Sexiest giveaway in blogging history! {CLOSED}

Are you as excited as I am?! This is for all the ladies who want to add some "sexy" to their lives! And for the shy ones: you know you want it. These incredible pieces will tuck your tummies in and make you feel and look like Giselle Bundchen! FOR REAL. And if you don't have anything to "tuck in", well this will still make you like one hot piece of jazz.

Vedette is giving away not one but THREE Lulapalooza readers a garment from their sexy sexy Sensuale Collection! Yes, you heard that right. Three of you will be chosen at random and you will each get to pick one garment from Vedette's Dual Control Collection. See their collection here! 

To enter this giveaway (this is your first entry):

- be a follower of Lulapalooza

- follow Vedette on Twitter

Extra entries 
{separate comments for each entries}
each counts as one, so the more you have the better!
- follow Lulapalooza on Twitter

- tweet or blog about this giveaway
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{let me know for all of these please!}

Giveaway is open to U.S residents only

{Don't forget to write down your email address!}

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Good luck!

this is absolute randomness

How do you like THAT for an all-over-the-place post?! 

I was going to justify my randomness but my explanation would most definitely make your braincells combust, so... I think I'll spare you the agony. 

For those of you that don't know this, I'm doing a detox hmmya. Not the kind where you drink water with cayenne pepper (been there, done that), the healthy but annoying kind. I can't eat bread, pasta, wheat, cheese, sugar or drink milk/coffee etc etc. I'm in my second week of detoxing and I'm a little disappointed that I don't "feel" or notice any changes in myself. Apparently the detox makes you feel energized and all cool and stuff, but me, nothing. And I have to say I'm not lovin' it. I was much happier eating cheeseburgers. I really miss sugar, and coffee ohmmgosh you have no idea. I'm still going to keep up with this biotchh of a diet because I'm sure if I give it a little more time I'll feel like Julia Roberts in "Eat, Pray, Love".

The good thing about this diet is that it isn't too drastic. It's drastic for me because I'm used to eating my life away everyday (and that doesn't include sunflower seeds, cranberries or tofu) BUT for people who eat in "moderation" (hate that word by the way) this could be real good for you. Just sayin'! You can get the book here, it costs $5!

Peace out homies

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damn these ladies are cool

Advanced Style: Age and Beauty on Nowness.com.

I saw this video on this blog and I thought I'd reblog it. It's a little funny. 

I'm still cleaning my closet, my room looks like a homeless shelter. Actually not even, I'm sure homeless shelters are organized. 

Have a nice Sunday peoplzzz! 

Macro Photography!

It's 10:45 in the morning and I'm still in bed with Spot snoring at my feet (yes, yes I know but don't judge me) and I thought I'd post some pictures I took last weekend with my dad's macro lens.
I'm in bed BUT I'm still being productive, morning blogging, hellooo? Plus, I can't move because it'd annoy Spot who's still sleeping. So don't be hatin'!
I have to get up because I have to get ready to go to class.

TTYL!

Meet G!

Meet my beautiful friend, G! G's for Gertrude, but only I can call her that. You see, it's Gertrude and Lula, 

G & L, L & G. But you can call her G, I'm feeling generous today. 

Just how gorgeous is she hmm? Tell me? You are making all of us jealous G, it's not cool. 

For those of you who don't know G, she has the cutest blog on da planet and she is probably one of the nicest people alive. Seriously, you should see our email convos, it goes kind of like this:

Me: aww thank you so much G, you're awesome!

G: No Lula, YOU are awesome, thank you!

Me: What? You're so much more awesome G. 

G: No really, you're the bomb girl.

Me: Omg WHAT are you talking about G?! YOU are the coolest.

G: Aww thank you Lula but seriously, you're awesome.

.......

That's obviously an exaggerated imitation of our convos, BUT STILL, it looks a bit like this sometimes and it's a little funnay. 

