Why can't it just be warm here in Canada and have summer start already? Summer always makes me so happy and feeling alive. I just wanted to post some inspo/happiness for yall. I've never been really big into fashion trends and have always felt that you should do your thing and let the world follow.

Hero Status: Elvira

There are a lot of reasons why I love Elvira (her punk dog, her bad jokes, quirky personality, love for all things spooky, determination, awesome clothes etc etc etc) but one of my absolute favorite things is how badass she is. Elvira dresses how she wants which is usually in her very low cut long black dress that shows off more than cleavage. She wears it comfortably and for no one else, she wears it because she wants to. However almost every person she runs into either chastises her for her clothes or thinks it's an invitation to sexually harass her. Naturally being the strong woman she is she takes none of this shit from anyone. If it's throwing a man out of her house, hitting her groping boss or pouring beer onto the laps of perverts she let's the world now that she is not an object for them to use. She loves her body, she belongs to herself and lives for herself. Her feminism and spookiness has totally changed my life.

My love for Laura Palmer is never ending, I swear. When going through 8tracks I stumbled upon a playlist with the song 'Laura' by Bat For Lashes and I'm totally obsessed with it. It's such a beautiful song. I think this song will always hold a special place in my heart as well as Twin Peaks.

There's something about looking at old photos of myself, when I was a little tyke, that makes me feel like I'm on some weird self discovery trip. It's strange to look at yourself so young, when you were hardly really a person at all, and comparing it to who you are now. How have I changed in the past 12+ years? How did I grow and change and become someone different right under my nose. Every picture feels like a little piece of a puzzle to show me who I am and how to keep growing. They show that there was a time before bad things happened. Back when the small things in life were life, and I regret to say things that I forgot about for so long. We forget and overlook so many things that we did when were younger that it feels like a part of us goes missing and we can't remember where or when we lost it or how to get it back.

The Virgin Suicides has always transported me to an untouchable time and place. A place where happiness and sadness were not oil and water but different water colors that bleed together to make a whole new world and spectrum. This is the first time I've realized that those two emotions can go hand in hand. Aren't they the strongest feelings? The ones felt most often? Ones that can tug and pull us in so many directions and deliver us into realms we didn't even know were made possible. I think being able to feel happiness and sadness as a whole makes us human. I used to think you could only be at one point in the rainbow spectrum of feeling and emotions, however I'm now lucky enough to know that there really is no fixed point in life. Things cannot be explained or felt as easily as we thought. Emotions are a kaleidoscope of colors hitting us in different places at the same time or not hitting us at all. They blind us. We can't even see how beautiful they look displayed on us.

Childhood on our lips.

For two months now I have been searching high and low for Lip smackers. You remember them? The lip balms that come in flavors like banana split or Dr. Pepper, possibly the first ever strawberry flavored tinted lip balm. I had gone to three drugstores, one of them being in the 4th largest mall in Canada, and still no lip smackers. Every time I asked a worker they either looked at me like I was crazy or have the audacity to tell me 'they went out of style'. Today I went to my local Rexall to see if the new spider-man collection from Revlon had been released yet, no dice, and stumbled upon the holy grail. Wedged between Annabelle cosmetics and Bonnebelle cosmetics was a small selection of my beloved Lip smackers. There were party packs (all my fave flavors and a few ones I don't like,) Disney collections, Minnie mouse, cupcakes and fruit tint and pop flavors. I feel to my knees in the isle and looked up at the small amount of racks holding my childhood. The moment was so perfect I almost wept. Unfortunately I didn't have enough money for the party pack (13$) and instead got a single Dr. Pepper for a dollar. It turns out lip smackers are owned by Bonnebelle cosmetics so wherever that brand is sold so will Lip smackers. I think the only places you can get the brands are at Target or Rexall. A wish came true today guys and a little bit of faith restored.

Get a clue

With Iggy Azaleas love note to Clueless a lot of people (me included) have remembered their love for Chers style. Accessory wise she kept it pretty simple. I would suggest over the knee socks, scrunchies, or barets. Layering is really important. You can buy tons of flowy shirts or lace ones at places like forever 21, ardenes, or even walmart.

Forever 21 21$

Forever 21 29$

Today when I was watching Fire Walk With Me I remembered I really love the late 80s and early 90s and how they blurred together in the first and last couple years. One thing I really loved in the movie was the makeup and hair.

The eyes are super simple. Laura (top) seems to be wearing a light almost greyish blue eyeshadow or eyeliner and eyeshadow one or two shades darker than her eyelid, it's brought up just to the browbone. The same goes for Donna (bottom) except shes wearing dark brown or black eyeliner. I would say a lengthening mascara was used although the lashes are not dramatic and look natural.

My favorite though is the lips! I would start out by moisturizing lips and then applying a lip liner and blending it in with a finger or brush to make it look more natural and never cakey. I would then apply more lip balm for that slight sheen. I would suggest and long lasting, moisturizing lip liner. I would describe the color they're wearing as fruit punch.

TRY: Nyx slim pencil, Maybelline color sensational lip liner or any of your favorites