-Alison Mosshart=

I have a bit of a thing for Alison Mosshart. I have a bit of a big thing for her actually.

When I was in high school and I'd run around in my band shirts and my ridiculous Jnco jeans, in my mind's eye, it was someone like Mosshart I really wanted to be dressing like.

Clearly, not a whole hell of a lot has changed.





Mosshart's signature look tends towards darks, band shirts, tight pants, flat ankle boots and, more often than not, a leopard print jacket. And needless to say, it's absolutely up my alley.




Truth is, the only thing I would substitute on a mock up of her wardrobe is the shoes, but that's only because I'm a heel horse. I honestly need them in my life.



1. T-shirt from Sixpack France - $40
2. AE Boyfriend style jeans - $40
3. Silver tone cross from Forever 21 - $6
4. Jessica Simpson Waleo pumps in Miami Green suede - $90
5. Top Shop nautical stripe cardi - $130

All in all, it's a low key look, but as Ms. Mosshart proves, it's all in how you damned well carry it. The best accessory you are ever going to have is swagger.

The Kills - Black Balloon:


The Dead Weather - Die By the Drop:


And lest we forget a little animal print, may I present my nails for this week:

-Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday-

I was bad. I indulged myself today. And I liked it.

It's been a while since I peeled off a couple bucks and tossed it towards me being a girl and so off I trotted to Sephora. A few months back they gave me one of those trial sized body washes from Philosophy as my birthday gift from them. It's their Vanilla Birthday Cake flavor and I find it entirely sweet and endearing. The best part is, it's multi purpose. While it's great as a body wash, it's even better as a shampoo. I've been twitterpated with it since getting it and so today I finally caved and bought a full bottle of the stuff.



For good measure I went ahead and snapped up another Kat von D Tattoo Liner, this time in Lapdance, which is a rich eggplant and while on a Red Bull run, I had an impulse and bought one of Revlon's new lip stain line, this one in Midnight, which is a vampy wine color.

I also decided to go ahead and give Sally Hansen's Salon Effects nail polish strips. These things have been making the rounds on a lot of the nail blogs, especially given the huge press around products like Minx and as a slightly cheaper alternative to OPI's version. For $10, I'm massively impressed. I even convinced my mom to go get some done too, they're that amazing.



Now, with all this unexpected splurging, I couldn't invest in any new clothes this week without completely burying myself, but that's okay, because while cleaning my room out a few days ago, I unearthed one of my favorite shirts of all time:



Anyone familiar with Cat and Girl, will probably get a kick out of my Future Corpses of America shirt. Lurve it, yo.

-Glimpsing the Boudoir-

So the lady wife recommended that I take a gratuitous pic of the products I use on a typical basis and regale you all with them.

Now, I'm a firm believer in "happy wife, happy life" and there for am doing exactly as I have been told:



My daily routine is honestly fairly sparse, despite how it may look in the picture. I'm extremely fair skinned and extremely paranoid about looking aged because of sun damage so a good moisturizer is a must for me. Especially one with an SPF in it. I tend to rotate through DDF ($60 from Sephora) and Oil of Olay ($8 from Walgreens) at various points in the week. There really is no rhyme or reason for why I do that, only that I tend to grab whatever is nearest at hand.

Two things my mother turned me onto in the last year that I never gave two shits about before are foundation (namely Philosophy's The Supernatural $30) and corrective products (Again, Philosophy, this time their Hope is Not Enough facial serum ($30 from Sephora).

Ive spouted off about how much I love The Supernatural before, and my zest for this stuff hasn't wanned at all. It's a whip cream texture that feels like there is zip on you and provides amazing coverage for pores. If there is one investment makeup you'll ever make, I suggest going after that one.

I like to take the three step rule when it comes to the actual makeup though. If you need more than three products, you need to edit. Lately, it's been pruned down to mascara, liner and tinted balm. Two of these products I've already mentioned on Magnolia (Palladio lip balm and Kat von D's Tattoo Liner), and just like my foundation choice, I have yet to find anything fault with them and nothing better has presented itself as yet, so they're staying in my bag.

However, I recently picked up Rimmel's Lash Accelerator Mascara. I'll admit, my sole purpose in buying this one was the flashy chartreuse packaging. It's my favorite color and I'm shamelessly attracted to it. Luckily, it turned out to be a solid buy. I don't know if it's really enhancing my lashes like it proclaims, I'll have to get back with Brooke Shields about that one.

I'm a nail polish whore. I have been since that glorious day in middle school when I came home and found on my dresser a bottle of ballet pink Revlon nail polish and a tube of Lip Smackers from my mother who felt it was time to gussy up her Tom Boy. Point of fact, I feel a little weird when I'm not wearing nail polish. Ergo, I always keep the bottle of whatever shade I'm wearing close by and ready for touch ups.

A new nightly ritual I've recently adopted is to tap a bit of Smith's Mint Rose Balm on my lips right before bed. It makes me feel all kinds of girly and crap.



As past posts have revealed I've become quite the little fumehead in the last year and my perfume collection is ever growing.

I know there's a major school of thought that a woman should have a particular signature scent (the one that reminds old lovers of her whenever they come across it), but I'm big on scenting for mood and for the person I'm going to be around. If I plan on being around my girl Chel, I make sure to spray a little L'eau d'Issey because I know it reminds her of happy memories with her gran. If I'm going to be around a man I'm attracted to, I wear something with amber in it because to me it's such a womanly scent and it makes me feel sexy. At night I rub on a little Versace Bright Crystal because I find it relaxing.

Fragrance is a very "mix to meet your situation" kind of adornment. That's why I love it so much.

I also wanted to include the picture of my dresser because it features the mirrored jewelry box I was lusting after months ago and gifted myself. I'm quite smitten.

Hopefully, this will keep the lady wife at bay and possibly inspire you all to take a look at what rituals you observe in front of the mirror.