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Yay! New post!

I actually spent three days shooting the look...  Because of the glitter mess it look three hours to put on flawlessly, so I'd either not like the way it turned out or the lighting would get bad...

I really hope you guys like it, because I'm pretty proud of it... 

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Magnus Bane, High Warlock of Brooklyn.

"The man blocking the doorway was as tall and thin as a rail, his hair a crown of dense black spikes. His eyes were crusted with a raccoon mask of charcoal glitter... He raked a ring-laden hand through his spiked hair...

"Children of the Nephilim" he said. "Well, well. I don't recall inviting you"

Who doesn't love a good mysterious 800 year old warlock who throws great parties? The answer is nobody. 

Makeup: Eyes: Cream base by Benefit, in "holy smokes!"  Green, Stila Ultimate Color palette. Purple, Lancom eyeshadow in "Color Design" over a Physicians Formula gel eyeliner. Blue, "Blue Had Me at Hello" by Wet n Wild. Glitter also by Wet n Wild. Eyeliner by Rimmel, Soft kohl in black. The black/blue is a dicontued shade from BFTE. Mascara, Covergirl and Stila. Face: Revlon Naked foundation. Maybelline Fit Me concealer. Old blush and bronzer.

Under the break I talk more about the look, if you're curious. 

I wanted the shape to be very angular, since Magnus has a very different eye shape than I do (obviously), but not too sharp or over done, just dramatic. Speaking that Magnus is a "Child of the Night", I did darker brights, jewel toned colors. Lots of color though, couldn't imagine him without color... I loved using duochomatic shadows, I thought it added some "Magiciness" to it.

Outfit: I'm wearing a black velvet opera coat, a black button up with a sliver necklace under the collar (which you can't see), a few sliver rings and a black hat that I wear way, way too much. I'm also wearing black and red striped pants because Magnus is mention wearing similar ones more than once in the books. As well as Jefferey Cambell "Litas" for my shoes. 

I hope you guys enjoy! I'll be doing Isabelle and Clary next!

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Currently editing the first post for my Mortal Instruments inspired mini series, it should be up later today or tomorrow.

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I like how I'm like "MAGIC, IT WILL HAPPPEEEEN".

then i disappear and lose three followers...

Boom. 

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So, uh, guess who has two new camera lenses to make blog magic with?

Me. The answer is me. 

Lets all hope the new stuff will be good. 

Also, fandom stuff.

That's all I'm going to say to that. -winks-

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So, since I have very little interesting content to post, because I'm waiting to get a lens that works. I figured that I would show you guys my ridiculous "light box" set up I used to take the pictures for the reviews I just put up.

That's a Jefferey Campbell shoe box, four magazines, another shoe box, and an extra copy of my all time favorite sewing book (I'll be talking about sewing here in the near future, again, I'm getting a new camera lens). Then I leaned all of that up against my closet door.

It's held together with the backside of some wrapping paper and taped up with zebra duck tape (that being the only option is this case). And, I shut all the shades in my room so my flash would come on.

Alexis: The master of makeshift photography.   

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Pond's Cold Cream Cleanser, $4.69 at Target.

After having used an eye cream of sorts to take mascara off for a good long while I decided to give this classic a try.

The packaging is plain, plastic and has a study cap, probably the same Pond's has used for ten years. But I'm sure if having it out on your vanity or bathroom counter was really a big deal you could just move it in to a pretty jar.

The price of this stuff for the amount (6.1 oz.) you're getting is pretty terrific. 

You don't really have to use a massive amount of this stuff to get it to work. It takes just about everything off without a trace very, very easily. You don't have to do any tugging or dragging like with normal makeup remover, you sort of rub in circles and it breaks everything right down. It's not irritating in the slightest, its really very gentle.

You can do things like take mascara off with out touching any other part of your makeup. It also removes glitter and that clingy body shimmer stuff, pretty well.

The cream itself has an oily lotion like consistency but a bit thicker and not quite as heavy as body butter that you can wash off or leave to set in your skin. It doesn't feel heavy or overly greasy.

It smells like powder and roses, a very familiar "Grandma-y" smell. But its not over powering or nasty, its kind of fancy really.

Overall I'm glad I picked this stuff up. I use it whenever I take off my makeup now, it would be fantastic for someone who has sensitive skin or finds taking their makeup off every night tedious (I being one of said people).

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Maybelline Fit Me concealer in 15 Fair, $5.49 at Target.

I'm constantly on the search for a good under eye concealer, and I picked this up after having it recommend by Gossmakeupartist.

This concealer goes along with the rest of the Maybelline Fit Me line which is a super basic line of face makeup. I'd never tried anything from the line and had heard very mixed reviews about it.

This stuff is surprisingly fantastic. The packaging is pretty standard, basically a lip gloss tube, with a doe foot applicator that extends to the very bottom of the tube (instead of stopping half way to the bottom like lip glosses do...Then you have to take the stopper out and it gets lip gloss all over you makeup bag...). 

It's a light, but really buildable coverage and pigmentation is nice even though its a lighter coverage. It has a very dewy finish, which I love because I have dry skin and crepey under eyes. As well as having a pretty large selection of colors, which is you know, great.

