SE++ House of Style [fashion/beauty thread]

pooka

Welcome to the SE++ Beauty /Lookin' Fine /Your Mother Would Kill You If She Saw You Walking Out of the House Like That /You Have A Purty Mouth /etc. Thread

Discuss all things makeup, hair, clothes, anything that you put on your person that makes you look in the mirror and go "yes this is acceptable for outside my house." Don't be shy, this is a safe place. We promise to leer on command.

And give helpful advice, whatever, sure.
previous iterations:
On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink
Gurl, You Look Good
Vilify Vanity or Be Beautifully Brainwashed
Sephora F&Fam Sale
Are Those Galaxy Leggings Or Is Your Butt An Astronaut
You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Thread Is About You
Florals, for Spring? Groundbreaking.
Where Do I Buy Hairbrush, Chemist?
I Want to Be Sophia Loren When I Grow Up

--- HELPFUL LINKS ---
Nails

All Lacquered Up
The Swatchaholic
Scrangie

Makeup

Temptalia
Essie Button
Lisa Eldridge
MakeupAlley
MakeUpGeek

Glasses

GlassesUSA
Coastal
Warby Parker
Classic Specs
Mezzmer
Zenni Optical
39 Dollar Glasses
Global Eyeglasses
Sneaking Duck
Tortoise and Blonde
[sourced from this blog post and article]

Hair
@Garret Dorigan

Fashion Get!

Etsy
Modcloth
Pinup Girl
Zappos
6pm

Style Bloggish

-- errybody
Lookbook
The Sartorialist
Advanced Style
-- Wimminswear
Man Repeller
-- Menswear
Dappered
Put This On
Street Etiquette
The Bengal Stripe

first GIS result for "fashion!"

yeah, i'll take it.

pooka

also she is adorable.
http://style.mtv.com/house-of-style/20121220/house-of-style-laura-jane-grace-video

you all are babies, i just turned 31 last week suck it up

and i think this belongs here, somehow

Snowbeat

gonna get into shape this summer

maybe wait some lifts, kick some boxes

this is going to be the summer of snowbeat

godmode

Snowbeat wrote: »

gonna get into shape this summer

maybe wait some lifts, kick some boxes

this is going to be the summer of snowbeat

I'm thinking of hiring a personal trainer once I replenish my finances. It would be nice to not have to trash my not-that-old clothes and not be disgusted every time I look in the mirror.
I just have a serious motivation problem that is hard to overcome when I'm just doing workouts alone.

Sassori

I offered to workout with you

Maybe I'm just not scary enough.

Snowbeat

Snowbeat wrote: »

gonna get into shape this summer

maybe wait some lifts, kick some boxes

this is going to be the summer of snowbeat

unfortunately i also have this problem

godmode

Sassori wrote: »

I offered to workout with you

Maybe I'm just not scary enough.

Nothing against you, it's just different. And of course there are other issues beyond motivation, that's just one of the big ones.
Also it's not like there's ever been room for us both to work out anyway. There's barely room for me and I still have to move the coffee table every time.

Sassori

I worked out today and painted my nails.

Gonna do the dishes later. I'm really excited about this day off.

Metalbourne

pooka wrote: »

also she is adorable.
http://style.mtv.com/house-of-style/20121220/house-of-style-laura-jane-grace-video

you all are babies, i just turned 31 last week suck it up

and i think this belongs here, somehow

I turn 37 in August.

Almost half as old as Druhim here

Grey Ghost

Ah damn it Express has another sale on
stop trying to take my moneeeeeeey

Grey Ghost

Oh god and these sun-faded chinos at J. Crew fffffffffffffff

interrobang

fashion, y'all

godmode

Geth loves summer clothing.

Dichotomy

are ghoulish child effigies "in" this year

laughingfuzzball

It's 10:30 in the morning.

Hair a mess, face a mess, wearing an in-joke t-shirt from my major and TMNT lounge pants.

I win fashunz

interrobang

Dichotomy wrote: »

are ghoulish child effigies "in" this year

every year

Grey Ghost

godmode wrote: »

Geth loves summer clothing.

even robots know the value of a sweet pair of chinos

Grey Ghost

I have hella blue shirts so I don't need any more, but that is heavily represented in Express' selection

I want a nice green, like this:
http://www.express.com/clothing/fitted+micro+floral+shirt/pro/1698263/cat810041

But I really don't know about that pattern

Infidel

I wanna lose a bit of gut but exercise is difficult. If I get into a regimen I end up hypo and have to take in sugar and then blehhh I don't get anywhere. I bring it up with my specialist but she is like "what? you're a healthy weight don't worry about it!" when I try to find some plan that could work. She's just happy I'm not obese.

Maybe if I built up the abs it would help a bit?

Peen

Building up your abs is going to make you thicker in the waist. You want wider shoulders and a thicker back and neck to make your waist look smaller.

Infidel

Peen wrote: »

Building up your abs is going to make you thicker in the waist. You want wider shoulders and a thicker back and neck to make your waist look smaller.

