Blehs from the Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet 2012
Ah, it's that time again. For more awards to be handed out - some to those who deserve it, some to those who don't. Either way, I don't keep up with who wins what. I just like to browse through the red carpet arrival list. So I commented on the Grammys 2012 red carpet fashion earlier on this year and there were more nays than yays. I think the same goes to the Billboard Music Awards 2012 red carpet fashion.
Here are some of my thoughts on the red carpet fashion this year.
Carrie Underwood.
Carrie, Carrie, Carrie. What is this mess of an Oscar de la Renta? What's with the sharp corners, awkward hem length and messy tulle? It's not very princessy or particularly whimsical if you ask me. The bodice looks promising, your hair looks great, your makeup is elegant but below that, it's just a huge tulle mess to me. And what's with the colorful beaded clutch? Looks more like something Suri Cruise would carry on a shopping trip.
Carly Rae Jepsen.
Love the catchy song but I can't say the same for your outfits, Carly. The top is super chic - love it; the jewelry - very fun; the sneakers - very cool; the pants - ugh, not so much. This would have been a cute outfit if it weren't for those unfortunate striped silver disco tights. They're just way too much.
As for this nude chiffon dress, it's - there's only one word for it - dowdy. It looks more suitable for a movie award show than a music award show. Music award shows are supposed to be fun. This color just falls flat and the design is pretty boring for a twenty-something-year-old to be wearing.
Christy Teigen.
Whoa, origami bird! Cool concept but not very flattering. I just don't see how having random flaps and folds is attractive. It all just seems very awkward.
Julianne Hough.
So bath towels are being blinged to pass off as celeb-worthy dresses? This is supposedly a wrap-style dress but the way I see it, it's a glittery bath towel with the end tucked under her armpit. Not her best look.
Julie Bowen
Now here's another bath towel dress. No, actually, I think it's a sack-style dress. Kind of shapeless with a drawstring hem of some sort. Ladies, you've already styled your hair nicely, put on decent makeup and picked out gorgeous footwear. Now why is it so hard to match an equally lovely dress to complete your look? What goes through your mind when you pick out the bath towel to wear to a formal event?
Katy Perry
Then we arrive at Katy who looks like she's lost some weight. She's the opposite of Julianne and Julie. She's wearing an amazing shimmery lavender, mermaid-esque dress and silver accessories that complements the dress but her makeup and hair don't add up. Katy, it's time to go back to plain dark hair or blond hair. Cut it out. These dyed tresses are beginning to freak us all out. The goth makeup has to go too, seriously.
Miley Cyrus
Miley, you're killing me. Your hair! Your shapeless, revealing, pants-less pantsuit! Your awkward striped heels! What is this abomination?! I'm not particularly on the Miley bandwagon but I have to say that she's had better looks than this! This is horrible, I can't look at it any longer. She looks like she rolled out of bed and hastily grabbed her dad's blazer on the way out.
Natasha Bedingfield
Pocket full of sunshine, indeed. This is... even messier than Carrie's dress.
Not that this look is any better but if she'd removed the flower in her hair, maybe her overall look might have been better. Maybe.
Nelly Furtado
Nelly's look is not too bad - very summery and chic. Well, minus the awkward black bra or whatever it is that's sticking out and minus the crocheted choker (maybe that's part of the dress).
Taylor Swift
When I look at Taylor's red carpet pictures, all I want to do is yawn. Predictable looks every single time. Either it's a shimmery gown or it's a flowy lace gown like this. Her makeup is usually always the same and her straight hair is boring. Maybe some of you would call this dress daring or different but I just feel that it's just boh-ring.
Zooey Deschanel
So I've noticed that some girls in Hollywood are into the whole retro-vintage fashion. Zooey is one of them (explains the black tights we always see her wearing) and if you haven't noticed, Taylor Swift is also into the feminine vintage thing. Honestly, Zooey does it better. Well, let's compare their vintage wardrobes in another post. For now, let's look at Zooey's dress. Drab or fab? It's a bit on the ehhh side. Not sure I'm feeling the whole studded vintage dress thing or the black tights or the black heels or the bright lipstick. So it's a nay for me.
So there you have it. What do you think of the red carpet fashion?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has the nicest hair of all?
Sooo... I've been growing my hair out for the past year and now my hair is down to the middle of my back. It's been a REALLY long time since I've had hair this long. I think I was 6 when I last had long hair. Now my hair is really long and I've recently decided that I can't stand it anymore. The weather is too hot to have hair this long. Instead of pinning my hair up every single day, I'm just going take the unfussy route and just cut it short.
The main reason why I grew my hair out was to be able to tie pretty braids. Total number of pretty braids I tied: maybe about 2. I'm past that. I don't want the pretty braids anymore. Y'all can have the nice fishtail braids and waterfall braids, I don't care. I just want my short hair back. The problem is, every time I cut my hair, it doesn't really turn out the way I want it to be. Well, even with long hair, my hair looks shapeless and so unglamorous. Story of my hair.
