My Top Ten Favorite Products of 2012 Reviewed

These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things...

I realized that never talk about beauty products on here, which is kind of a travesty given how passionately I feel about my favorite stuff. I, like so many of my peers, have more of this stuff in my bathroom than I actually need or will ever use. I'm making it a point to write about stuff I like as I discover it from now on. My makeup bag is a mix of drugstore, high end, and independent brand cosmetics. I'll use anything as long as it's quality stuff, I don't discriminate! I'm broke too (sometimes). These are not products just released this year, merely ones I have begun using this year. Please note that I have been in no way compensated for this post. These are all products I actually love and use daily, and I just wanted to share 'em with you ('cause I like you).

The obvious best last-minute gift idea, or, How to Make an Air Plant Terrarium With Very Little Time, Money, or Effort.

Are you the worst at present buying? Are you the laziest person ever? Or were you just waiting for your holiday bonus to arrive? I have a solution for you! In fact, it just might be the solution to all of life's problems. LET'S MAKE A TERRARIUM. Or in my case, several terrariums.

I thought of this idea at the last possible second, because I am the worst at Christmas. After a very lazy and ultimately futile attempt at locating supplies in my neighborhood, I turned to my bff, Amazon.com. I ordered the following things:

• terrarium containers
• sheet moss
• small air plants
• cool looking rocks
• twine

Guess what? You don't actually need to use fancy terrarium containers for this project. I only spent money on them because I knew I'd be giving them away. Go to the thrift store, or the dollar store, and get any sort of glass jar. A giant red wine glass is super rad for this and looks cla$$y as heck. Also, who buys rocks off of the internet (besides this guy)? Me, baby. Me. But did you know that rocks are free and actually quite abundant on this planet? If you don't care about having Cool Looking Rocks, just go outside and pick some up off the ground, you dirty heathen you. The green stuff, not so easy to find. Unless you have a nursery close by, Amazon can have them at your door within two days.

Happy Holidays. (Begrudgingly.)

The incredibly annoying music. The obligation to buy stuff for people that you barely know. And worst of all, SNOW. Winter is not my jam, and I'm not religious, so I can't say there is really anything about this time that puts me in a celebrating mood. I will admit that it's cool to have a day or two off to hangout with my family, but that's about it. Serious Grinch over here.

Recently, my grandma "politely" suggested that I take down my Halloween decor, and switch it to something more festive. So, I dug out the vintage late 50's aluminum tree she got me when I was a little kid. Thanks to grams and her immense love of antique shopping, I have always been obsessed with all things Mid-Century Modern. These trees cost hundreds of dollars nowadays, so I'm glad I was way ahead of the aluminum tree trend. I tried to get a photo of the tree lit up by the color wheel, and it came out really spooky because I am still terrible at my camera. Here's some photos of Alejandro and I and our Schnauzer, Bill Murray. Sometimes I have to remind myself that Alejandro is a real adult human.

A look back.

Inspired by this post, and since it's December, I'm getting nostalgic. I have been looking back at my fashionz from late 2011-now today, and... I honestly wish I had a cooler transformation to report. I am actually pretty sure I actually got worse and also less cool looking this year? Here, you be the judge.

Like, look at my majestic mermaid witch hair, for example. This is how I ended 2011. You really can't tell me I'm better off now, hair-wise.

And like... when did I stop wearing bodycon everything always? It's obviously a really good look.

^^^ This photo got 1,200 notes on Tumblr. Am I famous yet? ^^^

Anyway, I think you get the point. I used to post interesting outfits, now I'm totally bored by my own content to the point where I've almost lost interest. Getting back to that now infamous xojane post, I guess I thought I had to tone myself down to be more accessible to potential advertisers/readers/whatever when I started this blog. But now that I've given myself the chance to reflect, I'm having a hard time caring about that anymore. It's my blog dammit, and clearly my true passions lie in Looking Like A Cool Alien and Not Giving An F. I feel like I can only continue Zero Style if I get ~real~ with you guys from now on. I actually first wore this outfit a few months ago to go see Jesus and Mary Chain, but I never photographed it. This is an average look for me. Now you know. I'm J. Lo level real now.

Blouse - Thrifted/Jacket - Guess/Teggings - ReDress/Skirt - H&M/Platform Sneaks - ASOS

Lipstick - Serpentina by Lime Crime