Halloween and Goth Weekend 2014 ♡

Weekend at the Creepy Coast 

Halloween 

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So you may have read my last post about my attempt of a Cheshire Cat look for Halloween, here I wanted to show how the makeup looked on the day and how my amazing sister looked~.
We were 'Halloweeny' Alice (in Wonderland) and Cheshire Cat.

I forgot the blood again >.<. Which I don't know how that was possible with Emma having so much but it didn't look too bad. My sister looked amazing though, I should get her to teach me.

We were staying in Robin Hood's Bay so on Halloween night we just walked around frightening people, not really, we got a mixture of reactions to impressed to shocked, it's Halloween, this is the norm. 
There were more decorations and people dressing up than I expected, the Halloween atmosphere was definitely there, especially with the usual ghost walk going on that we happened to meet a few times.
Also I actually got scared, I just missed it on camera, but we were walking up the main road and suddenly heard a loud bang, it sounded like a firework that went off on the ground. It came from the direction we were heading to so we weren't sure what to do... We continued and never found what it was. We will never know I guess.

And I'm glad we carried on up the hill because when we were on our way back we found one of the coolest things on Halloween. It was a flashing balloon, a white balloon with a ghost drawing on that had an LED inside. I don't understand why someone would leave that, plus I wanna know where you can get one.

Got no chocolate or sweets but had a nice night, here are some cute pumpkins I appreciated.
Derpy and chibi.

Goth Weekend

Video 

 

Saturday 

Took quite a bit to get ready, I admit, so got to Whitby for around 1pm. So one of the first things we did was find a bench to have our pack lunch, it was really nice to see all the people in their lovely outfits, though every time someone walked past I was like "please don't look at me when I eat >.<".
But once we had eaten, we took some pictures ourselves c:

I was planning on going in Shironuri but I still haven't perfected the white foundation routine so I just made myself look as pale as I could. ^-^


-can't find other 'bench' photos-

So then we went and looked around the stalls, there were so many pretty ones, a few very weird too, it was a good job I had no money or I don't know if I would of resisted buying a pair of pretty horns.
My mum bought a headpiece that I shall borrow at some point~.

A picture of my sister, niece and me waiting outside the stalls.
Everyone loved Beau's little skeleton outfit, she's so cute.

Then we went to the arcade later to get a photo in the Da Vinci Booth

I don't know why it's made it portrait on here... But for some reason Beau is a ghost baby, I still really like it though. c:

Sorry I didn't take pictures of other people's outfits, I was too scared to as people. ;~;
But there was so much variety, Victorian, Steam Punk, Dead Disney characters, Carnival, it was amazing.

Sunday

Tried to get to Whitby a bit earlier for the last day, but still got there for lunch time...
I magically found my friend Rachel both days, I searched for other people I knew but found no one else, and awkwardly didn't take a picture with her. ;>.<;

We walked around a lot, this time I actually took some pictures of people (my mum asked).

I like how I captured the contrast of the awesome pirates and the ordinary people behind. ^¬^ ahaa 

 This pretty lady was standing for some photos so I took a photo myself. I wanted to compliment her outfit but timidness *sigh*.

Plus I wish I had a parasol with my outfit, it was surprisingly sunny.













I don't know exactly what I would call this but it is amazing.
Everything looked hand made, especially the mask, and headpiece.

 

We then met this sweet couple that loved Beau's cat outfit.
This guys ride was amazing, lucky Beau for sitting in it.

After I took these a saw a sweet lolita, but she dissapeared soon after and I never saw her again. I wanted a photo with her ;>~<; Uguu!
We went to a few shops and got more Da Vinci photos (forgot to take pics) and then went to the beach.
Such a busy day huh Beau?

Pictures we took on the beach.

More 'normal' people :O




My alpaca (I need help thinking of a name...)
loves the beach. uwu tehehee

Showing off my super cute alpaca
(review here)






My wonderful mum <3

Beau with Granny, I believe Emma took this pretty picture.
As you can see it was starting to get dark but still nice weather (so British... ahaa). /).~

I really like this photo~ Beau really likes my alpaca :'3 Super cute.

How not to take a family photo xD ahaa








After the beach, we walked around more, I like walking...
And as it started to get dark and most of the shops were closed, my mum treated us to a Costa hot chocolate.

Great way to end a fun weekend~ ^-^

I look stupid but it was yummy so yay.

How was everyone's Halloween?
And what Costa drinks do people like? I always get hot chocolate so I feel I need to try something new uwu tehee

Goth Weekend Video -uploaded soon-

Planning for Halloween ･ω･(Attempted tutorial)

Happy Halloween

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Halloween is almost upon us and earlier this month I was starting to worry a bit about my makeup. I had an idea, which is Cheshire Cat but in a dark twist of fate he gets attacked and half is mouth is cut open.