My current short hair inspiration: Brooklyn Decker. She's got AMAZING hair, short or long. How do I make my hair like hers if my hairdresser always cuts my hair into some shapeless mess?!
I really like how short and light her hair looks. In the first picture, the ends of her hair are pretty straight and I'm not sure that would suit the shape of my face (which is nothing like hers) but in the second picture, the ends are nice and soft which is how I want my hair to look.
So if I cut my hair and grow it back out, I would really like my hair to look like this. It's got nice volume and shapes her face quite well. I'm so jealous of her hair!!!
Does Brooklyn not look STUNNING in this white column dress? How does she do it? So envious right now. She's got the hair and the body and she is so pretty. I think we would make good friends. If we ever become friends, the first thing I'll have to ask her to do is introduce me to her hairstylist. Heh!
What does your hair look like? Do you have a hair style inspiration like me?
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Shape Of My Heart - Backstreet Boys
Kevin is back! Yay! Been waiting for this moment since the day I read that he left the band. 
Also, if it's true that AJ and his wife are expecting their first child, Congrats!!
mark the chapter but turn the page
Kids in the Street - All American Rejects
So their new record is out - Kids in the Street. I'm not sure what to make of it. I do like a few tracks, this song being one of them, but I'm pretty much on the fence with the rest of the songs. I like that they're trying out this new direction but some of the songs are just a bit weird to me, both lyrically and musically.
Anyway, this video is not too bad - kind of made sense - but to me, some parts are just a bit inappropriate (?). What I like about this video is that it shows all four of them and not just Tyson. That's what a band video should be like, everyone should get their fair share of screen time. Go watch it, tell me what you think.
P.S: Nick, I still love you. Seriously. You and I should get together some time. We would make great friends.
P.S.S: Chris, you're too cute!
We missed Music Monday AGAIN
Sweeter by Gavin DeGraw.
SO DEVASTATED he got kicked off Dancing With The Stars. We thought he was the star of the show. His personality is brilliant and he's so gracious and such a great sport. I mean, did you even see how he acted after the results came out and they were eliminated? He was still smiling and he gave the judges hugs (even though I thought they always scored him quite badly).
I love how positive he is and how much he gives when he's dancing. You can tell from his dances every week that he really gives it his all and even though, yes, he's not the greatest dancer, he still goes out there and has fun with Karina (they're so cute together). You know, some people say 'oh, just have fun' but they're actually SUPER competitive. Gavin's not like that. He's so laidback, it's nice to watch his dances.
Anyway, here's his song. It's got a funky rhythm and the lyrics are weird but in a good way. Check it out.
we might have missed Music Monday
When Will Anderson from Parachute does a cover of Gavin DeGraw's 'Not Over You' and it sounds like magic.
Message from us to Will, "We love you."
P.S: Please vote for Gavin on DWTS. Vote on abc.com. Thanks!
i wanna walk away too
The end of February marks the anniversary of our very first concert.
The first concert that we ever attended was the Backstreet Boys' concert. Being huge BSB fans, we didn't really have to persuade Mom to let us go to the concert. In fact, Mom wanted to go as well. See how it helps to have the same taste in music as your mom? 
It was one of the best days in my life even if we did have to stand in the rain for hours. My feet were aching at the end of the day and I think my voice was sore from all that screaming but going to a Backstreet Boys concert is really worth all the blisters and sore throats that follows after the concert. They're the real deal, I'm telling you. You don't go to their concert to listen to auto-tuned voices or lip-syncing or to be awed by extravagant backdrops or glitzy costumes. It's pure vocal power.
I know the lyrics to all their songs except a few on their latest album This Is Us. Their style has somewhat changed since Unbreakable (my favorite album) and I can't say that I dig their new music.
Hope they go experiment a little but stay true to their original stuff.
C and I celebrate our BSB concert anniversary annually by scribbling the date onto the posters we collected from the concert. Good times.
My thoughts on the fashion choices at the Grammys 2012
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So. The Grammys were yesterday and though I'm not a big fan of award shows, I do like checking out the red carpet arrivals. I won't comment on everyone's fashion choices because there are way too many. I'll go in descending order from A to Z.
Adele, of course, is first.
I heard that she won 6 Grammys. Congratulations, I guess. She went with a retro glamor Hollywood look with bouncy curls and bright red lipstick. Overall, I think she looked quite classy. The dress did her curvy figure justice and I love those silver nails. She didn't over-accessorize which is good because over-accessorizing can seriously damage a simple and elegant look.
Alicia Keys.
Love the dress, disagree with the hair and those Louboutins. I mean, what is up with the pompadour? I think she would've looked better with a chignon or even just a ponytail. The hairstyle has to go! And those heels don't do the dress and her legs justice! The straps of those Louboutins just made her calves look short and chunky. At least she had the sense to not over-accessorize as well.
Anne V and Adam Levine.
