Saturday, October 11, 2008
hello, old friend.
6:36 AM
seventeen superstylin' 2008:
...was so awesome! (!!)
we went there to try and end up as finalists, but the two of us ended up being crowned Miss Fasio 2008 instead.
who'd have guessed?
it was, hands down, the best Summarissa outing ever.
They kicked off everything with a makeup session by Greg O, who was really funny ("remember, darlings- more is always more! more more more more!") and then a talk by Janice Pidduck (Seventeen's resident fashion writer) about the up and coming fashion trends for fall/winter 2008-- i like the folkloric, country chic, and dark angel trends especially that LBD was to die for.
it felt kinda funny cuz she was talking and the slides were flashing on the plasma tv screens and for some reason it kinda felt like we were having a fashion lesson in some couture school.
which was a weird feeling but it was neat. i mean- compared to learning about oogonia and dative bonding and semiferous tubules like we usually do in school.
then Nixem from Runway Concepts came onstage and it was a riot.
That guy has smexy legs, I swear. Talk about rocking the sex kitten stilettos.
he just put on the killer heels and sashayed down the runway like whoaaaa, work it, sweetie.
"if you've got it; flaaaaaunt it!"
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
then.
Kat went to the Fasio booth to get her makeup done, and I was standing there and watching and then one of the makeup artistes was all, "do you want your makeup done too?" and I already had a little eyeliner on but I said okay.
so she sat me down and did my mascara and stuff. I got to talking to her and we took piccies together (fashion bar's got gr8 lighting) and then i said thank you and went off but then later on when I was hanging around that general area again, these three people started buzzing amongst themselves and then asked me what contestant number I was, and then when I told them they handed me back to the makeup artiste and went, "...okay do her lips too. and her cheeks. and put more mascara. remember to do the lips." and I was all, "ulp wot's happening" but i went with the flow and sat down obediently while they started fussing over my makeup again.
which was when i started feeling just a little awkward, so I grabbed Cooper's hand and said "can you do her makeup too, then?" and made her sit next to me and get more makeup done.
realized I had to use the washroom, so I took Coop's hand again and we walked outside- which was when we glanced into a mirror and realized that (!!) our makeup had been layered on thickkkk. like, thick. really thick. and while it had looked incredible in the dim lighting of fashion bar, outside in broad daylight we kinda resembled drag queens...
so i did a little makeup improv with my own, with foundation to lighten the blush and a little clear lipgloss to lighten the original lipstick shade they'd used for me.
then i was satisfied so we went back into fashion bar.
in a little while, everyone started gathering around the runway again cuz the results were being announced. and omg wtfh.
Cooper and I = both Miss Fasio 2008
which was ttly unexpected and all (!)
i think we'll be having a shoot sometime late this year but things're tentative so we'll see.
but we were happy campers :) i like the mascara they used.
and i like being a fasio ambassador, too.
hurrah for the two Ms Fasioszzzz.
pictures with the editor and fashion&beauty writers of Seventeen.
after everything ended
we walked around and then got our hair done by the people from l'oreal-- who were completely boggled when they realized that yes, i do actually speak chinese. and then they were visibly impressed and started laughing HAHA yes i am effectively bilingual okay. multilingual, too, if you count elvish.
okay so we chatted and made friends with Jack, one of the lead hairstylists.
they plumped up my hair with lots of volume and did up really sexy curls which i absolutely lovvvved and cooper was ttly hot too she had the whole bombshell thing going on.
plus we got to take home lots of hairstyling products, since they didn't want to lug everything back home.
jack and the two jills.
got up onto the runway for pictures with Nixem
(who i realize is really really buff. wow.)
Nixem: "are you two the models too?"
Us: "uh..."
Jack: (headbutts in) "no no no don't steal them they're MY models!"
hahaha awww and ily too.
hung around fashion bar until i remembered that i wanted to get my black maxidress, so off we went. then I (lugging all my newly acquired hairproducts + fasio products + seventeen magazines + goodness knows what else) struggled my way to the bus stop and bussed down to farrer road. And then Samuel picked me up and drove me to his place and I watched Scooby Doo with Char and Ying (they are ahdorable, i swear) and laughed over the funny pictures of sam and his ac clique and I BET YOU STILL ACTUALLY DO READ ARTEMIS FOWL. you just don't want to admit it.
then teh mummy called, so sam sent me back home and hello what is wrong with big cars? i happen to love big cars i think they're the sex.
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...so yeah.
today was incredible.
Summarissa outings are the shizznit and i had crazyass loads of fun plus a whole load of crazyass cosmetics and a whole load of numbers and deals from crazyass crazyawesome people.
so here's to us.
we were never much of a Fab Four, but the truth of the matter is: Summarissa WILL always be,
and to quote Cooper:
"we rule the runway"
...love you, girlie XOXO
