About:
- I’m 21 years old
- I go to the School of Visual Arts in NYC
- I work at Free People in Manhattan as a stylist.
- I live in an old Victorian era apartment in Brooklyn with my boyfriend, Zach and our bunny, Buttercup.
- I’m barely 5’6”
- I’ve been a vegetarian since I was eight years old.
- I love lace, velvet, flowers, ethereal 70s fashion, rabbits, cute frilly socks, sunlight, iridescent colors, bike rides, and early mornings.
This blog is named Opium Poppies in memory of my father who was a gardener. You can read more about that here.
Here are some photos of my boyfriend, Zach
*** I do NOT have an eating disorder and I will not answer any weight related questions. Yes, I am very underweight. I have been since I was a little kid. I have health problems that make it very hard for me to gain weight. Please stop writing me messages saying that I look awful and need help. And please don’t waste time worrying about me or yelling at me.
Music:
Beck, Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective, Modest Mouse, The Microphones, Smith Westerns, Neutral Milk Hotel, Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, Nico, Real Estate, No Age, Beach House, Neil Young, Tobacco, Sparklehorse, Nick Drake, Wolf Parade, Elliott Smith, Mount Eerie, Lykke Li, The National, Wavves, Radiohead, Tame Impala, Harlem, Procol Harum, Women, CocoRosie, Memory Cassette, Aimee Mann, My Morning Jacket, Woods, Woelv, Girls
http://www.last.fm/user/cityinmymind
Photography:
I shoot mainly with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 50mm 1.8 lens or a 24mm 1.4.
I also shoot with old film cameras, toy cameras, and polaroids.
I edit my photos using Photoshop CS4. I do not simply apply a filter or one set of color curves on my photographs. I spend hours editing each one individually, and my process changes for each photo. The best advice I can give for those who want to learn more about photo editing is to teach yourself through watching tutorials until you find what works best for you! :)
Hair FAQS:
Dyes I have used:
- Special Effects, Cupcake Pink (pastel pink color)
- Special Effects, Wildflower (pastel purple color)
How to get pastel hair:
Bleach hair as light as possible! Mix 80% conditioner with 20% dye and apply evenly, very small sections at a time, all throughout hair, leave on for an hour.
**My hair is naturally blonde so when I bleach it, it doesn’t get very damaged at all, bleaching darker hair will cause damage.
HOW TO DO THE BRAID CROWN:
http://opiumpoppies.tumblr.com/tagged/hair-tutorial
