Hair Talk

 I pulled over at what I think/hope was an abandoned building to take these pictures and taped my sunglasses to my camera as a filter.

 I am still thinking about cutting my hair back to a bob. This is the longest I've ever had my hair in my life, and I really like having the option to do braids, but I'm just not good at styling it! My hair is very thin and I feel like the ends are just frizzy and dumb. But growing it from a bob back to this length will take forever... what you see here is 2 years of growth from the bob I had freshman year!
I will be dying it brighter in a week or so, though, for sure. I'mma try Manic Panic out!
I also pinned back my bangs today, and you can see my forehead! My hairline is really high, and I raise my eyebrows a lot, resulting in some fine lines on my head (I swear I'm only 20). My forehead is one of my biggest insecurities, and that's why I keep my bangs!

shirt: walmart, cropped

skirt: forever 21

cardigan, bag: thrifted

shoes: wanted

necklace: diy

Summer Schedule

Honestly, when I get Travis to take my pictures, they never turn out the way I want them to. He may look stunner in my shades, but he's good at research, not photography.

 School is so close to being over for the year!

My last day of classes was Monday, and I have two exams on the 27th and 29th. All my work for my studios is basically done! And I am really excited for the summer. Historically, summers haven't been my brightest moments (even though they're the sunniest times of the year hohoho) because I really like being busy. When I have nothing to do, I sleep in, get lazy, and start feeling really awful about myself. This year will be better, and I'mma tell you why:

1. My etsy shop. I'm going to flesh that sucker out and make tons more things. Handmade brooches, more art prints, hand printed clothes, and commissions galore are on the agenda.

2. My senior thesis. I'm going to start working on printing clothes and designing fabric patterns. So excited for this one, guys.

3. I'm going to the Grand Canyon in like 2 weeks. whaaaaat

4. I'm not going back to work at the mall.

Now I'm just antsy waiting for summer to start!

 This dotted dress was last year's stylish surprise from modcloth, and it's proven so versatile! Much better than the most recent one I got: a fushia prom dress.

sweater: thrifted + diy

shoes: thrifted

earrings: my sister made them for me a looong time ago

Red

 Reh eh eh ed Reh eh eh ed

You guys know that Taylor Swift song? Seriously, when was the last time I wore an outfit that didn't involve this color? I need to branch out.

I went to a park near campus to take these pictures, and it was beautiful with all the azaleas in bloom! Plus I basically had the park to myself aside from a few children and a giant ass crane that flapped past me. 

 If you look at my sock in this picture, you can see one of the tiny green inchworms that plagues my school this time of year. It's really like the worst time to live in Rock Hill because of the literally thousands of wormies that descend from the trees by strands of silk. They land all up in your hair, there ain't nothin' you can do about it! Plus, the air is so thick with pollen you can barely breathe. We've got some fertile trees up in here.

 I was pretty excited to find azaleas that matched my dress (which matched my lipstick)!

  dress: american eagle

floral top, belt: thrifted

necklace: forever 21

backpack: yeswalker

shoes: blowfish

Style Evolution

Hey guys! You're in for a special treat today... ugly old pictures of me. Ha.

I saw this cool feature on someone's blog. Here's a retrospective of my changing fashion sense as I grew up! Don't judge me.

 Kingergarden Rachel: I gotta say, my Mom is really the one who was dressing me at this time. I was born in 92, and I guess I was a product of the time. Lots of clashing prints and overalls and kitchy dresses. Sounds familiar, right? Check out that last picture. A windbreaker+printed leggings+hiking boots?

 Elementary School Rachel: Honestly, I dressed boring as hell in elementary school. I was dressing myself and it appears I was playing it safe. I remember wearing that purple shirt a LOT though.

 Middle School Rachel: Ok this is where it gets really embarrassing. Middle school is always the frumpy era, right? I seem to remember there being some pretty skinny girls in the 7th grade, but obvi I was not one of them! I wore the baggiest most unflattering stuff. Peasant skirts and hoodies all the way! Also Emma I am sorry this picture of you is now on the internet.

 Highschool Rachel: I wore a lot of blue jeans that I wrote on and converses. Mixing prints was my thing, and I layered everything up all the time. I used to get lots of compliments on my style in highschool, which I now think is weird.

College Rachel: Well, you know this stuff! I really held on to the whole mixing kitchy prints thing, but I like to think I look way classier now.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Profesh

 AGH why do my photos by the railroad tracks always turn out like poop?

I'll tell ya why. It's because I get hella sweaty trekking out there. And also because I'm not a good photographer haha.

I borrowed this dress from Erica, and I wore it for a Marketing presentation on a fake product called "Ab Wax Surf Wax." It's short for "Abstinence Wax" because one of our main competitors was "Sex Wax" which is real and I am not making it up. Here's the logo I designed for it LOL.

 Anyway, this dress is awesome, and the most awesome part of it is the full, twirly skirt! I would've loved to wear this out dancing, yknow, if I ever went out dancing.

 dress: Erica's

shoes, necklace: Modcloth

socks: Walmart

blazer: Goodwill (coolest find, amirite?)

bag: Fred Flare

Peace Out, Girl Scouts.

Over Whats

 Well well well it looks like I'm wearing overalls again! But they're shorts. does that make them overhalfs?

 My incredible cleverness aside, I really do love them (even if they give me a kangaroo pouch). I turned them into cut-offs this weekend and attempted to distress the ends with a cheese grater. I wasn't too successful, and I just ended up cheese grating my thumb. Yeah.
I wore this outfit to Walmart and the checkout lady was like "Oh what are you all dressed up for?" This is the second time I've gotten a comment on me being dressed up in freaking overalls! I don't know what's up with South Carolina.

 Check out all that green! Spring has sprung in the South for sure. We had about a week of my favorite weather (that's 65 and partly cloudy) before summer weather hit, but this day was nice and cool. The sweater was actually for warmth as opposed to decoration.

HAAY

dress (worn under the overalls): shopruche

overalls, sandals, sweater, hat: Goodwill

necklace: f21

bracelet: Modcloth

To finish this off, I want to thank you guys for all your words of encouragement on my last post. I really appreciate it. I feel so lucky to be part of such a nice community here.

P.S. I just found out that "thank you" is two words. I have been writing "thankyou" my whole damn life and I am praying I'm not the only person who didn't know this.