#sixsonas

[six-costume-refs]

IRL Sixsona Designs Pt. 2: Makeup Edition

Hey y'all! This is second in a series of a few extra sixsona posts that @lightleckrereins and I are doing this week. The first post is here, showing the real-life vinyl inspirations we used!

This time around, I'm doing yet another hypothetical: what makeup would be used for each sixsona design!! My list of makeup recommendations for Six cosplayers is probably the post I'm second-most proud of (after sixsonas ofc). When I was initially working on that I kept seeing makeup that would be perfect for some of our sixsona designs, so because I have absolutely zero chill of course I had to figure out the full makeup plots for each.

The basic rules were - one glitter - one eyeshadow palette - and two additional products to fill in any gaps, as needed (this included fun stuff like an extra glitter or liquid liner, but also practical things like additional eyeshadow shades when needed or a liquid base for more sheer colors)

White (swing): Colourpop palette in Cloud 9, NYX Metallic Glitter in Lumi-Lite, Danessa Myricks Colorfix Matte in Lift, Urban Decay Moondust Liquid Eyeliner in Pyro

Yellow (A/B): Nicka K Pop Neon Palette in Oh Honey, With Love Pressed Glitter in Pineapple, MAC Dazzleshadow in It's All About Shine, Glisten Cosmetics wet liner in Bananas Cream (A/S): Beauty Bay (42), NYX Ultimate Glow Shots in Come Thru Coconut, Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in 3rd St, Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in In Harmony Bronze (A/C): BPerfect Cosmetics in Compass of Creativity North Skintones, Lemonhead Spacepaste in Dirty Penny, Haus Labs Hy-Power Pigment Paint in Copper Shimmer, MAC Dazzleshadow Extreme in Objet D' Art

Mint (B/S): Nicka K Pop Neon Palette in Lucky Charm, With Love Pressed Glitter in Mint, Haus Labs Hy-Power Pigment Paint in Mint Matte, Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in Life Coach Coral (B/H): Kimchi Chic Palette in Citrus Queen, Slayfire Cosmetics in Peaches & Scream, Danessa Myricks Colorfix Matte in Phoenix, Glisten Cosmetics wet liner in Rose Quartz Emerald/peacock (B/P): Cozzette Beauty Palette in Blue-Green, Designer Dust Co in Water Country Flakes, Danessa Myricks Colorfix Metallics in Firework, MAC Eye Shadow in Carbon

Amber (S/C): Colourpop in Rock On, Danessa Myricks Infinite Chrome Flakes in Hot Lava, Danessa Myricks Colorfix Liquid Metals in Hot Fire, Lemonhead Spacejam in Rainbow Road Peach (S/H): Colourpop in Sweet Talk, Lemonhead Spacepaste in Mulholland, MAC Dazzleshadow Extreme in Kiss of Klimt, MAC Eye Shadow in Shell Light blue (S/P): Colourpop in Blue Velvet, Designer Dust Co in Carolina Bae Micro, Danessa Myricks Colorfix Foils in Mermaid, Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in Ice Dream

Magenta (C/H): Beauty Bay in Berries (16), Designer Dust Co in Bubblegum Bae Micro, Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in Roy G. Biv, MAC Eye Shadow in If It Ain't Baroque Maroon (C/P): Juvia's Place in The Berries, Lemonhead Spacepaste in Wine Safari, MAC Pigment in Gold, Glisten Cosmetics wet liner in Bloody Mary Lavender (H/P): Juvia's Place in The Violets, Barry M Biodegradable Body Glitter in Hypnotic, MAC Dazzleshadow in It's All About Shine, Glisten Cosmetics wet liner in Amethyst

Some credit info: Designs for white, yellow, cream, mint, amber, peach, magenta, maroon, lavender + all sixsona art featured here by @lightleckrereins. Original designs for bronze, coral, emerald/peacock, and light blue are mine. I did most of the sourcing work for the makeup, but Sofia created the inspiration + made final decisions on the makeup for all her designs.

[sixcostumerefs]

Another Sixsona Update!

I finally got around to some more sixsona updates! This month is Aragon and Seymour variations for Boleyn/Howard! Aragon is featured on Jillian Worthing while Seymour is on Julia McLellan.

And that brings the year 2 variations chart up to….

As usual, B/H, B/P, and S/P made by me, while all others (and many of the bases used by me as well) are made by @lightleckrereins

[lightleckrereins]

Sixsona designs can actually be made irl part 1

The whole project started when I made this post where I was trying to hypothesize what new color could be chosen for a fifth alt costume (yes fifth this was before silver swing existed) that worked with the rest. A few months later we started seeing silver previews, but those were all monochrome. And since we didn't know the color or that it was a swing costume, or that alternates would have principal costumes I began assigning the vinyl on that post to the first cover combos that didn't have an alt costume designed for them already. Half of those colors didn't make it to the list for various reasons so I had to find more. For that post I aimed for widely available textile holo vinyl colors, but once I expanded I had to go into rarer colors and some were not even meant as textiles.

And then. Between me figuring out the sixsona colors and now. The most commonly available textile holo vinyl (which includes some of the six stage vinyls) expanded its color range and suddenly I had textile holo for most colors. Currently only coral and magenta are not textile but instead craft vinyls. The rest you could buy them and make a costume no problem.

