Mormon Prom! :D ....and Mother's Day lifenuggets

Hey everyone! I know it's been a little while, but I'd been EXHAUSTED every day throughout my AP/IB exam period. However, I am officially DONE! :D

(If you want to see a pointless post that I almost made, click HERE)

....now I have to prepare for final exams T_T

Anyway, right in the middle of exams, I attended Mormon Prom! It's like a school prom, but it's held at a Mormon church for Mormon kids and is about 9 million times more fun than school proms.

I just thought this was the most perfect laughderp face ever, so I had to share it (and use it as my leading post picture of course xD)! The rest of the post will be chronological xP

This is my dress ^^

This picture was taken at the seamstress' shop right after alterations.

My friends and I started the night pretty early. I left at 2:30 to go to a friends house. 

This is the hairstyle I left with

I'd already done my hair, but my friend's mom wanted to make everyone look super prom-y, and this is how my remake turned out:

Unfortunately, a combination of a several factors (including extreme moisture in the air) resulted in the utter destruction of my prom hair before I even got to prom xD 

We went to Panda Express for dinner where I had a gigantic meal. Hooray for food babies at prom!

The next few pictures will be pictures of prom food because, you know, priorities. 

Misc. pictures:

I  had so much fun!

Prom was the day before Mother's Day,but I managed to pull myself together for brunch the next day. This is what I wore:

My mommy's gifts:

That's all for now! 'Til next time you guys! :)

Tutorial GIGANTIC Bow Necklace (Hime-fy any outfit!)

Hey guys!

I've wanted to make this tutorial for a long time, but I hadn't had the motivation necessary to DIY anything T_T. Today, however, I was feeling especially guilty about my long hiatus and lack of tutorials, so I figured I owed it to you guys to make this :)

Those of you who pay lots of attention to hime clothing may have taken notice of the gigantic bows present on the chest of almost every dress out there. 

Exhibit A

As someone who wears mainstream clothing in public, owning such an OTT and elaborate dress would be hard to justify (considering that I only put on my "pretty things" to stare at myself in the mirror for a little while before taking off xD).

I figured that I'd be better off just making removable bows that I can wear over normal clothing and pretend that I'm wearing authentic hime gyaru clothing brands. If you're interested in finding out how I made mine, look on!

This starts off rather simply. Just like when we make little bows, we'll need a piece of fabric that is double the size that we'd like our eventual bow. In this case, that means super extra gigantically huge ^^.

Fold over the raw edges and secure with hot glue.

Fold ends towards the center and secure with hot glue.

Use a teensy ribbon to cinch the center of the rectangle, creating a bow. 

Cut a strip of fabric double the width that you'd like your eventual bow tails to be, fold in half, and cut one of the ends at an angle. Repeat for second tail.

Add a centerpiece bow to the middle of your large original bow and play with the positioning of your bow tails. After you're happy with them, secure with hot glue or fabric glue.

Line edges with lace trim.

Attach two strips of fabric (securing left and right sides only) to the back of your bow.

Lastly, loop bead string through fabric strips.

You're done!

Hopefully you guys enjoyed this tutorial ^^

My First Wig ❤ (& an update of sorts)

Hey everyone! It turns out that you guys are influencing me like crazy. Before entering the blogosphere, never had I felt even the slightest inclination to purchase a wig. However, after being exposed to so many posts featuring gorgeous hair extensions and wigs, I've been converted x) (when it comes to the internet, at least. As a fan of the more natural look, I definitely wouldn't wear this in public >_>).

This isn't a review, so this post isn't likely to help anyone at all :)

I've accepted that I'm making this post solely as a result of my own shameless excitement, offering you guys exactly 0 benefits ^^~

I'm just going to post wig profiles now ^_____^

Front length

I'm liking how tall this angle makes me look >:)

Side length

Color under bright natural lighting

Because I'm new to purchasing wigs, I'm hesitant to recommend or criticize this one ><. I'm not sure that I can give accurate or even relevant information. However, I will say that I think it looks more natural than most "cheap" wigs  (it's very full and isn't ridiculously shiny) and that the bangs are of a good length (This was something I was worried about. I absolutely despise the look of when wig bangs are too long and must be swept to the side to look even remotely acceptable.). 

The only real negative thing I have to say is that the top of the wig is rather bulky, but this appears to be completely normal judging by what I've seen. I think wearing it with a gigantic hair accessory kind of mitigates the bulk, which is why I'm wearing earmuffs :p

If you're interested, here's the link. Just keep in mind that I don't really know what I'm talking about when it comes to this kind of thing.

Little Update

As far as tutorials go, I have a few in mind but am lacking the motivation to do any of them right now because all of my ideas are a little too time consuming for the time being ><. I've said this before, but I'd really appreciate requests from you guys :) 

If you find something fairly simple that you'd like to see me recreate, email me at:

magicpearlheart@gmail.com