The Senior Prom Blues

Quite frankly, I was miserable at my senior prom, but at least I had a cute dress and fabulous heels.
I wanted to share some photos from that night so I could discuss every aspect of the look including hair and makeup (because obviously, I took much longer getting ready for prom than I did for this shoot). I seem to have misplaced all of my prom pictures, though, but had this one on Facebook.
Much like my junior prom, I had no intention of attending prom, but I figured "Why the hell not?" last minute. Once again, I dragged my mom on a shopping trip to find something great, yet extremely affordable-- I had to pay for my AP exams at around the same time.
I was set on a navy blue/gold combination for that night, and after trying on various dresses, found this one at Ross for $17. It originally hit just below the knee, but I asked my mom to make a bit shorter for a less serious (?) look.
Next came the shoe hunt. I really wanted gold glittery pumps, but after not finding anything comfortable or affordable enough, I considered something silver and glittery. I found these at Payless. They were priced much higher than what we paid-- a mere $5. I've appropriately nicknamed them my $5 babies. Somewhat of a tip: when shopping for a special occasion, such as prom, I don't think it's super important to go for a high quality shoe unless you plan on wearing them often in the future. For someone like me who never wears heels and prefers much more casual settings, spending any more than maybe $15 on shoes that I'm only going to wear a couple of times seems pretty ridiculous.
Although I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to look like outfit-wise, I had no idea what I wanted to do with hair and makeup. The one-strap, back detail made it obvious I should go with an up-do, but I had recently chopped off my hair and still wanted to go shorter, so I saw this as an opportunity to do so.
My hair was short enough to leave it down without hiding the back, but still, I felt like an up-do was more appropriate for the dress.
As far as makeup went, I just wanted really dramatic eyes, so I asked my older sister for assistance. She gave me a fabulous smokey eye in shades of blue and silver-- it was a bit too much for my own personal style, but I got plenty of compliments which kind of made up for it.

 Dress: Ross $17

Shoes: Payless $5

Earrings worn on prom night: sister's
Earrings worn below: Payless $10 for pack of 6 

 -Gabee