The summer slipped away; welcome autumn.

I realized that I've got plenty of photos I haven't put here yet ranging from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn, so here we go. Starting with puffin elegance because yes I've made these puffin hairclips in all possible colours.

Hveragerði's ice cream day casual coord. Except that when we got there it was so windy that my hairstyle was immediately torn to pieces and it was pure luck I didn't lose the poor puffin. ;^;

We also had our first autumn storm which was a bit surprising because they usually hit us in October. I went to walk in it for fun because I have a weird idea of what constitutes as fun.

Hair art by the SO. Not sure whether to call it a heart or a certain part of male anatomy. :D

More food news from Reykjavík: there's a donut stall on the side of Ingólfstorg that sells mini donuts. Super yummy!

Best part of autumn: layers and layers of sweaters and scarves. 

I think the shoulder thingy (scarf? cape? shoulder-ette?) is crocheted by either my mother or my grandmother. It's cute and warm. :3

Naturally the drunk-knit bubble sweater has been dug out a long time ago, the first cold day in fact. I missed it! Btw new shoes - well, new from a flea market -new.

Hoping you too will have a warm autumn and chai tea, cinnamon coffee, hot toddies and mulled wine and oh, isn't it soon time to prepare for Kekri/Halloween...?

A random outfit - otome? Mori?

Autumn colours and a huge sweater, new shoes (well, freshly bought from a flea market anyway), the puffin hat is a bonus. :3

Triple-plait hair tutorial for otome, mori, lolita etc.

I made a quick tuto for a simple, yet impressive looking hairstyle. It works even better if your hair's a bit longer than mine.

1. Divide your hair into two sections. Separate a small section of hair on the other side from behind the ear and make a small plait.

2. Plait the rest of the hair as shown. As you can see my plaits are a bit loose but tight plaits work just as well.

3.& 4. Attach all three plaits over or on top of your head (depending on how long the plaits are) with bobby pins. You can try to tuck the ends of the plaits under each other, it makes the whole do look neater.

5. Decorate!

A fun hairstyle.

 

Warm days, cold days. Right now it's almost impossible to figure out which one you'll have the next day. There's been days when the weather is T-shirt toasty and others that, as shown above, demand a wool coat, sweater and a scarf.

Here's that hairstyle again. It's a bit messy, apologies - as you see in the first photos the wind had a go at it.

Side view. The band of roses in the back is a separate piece and only used as decoration. It's the more simple band underneath it that's doing all the work.

You can create this style with a very simple hairband as well. Just put it around your head and start tucking your hair underneath it in sections starting from the front, attach with pins when needed.

When done decorate to taste!

Edit: OH HAY I FOUND A TUTORIAL WITH GOOD PHOTOS:

Same basic items, different accessories.

Going through some old entries made me happen across a meme that I had abandoned halfway. While this is not unusual by any means - any meme to wander to my direction better prepare its heart because I'll dump it before we're even through - one challenge in it caught my eye. Create two completely different looks around the same main items. 

I attempted three and a half but you know, I felt like that old lonely meme deserved at least a pat on the head.

Onward!

The two main items are a vintage shirt and a selfmade skirt, plus a set of lace tights I may have bought from Gina Tricot if memory serves. The first coord is classic lolita.

Pullover: offbrand

Shoes: Dinsko

Necklace: vintage

Hair accessories: selfmade

Second: mori rori (sry I could NOT stop myself ok).

Lace tunic: selfmade

Shoes: offbrand

Lace collar that's seen in the first photo: vintage

Socks: offbrand

Ring: vintage

Hair accessories: selfmade

Third, and the most ambitious coord: wa-lolita.

Obi: selfmade

Obiage: selfmade

Shoes: offbrand

Hair accessories: selfmade

And then the half coord. It's still the wa-lolita one with some further additions.

Everything's same as in the previous one except

Zori: offbrand

Haori: vintage

Layers, I loooove layers!

I had a bit of a mori-esque day. That hairstyle's super easy to make by the way: just divide your hair in two, make two plaits and attach them right behind the fringe. Then hide the ends with a rose band or what have you.

Apologies for the huge photos. Naaah kidding, I don't regret a thing! Everything I wear is more or less a second-hand find so alas, once again I cannot make an outfit rundown.