The look was so clear in my mind yet I still felt the need to practice.

This was my first attempt, it was okay but I wanted to have an attempt at making the ripped mouth more 3D and realistic.

That was a week or so ago.

The week before Halloween I'm spending at my boyfriends (Yay ❤) so I attempted a second attempt to my makeup the night before I went (resulting in it being a stupid late hour).

Here is a kind of 'tutorial' of this attempt... I filmed it as well so if you would like to check out the video and my channel click this link ~♪

Please look at my newest tutorial for this look here 

1. Black Circle Lenses from Pinkyparadise.com
(review up soon)

2. Using Snazaroo white paint and Stargazer white foundation, I attempted to 'blank out' my face. I'm debating whether to keep it like this or stick to my skin tone.

3. Apply PVA glue where the mouth will be 

4. Then apply toilet paper 

5. Try to add layers... This, as you can see in the video, didn't go well for me so I only had one layer. 

6. Once it is decently dry, get tweezers and remove and tare the tissue to create the 'gash'. 

7. Work on 'Good Eye'
Purple eyeshadow
And liquid Eyeliner 

(and mascara but not in this pic...) 

8. 'Bad Eye'
I used a Halloween face pain kit from Poundland... A mixture of purple, red, burgundy and black. Tried to make it look sore and bruised or something but I'm unsure now I think about it...

(also started the nose at some point)

9. Add other details such as the dots where the whiskers would start, and I attempted some kind of fur detail? I was pretty tired when doing this...

10. Back to the mouth.
Use eye liner to draw out your mouth and then fill it in (the 'good half')

Sorry don't have a photo of that

11. Using the same paints as the 'bad eye' I just mixed it inside and out the 'gash', wish I had put a few teeth and more detail but it was just an experiment really.

Finished~

That was it really... Quite simple but I imagine it'll take me a while to get better at this look, which I'll definitely do another tutorial for when I do.
Oh and my cat ears hadn't arrived when I did this so diclonius horns to the rescue~.

If you have any inquiries or advice on sfx makeup then please leave a comment c:

Thank you for reading and visiting my blog
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✨ Blog Makeover ✨

  Trying Out Something New 

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So some of you may know this blog used to called 'Vocalief Reviews', simple because that's all this was for, writing reviews. I'm still going to write reviews but I feel like I'm limiting my blog and, to be completely honest, it is a bit lonely with no followers so hopefully I can have some lovely people join me on here. (๑◕︵◕๑)

Here's my first post as just a personal blog I guess. 

I'm going to post more regularly as I'll have more to blog about.
 Subjects I'll probably blog about will include:

Reviews like before
Events, such as Cons
Cosplays and Costests (Updates, Tutorials, Reviews?)
Makeup (Tutorials?)
Hair topics (Tutorials and Tips?)
Wishlists
Outfits/favourites of the month?
Hauls
Updates
Stuff I want to talk about really ^▽^ ahaa

So I look forward to writing more of a range of posts, and hopefully get better at this website and make my blog look cuter... It's looking a bit 'plain'...

Any way, maybe I'll talk to you again in the next post.
I'd like that.

Thank you for reading


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SpreePicky Review 1 ʚ♡ɞ

Clearance Wig

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Here is a video version of the review, if you'd prefer  ʚ♡ɞ

I've admired SpreePicky for ages and with the clearance sale I decided I was going to treat myself to one of the wigs. 

I thought this was a really good idea, you pick if you want a long or short wig and then they surprise you with the style and colour. I was so excited, like a bit more than usual because I couldn't wait to see what I got.   ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

Postage and Packaging

I didn't have to wait long any way, which was another lovely surprise. 5 DAYS! How amazing is that? Free Shipping from China, and it took less than a week. Seriously I was not exopcting my wig to arrive so soon.

The packaging was secure and safe. The wig came in a bubble wrapped envelope, yes it fitted in one of those. And then in a clear, plastic wallet, the wig was placed in a thin net to prevent notting. 

Here is a picture of the envelope, however my original images got 'damaged' so these pictures I took a week or so after...
I also got some cute stuff with it, that was also in the envelope. I'll talk more about those a bit later.

Price

The price of the wig was around £12, which I think is a super nice, especially for a heat resistant, 'cosplay' wig. 

And of course, very kind Free Shipping.

Product

This wig is so nice, where should I start?
Well it's nice and comfy, if you don't put it on too tight like I accidentally did one day... ;>~<;
The hair is nice and soft too, to add to the comfy-ness.

The wig is decently long, not too hard to maintain and look after.

