So mostly everyone bought their prom dresses in the summer holidays between year 10 and 11, but to be honest I wasn't fussed at all. People were posting photo's of their dresses on facebook and none really appealed to be (meringue doesn't really suit me). So I'll just stop talking about everyone else and focus on me - not in a vain way haha. It was only one day really when I went properly prom shopping with my mum in Cheltnem (I wasn't keen on the idea of ordering a dress as knowing my luck it would go wrong). So anyway we came across this lovely boutique (CoCo Bee Boutique or something..). I loved every thing they had, very my thing, edgy yet chic. Me and mum went upstairs and then I saw the dress, a cream maxi with a pleated halter-neck with navy lace inserts at the waist, it was the dress that I had had in mind. It was only £80 and when you consider that other people had spent hundreds of pounds on their dresses I think that you can understand! The only thing I ended up hating about the dress is 1.) the material, it was quite rough and the lining made it really heavy 2.) it was too long and I had to keep picking it up at prom - not a good look. P.S. if your wondering about whether to buy online please make sure you check out reviews, I know a lot of people who got scammed while trying to ship their dresses over to the UK.
So I knew from the beginning that I wanted killer accessories, something to make me stand out from the crowd.. I think by the time of actual prom I only managed to achieve this with my shoes. The very same day I had bought the dress I also bought the shoes (I can't find any pictures on the internet but I'll definitely feature them if I ever do a shoe collection) and to be honest they are the most beautiful wedges I have ever seen. They were a gob smacking £75 but I loved them so much and thought I could wear them clubbing and things it was worth it. They were beautiful navy suede wedges with an amazing heel of around 5.5 inches (as well as a platform) and they were amazingly easy to walk in as well, wow! I also bought a navy lace clutch from ebay which was reasonably cheap and came in about 2 days (the day of the prom was when it arrived) and it matched perfectly with the lace inserts on my dress. Jewelry wise I had bought some lovely rings and earrings, but by the time of prom prep, I had no time to even put it on.
Pre-Prom-Prep
So my school decided to be absolute douchebags and have our leavers day and our prom all in one day. So my prom 'day' was spent at school from 9:00-3:00 running around, getting signatures from everyone and having to sit for 2 hours for the leavers service. To be quite honest with you guys this was ridiculously stupid as it was May, when it was really sticky summer weather, and when your inside a sports hall along with about 400 people it isn't a great experience. So by the time all of that had finished (and I was pretty exhausted already) I had to start my prom preparation, for all of my secondary school life I've been looking forward to prom as I was really excited about my dress, my hair, and all the fashion aspects of the day. If only I knew..
Prom Preparation
So at the start of 2012 I had made a new years resolution to 1. lose some weight 2. stick to my daily skin routine and 3. try to get rid of the horrible red bumps I have on my arms. All of these I had done none. The night before prom was so hectic, me having to spend 1 and a half hours getting my eyebrows and nails done (which to be honest was crap) and staying up till midnight discussing party outfits with my friend on skype for the after-prom. From about 10:00pm I noticed my nail varnish not only chipped, but began to peel off, so as soon as my leavers ceremony had ended me and my mum went down to the salon to get my nails done AGAIN - and she did them even worse than the last time!
I had to run down to the hairdressers (which I had never been before) and it was nice at first with two of my friends half way through their hair being done and us just chatting. But then this woman dragged me over to the other side of the room and asked me what I wanted, I basically said I wanted a messy up do and highlighted very boldly TO NOT SLICK MY HAIR BACK. The woman seemed to be stuck in the 80s or something because this is not what I wanted! She did an awful job and my hair felt so greasy and horrible with the amount of hair spray she used! If you are having your hair done professionally for prom PLEASE have a trial session first!
After running back home and literally shoving whatever I saw into several plastic bags we went to my friends house to get ready, and oh this is when the really stressful stuff began. When I arrived at the house I literally had 10 minutes to get ready and everyone else was already finished, and this is where the crying began. Yup, my 5 friends had turned into blooming sexy princesses and there I was, red faced, hair tugged and stressed beyond belief.
Literally running into the bathroom I only had enough time to apply my foundation and do my eyebrows before being constantly yelled out by the mother of a friend (she was mental). It's not a good idea to start yelling at an over emotional teenager getting ready for her prom who's already in tears.
So basically by the time it was the latest time to leave I had on my dress and shoes and no eyeliner/shadow/mascara/blusher/lipstick to my face whatsoever. I chucked a load of make up in my clutch in hope I could fix it but no such luck.
Transport to the Venue
The time spent in the white stretch limo was both fun and emotional at the same time. Fun because I was with my friends messing around being gangsta init 2k12 but emotional because I knew that I looked crap and wasn't looking forward to 5 hours of looking crap.
Prom
This is when I'm going to stop talking as much as there really isn't much to say, yes it was lovely to be with my friends all together dancing and having fun but I was dreading the prom pictures that would soon be arriving on my facebook page.
Well, my laptop is about to die so I will leave it there, any questions please leave below!
