A Smart Investment

As most of my readers know I'm a veteran cosplayer as well as being a make up artist. Today I'd like to combine my two loves and share with my fellow (not-so-veteran cosplayers) a few of the things in my make up kit that may be a bit of an investment (aka costly), but I find absolutely essential to good photographs and cosplays

Item number one; Primer
This includes both face and eyelid primer! Primer is something that goes on after you've exfoliated and applied moisturizer and before your actual make up. Face primer helps to fill in imperfections and fine lines but also creates a smooth base for your foundation (creating an even, long lasting application) The same can be said for an eye lid primer. (yes, you need both, they are different) The eye lid primer creates an even base for your eyeshadow, making the colors appear more vibrantly. It also keeps your eye shadow from creasing in the eyelid if the shadow is to be worn for a long period of time.

Some primers I recommend are
-the smashbox face primer. I like this product because it WORKS. It may seem expensive but the bottle pictured will probably last you an entire year; a VERY little goes a very long way. The other main reason I really like this primer is because it comes in a variety of colors. My face has a tendency towards redness in the cheeks and the green primer diminishes this completely.

-The other product I'm very fond of is the Urban Decay Primer potion I can put this on my eyelids and my eyeshadow stays put for up to 20 hours of heat and sweat and photographs.



the next product I can't live without is a setting or high definition powder.
This is basically a fine, white or skin toned powder that applies invisible.
Okay, it's invisible, so then what's it's purpose??
To save you from greasy t-zone syndrome and 'it's a hundred degrees and my make up is melting off my face' The setting powder helps decrease shine in photographs and also keep your make up together

My favorite setting powder is made by Make up Forever sephora.com states that Make up for ever's HD powder, "Sets the foundation and slightly mattifies skin without changing its natural contours. This 100% mineral silica powder softens the appearance of imperfections. Completely evens out the complexion for a glowing, radiant look. One universal shade for all skin tones."


A base and a top coat; it's elementary dear Watson.

A rose among snowflakes; mini update

I was on the sugarpill website again recently and found another tutorial by toxikandi.
The name of her tutorial was ruby gloom and This is the look I came up with, using the burning heart and sweet heart palettes from sugar pill, along with my favorite Urban decay white shade: Uzi. :]
I won't make a tutorial with this look because I used someone else's tutorial to do it, so please don't ask <3

You can click on the photo for a full view.

NYX jumbo eye pencil

So after a frustrating two weeks to trying to acquire one of these things in 'milk' (the white shade) I've finally gotten my little paws on one.
I personally LOVE this pencil. The color goes on smooth and opaque. The only warning I would give you is to ignore the 'non creasing' advertisement. This pencil WILL crease if worn all day or without an eyelid primer (with the primer its fantastic though!)

I decided it was time to play and came up with this lovely blue and white look; hope you enjoy! :]



The products used were
-NYX jumbo pencil in Milk
-Lime crime eye shadow in shoe addict and pompadour
-Sugarpill pressed eyeshadow in poisonplum
-UD primer potion, pressed eyeshadow in uze and 24/7 eye pencil in zero
-Sephora's advanced lash booster

If you'd like a tutorial on this look please let me know :]
-P.L.U.R-

Cause you're hot and you're cold

I was watching a bunch of tutorials on the sugarpill website and the inspired me to get to some make up...
I used the black eyeshadow base from the bubble goth tutorial and the application patter from the tutorial by Toxikandi This was my result.

I apologize for the not so great photo quality. I haven't mastered the art of getting my colors to come out quite as vivid in photograph as they are in real life :(
in this look I've used the following products on my eyes
-Urban decay potion primer
-Urban decay's 'Perversion' as seen in the NYC book of shadows
-Lime crime's Pompadour
-LC's pink poodle (I think that's what it's called.. I cant read the bottom and it's not on their website anymore..)
-LC's Circus girl
-A bright red by Kryolan that's like five years old.
-UD Uzi for highlght
-Hard candy liquid eyeliner (from walmart lawll)
-UD 24/7 waterproof eyeliner pencil in zero (waterline only)
- pink and black falsies from ebay like three years ago

yay! If anyone has any tips on how to mke my colors come out more vividly pleaseeee send me an email! I'm a make up artist, not a photographer, so I can use all the help I can get! :]

PLUR<3
-Kitty

Valve's Portal 2; omgyes

I dont even know what to say. The short video preview they were able to show at the sony conference at E3 yesterday was enough to get me squealing like a 5 year old and causing an anurism. I'm okay now, don't worry. Anyway. The game is still in early development, along with Zelda; skyward sword, and we won't be seeing it until this holiday season at the earliest.

E3 highlights; Kid Icarus, a new Zelda game and the 3Ds

Those are just a few of the fantastic new things coming to gaming from Nintendo int he next year.
Things I'm exited about? Kid Icarus, New golden eye, Donkey Kong country returns, Epic Mickey, and possibly the new Zelda game. As a huge Zelda fan- even my ringtones on my phone are Zelda themed- I'm always excited about anything new and Zelda related, but Im sad to see the darker, more realistic graphics of Twilight Princess not returning in the newest edition to the Zelda saga. This is one of those, we'll wait and see things. Also exited about the new 3Ds; the screen plays in 3d, but you dont have to wear 3d glasses! I'm curious as to how its going to work.

Things I'm not excited about?
Kirby; Epic Yarn.
Nintendo..
What.
What.
WHAT are you doing?!

Kirby sucks up enemies and steals their powers. Wtf is this shit!? It's like you've recycled paper mario and just changed the medium. I'm upset and disappointed in you Nintendo.

ll✖ll Need a Dispenser Here! ll✖ll Otakon 2010

I'm Very pleased to announce that this year my cosplay group and I will be donning costumes from the Valve game Team Fortress Two. Here's the line up so far;






The ladies in this years group had to get a little creative when it came to our costumes because, as anyone who plays this game knows, there are no actual female characters. I'm pretty excited to see what the other girls come up with as I've already got the design finished for my medic coat.

I'm also a little excited and nervous about this being my first prop building experience; I'll be crafting the medic's pack and healing gun so we'll see how this goes. If it goes well, you'll get a tutorial of how I went about doing it. Thats all for today folks, see you next time!