large barrel curling iron. However, I'm going to invest in some hot rollers, because that what they used to use in the back the day, and it will hold the curls better.

There are a ton of how-to videos, and I wish I had one to recommend, but on the real, I just stalked some rockabilly girls on Myspace back in the day, and I just copied as best as I could.

As far as makeup is concerned, I contoured, used minimal eyeshadow, but had a wicked cat eye with MAC boot black liquid liner. Donned some fake eyelashes and red lipstick and I was hitching for a ride like Miss Traci Lords below.

Here's my Inspiration and also product list of what I used to get this look:

Okay back to our hot brunch. When we booked this brunch I immediately knew which dress I wanted to wear. I finally got to sport my gray business dress from the Banana Republic Mad Men Collection. I didn't know how committed to character we were going to be, so I didn't get a fancy hat that a nice Southern lady would wear. I instead opted for curling and rolling my hair, which went with the outfit just fine.

However, when I arrived I was pleasantly surprised on how each of us interpreted the theme of the day. Of course my girls looked at beautiful as always.  Ann's look was more Mary Tyler Moore and Rachel was  dressed as a hot society wife in NYC in a cute strapless dress.  I seriously have to be friends with these two forever, because they know too much about me and it would be a security risk if we were to part :)

We had a great time gossiping, ordering fancy food, and just being girls. I've been grateful to have these two as my girls for almost ten years now. The three of us are so different in aspirations, style, and personality, but when we are together all we do is laugh.

Thanks for the blessings and the giggles ladies... till we meet again.

Raja Inspired: How to Contour an Asian Face

Contouring Tools by boothebootch on polyvore.com

The first time a makeup artist tried to contour my nose she made me look like a Klingon. Not only was I saddened that she was trying to reshape my nose, but the lines that she used to contour my face were too harsh and too obvious. In the Philippines they use this method for T.V. so that they can create the illusion of a thin pin nose, but when the contouring is too obvious it's pretty horrible.



I have a love/hate relationship with my nose as you can tell by over butt-hurtness of the Klingon situation. It wasn't until I saw Raja (WHO I LOVE) on Rupaul's Drag Race, that I started to understand the purpose of contouring, and how it can accentuate an Asian face without butchering the beautiful nose that was god given.

I'll be the first to tell you Raja as a dude is FIONE. With absolutely no makeup he's gorge and perfect just way he is. When he gets in drag he contours the sides of his nose and his cheekbones.  As a result showcases his eyes and lips more and displays a more feminine look.

There are a tons of videos on YouTube that will show you how to do it, but after much research on  I found that this video best explained how to best "blend in" the contouring without looking like a Klingon.



After much practice with the right tools, and the proper tutelage, last night was my best contouring session.  Not only was I happy that my efforts reshaped my cheekbones and nose, but I was able to kind of hide my ole forehead! I rarely go out without my bangs, but because I contoured it, I definitely felt more comfortable showing my dome.





  The two godsend tools that make contouring success is the MAC 187 brush and the Sephora concealer brush. To set it up you have to the do the tribal warpaint step that they show in the video,  and that's what I use the Sephora concealer brush for. The MAC 187 brush is what I use to blend everything together. This is the miracle brush, and also my most favorite of all my brush children.

I further highlighted my cheeks with a MAC peachy blush, and voila! You have a contoured face :)

I'm all about loving one's face. Everyone has features that are not their favorites, and contouring is not a way make them vanish, but rather to a way to embrace the face that you have. The links below have the product info for all of the contouring tools. Enjoy!

Contouring Tools by boothebootch on polyvore.com

Tatiana's Look

My good friend Tatiana asked if I would be her stylist next time I came to the bay. Of course I was flattered, and was happy to help since I'm trying to curb my own spending at the moment. I suggested that I make a fashion board for her instead.  Eh, it's not really at Vogue status yet, so I'm gonna have to practice some more. The names by her outfits are celebrities that give her a fashion boner.

Anyhoo, Tatiana is a major babe. I hope she shops for the both of us and *sniff* makes me proud :D

Tatiana by boothebootch featuring a suede jacket

Spank Bank: Metallic and Oh I'm an Animal Edition

I think I've mentioned before that my steez is Rihanna meets Kate Moss if they had a coked up baby. People joke that just basically means "studded crap." I guess I should rename this set glamour meets studded crap edition. All of you. Please pray that ANY of these items go on a decent sale. This bootch will be grateful.
Spank Bank: Metallic Oh I'm an Animal Edition by boothebootch featuring a black bag

French Connection deep v dress
$348 - bloomingdales.com

French Connection cotton dress
£160 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Sam Edelman high heel boots
$150 - heels.com

Rebecca Minkoff flap handbag
$595 - ebags.com

Rebecca Minkoff black bag
$195 - stefanibags.com

COACH boyfriend jewelry
$348 - coach.com

Current Obsesssions

1. Air Jordan Retro 3 Cements

2. Leather Leggings

3. Motorcycle Jackets

4. Sheer Blouses

5. Statement Necklaces 

Btw I'm trying out Polyvore :) I've always wanted to make a collage like this. 

Poshmark

I just joined Poshmark, which was an idea I got from Yoshi. It's an iphone app that helps you sell clothes to a community, with a instagram-like experience. I've been super addicted to instagram, and when I saw there was an app that sells clothes with the same feel, I thought I'd give it a try. However, like instagram, it's only an app for your phone so there isn't an actual website.

If you are Poshmark my user name is @boothebootch. Most of my clothes are a size 4; Small/Med; Shoes: 5 1/2 or 6. This is what I'm selling right now:

Just a side note: Modeling the clothes was a funny experience in itself. I'm shitty at taking my own pictures through my iphone. This a huge reason why I'm not a fashion blogger.

So I used photobooth on my mac instead. I waited till my roommate left the house, so that I could use the kitchen as my "studio." As I propped my computer on my kitchen table,  I sucked in my gut like all hell,  so I could give fierce body like a drag queen after a buffet. 

If anyone has questions about the clothes. Just give me a holler in the comments.