Here on the beach + hot dude extra

A couple of weeks ago I went to the beach with my sister and mom, I'd post a more recent outfit but it's so hot I'll probably melt by just looking at more than one layer of clothes (more than bathingsuit/underwear, basically). I'm usually not a super sweaty person but last night it was so hot my hair got all sticky. Practicality wise, I'd rather have it be too cold than too hot. You can always just slap on more layers to keep you warm, however, when it's super hot and you're already wearing just the bare minimum to not be completely naked, there's nothing you can do about it. I have the worst time sleeping in warm weather too, I'm so happy to have a fan in my bedroom. It's a particularly nice one too:

OOH SNAP that was a terrible joke. I wish he was a fan of mine. And in my bedroom. The weather isn't doing anything good for my hormones. This dude is one of my recent finds, I wasn't particularly enamored with him in "Game of Thrones" because he's a total dickwad and the blonde hair doesn't do him any justice. I barely recognise him with the short, dark hair. He's SO FINE it's not even fair. I think I have a thing for dark eyebrows. If you don't recognise him either, he's the Khaleesi's brother. His name is Harry Lloyd and you know you will be googling him. MOVING ON.

As I was telling you, I went to the beach a couple a weeks ago, the weather was beautiful and just warm enough, with a cool breeze, to comfortably lie around on a towel, reading a book, laughing without any reason whatsoever and falling asleep. Thanks to my rigorous routine of slapping on suntan lotion I didn't even get burned a little! It's a rare, joyous event when I can go to the beach with my fair as hell skin and come back slightly colored instead of lobstery red. No make up either, which you can see by the honker of a pimple on my chin. :-D I did like seeing my summer freckles make an appearance. Let's be honest, we don't want our face running down our face when we just want to mozy around on a hot day. And if you're planning on going for a swim you're bound to get some salty water in your eyes, than you'll rub your eyes, than you have raccoon eyes from the mascara... you're better off to just go commando, face wise. Or, if it's that kind of beach, completely, if you will. Soaking up the sun is always better with a bare face! Also, I got some wonderful compliments on this "au naturel look" of mine. I like playing around with colorful make up and I love all different kinds of looks but I'm so glad I'm not too insecure anymore to confidently go out without make up. The thirteen year old me would be horrified at first but also super proud and happy to see I've come a long way. If anything, I'd like to think that I turned out like the cool girl I wanted to be. Confident enough to be myself in every way, whether it's stating my opinion on something important to me, standing up for myself or being able to feel perfectly confident in my skin, scantily clad without any make up. Also, I have had every color of the rainbow as a haircolor and I have a kickass nosering. If that wouldn't make the thirteen year old me proud, I don't know what would! :-D

I have a total beach babe thing going on in these pictures. Also: BECAUSE WE'RE WORTH IT. It needs to be said when you do a hairflip.

and of course silly pictures of me and the sis:

total tanline on my ass, there. It looks a little burned too. AW MAN, I didn't leave the beach burn-free after all. :-(

When being silly, there has to be a prima ballerina pose somewhere in there. It's a rule. Last picture with my fashionable, big hat-wearing momster:

I'll see you later, my lovelies!

P.S.: I just got started on twitter, I have to figure out how I can use it the best but hey, at least I'm there already! Say hi at https://twitter.com/The_Canon_Girl!

Shine on you crazy diamond

As I told you in my last post, me and my sis went to the Lokerse Feesten past tuesday to see The Beach Boys and The Australian Pink Floyd Show. When I bought the tickets I bought them especially for The Beach Boys, not even being aware of the fact that Aussie Floyd would be there. Little did I know that Aussie Floyd would be the highlight of the evening! The Beach Boys were fun, the first half of the set was kind of boring with all the songs having the exact same rhythm/sound. Of course there were fun parts when they played "Good Vibrations", "Barbara Ann" and some other hits, it was just a bit disappointing that they didn't play more hits. Also, we stood next to a really irritating lady who tried to get her boyfriend excited for the music by singing loudly into his face. I don't think he was very pleased. :-D

