Swoon Lab: MAKEOVER x swoonLAB (ALEX)

Alex is one of my oldest friends (and one of the first) that I made in college. As long as I've known her, she's always had really short, pixie haircuts or had her hair pulled back in a cute bun and always had side-swept bangs. She only wore mascara or eyeliner which I never even noticed, unless I stared at her (not in a stalker way). She recently got extensions and I couldn't wait to see it because I just couldn't imagine her with anything but short hair. I always told her that she should have large, wildly fierce lion hair but she would always say, "Ew, why? That would look weird. I'm not an animal." And I'd say, "No trust me, it would be cute. Obviously we don't have the same vision of what wild, lion hair is." She's super creative with her outfits and even more creative when it comes to costumes - last Halloween she designed a cupcake outfit and even put sprinkles on her lips. I was a "peacock."

I picked her up last weekend to go to the LF Sale in Larchmont Village and when I yelled out her name through the window, she came out of her door with long, pig-tail braids and she looked so free-spirited and bohemian-chic. It was so shocking and exciting at the same time to see her in a different hairstyle after knowing her for 4 years. I decided to give her a little makeover with the makeup she already has and we threw on this really cute lacey dress that made her look like an etherial princess frolicking in the garden (so corny, I know). Her next hair experiment is going to be the wild lion hair... see! I know what I'm talking about. I have good vision :)