I'm not adverse to gettin' swole, but it isn't the profile/width that is the issue. I don't have a bunch of fat around the waist, I just have a gut out front that annoys me. If you look at me from the back it misleads you into thinking I'm pretty fit.

Grey Ghost

Infidel wrote: »

Peen wrote: »

Building up your abs is going to make you thicker in the waist. You want wider shoulders and a thicker back and neck to make your waist look smaller.

I'm not adverse to gettin' swole, but it isn't the profile/width that is the issue. I don't have a bunch of fat around the waist, I just have a gut out front that annoys me. If you look at me from the back it misleads you into thinking I'm pretty fit.

Ab work still won't do much for the gut
You'll need some kind of high intensity cardio for that, but I'm not the best one to tell you

Infidel

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Infidel wrote: »

Peen wrote: »

Building up your abs is going to make you thicker in the waist. You want wider shoulders and a thicker back and neck to make your waist look smaller.

I'm not adverse to gettin' swole, but it isn't the profile/width that is the issue. I don't have a bunch of fat around the waist, I just have a gut out front that annoys me. If you look at me from the back it misleads you into thinking I'm pretty fit.

Ab work still won't do much for the gut
You'll need some kind of high intensity cardio for that, but I'm not the best one to tell you

Yeah, which is why I'm like "hey I need help figuring out how to work out without fucking up my diabetes and rebounding on a bunch of sugar" to my doctors and annoyed that I get no help.

I don't know that the fitness thread has anyone knowledgeable on that particular challenge but I'm mostly just bitching about body image right now sorry. :P

DouglasDanger

I'm thinking about skipping socks or going no-show.
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/06/17/going-sockless-in-the-summer/

$20 for three pair is a bit steep
http://moccsocks.myshopify.com/products/three-pack-gray

Snowbeat

gonna buy some espadrilles and wear them alllll summer long

and then burn them because that shit's going to get nasty

Futore

espadrille wedge heels?

DouglasDanger

These woven Chuck Taylors probably wouldn't last a month on my feet, but man are they cool
http://www.zappos.com/converse-chuck-taylor-all-star-chuckout

Snowbeat

Futore wrote: »

espadrille wedge heels?

please

Grey Ghost

Snowbeat you are a lady?

Mysst

DouglasDanger wrote: »

I'm thinking about skipping socks or going no-show.
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/06/17/going-sockless-in-the-summer/

$20 for three pair is a bit steep
http://moccsocks.myshopify.com/products/three-pack-gray

I've been looking into shorty socks, too. I just have this weird issue with my ankles feeling weird if they're exposed. wore boots and hightops for too damn long

Grey Ghost

DouglasDanger wrote: »

These woven Chuck Taylors probably wouldn't last a month on my feet, but man are they cool
http://www.zappos.com/converse-chuck-taylor-all-star-chuckout

holy shit

godmode

Hey those are cool! Good price too - cheaper than Vans.

Eh, got a better look at them. Nevermind.

Grey Ghost

Actually rather than the woven ones I think those linen ones are more to my tastes
Oh goddammit now I'm shoe shopping

Snowbeat

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Snowbeat you are a lady?

the mystery continues

DouglasDanger

Grey Ghost wrote: »

DouglasDanger wrote: »

These woven Chuck Taylors probably wouldn't last a month on my feet, but man are they cool
http://www.zappos.com/converse-chuck-taylor-all-star-chuckout

holy shit

buy that blue pair, put a pair of cheap brown leather laces in them

fight my compulsion to be super-obsessive about colors complementing each other

i still have to talk myself into wearing my white and green adidas sneakers with anything other than jeans and a blue t-shirt

Garret Dorigan

So I hop on here and see that I have a notification for the new thread.

I click it, it pops to the top of the thread and I wait for it to snap to where I'm at-ed.

And wait.

And wait...

Pooka you sly minx.

In news, I ended up taking end of last thread's advice, and got some Red Wings boots. They were awesome today, and my knee only hurts like 3/4s as much as it did yesterday, with a whole lot more walking.

Pics later.

DouglasDanger

also, what the hell kind of shoes should a guy wear that aren't sneakers but also aren't dad chukkas? Something to walk around in, with a some support, without being sneakers or hiking boots? Clarks Desert Boots? The rest of their line doesn't really appeal to me. I have a completely worn out pair of Merrel shoes that are somewhere between sneaker and loafer, but most of their line is either hideous or aimed at the barefoot ninja bootie crowd and I need arch support.

Grey Ghost

The hell you say chukkas are for dads
edit: oh apparently you were speaking of them separate from Clarks
I guess I'm not really sure what "dad chukkas" are

Garret Dorigan

DouglasDanger wrote: »

also, what the hell kind of shoes should a guy wear that aren't sneakers but also aren't dad chukkas? Something to walk around in, with a some support, without being sneakers or hiking boots? Clarks Desert Boots? The rest of their line doesn't really appeal to me. I have a completely worn out pair of Merrel shoes that are somewhere between sneaker and loafer, but most of their line is either hideous or aimed at the barefoot ninja bootie crowd and I need arch support.

Crocs.

More specifically, Jelli Crocs.

Grey Ghost

Boat shoes?

Mysst

chelsea boots, if you're funky enough