My Book Christmas Tree!

I did a thing today!

Yesterday, I was trying to rearrange my books on my bookshelf when I saw a post about "book trees". I loved the idea, so I decided to try it out for myself.

This is how I did it. In the middle, there is a big box to just anchor everything down and take up space. I used my bigger, heavier books on the bottom (my used textbooks that I had lying around) to make a hefty base.

Next, I kept building up. I put a boxed set of books in the middle on top of the box to take up more room. As you can see, I have a few thin scripts/magazines tucked into the small corners to fill up some room.

Then for the top, I just layered a bunch of my paperbacks on top of one another. As you can see, I love the occult, Bizenghast, and Vampires. ^^;

For the top of my tree, I needed something special. Something to tie in the whole book tree and speak about who I am as a person...

So I chose a small tea cup and saucer to be my star! Isn't it beautiful! It's yellow too!

Hahaha! I'm sooo proud of this thing! I wrapped some lights around it and a small bit of tinsel and voila! Done!

Now I don't have to worry about vacuuming pine needles after Christmas, AND I saved like $40 for a tree that I'm going to throw away in about two weeks.

So yes, I am an advocate for the book tree. Happy decorating! <3!

Good Luck Heels with a Purpose

Hello, my lovelies! 

Today was a very important day for me- I went shoe shopping!

For those of you who know me, you all know that shoes are not a huge thing for me, but this time is quite different. You see, my boyfriend of 10 months broke up with me... Over the phone... 2 hours before I had a solo performance... with an audience of 200+ people in attendance.

I was utterly heartbroken and crushed. I ruined my make-up because I cried so hard, but I knew I had a choice- I could let him break me, go crumble up in a corner somewhere and allow my heartache to break me, OR I could stand up for myself... And that's just what I did. I fixed my make-up, put on my dress, and performed 2 hours later for a room of 200 strangers who applauded and congratulated me, unknowing to the fact that my world had just came tumbling down. They had laid out confetti that got stuck in my shoe while I sat and waited. Inspiration struck, so I pilfered a good amount of it in my pocket.

That day was HUGE for me. I knew then and there what my strength was. I had to go through something so hurtful, deep, and painful, but I did so with grace and strength and had a room full of strangers smiling at me, applauding me, congratulating me on my beauty, my talent, and my grace. I knew right then- even if my lover renounced his love for me, my friends are busy, and my family is working, I still have MYSELF. I can always depend on myself, even when I have no one else. I have my own two feet to stand on. Which is why I needed a new pair of performance heels for my latest good luck spell and ritual.

I anointed my shoes with oil, then I taped my own special good luck charm to the feet- the confetti that got stuck in my shoe while I performed.

I put a good amount in each shoe, then taped it all down. These shoes are now my good luck charms and constant reminders of that day. Now, any time I have a performance, I can strap on my shoes, feel the small good luck spell under my feet, straighten my spine, smile, and kick some serious ass! 

I will always remember to believe in MYSELF. I will never give up on myself. I will never allow someone as disturbed and hurtful as the man I dated to break me. I will always remain smart, talented, beautiful, loving, and whole unto myself.

I am a Scorpio. I am a Phoenix. I have risen from my own ashes into a wild burst of creative flame. 

I create. <3! 

Naughty Victorian Cosmetics Review

  Hello again, my Gothic lovelies! This blog is going to be a review of Naughty Victorian Cosmetics!

I was contacted by the maker to do a review of the product. I normally don't do this, I'm not getting paid or anything, but this product is great. It's vegan and cruelty free, which automatically made me want to give this product a try. This product is very affordable and delightfully wrapped. The maker also believes in sustainability and keeping extra plastic containers out of landfills, so if you keep the container and contact them when your product runs out, they will send you a prepaid envelope. Send them back the empty container and they will refill the container with the same formula for half off! Isn't that awesome?! 

They also have special codes that they send with their package, but I will go over the packaging a bit later. Let's get to this eye shadow first! This shadow is their Fairy Dust: Victorian Bubblegum, and I received the 0.5 gram container. 

The shadow comes loose like this with a black cap that screws off. I received the light pink, almost champagne colored shadow which is a GREAT color for many skin types. Ultra pale skin? Olive tone? Tanned beyond recognition? I've seen this color work great for many skin shades, and this product was no different.

I tapped some of the product into the lid so you can see how fine and spreadable this is, not to mention the shimmer in the color as well. It's ultra fine, so it's not a big glittery mess. There is just the right amount of shimmer involved in the product. 

I took a closer shot of this shadow, you can see how fine the shimmer and color are in this product. Soo lovely!

Taking a small brush, I put three straight lines on the back of my hand then spread a layer after the third thinner line to show its spread-ability. As you can see, it spreads VERY smoothly. I took multiple shots in different lighting to show you how it looks. Same hand, same applications, different lighting.

