Have fun, and enjoy all those Halloween goodies!!! (Target is currently carrying syringe pens. I got two packs-I've been looking for those for months!)
Showing posts with label goth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goth. Show all posts
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Video Share-Candy Corn Eyes
The feisty Dumpster Dollie has posted a cute idea for October makeup-candy corn colors! Remember, use whatever eyeshadow brand or primer works best for you. A white base simply helps colors to stand out brighter. :)
Have fun, and enjoy all those Halloween goodies!!! (Target is currently carrying syringe pens. I got two packs-I've been looking for those for months!)
Have fun, and enjoy all those Halloween goodies!!! (Target is currently carrying syringe pens. I got two packs-I've been looking for those for months!)
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Phoenix Blood Cosmetics Review
Of course, I can't do a review of my own products; that is not ethical and usually not the kind of review people want to read. Instead I have for you a review from a lovely lady who recently bought a bunch of samples and gave me the link to her blog. Her name is Bobbie, and she's a sweetheart.
You can find her review here.
On another note, I am currently testing recipes for an eye shadow base to make my shadows last better. I have tried several companies' bases, plus trying multiple DIY remedies. I want my base to grab onto shadows so that they show up nice and vibrant, but I also want the base to prevent creasing (my lids are dry, but in a shape that encourages creasing) and extend the life of my look. I'll keep you posted!
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
You can find her review here.
On another note, I am currently testing recipes for an eye shadow base to make my shadows last better. I have tried several companies' bases, plus trying multiple DIY remedies. I want my base to grab onto shadows so that they show up nice and vibrant, but I also want the base to prevent creasing (my lids are dry, but in a shape that encourages creasing) and extend the life of my look. I'll keep you posted!
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Max Payne 3 Inspired FOTD
I only play video games sporadically, due to my tendency of taking them way too seriously, getting frustrated and not having any fun as a result. My hubby, though, loves to play video games and I find a certain pleasure in watching him play and absorbing the visual style and story of the game (my favorite aspects anyway). After the dark, broody nature of the original Max Payne, the third installment (yes, I skipped one) was odd in its sunny South American setting. Here for you is a look that combines the bright, cheerful nature of yellow with a deep, melancholy green. The colors are a bit more vivid in person; I was not able to use my nice camera today. :(
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| This angle shows the impact a lighter/brighter inner corner color really has on the overall shape and effect of the look. |
Products Used:
Face:
- I made a foundation-like compound out of moisturizer, baby sunscreen, powder foundation and a smidge of stick concealer. It works, so far at least, and doesn't have the nasty texture, et. al of regular liquid foundation.
- Physician's Formula mineral veil powder
- regular black mascara on brows.
Eyes:
- I used my own home made shadows like so-softly blended warm brown in the crease (Santa Barbara), yellow in the inner corner (Come On, Son), grass green on center of lid (Suck It, Gus!), dark green on outer corner, crease and lower lash line (Primeval), and sheer white sparkle under brow (Toothy).
- Generic black pencil liner to line upper lashline and upper and lower waterlines
- Almay Get Up and Grow mascara in black, two coats.
I forgot entirely to put anything on my lips...oops!
Anyway, hope you found this helpful, and have a fantastic day!
Friday, July 26, 2013
Gothic Mermaid Makeup Tutorial
My first ever tutorial!!! It's just a slideshow, but I hope it still gets the point across. It showcases some of the eye shadows I've been busy making.
Products Used:
Face-
generic moisturizer and sunscreen
Maybelline Cover Stick Concealer in Ivory
Meow Cosmetics Purrfect Puss powder foundation in Frisky Siamese
Eyes-
Phoenix Blood Cosmetics loose eyeshadow in Shining Armor (silver), Lady of the Lake (aqua), Gloaming (dark teal), Leviathan (dark charcoal gray), and A Very Juliet Story (light beige)
Detrivore Original eye shadow primer
Wet n Wild Fergie Take On the Day eye shadow primer
Wet n Wild non-waterproof liquid eyeliner
Almay Get Up and Grow mascara in black
Lips-
Morgana's Crypt lipstick in Absinthe
Face-
generic moisturizer and sunscreen
Maybelline Cover Stick Concealer in Ivory
Meow Cosmetics Purrfect Puss powder foundation in Frisky Siamese
Eyes-
Phoenix Blood Cosmetics loose eyeshadow in Shining Armor (silver), Lady of the Lake (aqua), Gloaming (dark teal), Leviathan (dark charcoal gray), and A Very Juliet Story (light beige)
Detrivore Original eye shadow primer
Wet n Wild Fergie Take On the Day eye shadow primer
Wet n Wild non-waterproof liquid eyeliner
Almay Get Up and Grow mascara in black
Lips-
Morgana's Crypt lipstick in Absinthe
My Etsy shop for makeup can be found here, and is called Phoenix Blood.