My point is, you WANT to be friends with this girl. Actually, let me correct that, you NEED to be friends with her. She has a blog you can feast your eyes on daily and she has smashing style. So c'mon, do yourselves a favor and follow that gem of a girl! Trust me, you'll thank me. 

ps: G has a giveaway going on right now, she's giving one lucky winner a supah fly makeup brush!!

blowin' in the wind

{sweater: J.Crew, dress: Forever21, necklace: IDK, tights: H&M, shoes: Target, belt: H&M}

I love it when there's wind and then you look like you had a special fan put in front of you so that you look like Pocahontas standing in a mountain or something. Very good. 

Mmmh I think my brain just froze and it seems I don't have much to say today!

Actually yes, I do. I'm going to Target tomorrow *excitedly claps hands* because I'm doing a makeup makeover (that doesn't sound right) and I'm replacing every piece of makeup I own with a new one. If you guys have any suggestions I'd appreciate them! I need a good foundation, but a really reallyyyyy light one. And a moisturizer. I use a lot of retinoids on my skin so the anti-wrinkle creams are cool because they always have retinol in them AND they hydrate your skin all at the same time. I know I don't have wrinkles yet but more and more dermatologists say that as soon as you're 20 you have to use some kind of anti-wrinkle cream to prevent your skin from aging. Yessir. So ladies, step on it!

I'm starting a detox!

Sorry about the most boring outfit in the planet! Maybe tomorrow's will be better. I just gotta make my brain work and think like Rachel Zoe except that's not gonna happen.

Anywho, I am starting a detox. Yes. Under my sister's supervision. She's a vegetarian and she had this "brilliant" idea of starting a "cleansing" diet. I hate that word, "cleansing", it's so annoyingly peaceful (do you know what I mean? probably not). And since she's doing it I had no choice but to join or else I'd look like the family fatty, which I already am. This is basically me wanting to redeem myself. "NO DAD I won't eat that piece of chocolate cake OKAYYYY? I am stronger than yesterday". 

{Sometimes I like to end my sentences with a Britney Spears song.}

Are you curious what I'll be eating? Again, probably not, but I'll still say it. I like to call these meals "grass" because I'll only be eating vegetables, seeds and all that..."yumminess". So excited. 

I can't drink milk, eat meat, bread, pasta, butter etc etc. Only the best things in life. 

Has anyone ever tried almond milk? ohmmgosh. I've never tasted anything in my life that tastes like "nothing", but I tell ya, almond milk does it. It tastes like absolutely nothing. Just a cup of white nothingness. It just feels gooey. Blerhh. 

Okay, I think I'm gonna go eat some seeds now. Yayyyyyyy.

Dear Anonymous

I just knew I would have to make some kind of apology for my post about Japan, so Mr. Anonymous, this one's for you. 

I'm truly sorry that you have friends in Japan and I cannot begin to imagine how much pain that can cause. My point was NEVER to hurt anyone's feelings, but I do want to correct some things here. 

"But I dont think putting up a post saying so is necessary. If people dont know about it or don't know how to donate, it is likely that even if I did post and make them aware that they wouldn't do anything anyway." 

Everyone should know about it, there is absolutely no excuse for that. Would you excuse someone who didn't know that two planes had crashed into the Twin Towers a week after it happened? I don't think so. And I completely disagree: if you post about it, you spread the word and you make more people aware, so it is of course more likely that those people would donate or help. 

"I would much prefer to send off notes of support to my friends in Japan. And I think thats more beneficial to let them know that I care about them, rather than put it on a blog post they won't 

read. Luckily - they will be back soon."

It's great that you send them notes of support, but do you think it's bad that we, people who don't have friends or family in Japan, try to help spread the word? especially when blogging is such a huge part of the media today? Sure, they might not read it, but you can be sure that we're making a difference, and trust me, they won't look at us in the future and say "pshh I hate those bloggers". No. They would most likely be appreciative of us. Now, do you think they're going to look at bloggers who didn't even say a word of support about this and say "WOW they really did support us!" I don't think so.

"But to be made to feel guilty by reading posts like this (there have been a few) is horrible. Also making people feel like they should blog about it will lead to an influx of half hearted posts - simply because it is the right thing to do. And yes I have posted other things since that have not been related to Japan. But I am showing my support in other way."