It blends really, really well. But, creases like mad. Which means you have to set it with a powder, a prospect I'm not to fond of because nothing is worse than dry under eyes (in my book at least). A finely milled translucent powder eliminates that problem though.

 Staying power: set with powder is fine, pretty average. 

Overall I love this stuff, mainly because its so dewy. I've tried a good number of concealers and this one takes the cake.  It's cheap, covers well, isn't dry... I love it. Its not to expensive.  Try it out. 

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E.l.f studio blush in Pink Passion. $3 at Target. 

I picked up this blush to replace a shade of older discontinued Artistry blush that I couldn't list on this blog. I'm glad I did. This blush is made of perfection and pink magic.

The packaging is lovely. Sturdy matte plastic that you can see the blush itself through, with a mirror. Which for a blush is great. Even the packaging it came in was really nice, especially for a 3 dollar blush. 

The color (as well as it being matte) its self is pretty unique for a drugstore blush. The pigmentation is beautiful, you only have to tap your brush in it to pick up a good amount of color. It doesn't seem to crumble under your brush, the texture is very velvety without being to soft.

It blends on the skin perfectly and is pretty buildable.

The lasting power over a foundation is just as good as any. Good stuff.

Over all this is a fantastic blush, particularly for 3 dollars. If your looking for a blush, you should pick this one up.

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Reviews.

The magic shall be coming very soon.

I promise.

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Anndd... here's a picture of Alden being adorable to hold you over till my next blog post. 

Hey look, Beautiful creatures cosplays. Cool.

The Sisters, Amma, Link , Ridley,  Lena and Liv. 

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So uh, I was sick for a week. I was well enough for a few hours to answers some asks. But uh, yeah. That was fun. And by fun I mean terrible.

Party time.

Anyway, I have a huge  project coming up. Like bigger than the last one. It involves sewing and crafts and such. Which should be magical...

Also, I'm ganna try doing some pictorial tutorials, like the ones all over pinterest but like, not. Since this blog is supposed too cool for that (I'm kidding, mostly). 

Yeah. Not dying anymore. Ok.  

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Annddd... I'm sick again.

I should I have new posts up as soon as I'm well. 

Any ideas of what you guys want to see next, in the meantime?

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Thanks! :D

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Olivia (Liv) Durand

” Everything she was wearing had a weathered look, from her faded jeans and the random bits string and beads around her wrists, to her holey sliver high-tops, help together with duct tape, and her ratty Pink Floyd T-shirt. She had a big, black plastic watch with a crazy looking dials on the face…” - Ethan’s first impression of Liv.

Something I really enjoy about the BC series as a whole was the normal-ness of the characters. Even the non-moral characters in the series had a humanness to them. Olivia is one of those characters. Also... she's British and witty, which is always plus. Reading Beautiful Darkness I couldn't really decided if I liked her until the end when I was like "Ok Olivia, thanks. You're cool". Only in Beautiful Chaos did I really come to really like her... and her normal-ness. 

The outfit: I actually had a bit of a hard time figuring out how I would dress Olivia, I wanted her to wear a band t-shirt, but I didn't want it to be black after hearing Liv call Lena “Emo/goth” more than once. Again, Olivia seemed pretty  normal so I just did something I’d probably wear on a lazy day.

T-shirt:Forever 21, guys. Plaid button up:Target. Jeans:Local store, from maybe 6 years ago. Shoes: Converse, DSW. I would list where all I got my bracelets but there from local places…  

The makeup look: Olivia didn't really seem like the type of girl who wouldn't be very fussy about makeup. But still seemed like the type who would wear it. I did an incredibly simple, slightly winged black eyeliner and mascara, clean face. Simple and basic.

Eyes: Rimmel soft khol eyeliner, Covergirl lashblast fushion and Covergirl nature luxe mascara. Face: Revlon nearly naked foundation. 

I really hope you guys liked this… I loved doing it!

Don'f forget to check out the rest of the series, The Sisters, Amma, Link , Ridley and Lena!

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Oh man, you guys.

I've got an insane project coming up. 

Stay tuned.

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Lena Duchannes Hair Tutorial (kind of).

Ethan talks about Lena’s crazy, curling and uncurling, long black hair, pretty frequently. For my Beautiful Creatures inspired blog shoot thing I needed to do my own interpretation… I figured I’d show how I did it.

1. Start with wet hair and french braid your whole head of hair in two parts. I have a side part, but when I do this "French braid lion hair" thing, I always part it down the middle so when I take them out and repart my hair it adds more volume.

2. Wait till its completely dry. I sleep on mine. I also briefly press a flat iron of them to make sure they're all the way dry.

3. Gently brush them out with your fingers, if you use a brush, and I say this from experience, you will turn into a pouf ball.

4. (optional) Lightly spray your whole head of hair with a curl activating spray and scrunch the waves, for a bit more definition. 

5. Curl the bottom half of your hair. I use a flat iron because I like the ringlet sort of look it gives, but if don't have one, just use a small curling iron. I'd explain how to do flat iron curls but this would be a novel of a post if I tried. So here's a lovely YouTube tutorial.

6. Basically you're done. I sort of brush them with my fingers and let them bunch together a bit.

That's all folks! Remember to let it be frizzy and crazy!

Don't forget to check out the blog shoot I did this look for, The Sisters, Amma, Link and Ridley. As well as Lena's charm necklace!