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clevermanka) wrote2013-08-02 09:05 am
clevermanka) wrote2013-08-02 09:05 am
You like my hair I like your shoes
After three disastrous attempts with the Mehron body and face makeup last night, I am ditching it and the scar. Fuck it. In fact, I am going to bundle all of it up and return it to Fun & Games tomorrow to make my displeasure with the products known. I might only get a refund for the unopened items, but I want them to know that their products did not work at all as advertised and I am quite put out. The face/body makeup worthless. Unless I put it on thick enough that it looks like plastic on top of my skin, it's streaky and uneven. It was marginally better on the inside of my arms, but hair and oil (both of which appear in considerable quantity on my face) disrupt the even distribution, even with a makeup sponge.
I'm going to do basic pale/sick makeup (which is easy enough with the palettes I own) and call her done. Here's the mock-up I did last night, which hassdemory's stamp of approval, so that's all I really need.
The vest needed some considerable alterations (I hadn't tried it on since I cut off the sleeves), but those were pretty easy. I made a dart in the front yoke at each shoulder, took up the back by about an inch and a half along the back yoke, and darted the whole back bodice up the middle to make a more snug fit. I don't look so much like I'm wearing football padding now (oh 80s, you and your boxy cut shit). Unfortunately, that didn't leave a lot of room for the sigil on the back, but I'm still going to paint it on there--just didn't have time last night. Baking the vest without the coffee didn't result in a lot of pigmentation, so I'm going to singe it a bit more with the lighter--something else I didn't get to last night because Jesus Christ Mosquitos.
Recent music find! The video is boring (in spite of/because of the special photography techniques they used), but I like the song. Basic bubblegum pop (literally, if you pay attention to the lyrics), so if that's not your thing, feel free to skip it. Spoiler alert: They don't show the destruction of the adorable little Maverick car, so breathe easy.
I'm going to do basic pale/sick makeup (which is easy enough with the palettes I own) and call her done. Here's the mock-up I did last night, which has
sdemory's stamp of approval, so that's all I really need.The vest needed some considerable alterations (I hadn't tried it on since I cut off the sleeves), but those were pretty easy. I made a dart in the front yoke at each shoulder, took up the back by about an inch and a half along the back yoke, and darted the whole back bodice up the middle to make a more snug fit. I don't look so much like I'm wearing football padding now (oh 80s, you and your boxy cut shit). Unfortunately, that didn't leave a lot of room for the sigil on the back, but I'm still going to paint it on there--just didn't have time last night. Baking the vest without the coffee didn't result in a lot of pigmentation, so I'm going to singe it a bit more with the lighter--something else I didn't get to last night because Jesus Christ Mosquitos.
Recent music find! The video is boring (in spite of/because of the special photography techniques they used), but I like the song. Basic bubblegum pop (literally, if you pay attention to the lyrics), so if that's not your thing, feel free to skip it. Spoiler alert: They don't show the destruction of the adorable little Maverick car, so breathe easy.