Sucker Punch Make-up: Sweetpea

Hi guys! Sorry i has been so long!

 So last weekend i was at Comic-con in Glasgow. I went as the character Sweet Pea from the movie Sucker Punch. (See Left)

This characters make-up is a natural yet dark look.

The main face is just natural, looking slightly pale and porcelain.

The lips are a natural pink with a golden undertone.

While the eyes are dark, they are dramatic and smoky. This contrasts the plain and porcelain look of the rest of the face.

So i naturally decided on no blush, or bronzer but i used slight highlighter to make my face more angular. (I applied it to my cheek bones, brow bone and the man column of my nose, as well as a small dot on my cupids bow to make my lips look pout-y.)

I applied black eyeshadow on my eyes, with a line under of eyeshadow. I then smudged it out so it looked smoky and less harsh. I then applied eyeliner to my waterline and the edge of my eye to make them more angular. Ounce that was done, i applied my usual mascara( you can use false lashes if you would like, but i decided against it) and used an eyebrow comb to brush them out and separate them.

I then applied a light pink and an extra layer of gold lipgloss over the top.

I will be doing a post about wigs at some pont, either on here or on my personal blog! (Witch you can find the link to n my about page) 

DFTBA -Lia XX

A Smiley Without the Smile // The Fury inspired nail art by Becca

Hi everyone! It's Becca here again, marking (in a rather late manner) lesser-known books and fandoms week with my favourite book of all time, The Fury. This book is by Alexander Gordon Smith, and basically proposes the idea: "Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turned against you?". Then it kills everyone and all of your feelings.

I did this nail art with a base of Rimmel 60 Seconds polish in 803 Man Overboard (a grey) topped with a coat of Rimmel 60 Seconds polish in 800 Black Out (take a wild guess), then topped with another coat of the grey.

I then added the flame colours (BarryM Gelly Hi-Shine Satsuma - orange, Essie Snap Happy - red, and Essence Wanna be your sunshine - yellow) by wiping off the majority of the polish from the brush and just kinda swiping it across my nail. Fire is random, this can be too. You can do any order, but aim to have orange at the top - I think I did orange, red, yellow, orange. I then topped it with L'Oreal Smoky Top Coat (using the same method) for a, well, smoky effect.

The smiley - or, not smiley - was a decal of my own creation:

After taking all the stickers off a sticker sheet (well, the remainders - a lot had already come off), I drew the faces with Essence's Nail Art Tattoo Pen. I then covered them with a generous layer of clear polish and allowed them to dry for a bit. After this, I lifted them off the sheet (the plasticky sticker sheet makes this easy-peasy) and stuck them to my nails, before covering with another generous layer of clear polish.

You'll notice, if you know my nail arting, that I used a different accent nail and put the decal upside down from how I normally have it. This was completely intentional, and I won't show you a photo because it was for the express purpose of being very very immature indeed. You can probably figure it out.

I hope you enjoyed this nail art! I'll be back next week with some more nail art inspired by one of Alexander Gordon Smith's books!

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Comic-con Updates Info

Hi guys, its Lia here.

I will be at Glasgow MCM Comic-con in September. I'm going for both days and will be cosplaying for both.

My two cosplays are:

Sweet Pea, from Sucker Punch


















And, either,

Harley Quinn, from Batman



















 Or

Ariel Modern/Hipster

I shall be updating you guys in the cosplay process and the makeup ideas.

Have a great day and DFTBA.

-Lia

The Flowers They Bring // The Things We Did for Love inspired nail art by Becca

Hi everyone! Sorry about the little break - and about posting on someone elses day, sorry Hannah!

This nail art is inspired by the cover of a brilliant book - one with the distinction of being the only book to ever make me cry -  by Natasha Farrant, called The Things We Did for Love. I even nearly cried when I was skim-reading bits for a title for this nail art!

 

The book is about a fictional French village during the Second World War, and the tragedy that befalls its inhabitants. The heart of the story is the relationship between Arianne and Luc, but it dips into the stories of other people in and around the village.


It takes place during June 1944, so I'm going to use it belatedly for my Summer week post as well!

I painted the rose and branches separately on a de-stickered sticker sheet then covered them generously in clear nail polish to make my own nail decals, then created a sort of gradient effect to emulate the effect of the book cover. I then added the homemade decals to the nails, and added the little yellow hearts. I feel that the hearts definitely pulled it together, before I added them I definitely felt that it was missing that little something.

I used KIKO nail lacquer in 386 for the base, then mixed it with BarryM's nail paint in Matt White for the light part of the gradient and 2true shade 14 for the darker part. The decals were Rimmel London 60 Seconds nail polish in 800 Black Out with my trusty MUA clear polish (not pictured) and the hearts were Essence Colour & Go in 137 Wanna be your Sunshine.

