OOTD: Ruffle shorts, take deux.

So as I mentioned before, I purchased the Urban Outfitter's ruffle tap shorts in grey and even recently featured an OOTD with them. (which, by the way! I figured out what was wrong in the pictures. The grey/black tank I wore under the pink shirt! Totally needed a tan/nude tank under. Duh.) The 2's were too big on me, but not by much. Still, I thought the 0's would be better, and they definitely are. In the waist, that is. Somehow, one size smaller also means tons shorter. Yipes. These babies are definitely short-shorts! But it's OK because I still love them so. I wanted to try another outfit with the correct size, but because of the seeming shorter-ness (um...), I wanted to do more conservative on top. I was inspired by Chloe's recent post featuring these shorts and decided to try something similar for myself.

ALSO, you beauty blogging ladies (and I know you're reading! That was my ploy all along, actually. Start a fashion blog and pretend like I know something about clothes and fashion just to get some beauty girls to help me figure out the wide-and-confusing-world of makeup and hair-doing and general prettiness)... might notice the pinkish lips in some of the pics. I decided to get a lipstick--L'Oreal's endless lipstick in Never Ending Rose, as I've been wanting to try a pink color for my lippies. It is a bit brighter in person-- the lighting was dim and I couldn't really catch the color well in the photogs. What do you think? Can I pull it off? Can I pull of even pinker? Or even a bright red? (Help.)

(bum shot, to show ya'll that the back is totally ruffled, too!)

Jacket: F21 peplum jacket

Shirt: F21 purple ruffle tank (it looks black here, but it's purple)

Shorts: UO ruffle tap shorts

Shoes: Badgley Mischka 

Belt: F21 gold flower belt

Necklace: the jewelry bar, again. :)

Oh and guess what? Today is D-Day... or H-Day. I'm getting my hair did today, so let's say a prayer for the poor Aveda Institute student who has no idea what she's about to deal with. Oh yeah, and pray that I no longer have to post pictures with my heinous roots.