Bat Hair Ornament!

Loving Cut Out and Keep this week! I guess I just haven't browsed around there in awhile. ...haven't had much time to do any interneting for fun in awhile, come to think about it.

But oooo! Bat headband. It's like a bow, only much, much cuter.

The creator also has a cute blog (leastofways I think this is from the creator): http://gothicallyyours.blogspot.com/; it reminds me of the good-ol' babybat days of my youth.

And oo neat look! Cleopatra eyemake-up tips. Very cute.

Bloody Nails Project

This is a lovely alternative to french tips, isn't it? Bloody fingernail tips!

You need:

• Red Nail Polish
• Darker Red Nail Polish (you could mix red and black, as is done in the tutorial)
• Black Nail Polish
• Clear Nail Polish
• A make-up sponge

This would make a beautiful manicure for a vampire bride. Or for your next Zombie Pub Crawl costume, ladies and gentlemen.

If wanting this to look glamorous, I would suggest finding a really thick-drying top coat. Or doing several layers of the clear coat, letting it dry completely between takes. The reds will be very textured, and this will help smooth out the look.

zombie latex

How are your latex skillz? Your zombie make-up, is it perfect?

CHECK THIS OUT.

They make it look so easy.



Follow it up with some youtube time; this is the season for trolling youtube for great make-up ideas!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Make up for the ladiez

*sigh* I posted some videos from this girl last year, and I may have noted I don't really enjoy watching them. They drag to me.

But she is immensely talented, and I won't take that away from her. The dark fairy look is really cute:



Then there is this nice Dita von Teese tutorial:



And this 20s inspired look is so marvelously extreme (in a pretty way):



Of course, my upcoming costume is all - I don't know - girly? So I'm looking more at:


(hehe, sorry - I just like the old 'how-to')

Really, softer colors and gray eyes is more my style:

Regency Hair

Bored, bored, bored!

I shouldn't be bored; I'm supposed to be working on my JulNoWriMo project. Egad, but I'm behind!

Still, I had about 2 hours to kill until the baby shower yesterday. I'm inefficient with my time when I'm waiting on an event to happen. If I'm scheduled to be somewhere at 9 in the morning, I go, I come home, and I make the most of my evening - often cleaning parts of the house, making a huge dinner, and walking the dog twice before husband-to-be gets home. If I'm scheduled for a get-together at 9 in the evening I do a few small projects in the morning, all half-assed, lay about for awhile, maybe reading, start a million little craft project that clutter up the house but never get finished, and finally find myself literally dawdling for the 2-3 hours before it's time to leave. Then, somehow, I still end up late - but with nothing to show for my day but a feeling of blah.

It's a curse. I have poor time management if I don't get a quick start on my day.

So yesterday I had to putter about until the 6pm party. Starting around 3p I started googling "old fashioned hairstyles." I decided to wear a regency hairdo with my jeans and t-shirt to the baby barbeque (if I get another nickname, by the way, please let it be Barbeque!). I used this tutorial, more or less.

Before I started digging out my curling iron and bobby pins, though, I thought, "ooo! I can take an hour and crochet myself a headband to go with it!" So I did.

I used this tutorial. It took less than an hour to make a simple three-strand headband in orange. Elation!

By 4:30p I had made myself a headband and finished a hairstyle that totally didn't fit my outfit. Voi-la! How I spend my Saturday afternoons. On pointlessness. :)

Another Good Make-up Tutorial

Using Silicone-based pastes to create quick makeup FX - More DIY How To Projects

Make-up: Are you in LA?

If you find yourself in L.A. in June, there is a competition at IMATS (International Make-up Artists Trade Show) and the Fantasy/Beauty theme is gothic make-up.

I'm not 100% positive, but I think that the trade show is actually open to the public.

My real interest is to see if they update their site with photos of the competition entries sometime in July/August. There might be some fantastic ideas for wedding face paint. :)

A well made-up Halloween...

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- Rich Johnson -.

I love the day-of-the-dead make-up pictured; simple but wonderful details, pretty but spooky. Gorgeous. The entire photo set is wonderful - you should take a look.

Somebody did a great job (here) of looking through Flickr and finding some truly excellent face-paint examples. It really makes me rethink my next Halloween costume.

For the true best is artistic, creepy-sexy gore, though -- I have to recommend two galleries I found myself browsing the other day over at HauntSpace: Jess and Ramie. Their work is delightful.