The Lovely Miss Ella Lopez

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During quarantine, I found a new favorite show: Lucifer on Netflix! I had seen people talking about it a lot, and I was unsure of what to watch one night, so I decided to give it a try. I became obsessed. 

The show is about the Devil taking a vacation from Hell to Los Angeles. He meets a detective named Chloe, and they start solving murders together. Lucifer doesn’t hide the fact that he’s the Devil. In fact, he’s known for never lying. 

Every character, mortal and immortal, is extremely complex. The storylines are creative and fascinating, with stories and characters woven in from the Bible. I can’t get enough! When I read that Season 6 will be the last, I almost started crying. I guess all good things must come to an end.

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One of my favorite characters in the show is forensic scientist Ella Lopez. Even though she has a pretty morbid job, she’s always in a great mood. She’s optimistic, caring, funny, and protective. And she kicks ass at her job. Seriously, everyone at the LAPD would be lost without her. 

While I was watching the show one night, I realized that Aimee Garcia and I have pretty similar features. I decided that Ella would be the perfect cosplay! 

Ella is known for her witty graphic tees (while I’m quite the opposite), so I ordered this Heavy Metal shirt she wears off Amazon (to be honest, I actually really like it). I wore a light jacket like she does and grabbed some blue gloves. Thankfully, I have more than enough due to the pandemic.

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I tried a completely different hairstyle: a high pony with some hair left out in the front. My friends at The Introvert Room said I looked great in it, but I think that style belongs to Miss Lopez. I did some light makeup, put on my cross necklace, and perfected my side smile.

Overall, I am SO happy with how this look came out. Lucifer fans, what do you think?! 

Goth Fran Drescher

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dress. top (similar). heels (similar). tights. perfume. lipgloss.

I feel like in every year of my life, at least for the past few years, I’ve had a certain outfit or look that encompasses my personal style. Like, if I were a cartoon character, that would be the outfit I’m in for most of the series. This season, it’s been my snakeskin top and overall dress.

I stumbled upon these lovely pieces at H&M when I wasn’t even looking for them. I love a good snakeskin print, but I didn’t feel the need to buy any snakeskin until I saw this top. The cut and feel were perfect for me. Perfect to go under the black overall dress that was staring me down from across the store. 

I don’t necessarily try to be up on the trends like most kids nowadays, but the overall dress had been calling to me for a while. I bought a blue zip-up denim dress from Forever 21, but it wasn’t perfect. This one was. 

While we gazed at each other lovingly, I pictured all the shirts I’d wear under it, how cute it would look with tights. And before I knew it, she was in my closet.

As I had predicted, the snakeskin top and overall dress combo was a vibe. The first time I wore it out, I described myself as “Goth Fran Drescher,” which is honestly such a mood and the energy I want for the rest of my life. 

Of course, I wear the top and dress separately sometimes, but they’re better together. A true match made in H(&M)eaven. 

Remember Easter?

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top (no longer being sold at American Eagle). leggings. sneakers. sunglasses.

Jeez Louise, doesn’t April feel like it was ten years ago? I’ve been seeing so many memes about the “Early Quarantine” era and it’s making me nostalgic for my family’s first quarantine holiday: Easter!

I know I’ve said it a million times before, but my mom is the absolute best. She’s insanely optimistic and will never let anything get her down. We usually have a lot of holidays with my extended family, like Easter, which we obviously weren’t able to have this year. Even though I love Easter, it’s kind of a cursed holiday for us. One year we had to cancel because I had the flu (yes, in April, I have questions too), the next year we had to cancel because my mom had a stomach bug, and this year everything was canceled because of Miss Rona. 

But never fear, Queen Doreen is here! She still cooked us a lovely meal, set the table with a table cloth, napkins, glasses, and candles, and put some of my stuffed animals in the extra seats at our table. We all got dressy and put makeup on, like the pre-quarantine days. She made the holiday special even though it was much different from previous years. 

I kept things simple with some leggings, a dressy shirt, and white Converse. This top is adorable, but I never wear it! I thought Easter would be the perfect occasion because of the flowery details. It was really nice to do a full face of makeup too. 

Even though we made Easter fun, I would really like to fully celebrate the rest of the holidays in 2020. So if everyone could please wear a mask and socially distance, that would be great! Thanks!!!

Glam Pajamas

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top (similar). joggers. sneakers. lipgloss.

Happy August, my lovelies! I’ll spare you my surprise about how slowly yet quickly July went by. Time is irrelevant in the age of Coronavirus. 

When I posted this look to my Instagram, I referred to it as “chill-but-not-chill.” It consists of joggers, a shirt, and sneakers. Sounds pretty chill and casual, right? But I elevated things with my makeup and the fact that I wore a snakeskin shirt. I don’t necessarily categorize snakeskin as casual. In my eyes, it’s pretty badass. Not saying that you can’t be both casual and badass, but you know what I mean. At least I hope so.

Anyway, the inspiration from this outfit came from trying to decide what to wear to dinner at a fancy restaurant. I settled on “glam pajamas,” and thus this look was born. It quickly became one of my favorites. 

The only downside is that these joggers are quite temperamental. I fell in love with them and used to wear them all the time until I shrunk them in the dryer. Sad. So I bought another pair and managed to shrink those, even though I air dried them. 

So what I’m trying to say is, I love feeling comfortable while looking really cute, and if you know of any joggers that won’t shrink, please send them my way.

Over the Rainbow

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When I was about six, my theatre camp was performing The Wizard of Oz. I wanted to be Dorothy SO bad. Obviously, I didn’t get the part, since I was six years old. I was so upset and cried all the way home that day. Instead, I got the part of Tibia, a skeleton who took the place of the flying monkeys. I eventually warmed up to it since I had my face painted like a skeleton, which I thought was the coolest thing ever (I still think so, tbh).

I got the chance to live out my Dorothy dreams that Halloween, but it just wasn’t enough for me. So a couple weeks ago I decided to play dress-up and create a modern Dorothy look.

What do you think? Do you wanna see more cosplays from me? Let me know in the comments!