Purple Eyeshadow and Shopping

I wore Louis by Antoinette's Revolution Cosmetics on Friday and put on a red lipstain to go with it.

Look at the pretty blue sheen!

Max Factor lipstain in 06, with MIYO gloss on top.

The purple makes my eyes look really green, I think.

I tried to get away one more day with the curls,
so I put my hair in a ponytail on one side.

Also made those earring a week ago! They jingle when I walk.

I've also been shopping a bit, although I'm trying to save money for the upcoming trip to Leipzig. I got a Dita von Teese book from the Finnish goth fleamarket on Facebook, and bought the other book from Bookdepository.com. I got them both mainly for the nice pictures :) The art of burlesque has tons of pretty pictures of Dita, and the empire of death is a study of charnel houses and ossuaries. Meaning lots of pictures of bones, mummies, decorated skeletons and such. Here's the website of Empire of Death, there's some nice pictures there too. I can't remember who's blog had the link, because that's how I found the book. I'm still reading A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, but I always have time to look at pretty pictures.

MIYO-cosmetics

I participated in a contest in the blog Tyttö ilman helmikorvakorua and was so lucky that I won an eyeshadow, nailpolish and a lipgloss of my choice from MIYO-cosmetics! It's a new brand that's coming to Seppälä stores in Finland. It's a Polish brand and very cheap, everything costs under five euros.

I got a Nailed it! nailpolish in no 18 Cocktail, Candy gloss in no 08 Crush, and OMG! eyeshadow in no 25 Ash. I wanted something that I didn't already have, so I got a matte grey eyeshadow, (what I thought was) a pastel pink polish and a dark pink lipgloss. It turned out that the colours on the website were not completely accurate, and the nailpolish was actually a really light, bright warm pink and the lipgloss was a lot lighter than I expected.

Nailed it! nailpolish

The colour was a light, really bright warm-toned pink. The polish dried fast and while it was on the thin side, the layers went on nicely and it was opaque and neat after four layers. A nice consistency, worked well for me.

OMG! eyeshadow

The name made me giggle and the container was a bit hard to open (you apparently need to pull the little lip outwards, not push it in), but the colour goes on the skin nicely and the pigmentation is okay. Ash is a cold-ish light grey.

Candy gloss lipgloss

The colour was a lot lighter than what was shown on the website. I'm not a big fan of glosses, they do not last long enough on my lip and my long hair gets stuck on my lips when wearing gloss. The colour is a warm pink with multicoloured shimmer. The product had separated a bit in the tube and I could clearly see how I first got only clear liquid when I squeezed, and only after got some pigment too. I tried to gloss on top of a lipstain and it gave a nice shine. The gloss on its own didn't give my lips much colour.

OMG eyeshadow in Ash

Candy gloss in Crush

Here's a look I did yesterday using the eyeshadow. There's some Sugarpill Tako in the inner corners and on browbones, and a bit of Bulletproof in the crease.

More May Day

The first of May is celebrated in Finland like almost any other holiday, by drinking heavily. Vappu, as it's called here, also has balloons, streamers and funny hats. I went to a picnic with other goths, since the weather was nice (= it was not snowing). I got the idea for a picnic earlier, since we were planning to go to have one anyway with a few friends and usually there are goth picnics nearly every week in Tampere in the summer, so I set up a Facebook event and yay, so many people came!

Amursk the grill was probably the most popular visitor (what could be better than a portable barbecue with loudspeakers and disco lights?!) and there were around thirty people on the picnic, and the whole park was full of people celebrating. I met lots of friends and some new faces, ate sausage, mushrooms and marshmallows, then continued to have a pint at a local bar, then went home to get some more to drink and we continued to a party at our neighbours'. It was a long day!

Love Mystral from Mustaa Pitsiä was also there!

Me and my other half eating sausages. Apparently his vegetarian ones are not so delicious ;) 

Look how beautiful the Finnish nature is this time of year ;P

My smaller camera was out of batteries and I was too lazy to drag the bigger one with me, so I didn't get any pictures of my own. The top one is from Mystral's camera and two others were taken by Grendel. Thanks!

Pink Sunset Look

I wanted a light and easy look yesterday, so I dug up light pink and orange eyeshadows and did something with them. I put some Tako in the inner corners and browbone, then padded Rapunzel had Extensions on the lids and added Flying Flower to the crease and outer corners. Finished with black mascara. The lips were done by first putting on the lipstain, then the liquid lipstick on top for some shine.

I used:
Fyrinnae Rapunzel had Extensions
Aromaleigh Flying Flower
Sugarpill Tako
Gosh lipstain in 002 Pink
Elf liquid lipstick in Rasberry

Look how green the colours make my eyes seem!

I had my hair up, it still has the curls done on Monday. I'm impressed!