I hope you liked this post! The quote I used is from near the end of the book, I can't tell you the second half of it because it'd kind of be a spoiler! But you'll know it when you get to it, probably.

~Becca :)

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Summer time outfits: Ghibli style (anime)

Once agian it is outfit ideas for summer.

Ghibli themed!💕 (Ghibli is a company that makes Japanese animated films) 

Hope you like it! - Lia DFTBA 

Tfios week: Outfits

Sorry I missed tfios week, so here's my late post. It's just a few outfit ideas. I hope they inspire you!! -Lia DFTBA 

The Paints Don't Matter // Whose Line Is It Anyway inspired nail art by Becca

Hello again everyone! Becca here!

Now, I realise that Whose Line may not be technically considered to be a fandom, but it's pretty much all I've been watching for the last week since my friend introduced me to it, so... it felt logical somehow. ;P

Now, the process is kind of complicated. I used a white base coat, then much like I did here, I put a splodge of nail polish onto a sticker sheet and diluted it a little with a brush dipped in nail polish remover. I then did the splodges in different colours, but it was too brushy and not splodgey enough. Therefore, I dipped a cotton bud in remover (wipe most of it off, you want it damp enough to make the effect but not too wet or it'll just take off the colour) and dabbed it over each fully coloured nail in turn. Sometimes it took colour off anyway, so I splodged more on and dabbed some more.

From there, the stick figures were simple - splodge and dilute black polish.

I also did the thumbnail as the host and their desk:

I included the desk light in the silhouette, though perhaps I should have left it out in honour of that glorious moment ;)

Base colour was Nail Paint by BarryM in Matt White. Then we have:

• Yellow - Essence Colour & Go in Wanna Be Your Sunshine
• Green - NYC In a New York Minute Quick Dry Nail Polish in High Line Green
• Blue - KIKO Nail Lacquer in 386
• Red - MUA Nail Polish in Fever Red
• Black - Rimmel London 60 Seconds in 800 Black Out

I hope you enjoyed this post - and don't blame me for the Whose Line marathon if you end up on one! ;)

~Becca :) 

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Fem!Mad Hatter Make-up (Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland)

I love Tim Burton. Like, Reallllllyyyy love Tim Burton, witch is why i picked this version of Alice in Wonderland to work from.

(I did this straight after i had done an other make-up tutorial, so i still have a trace on eyeliner, ignore it.)

Start off with the usual blank make-up.

Then you add a brownish red eyeshadow to the top and bottom of your eyes. Also, if you are going for a cosplay with a wig, use a red-ish brown to color in your eyebrows to match your wig :3 

Then fill the eyelids in with a dark denim blue eyeshadow.

 Then, add blush to the cheeks in a bright pink. Suck in your cheek and do a line from the dimple formed to the edge of the face, remembering to blend it in.

When doing your lips, do a natural pink on the inside and blend out to a darker pink on the outside (for a fuller lip look).

Then you apply, eyeliner and mascara as you would normally. Now, you are done! ~<3

A cute Fem! Mad Hatter look, ready for any convention or party! Good luck, guys!!

DFTBA- Lia xx

Anna Make-up (Frozen)

I am a big fan of frozen, i especially love how warm and sweet Anna looks. So i did this tutorial of Anna's makeup :3

(I already have freckles, but if you dont just add them on with an eyebrow pencil. Also, sorry for all the close ups of my face, i dont have great complexion XD) 

Start off with a blank face, power, foundation, concealer e.t.c

Then start of with a brown powder eyeshadow and lightly dust the whole eye area with it.

 

Then you do a thin winged eyeliner on your eyelid, to give it the pointed catoon look. Then you do the waterline (Shown below) to give the bottom a thin line, try not to stab yourself in the eye and use a waterproof gel eyeliner or a pencil eyeliner. Then put on mascara as you usually would.

 

Then move on to the lips, i use CreamPuff, witch is like a matte lip butter that comes in a lipgloss tub, its a soft pink and has a warm look to it.

Then on the apple of your cheeks (Your cheekbone) You add a warm pink blush. To give that blushing and bubbly look.

 

Then to complete the look highlight your face. You can buy highlighter or use white eyeshadow and blend it in. Put down the bone of your nose, the edge of your cheekbones, your cupids-bow and  the inside corner of your eye. Then your done.

Enjoy, your Anna look. If its for a date, cosplay or just fun, Good Luck! (Sorry about my face again XD)

DFTBA- Lia xx

Note: Sorry for missing some weeks and when im posting this week.

