thrifted shirt, hand-me-down sweater, vintage skirt from Tunnel Vision, Spotted Moth tooth ring, self-made necklace, Illamasqua lipstick.
This purple lipstick from Illamasqua is the best makeup investment of my life. It can make a relatively boring outfit look so much more special. Same goes for this necklace, which I fashioned out of an old hair extension and some thrift store ribbon. Is it gross to keep my old hair extensions for crafting purposes? What about wisdom teeth? I'm disgusting oh well
It seems like I can only take blog pictures after midnight anymore. It's finals week for me, so of course I'm spending my time taking selfies. My best friend is coming to visit later today, then a few days later I leave for winter break. When I get back to school I'm moving into a house full of feminist ladies (and possibly one dude?), so that's cool. I hope everyone is feeling the holiday spirit (read: eating yummy food) and having a lovely winter so far!
The wall above my desk with prints from Laurence Philomene and a collage-thing I made with a photo by Petra Collins.
above my dresser
creepy shrine on my windowsill
gratuitous leg hair photo
My most recent manicure: alchemical symbols and matte black polish. Inspired partially by Gravity Falls, the best children's show on TV right now/possibly ever. Tooth ring from Spotted Moth.
I took these photos late last night in a sudden burst of creativity. I deleted my tumblr recently in hopes that I would spend my time more productively. It hasn't completely worked, but I'm slowly starting to spend more time on my creative pursuits. I'm trying to teach myself guitar, improve my embroidery, and experiment with photography. Then again, I'm also spending more time tweeting and trolling etsy. Baby steps, I guess.
Everything vintage, thrifted, or hand-me-down except ouija pin from here.
I've been sitting on these photos since mid-october and I'm not sure why I haven't posted them yet. This outfit was inspired by my teen witch craze that happens every october, but also by the short story The Sisterhood of Night by Steven Millhauser. It's about teenage girls in a secret society (so of course I'm obsessed with it), but it's also about a lot of other things. I highly recommend reading it if you can get your hands on a copy of the book it's published in, The Knife Thrower and Other Stories.
I know I'm kind of late jumping on this bandwagon, but I'm really drawn to the music and videos of First Aid Kit. They capture the melancholy of fall really well. I'm so fascinated by the forests and nature imagery in their videos and their chilling acoustic songs.
I guess the running theme in this post is mystery. I'm so fascinated by mysterious things, like dark forests and secret societies and teenagers. Maybe that has to do with the season, or the uncertainty that I'm experiencing right now. Either way, I want to swath myself in gauzy black fabric and paint my face with purple lipstick and be a mysterious witch woman. I'll end with this perfect quote I found on Celia's blog around halloween sometime.
“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them. It’s the male chauvinistic society that we’re living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so I’m just bringing that out. Don’t be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.”
My costume this year is satanist cheerleader! I'm pretty proud of it. It hits all three requirements for a good costume: spooky, funny, and cute. It's hard to see in the pictures but the skirt is a little pleated kilt from the thrift store that I absolutely love.
I was inspired by this shoot on Rookie and by Molly Soda's black cheerleader outfit (I can't find any pictures, but I swear she had one? If anyone has a picture of it I'd love a link! It was rly cute etc).
Happy halloween! Time to overuse the word spooky and eat candy till we puke!
P.S. I hope all you east-coasters out there are doing okay! I'm sending love and safety vibes.
P.P.S. I started watching Honey Boo Boo and it's the best and I'm not the least bit ashamed.
I found this crushed velvet dress for $2 at a local thrift shop. It's clearly a crappy halloween costume, but the moment I saw it I knew it had to be mine. I didn't intend on wearing it in its original state, but I had to take a picture in it to capture the ridiculousness of it.
Then I took off the hood and trimmed the sleeves and hem, and behold! The perfect little witch minidress! I've been looking for a dress pretty much exactly like this one, so to find it at a thrift store for $2 was a dream come true.
(Sorry for the bad photo quality, I'm still trying to figure out how to best take pictures in my room. I'm pretty useless at photography, especially indoors.)
I've been wearing my hair in braids a lot recently. I bought some 25 cent ribbon from the thrift store and it's perfect for creepy little girl bows to tie off my braids. I'm still totally swept up in halloween fever! Tonight I'm going to my school's production of the Rocky Horror Picture show. I can't wait to throw toast in the air and yell at the screen and see people writhe around in their underwear and soak up all the good spooky vibes!
Here's my favorite feel-good song in case you need a pick-me-up. Have a great week, doods.
I just got back from fall break! I visited my best bud at his school in Indiana, then went home to hang out with my family for the rest of the week. I had to endure a lot of long bus rides, but it was completely worth it. Here are some of my favorite pictures I took while I was away and since I got back.
Some of my recent purchases. Yellow lace curtain, Hello Kitty soda, Hello Kitty hot chocolate mix (it makes pink hot chocolate!!!!), Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block (the Weetzie Bat books), ouija board mints (!), ouija pin from AnOldSchoolGhoulon etsy, embroidery supplies.
A pile of sparkly stuff on my bed. I'm such a magpie, I can't resist anything glittery.
My first attempt at embroidery. This is part of a larger diy project I'm working on. Get excited! (Just kidding, it's not that exciting unless you're me.)
My contact solution spilled in my makeup bag and made my black lipstick tube look like this. I have no idea how it turned pink tie-dye, but it looks pretty cool. (This is the brand, by the way. Highly recommended.)
And finally, my super spoooOOOoOOooky manicure. I used this tutorial and covergirl nail polish in crushed berries, which looks exactly like blood when you use one coat.
(Where the post title comes from. Also a really good song.)
I've gotten really caught up in spooky halloween vibes recently. I must own everything involving ghosts, witches, bats, black cats, graveyards, spiderwebs, and skulls. Also candy. Lots of candy. Here are some inspirational images compiled from tumblr (I tried to add sources wherever I could, but feel free to leave me a comment if I missed something)!
