loooove these
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I want all the outfits.
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Having problems finding a lipstick color for your cosplay? Look no further. I just found someone’s video tutorial on how to make lipsticks out of crayons. In the video she says that she found out that all of her favourite lipsticks had lead and that she found out that she could make lipstick out of lead free crayons. The entire time I was watching this video, I thought that it would work amazingly for someone looking for some cerulean blue lipstick for Vriska or Jade green lipstick for Kanaya or maybe some other cosplay character who has a weird lipstick color. In the video she also says that you could mix crayon colors to make weird colors.
I don’t even wear lipstick ever, but learning you can make it out of crayons now got me all excited to try it. o-o
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loooove these
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DIY 5 Strand Braided Bead Necklace Tutorial from How Does She? here. What I like about this tutorial is that is is really easy and cheap to make - after you braid the 5 strands you just knot, add beads to each strand, and knot again.
Floppy Shoes
I love floppy shoes, particularly for wearing on warm weather days. By floppy, I mean what’s usually referred to as unlined - a term that’s kind of a misnomer since few shoes are truly made without any lining. Like with neckties, when a company describes their shoes as unlined, what they usually mean is that they’re partially or lightly lined, as some lining is often still used to give the shoes some structure.
To explain, a well-made pair of leather shoes will usually have a full leather sock liner built in. That means two pieces of leather are joined together to form the upper. There’s the leather that faces the outside world, and the leather that touches your feet. By joining these two pieces together, you get something that has a bit more structure and will holds its shape better. Without the lining, however, you get a softer, more comfortable shoe. Whereas most leather shoes need a break-in period, unlined shoes will feel like slippers on first wear.
My own floppy unlined shoes are by Alden. I have two pairs of their suede chukkas – one in snuff suede and the other in tan. The bottom is built on Alden’s flex welt sole, which is a thin, water-locked, oiled leather. It’s exceptionally flexible and complements the shoes’ unlined construction well. The combination of the two makes for a lightweight, comfortable boot that looks as great with jeans and chinos as they do with grey wool trousers.
They’re expensive at full retail, but sometimes you can find them for about half off on eBay. Allen Edmonds has a similar model called the Amok. The shape is slightly sleeker, and it comes in at $250. Nordstorm describes it as having a leather lining, but you can see this isn’t true when you zoom in on the photos.
Alden also makes unlined derbys and loafers, which you can find through Harrison, Unionmade, Leffot, and Shoemart. The unlined loafers also come in shell cordovan (most notably in the well-beloved Horween #8, which has a beautiful reddish-brown color). That one is sold exclusively through Brooks Brothers, who will have them on discount today only as part of their Corporate Card event (30% off for anyone who holds a Brooks corporate card). For something a bit more affordable – but no less well made – consider Rancourt. They have a made-to-order system that can allow you to order any of their shoes unlined. I’m personally thinking of getting some snuff suede unlined penny loafers from them in the next month or so.
(Photo credit: Unionmade)
Supplies:
1 Ziploc bag
1 Cotton swab
1 Paint Brush or toothpick
Assorted nail colors
I used:
Zoya, Raven
Zoya, Purity
Sephora by OPI, Queen of Everything
ELF, Dark Navy
Island Girl, Glitter (Oops, no name.)
Finger Paints, Well-Cultured Pearl
Nicole by OPI, Iceberg Lotus
ELF, Electric Fuchsia
Sally Hansen, Deep Purple
OPI, Lincoln Park After Dark
Seche Vite
When choosing colors I tried to look for colors that would be buildable, not too opaque because it’s always easier to add than it is to take off!
DIY Nail Decals
I used the smallest paint brush I could find at Michael’s and cut off a few bristles at a time until it was thinned to my liking. You could probably use a tooth pick and carefully draw also; I find the brush to be much easier though.
1. Take a Ziploc bag or other plastic bag and cut out two squares
2. Placing one on a dark background I mixed white and silver to make a light grey and black for later. (I suggest waiting until you need the black to put out a drop; I just started like that so you can see the color I used all at once.)
3. Make two small circles, one for each hand.
4. Draw three lines, one connected to the circle and two on the sides. The two on the sides should be slightly longer than the diameter of the circle.
5. Connect the outer lines to the center one with diagonal lines. Now get a little black and draw a small “U” shape on the circle in black.
6. Placing the other square on a light background grab your silver and black polishes.
7. Draw the silver basis of the insignia. If you want you can print it out in your desired size and place that under the plastic and trace it to get it exact.
8. Outline the shape and add the “star” in the middle.
9. Allow them to dry enough so that you can put a clear coat over it. Set them aside to dry completely.
Galaxy Nail and Placing Decals
There are numbers captioned under the pictures so that when you click through them you don’t have to count the pictures to the associated step.
1. Paint your nails a dark color, I chose navy, but in the long run to cut down on colors used, black would be great too.
2. Apply one layer of glitter and allow it to dry so that you can start sponging.
3. Using the narrow end of a make-up wedge I painted white onto the edge of the sponge directly and dabbed off the excess on the Ziploc bag with the cut out. I started narrow with the opaque white so I could add the next layer wider.
4. Using a sheer white, and the other side of the narrow end of the sponge, starting right on top of the previous white and working out, I tried to soften the edge of the opaque white
5. Next I applied a shimmery turquoise polish randomly over the white using the wide end of the sponge and painting it on to one of the corners. It was fairly sheer, but I could go over it to make it more opaque, I layered until I was satisfied with the colors intensity.
6. Painting another corner of the sponge apply a fuchsia, again in different random areas. This time in smaller sections.
7. Painting the lighter purple onto another corner I sponged on top and around the fuchsia polish.
8. On the last corner I painted on the dark purple which was slightly sheer, but made sure to dab off the extra and tested it out on a sheet of paper to get used to it. Sponge lightly on top of the fuchsia and light purple and on other spots more intensely to create a darker solid purple.
9. This step is where I was just winging it, adding more color or adding more sheer white where I put too much dark purple. This was my “Oops, I covered the pink too much”, “I should have made that darker”, “But this needs more white” step. It’s doing whatever you think will look best.
10. Taking my small brush I used for the decals I added tiny dots and little cross stars.
11. Add another layer of glitter polish, it helps pull it all together and creates more stars. I did two layers of mine, because there wasn’t a ton of glitter in the layer and I wanted it to stand out more.
12. Carefully lifting the decals off of the plastic, I used tweezers but you could do it by hand so I didn’t list it as a supply needed, place the decals on your desired nails. The Glitter polish should be tacky and the decal should lightly stick to that, but be aware that if it is too wet it will stick permanently.
13. Using a cotton swab, dipped in acetone nail polish remover, lightly and carefully dab the decal so that it “melts” onto the back ground
14. Seal that sucker in! After all that you want it to last! So put on a top coat and wait for it to dry or use a quick dry top coat which is, as I like to say, quickly smudge-proof but not ding-proof.
Should look something like the final picture, the tutorial and the final picture are a little different because they were done separately, but pretty dang close!
If you take anything from this let me know and if you have questions I would love to answer them! I’m not sure if this is going to make sense so please let me know if you get confused!