today i learned just how asymmetrical my face is. it’s not like i have down syndrome, but i’m not perfect. whatever.

koreans love simple make up and i got into the habit of wearing some to work out of product gift guilt. as you can see, there’s a very subtle difference between my plain face (쌩얼) and my made up one. so why bother? peer pressure to be moderately pretty i guess.

nail idea i got from a japanese girl’s blog. it’s just some cut-up tinsel from my make-shift tree and a few drops of super glue. oh and a standard nude manicure and a shit ton of drying time.

160, OR01 [maybelline, missha]

my dissatisfaction for everything around me has festered out of today’s boredom. my idle behavior is because i’ve spent too much money this month while my cousin Thumbaulina was visiting and i’ve grounded myself until next week when i leave for fukuoka again. it could’ve been helped, but i was one faux fur coat/wednesday addams dress too deep in adoration to stop myself. i ask myself a lot of question on my blog, but it often seems directionless in the end. why can’t i just say no? i keep thinking that what i want is one more buy away and i will finally be satisfied. i think i’m filling up my life with things because i’m not thinking about anything important again. i always spend money when i’m way too happy. perhaps some solitude will help me rethink my wardrobe business.

my birthday’s coming up soon. i don’t know what i want anymore. all i know is that i don’t want to be alone, but that might just happen. i should really leave the house tomorrow.

i tried the two tone lipstick thing. i quite like it. for a shiny base, just lip balm it up.

tights [gunsan]

this was taken in early dec, yeah i’m way behind, i know.

why is it that i have a nice camera and i neglect to use it these days? or rather, i neglect to share what i’ve captured? do i just like to have nice things? this is why i shouldn’t have nice things.

meet capucine’s back. at least, she’s capucine when she’s 6 shots in. that was such a lovely girls night of pretending to be someone i’m not.

coat [paris streetmarket]

i have been waiting all summer to wear an photograph this jacket. it cost me 10 euros. now that i wear it all the time, i take it for granted. yes, i’m wearing it upside down.

looking back on this outfit, i thought the color clashing was awesome, but now i find it infuriating. it’s probably because i wore this outfit 4 days in a row. that sounds gross, but its not. honestly, at -3 C, i don’t think i can sweat anymore. also, it feels like its threatening to snow everyday (and it did, 5 times), so frankly, i don’t give a fuck as long as i’m warm. shocker, i’m changing! haha not really. well…sort of.

anyways, in other news, i learned how to moisturize my skin like a korean girl from Gachil Gongju, my korean teacher/best Korean friend. it is literally layers of stuff and god, my face has never felt this good. AUGH WHEN AM I GONNA GET OFF MY ASS (or rather, sit on?) AND DO A BEAUTY POST? sigh. someday.

coat [ewha street] :: collar [hongdae]

i realize now that my hesitation to buy clothes before sprung out of a sedentary life with sedentary needs. i was in seoul this weekend with the girls and the need to stand out when going out was there. i think that’s why i want these bright things again. i’ve always got somewhere to go. with minimalism, i just wanted to disappear glamorously. ok no really, but my wardrobe did. do i think too much through my clothes? i don’t even care that i do, i don’t know why i’m complaining. i just like to hear myself type i guess.

i also realized that it’s pointless to name most brands of korean purchases cuz they copy and paste things everywhere, so i’m citing where i purchased it instead. i hate fussy coats with lots of buttons and i actually hesitated when i saw it. do i hesitate too much?

droptokyo

i can’t stop looking at the dude’s outfit though. i’m missing floral from my arsenal of prints at the mo. maybe i’ll find it when i go to hong kong this weekend. i really don’t make a lot of money, but i sure know how to spend it like an asshole.

shoes [jeffrey campbell] :: sweater [oh! jamae] :: skirt [borrowed, ASOS]

but i’m waiting waited anyway. these. are. so. alice-in-wonderful. i can’t get yellow/teal out of my mind. after what seemed like forever, i got these 8′s (i wear 7′s) and with two pairs of socks, they’re the perfect winter boots to cheer me up among the army of ant boots i keep seeing. not that i don’t want a pair of those either, but yellow shoes have become my thing. this is my 3rd pair.

a special thanks to Emilie @ plumforpolly.com. she is unbelievably sweet and helped me and my annoying inquiries every step of the way. i can’t thank her enough, honestly. also, her kids are a beautiful example of why i want half kids.

jumper [american west] :: rings [my got]

my sunday after-the-shit-show outfit. The Princess came to visit and i insisted we dress up to go out with the kids in the City. too bad there were no pics, cuz she was this ruby red sweet thing and i was this vamp-vixen type and the Gangster Girl was this great-rap-hop diva in my new Ciara/Mariah coat and it became a gorgeous mess of a night. those were the shoes from last night. i’m working back into the high heeled life.

i’m wearing this jacket to pills, should i just buy another to make it last? or just replace it when the time comes? this is my latest thematic issue: replacement. must something else always be filling some void, instead of creating a new cavity of affection?

necklace [schwing schwing]

disregarding that stray strand of course, i freakin love my hair like this. if i have time, i’ll do a tutorial. it basically utilizes the same principles as my mohawking technique.

i’ve been wearing this collar for weeks without a word of it’s awesomeness. a gift from the mnmlst (because she just KNOWS me), although i’m again concerned about the quality: there’s a small knob in the back that does all the securing and if it breaks off, i’m totally fucked. and not in the way i want to be. i wonder if those ones from Nelly.com will ship to Korea…

sweater [wara] :: collar [murua]

i hate it when this happens. i really do. i should know better than to trust cheap tights. this is their only second wear and now they’re unwearable. why is it so hard to find good quality in korea? i just want to stop replacing things already.

the collar is from a japanese magazine, sweater from seoul trip. i have a thing for knits that double as bath mats.