I'm growing out the black in my bangs, here you can see my progress because I was
just bending down to pet a kitty while taking the pic ;P

I'm working on an essay for my studies regarding lifestyle blogs, it's always the same, you think you have lots of time and then suddenly the deadline is a few days away and you are writing like crazy. I'm already looking forward to my holiday that starts on the 24th, I'm going to Wave Gotik Treffen and then right afterwards heading to St. Petersburg! Also found out I'm going on a work trip to Cologne at the end of the summer. I love my work, but travelling and summer festivals are my favourite things!

Moon Child's Knickers Look

This look was done with Fyrinnae Moon Child and Knickers in a Twist. Very light and neutral, although the Moon Child was sparklier in real life and the Knickers in a Twist a bit darker. I wore it yesterday to work and for a thesis inspection. The thesis was about character design in videogames, very interesting!

And here are my curls two days after they were done, still pretty neat, huh?

May Day Look

Here's my May Day look, I'll do a post with more pictures of what I was up to later :) I was going out for a picnic, so I wanted a look that's not too fussy but still pretty. And I wanted curls, so I popped on two sets of clip-in extensions and curled the whole lot with the curling wand. Also dyed my hair with a mix of Directions Violet and Rose Red (2 parts Violet, 1 part Rose Red) to match the extensions better.

I used:
Missha Perfect Cover BB-cream in nro. 13 
Evil Shades Matte Silk powder
Fyrinnae Cuddlefish
Lost in Makeupland Volta
Sugarpill Hysteric
Sugarpill Tako
Maybelline Super Stay Tint Gloss in Forever Fuchsia
Elf blush in Flushed
Random false lashes

Here's my outfit! I wore a leather jacket outside, it was still pretty cold.

Shirt - Second hand

Belt - Only (maybe? Can't remember)

Skirt - Lip Service

Bracelets - Glitter

Another shot with a silly smile ;)

Here you can see the curls better! I was very happy with them, I love long curly hair :)

How To Fix a Skirt That's Too Small

I bought a skirt from Restyle and didn't bother to check the measurements, just picked the same size I usually wear. When it arrived, it was TINY! I couldn't fit in it no matter what, it didn't stretch at all, but since the skeleton print was so nice, I wanted to keep it. So here's how to make a skirt fit when it's too small!

Saved because of the print.

You need:
A skirt
Stretchy fabric that matches the skirt's colour or compliments it (amount depends on how long your skirt is and how much width you need to add to it, basically: length + 2cm x width to be added + 2cm)
Sewing machine (or lots of patience and a needle and thread)
Scissors
Pins

1. Cut the side seams open. I just cut the whole seam (and the zipper) off, but you could carefully open the seam if you want to. If the print had been so wide that it would have been cut it with the seams, I'd have opened them.

The skeleton skirt with seams cut off

2. Measure the skirt and yourself to find out how much fabric you need to add to make it fit. Cut two slices from the stretchy fabric that are as long as your skirt and half of the required extra width wide each. Leave 1-2 cm extra on the edges. If the fabric is super stretchy like mine, take a few centimetres off the measure to make sure it fits snugly. Make sure the fabric stretches so much you can get the skirt on, or add a zipper to the new side seam you'll soon sew.

3. Pin the stretchy fabric and one of the skirt pieces together, right sides facing each other. You can pin both stretchy strips to the skirt piece and sew them in one go. You should make the stretchy fabric follow the curve of the skirts edge, not like I did, because then you can be sure to get the same amount of added width everywhere. My fabric was so stretchy it didn't matter. If you do it my style, cut the excess off only after you have sewed the pieces together, it's easier that way.

On top is the back side of the skirt, with right side facing the stretchy fabric pinned to it.

4. Sew the new side seams you just pinned.

Sewing the skirt and the stretchy fabric together.

5. Lay the skirt pieces with the strips sewed on the floor right side up. Lay the other skirt piece on top of it, right side down, and pin it to the stretchy fabric edges.

The front of the skirt with the extra fabric added.

The back of the skirt laid on top of the front with added fabric, right sides facing.
Just pin and sew! I left the lining fabric in, the skirt originally had it just on
the front piece and it was sewed with the side seams.

6. Try the skirt on. If it's too big (like mine was, I didn't measure correctly), just sew a seam in the middle of the stretchy pieces to take a few centimetres in. If it's too small, you can cut the stretchy pieces in half and repeat the process to get some more room.

7. Once the skirt fits, hem the top and bottom of the added fabric strips. Zigzag the raw edges to prevent the fabric unravelling, the stretchy types fall apart fast if the edges are left unfinished.

Finished! Enjoy your new, correctly sized skirt :)

Here's mine, you can see the extra seam in the middle of the stretchy piece,
because I accidentally made mine too big at first.