So I’ve been in Prague! I’ve been having a lovely vacation and wanted to share something slightly different on my blog because quite frankly, I don’t get to do this often (if ever). My good friend Sara, whom I am vacationing with, suggested we hit up the opera and get all fancy. And really, who can say no to that?
We chose to go to the opera on a Wednesday night. Which means we probably got a little overdressed, but that’s fine by me!
I somehow managed to do this on the cheap. The dress was on a $10 sale rack at H&M that I’d picked up in Toronto. The shoes are ones I intended to wear to my wedding, but never did because they were too uncomfortable to wear for a long periods of time. The necklace was also a wedding castoff that had never been worn (bought from Etsy). So not only was I excited to wear stuff I hadn’t gotten a chance to before, but the dress was so cheap that it was actually exciting!
I had less time than normal to prep, because apparently not everyone requires two hours to do so. (Absolute blasphemy I tell you…)
I opted for an eye look that would match my dress, because frankly, I don’t know how to do contrasting colours well at all.
Eyes
(using the Too Faced A Few of my Favorite Things palette)
- Bluff all over the lid
- Blue Satin Sashes in the outer corner
- Pure Glam to deepen up the outer corner
- Chocolate Milk through the crease to blend it out
- Cream Colored Ponies on my browbone to highlight
Urban Decay Perversion mascara is on my lashes and I used Kat Von D‘s Tattoo liner in Trooper to create the wing. Sephora‘s Tempting
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Stay Perfect in Deeply IIvory
- Bronzer: Too Faced Chocolate Soleil
- Blush: essence –Pinky Flow
- Concealer: essence –match2cove
r - Brows: Anastasia Brow Whiz in Ash Blonde/Taupe
- Lips: Wet n Wild 903C with NYX Butter Gloss in Tiramisu on top
The opera house itself was beautiful. I’d never been in such a gorgeous old world venue like that before!
We saw Jacobin, which was kind of a “take it or leave it” storyline for me. The sets and the singing were beautiful, and thankfully, although the entire opera was done in Czech, they actually had a scrolling screen high above the actors that translated everything into English. Genius idea for those of us who can’t speak Czech!
This is right about when my shoes started to kill my feet. Good times.
After the opera, we sauntered on down to Wenceslas Square and had bratwurst, fried cheese sammiches and beer because we are classy, classy ladies.