Okay, I think saying that I'm making people feel guilty is completely twisting my words. Again, my point wasn't to make anyone feel guilty, this is my blog after all and I'm all for discussion and debate, but what I don't tolerate is when people twist my words. I just feel like so many 'famous' bloggers have the power to make a difference and yet they choose to post about donuts or how cute their dog is, which is completely fine, I'm not saying that the world should stop because of what's going on in Japan, but if you can help, why don't you? I don't think I'm being the mean one here. And the excuse you're giving about keeping quiet isn't valid for those bloggers who could make the biggest difference. Believe me, I've gotten comments from people who say that it's difficult for them to write about this tragedy because their words would never express what they feel, I get that, I completely get that. But again, that is not an excuse for bloggers who have thousands and thousands of followers. I see so many of my blogging friends post about events and humanitarian organisations, and THAT is what we should all be doing. How do you think that so many institutions are able to make a difference? Well, because people get together, this is a group effort on a universal scale. 

That's all. Again, I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings, that was the complete opposite of the point I was trying to make here. 

If you want to donate click here for the American Red Cross or here for the "For Japan with Love", where you can participate in a day of silence and where you can also donate. 

for Japan

We all know about the earthquake that rocked Japan a few days ago and although this post comes in a little late in relation to these tragic news, I thought I'd still post it for different reasons. I don't know about you but I was (and still am) shocked by what is happening in Japan; by the continuing ravages caused by the tsunami and by the thousands of people still missing. I won't ramble about facts and statistics because my point is not to copy/paste some CNN news article. Something that surprised me (to say the least) when the earthquake hit, was that only a few bloggers showed some sort of sympathy/interest towards what had just happened. I don't know if "sympathy" or even "interest" are the right words for what I'm trying to say here but what I mean is that there were very few bloggers who actually seemed to give a crap about what was/is going on in Japan (and luckily the ones who DID say something about it -whether it'd be on their blogs or on their Twitters- are my blogging friends, yayy). I'm absolutely not implying that every blogger in the world should post a sad article about Fukushima, but it's a little shocking to me that some people don't even acknowledge it. Especially on the day it was all unfolding. Excuse me, but I don't think it's normal that you ask yourself whether you should eat ice-cream or not when you know that four nuclear power plants could potentially melt down. And don't say that you "didn't know". That would be even worse. This just made me ask myself what the purpose of blogging was. I mean, sure, we post about our daily lives; some post about crafts and others about fashion, but not saying a single word about events such as the one happening in Japan? what does that say about you? That it doesn't affect you or your daily life? It seems selfish to me. I know that our words alone won't save Japan or prevent people from dying, but it is a sign of empathy and a sign of support. I am in no way a hero because I'm writing this, it's not like I'm gonna break out my Superman suit, fly out in the sky and magically find all the missing people and stop the radiation, because I still need to sew some buttons on my new costume. Kidding.

Anywho, I'm not attacking people here, I'm just reflecting on this matter. And with those last words I feel professional. 

If you have any thoughts about this please share!

Just to end this post on a more pleasant note, don't you think that Anderson Cooper the guy from CNN looks like an elf? Stephen Colbert calls him the CNN Elf and I think it's genius. 

the handwriting game

Errrr, my handwriting's awful, I feel bad for my teachers. Except for one whose handwriting looks like a graph (for reals), I never know what he writes on my papers; the other day my mom and I thought he'd written "what the hell?" next to one of my answers and it kind of gave me a heart attack. 

Anywho, Eday and G tagged me in this coolness of a game and I had to answer these lil' questions:

1. what's your name and blogger name?

2. what's your blog's URL?

3. Write, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

4. Favorite quote?

5. Favorite song?

6. Favorite band/singers?

7. Anything else you want to say?

8. Tag bloggers to participate.

I can only tag three people which sucks big time 'cause I love seeing other people's handwriting, but alas, here are zee chosen ones!

Erin of better than bland

Shalyn of Laugh Until Your Cheeks Hurt

Lindsay of Scenic Glory