Have fun everyone, and have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
My Vanity Setup
I am a messy person. I get so frustrated because, regardless of how civilized I feel, I seem to leave chaos and dirty teacups in my wake. However, I was finally able to impose some order to my perfume and personal jewelry stash. It's so unusual for me, I thought I'd share it.
I love old-fashioned perfume misters. I found the fleur-de-lis one at Hobby Lobby (functional!) and filled it with inexpensive but yummy body spray (EDIT: I later found that the glue in the mister had been dissolved by the perfume, and the top came off and doused me. Do not do this.), and I found the short one with the pink bubble at Goodwill. It doesn't work, but it's still cute. You can tell I have eclectic tastes; my scents range from a Bulgari unisex fragrance (which I love) to a silly $1 cotton candy-scented spray.
I keep my necklaces on my closet rack because they tangle so horribly in my jewelry box; that is now reserved for rings, earrings and decorative hair clips.
I got this cool seance card in my last Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs order. I thought the (broken) mirror slot in the box would be a perfect frame for display. I just taped it in.
Anyway, have a marvelous summer everyone. Goth on!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Rosy Nude FOTD
Finally, I am sharing with you a look done with makeup I made. I didn't make all of it-there's still store-bought mascara and pencil eyeliner. It will probably be a while before I try to make items that ambitious. However, here is one of the favorite eye shadow colors I've made so far. I named it Romanza after an Andrea Bocelli CD I like (it's not Goth, but I don't care! :) )
I also used it as blush. It's a little frostier than I like my blush to be, so I might reformulate it with less shimmer to suit my tastes better.
Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Rainy Day FOTD
The rainy season has finally come to Arizona, relieving the heat wave and rejuvenating the earth. For one, I also feel relieved and refreshed when the rain comes...I probably appreciate it so much because of the dryness of my home state.
Anyway, I was inspired to do my makeup in cloudy, rain-friendly colors.
Blurry photo is blurry...ick.
My hair is in desperate need of re-dying...please look away from the bad roots and humidity frizziness. :)
Inner thoughts- "Is it focused? Is it? Is it? Oh heavens, don't blink!!!"
Eyeball closeup!
Okay, here are the materials:
Face: Meow Cosmetics Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Siamese
Brows: Black mascara. I still need to get actual brow stuff...
Eyes: Detrivore eye shadows in Apparatus (lid) and Abyss (crease and lower lash line)
I just finished it off with mascara and (slightly crooked) liquid liner.
Anyway, I was inspired to do my makeup in cloudy, rain-friendly colors.
Okay, here are the materials:
Face: Meow Cosmetics Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Siamese
Brows: Black mascara. I still need to get actual brow stuff...
Eyes: Detrivore eye shadows in Apparatus (lid) and Abyss (crease and lower lash line)
I just finished it off with mascara and (slightly crooked) liquid liner.
Also, here is as much of my outfit today as I could photograph. The stripey shrug (originally Forever 21), black dress (originally a slip) and fancy short necklace were all thrifted. The rosary was originally rose scented, and came from a stall that sells Catholic and Rastafarian items in the halls of my university's dining hall.
Have a wonderful day!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Success!!!
I am incredibly excited because...I made my very first eye shadows today! It is so much easier than I thought it would be, though I realized that I still have so much practicing to do before I can whip out some of the colors I really want to make. I got my supplies from TKB Trading, and so far they are performing marvelously. Now, to be fair, I've only made two colors so far, and they aren't terribly dark or Gothic...I made one shimmery butter-yellow and one glittery nude beige. See, not that impressive. I'm still so pleased with them though-especially since my beige was made with dark brown, magenta and bright yellow pigments. I will be making some wonderful brights and darks soon, though, and I will start showing you guys what my colors look like and how they perform. So far my mix is quite opaque, smooth, blendable and long-wearing, and that's what really matters when it comes to this sort of thing.
'Til next time, have a glorious day!
'Til next time, have a glorious day!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Accidental Fun-Finding
I was scrolling through the most time-wasting part of the Internet (it's depressing how well it holds my interest) and found a fascinating tutorial on how to recreate Siouxsie Sioux's trademark eye makeup.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/beauty-dare-siouxsie-sioux-eyeliner
Take a look and see what you think!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/beauty-dare-siouxsie-sioux-eyeliner
Take a look and see what you think!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Video Share-Joji and Literature
Happy reading!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Video Share-Pixiwoo Grunge
I know this sort of look is not for everyone, but I feel like certain aspects of the grunge look evoke a "tuberculosis chic" sort of feel. In fact, though I have not tried cream eye shadow yet, I often wear brown eye shadow in the blown-out, kind of haphazard style shown in the vid.
Enjoy!
Have a wonder-filled day, everyone!
Enjoy!