And its so wild to see them together @sixcostumerefs and I have made a point of creating designs that could be made in real life and to just see design and vinyl side by side feels crazy. I should look for sequins too tbh.

Bronze, coral, emerald and blue were designed by @sixcostumerefs

[idkwhatimdoinok]

Gosh, this is the first time I tried making a Queen in the style of SIX the Musical.

It was really fun delving into this Queen's history as it's so interesting! Apparently she was given the title of King at her coronation and is known to be in love with her lady in waiting Ebba Sparre!

I tried using multiple references from the musical, specifically with Parr and Cleves' outfits, and with her portrait.

Idk if I should do more but let me know if you'd like me to do other Queens in history in SIX style! :)

[justarandomsixfan]

Six swalts who never hit swingo. [Pink Edition x]

Actress: Cristina D'Agostino (Swing, Australia, 2022-2023) Played 1/6 (P) Note: PHYSICALLY how did she play 1 role in A YEAR.

Actress: Shekinah McFarlane (Alt A/C, W.E, 2019-2019) Played: 2/6 (A/C) Note: Shekinah was already contracted to play Cleves in the Uk tour. however due to 1 of the alternates departing, and their replacement not starting until October, She was asked to join the cast in London.

Actress: Zara MacIntosh (Alt A/H, W.E, 2019-2021) Played: 4/6 (A/B/C/H) Note: Zara's debut in the show, occurred 1 month earlier than planned! She Emergency covered Howard for 1 performance. To date, this is only the 2nd occurrence where an actress had debuted one of their first covers early, first being her castmate, Hannah Stewart.

Actress: Roxanne Couch (Alt S/P, W.E, 2021-2022) Played: 5/6 (A/B/S/H/P) Note: Roxanne would remain with the show after the 2022 cast change, This time appearing as principal parr!

[schnitzelsemmerl]

@lightleckrereins made a beautiful picrew/but not really, more like a dressup game, for the queens! I tried it and made myself as an alt:

[aussiesixqueensstan]

Are Sixsonas still a thing? Anyways, this design has lived in my head rent free for so long…..

Sixsona re-draw- 2022

[thesixthrandomuser]

Imagine if I made a sixsona

i barely kno what they are but the sound cool

[mushieeeeee]

Fav sixsona I’ve ever made!!

Of course it’s the one and only, Madeline Fansler!! 🩵

game and art by @lightleckrereins 🫶🏻

[six-costume-refs]

Fun fact of the day: Of course @lightleckrereins and I always have a hypothetical alternate costume system for each cast. Whenever a sixth alt joins a cast (or sometimes fifth, now that black alt seems to be retired), we assign them one of our sixsona designs. It's always fun and exciting for us to imagine a hypothetical system where those designs might get used and how, and it also serves a practical purpose as I use those colors for the actors in my cast list spreadsheet.

A couple recent ones:

Of course Wesley Carpenter is now the sole universal alt in the US, but when she first joined there was a three month overlap period of both her and Cassie as universals. We already had black alt as the universal alt costume/aka Cassie's, and Wesley took up a sixth alt slot in either cast she'd cover, so we assigned her my S/P design.

Over on the West End, we gave Danielle Rose @lightleckrereins' peach S/H design. While there were a few options for her as B/S/H alt (the peach, my coral B/H, Sofia's green B/S), S/H felt like it would be both the most flattering on her and the most realistic Six assignment, and I think both of us were quite excited to use it!

Hana Stewart was the hard one. We wanted to figure out a sixsona that was both flattering on her and versatile enough to work as a swing costume (with some priority given to the roles she was more likely to cover), but it was hard to figure out one that would work well in both aspects. @lightleckrereins eventually suggested her amber design, and despite being intended as an S/C alt design we felt like it worked quite well!

Headshots of Danielle and Hana from their Spotlights; headshot of Wesley from her website; S/P sixsona by me; peach and amber by @lightleckrereins

[sixcostumerefs]

More sixsona updates! This time, some new variations for pink alt. All design credit goes to @lightleckrereins as these are the variations originally designed for the dress-up game. Left is Cleves on Zara MacIntosh, while right is the infamous pink Parr on Roxanne Couch.

And that brings the year 2 chart up to...

So close to the end! As always, B/H, B/P, and S/P were drawn and designed by me, while all others (and many base graphics) were done by Sofía

[lightleckrereins]

And my final sixsona update for the 2023 variations. Taylor Pearlstein and Willow Dougherty in the Boleyn and Seymour variations of lavender.

Emerald/peacock and blue were made by @sixcostumerefs

[lesbianelizabethfrankenstein]

omg remember the sixsona era

[justarandomsixfan]

If six W.E gave us another all Swalt show x

Aragon: Harriet waston (Tell me with a straight face that she will ever be free, I'm convinced she's being held hostage in a dressing room or smth x)

Boleyn: Naomi Alade

Seymour: Gabriella Stylianou

Cleves: Meg Dixon-Brasil (SWINGOOO)

(For added realis-Chaos x) (If she debuts in another skirt so help me Jesus)

Howard: Natalie Pilkington

Parr: Hannah Lowther

[arty-e]

So I made two sixsona’s for no apparent reason whatsoever other than I wanted to design some... I didn’t really know wether to post them but anyway here they are