I applied this eye shadow to my own eyes see how it would work with my skin. I applied it to the whole of my eyelid as well as under my eyebrow arches. You can see where I added this shadow just above my eyeliner and spread it up into the other eye shadow (my own) in my crease. I did this to test its lining abilities, its smudge factor, AND its blending ability with my other make-up products. As you can see, this shadow is a great all around.  

 

Back to my original lighting, here are more shots. You can see more shimmer about my eyelids. Getting closer, you can see that the light, champagne color really compliments my face as well as complimenting my other shadow. This proves that this product works well and knows how to play nice with other products.

Eyes opened, the light pink calls attention to my brown eyes. This color brings a wonderful animation, illumination, AND dimension to my eye. 

Needless to say, this product is awesome and I'm in LOVE with it. Its very name "Victorian Bubblegum" is a great description of the eye shadow, which is reminiscent of the sweet, sugary pink color of bubblegum. Now, onto the packaging! In the envelope, I received several bits of paper with it which looked like this. I crossed out the codes myself for obvious reasons. 

If these examples of stripey loveliness wasn't enough for you, just look at this box! The light pink tissue paper and the placement of the sticker were just beautiful to open. 

I'm a sucker for packaging, so I wanted to show just how much love goes into each individual box. Not to mention, you could order this for a friend or someone's birthday and it's already set!  

These lovely eye shadows are wrapped up like bits of candy in this wonderfully shiny hot pink cellophane paper, then tied off with silver twist ties. It's so delightful, something girls and women would instantly be called to. 

Unwrapping this delightful little treat, I was greeted by the Naughty Victorian emblem- a Victorian girl chewing gum and blowing a sugar pink bubble. This product is wonderful! Just the wrappings and logo alone make me think of Marie Antoinette if she were alive and a teenager today, all frills, lace, and bubblegum! 

Needless to say, this is a great product to have. The eye shadow is luminous and spreadable, as well as having a fine shimmer to make your skin noticeably lovely. No matter your background or appearance, this product is for those creative of ones' age. This truly brings out the timeless beauty inside of us all and goes to show that it's always fashionable to be unique.

This was a wonderful product to have and review. I hope it brings to you all the pleasure that I had, I hope you enjoyed it! <3!  

I'm alive!

Hello everyone!

I trust that you all had a happy holidays with lots of doom and gloom to perverse your itty bitty black hearts!

I just wanted to make a quick post to say that I'm not un-dead!

I plan to make plenty of new posts in the future now that I've emerged from the cocoon of family and holidays.

Send me a little something if you have any requests as to what you'd like to see- daily posts, DIY stuff, whatever your black heart desires.

Have a wonderfully gloomy day! <3!

Girl's Night Out

My friend Erla and I went out last night! Here she is, um... brushing a spider off of my shoulder. ... yes, shoulder... 

Erla and I go to the same school and have the same voice instructor, Dr. Kane. She was having a performance last night, so Erla and I strapped on our high heels and headed out to see her. We drove out to Hollywood, the city of broken dreams and endless one-ways! The venue was a nice little club called The M Bar. I still have no idea what the "M" stood for, maybe it stood for money because the place was pretty beautiful inside.

 Everything was red- the table cloths, the seats, the booths, the curtains. It was all red velvet or some form of very luxurious red fabric that made you want to run your fingers through it. There were multiple chandeliers as well, like the one's pictured above Erla and her boyfriends' head. I need one of these for my bedroom. ><!

There were tables set up right against the stage, just look at how fancy that table looks with the piano in the background! It was a very intimate setting with just about 200 capacity or less. There were a few people from school that came along as well, it was so wonderful to see such friendly faces in a beautiful place like this.

This was the bar area, and I actually loved it. The whole place had the feel of a 1920's speakeasy and, being a lover of anything vintage, I instantly fell in love with it.

Here were some of the beverages consumed (classy, right?). I bought that mini bottle of Martinelli's cider for Dr. Kane. I figured she'd have all the roses in the world, so I wanted something classy yet unique just for her. I festooned it with plenty of Gothic black ribbons, they make any occasion festive.

We had a wonderful dinner and show. I wanted to show respect, so I didn't take any photos during the performance. It was wonderful. She sang opera arias, Edith Piaf, musical theater, and she even played the ukulele! It was such a wonderful night. A few of us were a bit too tipsy to drive, so we went to Denny's for some much needed caffee. Here are my cups, I like to double fist.

Across the street was some ridiculous bar with women wearing all sorts of revealing outfits even though it was 50 degrees AND raining. We entertained ourselves by watching them pass by and commenting on what we imagined their social life to be like. It was a wonderful night indeed! <3!