OOTD | The Great Grad Ball

So this was the dress I opted to wear, a beautiful blue number bought via Asos from Motel Rocks. I knew I wanted sequins, I knew I wanted long sleeves and I knew I couldn't afford the £54 it originally was. So I waited, and waited, for it to hop into the sale. Which it did. Yay! But alas I waited perhaps a day too long and though I did get it for a bargainous £27, I probably (read: definitely) could have done with the size up! But the die had been cast. I wanted to wear this dress and I wanted to be able to breathe in it. So I gave myself a little helping hand. I'm trying to change my lifestyle at the moment anyway, but having a target like this was great motivation. I started running more regularly, eating a bit healthier and I even purchased the most unflattering control underwear I have ever seen. All in the name of fashion. But it paid off and I'm keeping the running up too, so win-win!

 

These photos do not quite do the dress justice. In different lights it looked slightly more green, in others a nice, deep blue. In my head it was always blue though, which is why I chose to tailor all my make up to blue hues. I wanted natural looking make up - no lipstick, no blusher - with the exception of one standout application. The dress was so busy that I wanted my make up to be a complementary afterthought, so I opted for just a few dabs of glitter underneath each eye. I only decided to do that two days before my grad ball, after reading Company Magazine! I will recreate my eye make up in a step-by-step post, in case any one is interested in trying something similar themselves.