Friday, May 31, 2013
My Favorite Lippies
Hi, all,
I thought it might be fun to take a look at my favorite lipsticks and favorite lip gloss.
2. Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids in 875 Vivid Rose. I bought this as my spring/summer bright lipstick, and it did not disappoint. The color is very bright, but very flattering to the skin (unlike some of the more extreme colors in this collection). The finish is somewhere between matte and cream, and the staying power is amazing. This is due to its high tendency to stain. I think this might be limited edition, but at the time of this posting it is still widely available. Prices range from $5.50-$7.50.
3. Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in 477 Back Cherry. I am, sadly, almost out of this color. It is a slightly sheer (but buildable) blackened burgundy-red cream. I like to think of this as the perfect Goth red, and the formula, though slightly prone to fading and shifting, is silky and fairly moisturizing. Prices range from $5-$8.
4. Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in 663 Va Va Violet. This is such a rich plum-purple cream, the perfect wintry purple lip for me. This formula does leave a little to be desired, though-it is a bit sheerer and more slippery even than its red counterpart Black Cherry. However, I deal with it because it's inexpensive and I love the color. It doesn't bleed or feather much, so that's a plus. Prices range from $5-$8.
5. Last but not least is Morgana's Crypt lipstick in Licorice, which I have reviewed in a previous post. This is still by all-time favorite black lipstick-during school, I sometimes did a quick morning look with a touch of gel eyeliner, some mascara, face powder and a slick of this...it worked very well, if I do say so myself. :)
That's it for this session-feel free to check out my other lippie and assorted makeup reviews including my Morgana's Crypt review.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonder-filled day!
I thought it might be fun to take a look at my favorite lipsticks and favorite lip gloss.
Here is the stash-it consists of two Revlon lipsticks, one Revlon lipgloss, one Maybelline lipstick and one Morgana's Crypt lipstick.
Here are my bare, naked lips for reference. They're not always this pink...I had just exfoliated a little.
1. Revlon Colorburst lip gloss in 008 Peony. This is part of the Colorburst core collection, and the best "my lips but better" lip gloss I have ever found for my skin and lip color. It is fairly sheer, with a medium amount of gold and peach shimmer. This is the only lipgloss I have not only run out of, but repurchased simply because I could not find anything better. These glosses range from $6.50-$7.50, depending on where you buy them.
3. Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in 477 Back Cherry. I am, sadly, almost out of this color. It is a slightly sheer (but buildable) blackened burgundy-red cream. I like to think of this as the perfect Goth red, and the formula, though slightly prone to fading and shifting, is silky and fairly moisturizing. Prices range from $5-$8.
4. Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in 663 Va Va Violet. This is such a rich plum-purple cream, the perfect wintry purple lip for me. This formula does leave a little to be desired, though-it is a bit sheerer and more slippery even than its red counterpart Black Cherry. However, I deal with it because it's inexpensive and I love the color. It doesn't bleed or feather much, so that's a plus. Prices range from $5-$8.
5. Last but not least is Morgana's Crypt lipstick in Licorice, which I have reviewed in a previous post. This is still by all-time favorite black lipstick-during school, I sometimes did a quick morning look with a touch of gel eyeliner, some mascara, face powder and a slick of this...it worked very well, if I do say so myself. :)
That's it for this session-feel free to check out my other lippie and assorted makeup reviews including my Morgana's Crypt review.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonder-filled day!
Saturday, May 25, 2013
The Care and Feeding of Eye Brows
When I was younger, I was convinced that I would never trim or pluck my eyebrows-that they just didn't grow that well. Once I reached my late teens, I realized that my eyebrows do indeed grow-they are just various shades of blonde ranging from practically transparent to light ash. Since I started dying my hair, I have experimented with different ways to make my brows match my hair. I started out with heavy eye brow pencil (thankfully that was short-lived), then moved on to matte eye shadow used as brow powder. Recently, I have discovered something that makeup artists and beauty bloggers have already known about for ages-brow mascara. Of course, I do not have the funds to try out lots of different specialized products (at least, not yet), so my experience with brow mascara started as a weird little voice in my brain that said, "Hey. This is mascara. It is black. My hair is black. What will happen if I put this regular black mascara on my eye brows?" And, well, it worked. Right now I am doing my "everyday face" with just mascaraed brows, since it's faster than powdering them, and using powder for special occasions or when I feel my makeup that day really needs a strong, full brow. So, there you go. Eventually I'm sure I will switch to actual brow mascara, since it is suuuuuper easy to put on too much regular mascara and get weird little smudges and clumps everywhere, but for now it works just fine.
Have you ever tried brow mascara? What is your favorite brow routine (or lack of)? Feel free to comment and have a wonder-filled day!
Have you ever tried brow mascara? What is your favorite brow routine (or lack of)? Feel free to comment and have a wonder-filled day!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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