Now, that's not to say that it isn't slightly over rated. I mean, I'll be the first to say that I'd rather not dance to Nicki Minaj. I'm more of an eighties girl. I waited all night only to be disappointed that Come on Eileen was not played at least a hundred times. I felt robbed.
The other thing about prom is, unless you go with a date, you're not really supposed to have a great time. Prom is for corsage exchanging, slow dancing, and romancing. Lol, PSYCH. That's BS my friends. Truthfully most of the adults I've talked to can't even remember who they went to prom with. The ones that do remember usually say they went with their girl friends and had a blast. So go with your girl friends, and guy friends, and friends and have a blast! I went with a girl group for both Junior and Senior prom; I could not have imagined a better bunch to go with.
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| Girl Group Last Year (2014) |
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| Girl Group This Year (2015) |
Now some of you are probably wondering about my dress. I've got to tell you. Between both Junior and Senior year if you added the price of the two dresses together they did not exceed thirty-seven dollars. That's right. The first year I got my dress at a vintage store in dowtown Portland. It was the exact color, length, and size I wanted. I expected it to be somewhere between fifty and seventy dollars. It was thirty-seven. I still have the price tag to prove. This year I spent exactly zero dollar on my dress. What? Yes. That's right. ZERO. How so? Well there is an annual event in Portland, Oregon called Abby's Closet. Basically it's a prom dress give away for high school girls.
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| Prom Last Year (2014) |
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| Prom This Year (2015) |
It was there I found the dress of my dreams. I was aiming for a Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon (To Catch a Thief) kind of look. The dress wasn't chiffon, but it was chif-fine. (I'll see myself out) It was a bright baby blue with an empire waisted beaded top. Thee dress of my dreams. I found a white shawl as well with flowers that I wore over this. It was very Grace Kelly-esque.
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| Grace Kelly in Blue Chiffon (Edith Head) |
My shoes were shiny and silver and Franco Sarto. That's all I know. I LOVED them though, and they were super comfortable.
For my hair I went for a sixties glamour queen look. (I'm aware I mixed eras) I pinned the top of my hair up so that the ponytail appeared to be teased.
Makeup. I'm horrible with this kind of thing. For the base I used Macs sparkly paint pots. (a grayish color) Over that I had a very light blue eye shadow. (almost white, but not quite) and on top of that I had black eyeliner and mascara. I did put eye concealer on but not foundation. I wore a rosy-pink blush, and gold tinted lipstick. (Don't worry it wasn't Gaga extreme at all)
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| Makeup selection (Elf, Clinique, Mac, Clarons, etc...) |
I don't own makeup setting spray. I wish I did, but I wear such a minimal amount of makeup that I seldom have use for it. However, I did theatre in high school, and I still had my finishing powder. (I think it's supposed to prevent the makeup from wiping off) So I used that, and it worked. (I don't think I would recommend this though, because it could have been pure luck as far as I know)
For my jewels I kept it simple. I wore my moms earring that are somewhat hard to describe so I'll show a picture. (A picture has a lot more to say than I do apparently) They were a sea turquoise color. They changed according to light which was super cool.
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| The earring I wore (designer unknown to me) |
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