World Goth Day 5/22/15
I was happily reminded it was World Goth Day by Gothic Soul Flower (you should seriously check out her blog especially if you’re into gothic and/or bohemian style!), because I…well, I forgot. I was more decked out yesterday where the silver buckles on my shoes matched the silver lined buttons on my coat, but I don’t have any pictures of that. Bonus points: I matched my car.
Stock photo, but this is what it looks like.
What I DO have are pictures of is my makeup/hair experimentation from last week, which I will gladly share with you.
I was just recently thrust into the world of contact lenses after wearing glasses for nigh on thirty years, and well…okay, so I wasn’t happy with how I looked without glasses. Scratch that, I hated how I looked without glasses. I seriously felt ugly like I’d been hiding this lie behind my spectacles for all these years. It was not a good time. I was hoping I could do something with my makeup to, er, make up for what I saw as an imperfection with my eyes. I have this weird thing where you can’t see the corners of them, and initially I thought maybe it was something other darker skinned ladies dealt with or maybe it ran in my family, but no, everyone I looked at did NOT have this problem. Only me *sigh* Also I noticed the dark circles under my eyes and wasn’t too pleased with them (although if I’m going for the goth look, they’re really not that bad, thinking in retrospect…) I can only spend so much time crying about a problem before trying to solve it so I made my way to Sephora and immediately spent $100 on things to remedy.
because let’s not just cover up the problem. It was super expensive (to me) at $50, and I haven’t remembered to use it since I bought it. Oops. I”m terrible with makeup really. I don’t wear it every day because it’s time consuming and I like to sleep.
Finally, I found something I’ve been seeking for years. Long, long ago at a makeup counter far away, I bought a lip gloss made by Prescriptives called Meteor.
It was the best lip gloss every. It perfectly mirrored my lip color and just made them look so shiny. Also, the name…Meteor? I mean come on. Perfection.
Unfortunately, Estee Lauder, the parent company, stopped selling Prescriptives in 2010 and with it my favorite lip gloss. I tried googling “discontinued cosmetics” but to no avail. Well, I finally had the foresight to pull up a picture of it when I was in Sephora last week, and a reasonable facsimile was located. Makeup Forever’s Pearly Plum lip gloss.
Beauty Hack: Storing False Eyelashes
Reblogging so I have the info and links. Your eyelash game needs to be on point, and Fashioning Cosplay gives you tips on how to achieve that.
Finally, I found something I’ve been seeking for years. Long, long ago at a makeup counter far away, I bought a lip gloss made by Prescriptives called Meteor.
It was the best lip gloss every. It perfectly mirrored my lip color and just made them look so shiny. Also, the name…Meteor? I mean come on. Perfection.
Unfortunately, Estee Lauder, the parent company, stopped selling Prescriptives in 2010 and with it my favorite lip gloss. I tried googling “discontinued cosmetics” but to no avail. Well, I finally had the foresight to pull up a picture of it when I was in Sephora last week, and a reasonable facsimile was located. Makeup Forever’s Pearly Plum lip gloss.
could not tell you how many fake eyelashes I have lost, but it’s a pretty penny. So I was looking through one of my favorite beauty sites and came across this awesome storage DIY. It is as simple as using a bead box!
This is an amazing idea. I can even label them according to the cosplay they are for! It also makes it easier to carry them around. If one gets lost you already have a back up pair with you. Absolutely Genius! Another cool thing is a lot of these compartments can be customized so you can store the glue and tools in there as well.