After The Beach Boys we were able to go all the way to the front of the stage, strangely a lot of people went away after TBB. Two super sweet, tall Dutch girls asked us if we wanted to stand in front of them because they were aware of the fact that they could look over our heads while we would be looking at their backs. Which would also be good if I rolled that way but I'd rather look at the musicians, being heterosexual. :-D Aussie Floyd opened with "Shine on you crazy diamond" and I got instantly teary eyed. I just love Pink Floyd music so much and they did an absolutely amazing job with preserving the atmosphere and quality of the original music. They even got me to appreciate the music more! If I closed my eyes it was almost like listening to the real deal. With a big laser show and blow up dolls, it was a wonderfully entertaining show. "Wish you were here" got me crying, of course, because it's one of my favorite songs in the history of all music and hearing your favorite songs live is always magical. I cried when Roger Daltrey did "See me, feel me" last year, too. It touched my heart. I'm also still a bit of an emotional wreck these days so I don't need much to get the ol' waterworks running. As one of the many highlights of the show, hearing "Another brick in the wall" live was awesome. Hearing everyone around you yell "HEY! TEACHERS! Leave them kids alone!", pure epicness. As you can read, I was overwhelmed by the greatness of the band. Coverbands will always get a lot of shit because they will never be the real deal but Jebus Rice, I will never be able to see the real deal so I gladly "settle" for the Australian Pink Floyd Show! If they ever come to Belgium again I won't hesitate to go once more and I can recommend them to anyone. It was perfection!

I have extra love for Pink Floyd because my big brothers and sister were always crazy about them too. Listening to their music always makes me think of my family. Most classic rock does, my dad gave every one of us his love for music and for that, I will be eternally grateful. Music is one of the best things in life and I hope that, if I ever have a kid of my own, I will be able to instill that same passion for music. To me, there's almost no feeling as good as standing in a crowd, screaming your lungs out, forgetting everything you were and will be, for that moment just being part of the music.

Now for my outfit:

Make up:

earrings and pants: H&M
cardigan: 3 suisses
band T: punk shop in Canterbury, forgot the name :-D you can probably find it online too!
shoes: converse
belt: thrifted

nailpolishes: all catrice, the first orange color a brandless stripertool I got secondhand. 
glitterpolish: essence

Thanks to the momster for taking my outfit pictures! I'll leave you with two pictures of me and my big sis and her badass legging, I had a wonderful time as I always do with her and she's been a great support to me! LOVE YA SIS

P.S.: If you're feeling in the mood to listen to some good music, this is my current favorite!
Pink Floyd - Time

Funky geek

I'll do another super EMO post soon but for now I'm just gonna give you an outfit I was very pleased with myself. The legging was a great H&M buy, as was the pants in my last post by the way, and one of the things I bought in the sales in july. I bought this legging, an ombre green leopardprint skinnyjeans, the paisley printed harem pants from last post, bright pink capri's, a super sexy black and white dress that I will be saving for a first date and spikey earrings. All H&M! And I have muchos troubles with finding nicely fitting pants. All the pants I bought (two of them being jeans!) fit like gloves. Super lucky and sexy! I love wearing pants nowadays. I've had a year or a year and a half of wearing just dresses and midiskirts but now I really feel like pants. LIKE WEARING THE PANTS IN MY LIFE, YO. Also, I like looking at my ass in pants. I really do. To quote my big sis, when I look at my ass in tight pants I always feel like going KEPOW!:

I seriously don't care what people say about wearing leggings as pants. I have an ass, I know it and I ain't afraid to show it! As long as there's no cameltoe involved, I'm good. I'm also just really a sucker for legwear with prints.

Orange lipstick! I love it.

leggings: H&M
shirt: hottopic
boots: H&M
earrings: fleamarket
shrug: 3suisses
bag: amazon


So many "fashion faux pas" in one post, it's disgusting. The leggings as pants, non slimming legwear, a shirt with a high neckline for someone with big boobs, blue eyeshadow and orange lipstick. And of course, not being a twelve year old boy while wearing a Legend of Zelda T. LUCKY WE DON'T CARE, right my peeps? :-D