It looks so natural and pretty, I look a bit weird here but I tried to get a picture of the length of the wig....

The fringe is also quite long so you can style it in a lot of ways. I've kept the fringe as it came, for something a bit different to my other wigs.

The wig arrived with beautiful waves to it, after wearing the wig a few times and combing, etc, they have loosened but the waves are still there which I really like.

Picture from the day I got it (off my tablet so lower quality).

Inside and out this wig is so pretty; the netting is brown to help camouflage and it has pretty flower designs on. I appreciate the flower design.

Free Gifts

As I mentioned earlier in this post, I got a few extra things in my order besides the wig. 

Of course they gave me their cute business card~.

They also gave me a super early birthday card :P (I know, I know...)
So cute~

And then I got two kind little gifts.

A hair net, which is super nice quality.

And an adorable cat (or possibly puppy) ring.

It's so small it's hard to take
a 'detailed' picture but there's
not really detail to it, it's just simple
and cute. uwu











So over all I am super duper happy with SpreePicky, as I expected. They have succeeded my high expectations and I hope to enjoy more products of theirs in future.
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Thank you for reading 

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Reviews on the featured lenses:
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Alpacasso Bag and Cleaner Review (TOM)

Tokyo Otaku Mode Review

 

If you would prefer to watch a video review, I have one for this review here : 

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TOM Points 

 So I soon discovered that Tokyo Otaku Mode had a points system where you can accumulate points to get money off of purchases. You share a personal link and those who use then get certain points, and so do you. 

They also give you $5, off on your first purchase. 

I was planning on purchasing an Alpacasso Plushie with these points as I had $10 worth to use, which is the amount the one I wanted was. Also some codes give you FreeShipping on certain items. 

Unfortunately because of this great opportunity, they sold out like crazy. And the 'first purchase' code runs out after a week so I wasn't sure how long to wait... 

But then thanks to some friends I got more points, I think $15. 

So here is what I ended up purchasing.

Plsuhie Lovely Bag 

Thanks to my $15 amount of codes, and an extra code I found worth $1 and free shipping, I managed to buy this adorable bag for 61p (99¢). 

I think that's pretty amazing. 

Here's the website's photos:                                                 I chose the lavender (D) one

They're all so cute, but I chose lavender to match my Snowdrop Jewellery Necklace.
[Review here]

Look how cute the is bag is, it is just as cute as a plushie, and more useful~.

The bag was kept safe in this plastic packaging (in the original box which I will come to after I talked about the individual products).

It comes with cute tags attached to the zip handle. 
So you can just pull it off and no harm is done to the bag. 

Look how cute this tag is~

Look two of them have bows like the bag.
Speaking of the bow, it came in pretty condition, not crimpled ot squished. 

And the inside of the bag is spotty, to kinda match the bow I guess. It's almost like the inverse pattern of the bow.

Look how fluffy is looks, that's because it is, it's extremely soft and fluffy. It's also very cuddly, so if you were waiting to meet with someone you could just sit there cuddling your bag... To pass the time. 

But yeah, it came in lovely condition, here are some extra photos. 

Block Mini Cleaner

With my 'welcoming code' ($5 off) plus the free shipping I used before, I managed to order this cute screen cleaner for free!

Websites Photos:

Look how cute these are too~ 
I was thinking of getting Grape but then maybe that's too much purple alpacas... So I chose blue (Soda Pop) as that is another favourite colour of mine. 

I think this is such a cool item, I admit my phone and tablet screens tend to somehow get a bit mucky with fingerprints... So I do kinda need this.
I've tried it on my phone so far and it does work at cleaning, and I haven't had to clean it for awhile now, since I did clean it. YAY

Like the bag, it was seperately packed in a plastic packet. It was secured with tape too, so all nice and safe. 

Another cute tag~
It's soft, and has an elastic band on the top. I guess you can put in on a bag or something? 

The ears are a little 'wonky' but that's from the postage and packaging I think, they'll be fine.

P&P and Free Gifts

 The shipping was really fast, the items got me around 8 days from the day I ordered them. 
Strangely though the items arrived n seperate boxes, the postman actually almost forgot my second parcel, it arrived an hour or so after the first one did. And it's not like there was no room for them to be in one box, both boxes were quite big. It didn't really affect me much, I just think it would have been easier to have had them in one box, would have cost them less too.

Here is what came in the first box.

The featured 'free gifts' I got here, I also got the same with my screen cleaner. 

I got a fan, which would have been great for the summer just passed. 

Then I got a sleeve that my order information came in, I'm going to use this to store drawings probably. 

I'm really happy with what I ordered, and the service. 
And it's very kind of them to give free gifts too. 

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