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I know I know, another update and no real content. I promise, last one.

Next Saturday we will be returning to your scheduled content, what may be the last of the Reinventing series (depnding on if I can get everything in one little piece), and we'll be starting a weight loss series. I think this will be weekly, otherwise I simply won't stay motivated, and will be on Wednesdays

As the Reinventing series ends a new one will take its place on Saturdays, Weekly Lolita. This will be pictures of lolitas I find inspiring or that sand out, have something special and it'll run through my tumblr so that the pictures can be put into the slideshow in the side bar.

Also, book reviews! these will be once a month, probably at the end of the month, with the book I've chosen announced on the first. As you know, I've already announced this months, How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less.

And that's it for today! See you Wednesday for the first of the Weight Loss Weekly (any ideas for snazzy names?)

Possible new weeklys!

Two posts in two days?! What kind of madness is this?!

Well I wanted to let you all know some of the possibilites to be coming up for a new weekly, maybe multiple if I can swing it.

Weight loss weekly. (Diets, exercise, inspiration, recipes)
Lolitas of the week (What I feel to be the best posts on Daily_Lolita for those who don't want to actually check it every day.)
Life, Lolita (Things to bring a little lolita into day to day life.)
Gathering Lolitas (A sort of guide to planning meet-ups.)

Thoughts?

Celeste

Reinventing yourself; Part 4: Staying True

If you’ve been going through this series there’s a good chance you’re not happy with you’ve been. It’s a good sign of wanting to change, it means you’re open to seeing your flaws and improving yourself. However, there’s a dangerous trap that you can fall into during this process. It’s not uncommon to forget yourself during this time of change, but it’s important that you realize this and prevent it.

Don’t forget that the old you is still you, you were that way for a reason and it isn’t a totally bad thing. Accept the way you were, your flaws, your quirks, remember them. Maybe you were shy, and that’s okay, just because you’re into Lolita now doesn’t mean you can’t be shy. If it makes you really uncomfortable talking to people or being forward then that’s okay, be shy, but work slowly on being more comfortable with being forward when you need to.

Maybe you loved comics before you decided to reinvent yourself and maybe that love no longer fits with the pin-up bombshell you see yourself as now, but you still love reading Gotham City Sirens. Well still read it! Don’t give up things you love just because they don’t ‘fit’.

So remember darlings, you’re creating an image, a character you can be when you want or need to. You are still yourself, you are still unique and you can still keep all the things you love. Don’t lose yourself in changing yourself.

Reinventing; Part 3: Your enviorment

Time for another weekly edition of the Reinventing series!
 If you're new to this little 'class' here's Part 1 and Part 2.

I've been very bad and not keeping up lately. Life has been crazy, but more on that later.

This time we're talking about....

Your Environment(I)

By this I mean the space around you, your room, dorm, whatever you chose (and is appropriate). I know a lot of people consider bringing lolita into your room in an all out way somewhat lifestyle (and therefor often 'elitist' or 'bad') but I don't think so. I also doesn't have to be lolita. My own room is going under some major changes lately that will be making it more lolita, but it won't scream it. I'm not going to have lace and tea sets everywhere with my embroidery project sitting on my window sill. When finished my room will be a space I love, with all aspects of myself, lolita and otherwise, included in it.

Now, where to start?

I suggest painting. It is the quickest major change you can make really. It is also somewhat counter productive to put up new curtains and shelves and ll sorts of stuff just to take it down right after to paint. The only exception I can think of is renovating.  If your going o be knocking down a wall there's no sense in painting it.

So today, we'll talk about painting.

First, think of your favorite colour. Mine is teal, but teal doesn't look very good on a wall, especially in a rather small room. The case may be the same for say, fire engine red or canary yellow or even brown if you have a small room.

So next, think of the feeling you want. Does your favorite colour or shade match this? I went down to basics of blue to give myself more choice. I wanted a calming feel to my room. I have a lot of anxiety problems and often isolate because of it, so I need a space that can settle my mind. Thankfully, blue matches this. This is something very important to consider, because even if your heart is set on red and you want a calm space, it really isn't going to work and painting over it will be a nightmare.

A quick colour and emotion guideline of both positives and negatives. These are all generalizations and all have exceptions. First are cool colours and then warm.

Blues = Calming or Cold and Unfriendly

Green = Harmony and Refreshment or Boredom

Violet(Purple) = Luxury or Introversion

Grey = Neutrality or Lack of energy and confidence

Yellows = Energizing, Uplifting or Anxiety

Red = Passion and Warmth or Aggression

Orange = Fun, Frivolity or Immaturity

Brown = Warmth, Earthiness or Seriousness and Lack of humor

And then ones that don't really fit either are of course..

White = Purity and Sophistication or Sterility and Coldness

Black = Glamour and Security or Heaviness and Menacing

Another factor to remember when choosing a colour is that dark colours make a room feel smaller. Reflection of light makes things feel bigger, so to combat this you can use tricks, but tit will always seem a bit of a tighter space. They make excellent accent colours against bright ones though and balance them out nicely.

Now to pick out your colour!

I suggest looking around you at colours you like that you think would work well and then going to the store to match them as best you can. Be sure to look at all the options, even ones you aren't really considering. You may find something you didn't expect to love.

I settled on this colour.

A pleasant, soft, blue. Very calming and very subtle with bit of grey. Elegant, but not to lavish. Perfect for me.

I suggest getting a few testers if you're unsure of the colour you want. I did this for the baseboards in my room. I love the match of brown and blue and love wooden baseboards, but there was no way I was going around ripping up baseboards and buy expensive, pretty wood ones. So, I faked it. I can't find the colour I used, but it was a nice dark brown with a yellow base to be opposite of the blue.

Now that you have your colour, paint away! I'm sure you all know the basics on painting, so I'll end this here today. The environment bit is probably going to last two more weeks and then we'll move on. Next time we will be making your room match your snazzy new paint job!

Reinventing: Part 2; Picking a 'new' You

Hello again darlings!

If you haven't already I suggest checking out our last part of the lesson, Reinventing: Part 1.

Now, in this one we get to talk about one of my favorite things; creating an alias! It's just so darn fun pretending to be someone else! We're not going to be looking at making a totally new self for lolita, then we'd just be playing dress-up instead of expressing ourselves. We are going to be using some of the same basic ideas though.


First things first!

Reinventing: Part 1; First steps and an Intro

I've decided to open up things with a little series.

Over the next few weeks I want to reinvent myself, it's something I go through often. I get antsy, restless and bored and the easiest thing to change is yourself, so that's where I head!

During this series I'm not going to ask why you want to change yourself, that's all yours, but if you want to tell me I'd be glad to know.
(Personally, I'm restless and unhappy with myself and my life. I feel like I need a clean slate to get where I want to be.)
This will not be a perfect little "How to be the perfect hime/sweet/kuro/etc." list.
This is also not a "You must do" list. Take as more... suggestions; maybe even guidelines.