First off, OMG ANNE!!! Anne, you're tall, slim and gorgeous but WHAT ARE YOU WEARING???! That is not an acceptable dress. I don't care what anyone says, it is not elegant or different in a good way. It's just tacky. No, the fabric is not stuck in her thigh, it's just not there. Less is more, Anne. Unfortunately, the 'less is more' concept does not apply to your hair and makeup. Do you agree that she looks horribly pale and those straggly blond locks make her look less than supermodel standard? If she has a stylist, she has to get a new one stat. If she styled herself, then the only reason to justify her look is that she ran out of dresses to wear. Quite disappointed.
At least Adam made up for Anne's bad sense of fashion. He looks dapper in that three piece suit and his signature smile. Good choice, Adam. I'll have to deduct points from him though for even allowing his lady to walk out in that dress.
Carrie Underwood.
Simple and elegant. Can't go wrong with dresses like hers. Loving those teardrop earrings too.
Fergie.
Is it me or is everyone getting tackier by the year?! Love the dress, hate whatever she's wearing under that dress. Did she honestly think that this was going to get past everyone? Everything about her look should have gotten her a spot on the best-dressed list but she just chose to wear her underwear beneath this lace dress. Disappointed.
Jessie J.
The dress is gorgeous and so is her figure and makeup but her hair is awful. Those bangs shouldn't be allowed. It just makes her head look really square. She should have gone with loose locks or less severe bangs.
Kate Beckinsale.
I adore Kate. She always looks so classy and stunning. She's definitely on my best-dressed list. I just don't think I agree with the black sash dangling down from her shoulder. Everything else is spot-on. Love this look!
Katy Perry.
Hmm... The dress is pretty, the color is unique and she looks really pretty BUT her hair color still has to go. Blue is not you, Katy. I like her way better with dark hair. Agree or disagree? Also, her hairstyle doesn't really balance out her whole look. At least this dress looks better than the one she wore for the pre-Grammys event. The whole color blocking thing didn't look good.
Nicki Minaj.
Everything about her look = FAIL. WHAT IS SHE WEARING?! This is no better than Anne's look. Also, why is Nicki Minaj even a famous singer?!
Miranda Lambert.
I think Miranda always makes decent fashion choices like this one. The color is a little ehh but she still looks really good. For a curvy girl, she sure knows what looks good on her and I like that. Not sure what heels she's wearing but from the looks of it, it's probably a pair of strappy heels. Not too bad. What is there to not like about this look?
Rihanna.
I'm not a big fan of plunging necklines and I think only some look acceptable. This is a bit much to me. The gold cuff and clutch are really nice and the Louboutins (same as Alicia's) actually go quite well with the dress but I'm just not feeling the whole dress and hair and lack of lipstick part.
Taylor Swift.
You know what? First, I have to get this off my chest. I think Taylor's looks are SO predictable. I can almost guess what she's going to wear next - boring! She needs to take a risk. No doubt this dress is beautiful and sparkly and all but it looks so predictable on her. Also, I totally hate her new hairstyle. I think she looks better with her natural curls. This whole straightened hair thing is just ugh. It's almost like she's trying too hard.
Anyway, here's Anne and Fergie in better-looking dresses during some other previous events that they attended.
Isn't this much better? Red is hot, hot, hot on her and I love those heels. I was quite surprised to see that she wears a lot of revealing dresses which are really kind of ugh because I personally think that it doesn't take lots of cutouts and cleavage to look stunning.
This might not be Fergie's best look but I do think she looks way better than she looked at the Grammys this year. Keep it classy, Fergie.
What do you think of what the celebs wore to the Grammy Awards 2012? Honestly, I don't think this year's red carpet fashion was that tasteful. Too many people showing up in wacky outfits. Still, the better-looking ones made up for the other celebs' poor taste in fashion this year.
What do you think of award shows in general? Looking forward to the 2012 Oscar Academy Awards? I know I'm looking forward to the red carpet fashion.
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Beekeeper’s Daughter
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I don't care what anyone has to say. I love the Rejects and I love this song. I'm just a little bit disappointed that Nick, Mike and Chris didn't get much screen time. Seriously, Chris is only visible for 1 second. I mean, yeah, the lead singer should get a little bit more attention but the other members are equally important! I notice the same thing going on in Maroon 5's videos. Adam gets 90% screen time. Not fair, people, not fair.
Anyways, check this song out. It's the first single off their upcoming album, Kids In The Street. The record comes out March 26. Coincidentally, Katy Perry's rerelease of Teenage Dream as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection comes out on March 27. Wait for it.
do the pretty girl rock
Pretty Girl Rock - Parachute (cover)
C and I heard this song at the grocery store today but it was the original version by Keri Hilson. Before this, we only heard the version by Parachute and we fell in love with it after listening to it. So naturally, after we came home, we had to load this video and listen to it. I still think they're a great band. If you don't like this cover, check out their original music.
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