This Cool Girl Plaid Dress from Forever 21 is a combo dress featuring a solid top with cutout shoulders and a plaid print scuba knit skirt.
How to Be A Good House Guest
If you have been invited to stay at a friend’s house or cottage for a few days there are definitely some rules of etiquette you should follow in order to be a good house guest.
As a rule of thumb it is always appropriate to bring some kind of gift for the house when you arrive. This can be flowers, a centerpiece for the table or a bottle of wine. Chocolates, a picture of some sort in a frame or an item for the person’s garden is also usually appreciated. This gives your host a keepsake that will help remind him or her of your visit. A jar of homemade jam or cookies you have made also makes a nice gift. Make sure the gift is appropriate. For instance, do not bring a jug of sugary lemonade to a diabetic host’s home.
Before you enter a home always ask if you should take off your shoes. This is not mandatory in most homes but the offer to remove them is a sign of honor and respect for your friend in many cultures.
Remember that being someone’s house guest is not the same as being in a hotel. There are no maids and you will be expected to clean up after yourself. Making your own bed, picking up after yourself and wiping up spills in the bathroom is expected. To impress your hostess make your bed as neatly as possible. Be sure to throw any towels you have in a laundry hamper. Do not leave anything in a heap and make sure that all of your clothes are hung up and not draped over the bed or chairs.
To be a good houseguest you should also ask permission before you use any major appliance or tool in the home including the washer or dryer, dishwasher or vacuum cleaner. If you do end up borrowing something from your host (like a blow-dryer) you should always put it back just as you found it. This is especially important because sometimes appliances are finicky or even dangerous to use because they are broken.
It is also polite to offer to do simple chores for your host such as set the table, dry the dishes or sweep the floor. Offering to take care of these little tasks can go a long way to getting you invited back to your guest’s home for a second visit. It is also a lovely gesture to send a thank-you card back to your host to show them how much you appreciate their invitation. Be sure to send it by mail and not by email — before you know it you will be invited back!
Make Yourself Up to Look Like Joan Jett
Joan Jett, the Queen of Punk and Rock n’Roll had a definitive look in the 1970s that was brought back into vogue by the film The Runaways. This look entails having the blackest hair that you can possibly can. For many this means dying it. You then have to find a hairdresser who is going to be willing to cut your locks into a mullet-style with their being short cropped hair on top and long tendrils that reach below your shoulders.
Joan Jett never wore a lot of foundation but she did have very perfectly plucked arched eyebrows framing her face. She had a natural pallor that she sometimes augmented by wearing a bit of apple-colored blush swept across her cheeks. Jett also had a next to perfect complexion so you might want to achieve that by applying some concealer over any ruddiness you have in your skin. Some women get the natural yet covered look by using a product like Blur or by mixing a bit of foundation with moisturizer. You can also buy the combination of moisturizer and foundation commercially; a relatively new innovation in foundation this type of makeup is called BB foundation.
The main focus of the Retro Joan Jett look was definitely the eyes, which were rimmed with greyish black eye shadow on the lower lids and on the entire upper lid. A great deal of shadow was applied in the outer crease of the eyelid and edged to be a little thicker along the upper and lower lids. There were no wing- shaped type eye shadow touches to her look (that kind of look was left for Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees) but she wore a great deal of mascara. The idea at the time to look a little raccoon-like and a little pale, but not too sepulchral – like a healthy heroin addict.
Joan Jett never wore lipstick or liner, instead preferring to leave her lips bare. She only very occasionally wore bright red glossy lipstick’; she wears it in the video “I Love Rock n’ Roll.”
To really achieve this type of look you should also try to wear a choker. A dog –collar style with little studs is perfect Joan Jett was also famous for wearing a leather motorcycle jacket and tight leather pants with a tight, bright red shirt. Another way to describe that look is like a young punk Elvira.
Awesome Skinny Moto Pants
These Skinny Moto Pants by EDYSON are block-pieced from a sleek coated fabric. It creates a cool ombré effect. The zipper detail on the knee and the ankle really add a taste of interest. You’ll have an awesome time partying in these figure-hugging pants.