YouTube Channel Up!

I finally got my Youtube channel up and running, so please check out my video tutorials at SeoulLovely and suscribe! I have 3 posted so far: the daytime date look I described, and Hyorin and Bora's looks from the Shake It MV! Feel free to comment with requests for looks from other MVs!

Sorry for the poor quality, but I haven't been able to invest in the proper equipment yet lol. Korean speaker, I'm sorry if my accent is atrocious! I'm doing my best kkkk.

Kisses,

Angela

K-pop Style: SISTAR - Shake It

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SISTAR - Shake It by luhunnie 

Last week my fitsperation was SISTAR and the girls are  back with a fierce summer hit "Shake It!" Although I don't consider it particularly groundbreaking--it's right in line with the rest of SISTAR's summer singles--I enjoyed the song and the dance a lot! I really enjoyed some of the looks too! Above is my attempt to make them wearable. My favorite look from the MV was the black and white schoolgirl look that Bora was rocking! I found a dupe of her heart t-shirt you can roll up into a crop style and pin if you feel confident! The same goes for the lip shirt on the left that Dasom wore. As I said, these aren't the exact looks, but my interpretation of them. :)

I loved all the footwear choices, particularly Bora's Union Jack Doc Marten's and her hot pink pumps over the sheer socks! The Batman bag is a nod to Hyolyn's DC comics print jeans. As for jewelry, SISTAR likes to bling it up a lot. I'm personally not a fan of huge jewelry, but their looks aren't complete without massive gold hoop earrings! 

When it comes to makeup, Their eye makeup stayed fairly natural and they opted for bright pops of color on lips instead. Hyolyn's matte cool pink lips looked great with her tan! To get that fresh flush of bright red on the lips that doesn't look heavy, try Revlon's balm stain in Romantic! This stuff is one of my HGPs and can create a perfect gradient lip or all over stain. Don't forget to liberally apply black curling mascara! 

I left out their sporty looks in the second half of the MV cuz I wouldn't wear those unless I'm exercising. Their figures look sooooooo amazing though! I wanted to just dissolve into a puddle of tears by the end of the MV. I guess that diet tea is working! What do you think of the MV?

I'm excited about seeing the live performances! SISTAR has some of the best vocals of the girl groups imo, and after watching the dance practice video I think they'll do great with the live performances! 

Honestly, I'm usually more into the guy groups, so expect some posts on fashion inspired by guy groups! If you can to see some past looks I've put together on EXO, B1A4, etc, check out my polyvore profile by clicking on the image. :)

It looks like the winner of the poll is Hyolyn (she does have some great curves), so I'll be doing a makeup tutorial on her look from the MV soon! 

What do you think of K-pop fashion in general? Does it ever inspire your daily look? Which groups have had the biggest influence on your style? ^ ^ 

Kisses,

Angela

Diet Week 1: Successes and Failures

Here I am to check in a week after starting my diet...

This is tough. Seriously tough. I know a lot of readers can relate to the struggle, but I'm always overwhelmed with how difficult dieting is at first. I've managed to lose about 1 kilo since I started (maybe 2lbs?) last week, but it fluctuated up and down the whole time. I'm not trying to dismiss my progress, but it really feels like a drop in the bucket compared to what I have to lose. Still...if I continue to lose 1kg a week, after about 40 weeks I should be golden! Let's focus on the big picture.

Maybe slower is actually better. I can tell you right now there's no way I'll be able to fully stick to Miranda's diet as I posted last week. It's just not realistic for my lifestyle at the moment, but it's definitely something to aspire to (juicing and all!). Of course, not being able to go out much adds an extra layer of challenges. I should be happy because I have more time to prepare food, but instead I'm spending all my extra time thinking about what I'm going to eat that day. I mean, replacing social interaction with food would be a lot more fun if I could eat whatever I wanted! Pizza and Netflix makes isolation so much more tolerable.

My spirit animal.
(Adventure Time copyright CN)

Now I'll talk about what worked for me and what didn't over the last week.

What worked:

• Drinking lots of water. I drank about 2 liters of water a day for the last week. It hasn't really made me less hungry, but I definitely feel better overall when I'm well hydrated. I think my skin is clearer too! 
• Eating more fruit and veggies. I just did my best to get 2 servings of fruit a day, even if it's all at once in a smoothie.
• Eating more salads. Ok, I only ate a few salads...but a few is better than none, right? ^^;;
• Eating less dairy. Except for some fat free milk in my cereal sometimes, or occasionally a small slice of cheese on a sandwich, I've been able to avoid dairy pretty well. I love cheese so much, but it's just so bad for me T-T
• Lemon and ACV in hot water every morning. It wakes me up and my body seems to like it. ^^
• Cutting out sugar. Leaving sugar alone was much easier than leaving carbs, cheese, pr soft drinks (which I guess is sugar too). I even baked a chocolate cake in my rice cooker, frosted it with cream cheese frosting, and gave the whole thing to my bf yesterday. It was hard, not gonna lie. 

What didn't work:

• Giving up cola. This is the big one! I managed to only drink Coke Zero which is calorie free, but I really want to shake the habit for good! That stuff is poison. I thought sparkling water was ok, but my nutritionist said all sparkling drinks expand your stomach and cause you to eat more. That just sucks! I'm trying to switch to iced Mate tea, which you might know from the Sistar commercial with the catchy song and hot guys. Cycle Body Bora, Pool Body Soyou, Party Body Dasom, and Club Body Hyolyn? Did they really get those figures by drinking this tea? I doubt it, but whatever. I want those S-lines!!!! Gimme teaaaaaaaaa!

• Preparing all my own meals. It's so hard, y'all! I don't even have the excuse of "Omg I'm sooooo busy!" cuz I'm really not these days. It's just hard to go from preparing just dinner 3-4 nights a week to preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day. I can't lie and say I did that, but I will try harder next week. I did manage to prepare some yummy healthy meals.
• Giving up carbs except for controlled portions of brown rice. Yeah, um, FAAAAAIL. It was so hard to give up my bread! I bought some healthy whole grain rye from the bakery and ate it up so quickly! Gotta ration that better next time!

So there's my little update. I'll check in again next week with measurements and comparisons between Korean diet advice and American diet advice. For now I'll just leave you with some fitsperation in the form of K-pop girl group Sistar!

Dasom, Bora, Hyolyn, Soyou. Someday, ladies, I will join your perfectly curvy-yet-slim ranks.

Is anyone else out there dieting? Please leave a comment and tell me what's working or not working for you. Let's share the struggle!

Kisses,

Angela