Hi guys, im posting two looks today and a tfios one tomorrow. (Sorry, for posting on someone else's days)

This is because i missed the last two fridays due to a family problem.

And I'm leaving for a holiday tomorrow so i wont have internet for a while.

So sorry, for going of schedule guys.

-Lia

TFIOS inspired eyeliner // TFIOS week

Hi everyone, Becca here! For TFIOS week (check the tab at the top for more info on themed weeks) I decided to do a subtle eyeliner look inspired by the most well-known cover of the book.

It's very simple and subtle; a line of black and a line of blue. You can do this with liquid eyeliner, but I used eyeshadow with a thin, stiff brush.

Here it is in the context of the full face; I paired it with a sheer pink lipgloss, again as it's meant to be a subtle look.

And finally, this is what I used:

Blusher - 2true Shade 1
Lipgloss - unnamed unbranded one (anyone know?)
Crease - MUA Smokin' palette in Ghost
Black liner - MUA Undressed palette in Shade 11
Blue liner - 11th shade in MUA Poptastic palette
Inner corner - 3rd shade in MUA Poptastic palette
Mascara - W7 Lengthening Thickening Mascara in Black

I hope you liked this subtle look! Of course, if you go to see the film - or read the book - then maybe use waterproof makeup ;)

~Becca

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Party in Plaid // Supernatural inspired nail art

Hello again everyone!

It's Becca here, and I've got another Supernatural inspired mani for you today. This time it's inspired by the plaid shirts that the brothers (especially Sam) seem to hoard!

I don't know if either brother has worn a shirt in this particular colour scheme before, but I wouldn't put it past them!

I used these polishes - BarryM Matt White for the base, then KIKO 386, Rimmel London 60 Seconds in 803 Man Overboard, and Essie 244 Snap Happy for the pattern - although, of course, you could really use any colour scheme.

And this is my extra equipment. I use an old sticker sheet from WHSmith (they come in a pack of 600 or so) to swatch polishes on and try out designs, and also to put blobs of polish on when I want to do a more intricate design. The great thing about these sheets is that as long as I use the shiny side, the polish peels right off, so it's great when I run out of room for polish blobs or want to do a more intricate design without putting it directly on my nail - it's like a homemade nail sticker!

I put a bit of the nail polish remover into the lid, then mixed it into the polish blob with the brush to thin it and make it easier to paint - this is partly why the colours show through each other. It's basically the same theory as normal paint XD

I hope you liked this nail art, and I'll see you next Saturday for my TFIOS week post!

~Becca :)

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Heaven and Hell // Supernatural inspired nail art

Hi everyone! Becca here again, and this time I've got a Supernatural inspired mani for you.

For this nail art I wanted to try a gradient, a technique I've never done before. As well as trying something new, I also wanted to do a gradient to emphasise the fact that in the world of Supernatural the two places have more similarities than the occupants would care to admit.

I started with a white base, then painted over that. I won't list all the steps, as I'd be here forever, but if you try this then paint Hell first, as the Heaven colour is more sheer and will look better over the top. Also, keep your nail polish remover close - you'll need it to both clean the brushes and to thin the polish for the watercolour effect. It'll be better to pour a little into the lid/another container, that way you can throw it away and avoid contaminating the rest of the bottle.

Another tip is to try not to get too much polish on the brush, as it creates a more solid colour - you can see where I got a little too much on my index finger, and it's more of a line than a gradient, with less variation in the red than on other fingers.

My base was Nail Paint by BarryM in Matt White, and Hell was Essie's Snap Happy with Rimmel London 60 Seconds polish in 800 Black Out. Heaven was a mixture of Kiko 386 (just a smidgen) mixed with the three unnamed polishes in the picture; the first one I have no idea what brand it is and the small ones at the other end are Marks and Spencers. I also added bits of the lilac/gold duochrome over the top in the same way I added the black to Hell.

I hope you liked this nail art!

~Becca :)
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Casual cosplay (Captain America used as Example)

Hi guys, sorry that i haven't posted before, but life was a little busy ;3. Im starting off easy, with something that i love, Casual Cosplay.

This is a concept i have seen a lot at conventions but i don't think it has been really addressed.
 
Cosplay takes a lot of work and money that people don't have. So instead, they create casual cosplays.
 
Normally this is based around superheros, you get a printed top and matching jeans for example. There are a few examples below but this works with almost any cosplay:

For example, i have put here one of my personal faves. Its a Captain America one, with a feminine and stylish twist. The heels make it more stylish but keeps with the style of the cosplay.








 You can also wear it around town to spark conversation with people of similar interests. 

I hope this has helped and will get more people into cosplay.
 
DFTBA- Lia xx