Incursion Masquerade, April 2015

On Saturday, during the Easter long weekend, I got to DJ at Incursion. It was a masqurade theme. I was very stressed during that time as I had two university assignments I hadn't started, luckily I only had one DJ set at the start of the night.

I was feeling a bit lonely and anxious too, so it's good I was able to leave early.

Here's some photos of my makeup, and professional photos from Vespa Photography (at the venue)

I purchased this bat mask from Ebay for around $2. Luckily it arrived in time.

I glued it to my face using eyelash glue.

Here a close up of my makeup, I used eyelash glue and glitter for the lips. I used a silver chrome along with lots of holo glitter for the eyes.

Perth Fringe World 2015!

Hi Guys,
I've been so busy for the last month working at Fringe World in Perth. I've worked here the last two years, which you may remember from past posts. I'm working in our second venue, The Pleasure Garden, which is in a nice park.

My job consists of hosting the lines, so standing outside the box office and helping people. Lots of people are in the wrong place, so it's easier to catch them before they have to line up for a long time. And many, many people have no idea what to see. I'm not allowed to 'recommend' anything, because that's unfair to other artists. Luckily, this late in the season a lot of things are sold out, so people will generally only have one option at the end of the night.

The festival ends next Sunday, so I have around four more shifts to go :)

This is what I was wearing last night:
Green eyebrows/eyeliner: Inglot

Green lipstick: Life's Entropy "Matrix"

Embroidered skull badge: Xmas gift

I also bought tickets for my Dad and Step-mum to see Eastend Cabaret yesterday, I haven't recieved a text from them yet to see if they liked it or not! I also made my box office coworkers brownies yesterday, which were much appreciated.

Life's Entropy Makeup Review and Swatches

There's a new indie makeup brand in town, Life's Entropy, created by Jane who also runs an awesome makeup blog [here].

I've been going crazy over indie makeup lately, because they offer interesting eyeshadow shades that are not common in the mainstream makeup scene. Most indie eyeshadows seem to be loose, not pressed like the normal eyeshadows you're used to. Loose eyeshadow takes a little skills to get used to, but you'll get there!

I was very excited to sample Life's Entropy products. They offer a science geek makeup experience, with lipsticks, contour sticks, and eyeshadows having a science theme. I would love to see more dark eyeshadow colours, as I'm not the type for lighter shades.

My samples arrived in a bubble mailer. Only $8 for international shipping, bargain!!

Cute fake flower, and a free sample of 'Oh Deer' eyeshadow.

My haul.

I got samples of Enchant, Smoke Screen, Refraction, Astral Imprisonment, and a full jar of Black Hole. Along with my free sample of Oh Deer.

I was most excited about trying Astral Imprisonment and Black Hole because they were darker colours.

Lip Theory selection. These are compared to OCC Lip Tar, but way cheaper. There are 16 different colours available, and I love how you can mix the colours together, like making a dark purple by mixing the black and purple together. These small samples are more than enough to get lots of uses out of them.

Full size Big Bang Theory

Samples Nucleus, Crystal Violet, Osmosis, Matrix, and Vaccine

Full Particle Contour Stick in 'Proton' and a sample of white foundation.

For my swatches, I used Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper on the left, Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk in the middle, and Pixie Epoxy on the right. All of the colours I swatched look best over Pixie Epoxy.

Eyeshadow created by Life's Entropy are vegan and cruelty free, also free from parabens and talc. I found that they were very pretty and pigmented, I will update my review once I've worn one of them all day :)
Samples are $1.50 usd 
Full sizes are $6.00 usd

Black Hole 

is described as "shimmery dark blue with blue and purple shift, and blue sparkles"

Astral Imprisonment

I love this colour!! Dark green with a green shift

Smoke Screen

A purple-brown with a light purple shift

Enchant

Green with a gold shift

Refraction

Purple, with a lighter purple shift

My free sample of Oh Deer. Nice colour, although I doubt I will ever wear it.

Brown with gold shift.

LIP THEORY

Only used one coating for my swatches, but I found all of the samples to be creamy and covering. To get a fuller coverage you will probably need to do two coats, waiting a little time in between for the first to stick to your lips. I was worried that they were going to be sticky, because they are a liquid, instead I found them to feel like a creamy lipstick and they become more dry in time. 

I wore Osmosis all night for my Halloween costume, and the lipstick was very comfortable and none drying. I will need to experiment more in the future to gauge the wearability of the lipstick, but I've heard very good reviews from other bloggers where they found the lipstick to last all day!

The full size tubes come with a doe foot applicator, but I used a lip brush for my swatches. I would also suggest an invisible lip liner to prevent feathering.

Samples are $1.50 usd and very generous. A little goes a long way.

Full size is $8.00 usd

Crystal Violet

It would be more purple with a second coating.

Vaccine

A beautiful true red. Very vintage.

Matrix

Perfect green.

Osmosis

I used this for my Halloween costume.

Big Bang Theory

Love this colour! A darker red, almost wine.

Nucleus

Really nice black, would look better with more coats.

White Foundation on the left and Contour Stick on the right.

White foundation is a staple of Goth makeup, and it's very hard to find the perfect one. This foundation can be mixed with your normal foundation to make it lighter. This is so useful, if you're like me and can't find pale foundation in stores. I will definitely be buying a full item of the white foundation in the future. There will also be Yellow foundation available in the future.

Sample $1.50 usd

Full size $8.00

 Contour sticks are used for contouring (duh). There are five different shades available. I choose the lightest shade but it might be a bit too yellow for my skin tone. The product comes in a windy lip tube, so you can apply it straight on your face and blend. I will have to try it on my face and let you know.

Sample $1.50 usd

Full Size $8.00

Conclusion: 100% recommend Life's Entropy for their Lip Theory collection. There are so many options, and something for everybody. I believe the prices are very reasonable.

I can't wait to see the future for this indie brand!

Incursion Halloween 2014

I got to DJ at Incursion Halloween on Saturday 1st Nov. There was a great turnout, I think the night went really well.

Here's my skeleton Frederick Bonesworthington testing out the decks

Me and fellow DJ, Joel. I admire Joel because he's a minority, within a minority, within a minority. He's a gay alternative Aboriginal :) We don't see each other often, but he's a really genuine guy

Some club decorations

I'm a witch!

Sorry about the grotty bathroom mirror shot. Someone obviously didn't clean up properly. My witch costume is seriously what I usually wear to the club, I just added a witches hat.

The wig I used only cost $10 on ebay. Much better quality from those crappy costume store wigs!

I put a star on my forehead with inspiration from the T-Rex song 'Ride a White Swan'

I used some indie makeup brands, Life's Entropy and Shiro.

I used Life's Entropy Osmosis lipstick, I mixed in some darker blue around the corners of my lips. [my review of Life's Entropy]

I used Shiro's Evolve eyeshadow.

Heading home with Fred in the backseat.

L'Oreal Charming Cockatoo's Pout Lipstick Review

I picked up this L'Oreal lipstick for $7.50 at a chemist at work.

The colour is Charming Cockatoo's Pout. I believe it's part of the Australian version of Project Runway (I don't watch t.v. so I have no idea)

I like the stamp on the lipstick.

The colour is a plum red, with pink undertones

I think the colour would work better over lipliner, as the application is a bit patchy and thin. I really like the colour, I'm a big fan of plum red.

Overall, I'm not sure if I'll wear this much due to the application, but it was cheap and I can add it to my lipstick collection.