Time isn't of the essence !

I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date...

No, sadly i'm not, i am just finding my self time poor and exhausted every day at the moment and all the wonderful ideas which are running through my head are just going to have to stay there. Balancing two jobs and uni isn't exactly going to plan, and i find each night i'm going to bed with a huge migraine or, falling asleep at the proverbial text book (actually its on my lap top and i wake up and my face has entered random Google searches)

I am trying basically everything to hide my fatigue- rad eye creams from lush, chain smoking, increasing caffeine, decreasing caffeine, drinking green tea, drinking miso @ breakfast, eating healthy fresh vegies & fruit- cutting down on carbs, baking motivational cookies...

But none of these things seem to be helping me do much, but go through the motions....

(Buffy: going through the motions, losing all my drive, and i can't even see, if this is really me, & i just wanna be... alive...)-cue's vampire getting dusted... and possibly a long drawn out sex scene between spike and myself <3

Anyway, i think the only avenue i haven't taken here, is to actually increase my sleep... which means getting on top of uni quicker rather than pottering around with a stack of novels and magazines, or trawling others blog or online shops :(

Some up coming articles you can look forward to include: 'if these boots could talk', tentacular spectacular-ode to my favorite fashion obsession: tentacle threads, corsetry by Louise Black of doll flesh & Australian corsetry: Lady moon designs!

I swear all of these will be worth the read and the wait, they deserve my full attention, not the wandering eye of a disgruntled uni student. 

Until next time my darklings. x

sugar & spice & all things nice ....

http://www.sugarpillshop.com/

Good evening all my lil darklings. Tonight im pointedly avoiding my studies by doing everything with in my power to procrastinate. This includes baking walnut and dark chocolate bite sized cookies, playing with my cats, finishing off all the books i have on the go & last but not least... bring to you a new post on magical magical me (haha sorry j.k Rowling.)!!!

Although i had a magical week, im not talking so much about magical me, more about magical makeup.

Saturday night was the latest dark symphonica gig. So, going out with my friends was a must. I am so bored with cosmetics at the moment. Although i love Illamasqua, i don't love the price. My one cosmetic saving grace, the diamond in the rough is SUGARPILL COSMETICS ! Bright vivid hues, opalescent & metallic, their colours are startling & eye catching. For around $13 aussie you can pick up one of their loose eye shadows and create some inspiring make up designs. My belief is to be loud and proud, and yes sometimes i cringe at old photos of the loud/proud me, but i think I'm starting to get it right. I recommend purchasing sugarpill from http://www.beserkclothing.com/sugarpill-cosmetics-c-205.html. Not only do they stock most of the range, its also a local store, which in turn helps support not only Australia's alternate scene, but Brisbane based alternate fashion. Beserk clothing can have it's own article in the not too distant future, but for now lets leave it at 'beserk rocks, buy fleur's gear', trust me the prices are fair and her range is getting rather extensive. 

But, getting back to me and my make up.

This look was created rather easily, coz i have had too much practice at wearing too much make up. But if you like dark eye make up and are getting sick of wearing black and grey everyday, then splashing on some lighter colours might bring the edge back to your spooky ensemble. Here i used a lighter purple as a base, so light its almost grey, but you can use anything as a base for the eyelid (pale blue, grey, white, peach... these all work) then with a shaped brush i added loads of sugerpill's poison plum pressed eye shadow. Then after lashings of black eye shadow, Illamasqua liquid eyeliner and mascara, i finished off with the opalescent white lumi loose eye shadow, then brilliant ol' me added some miss x adhesive to it, and making it into a liquid 

eye shadow/eyeliner concoction. I wont go into the nitty/gritty of how to perfectly apply eye shadow, all i recommend is using a large flat brush to begin with and then a finer, angled shaping brush to make it more symmetrical, defined and sharp. The rest is up to you, how dark and bold you go, how BIIIIG you make it, whether u do cats eye's like i cant help but do ...

The eye shadows of sugarpill are your palette and your face is  the canvas so get cracking, no more excuses and wear your war paint voraciously!

- miss13

Little addictions

Alright then my little misfits...
I am the first to admit i have an addictive personality.
Not what my avid readers were expecting for post number two right ... ? well trust me when i say, I'm not what you'd expect, unless you expect me to be unpredictable.
My first addiction, by far is whiskey. or is it fashion... nah its whiskey, well this week its fashion...
These two lil beauties are all ways in competition to come first in my heart, I love to sit down with a nice glass of whiskey and a cigarette any time of day... especially early and continue on from there. At any time of day or night i can conjure the scent of some of my favorite malts, (if u know my dad i blame him for this and you should too), and i can recall the taste almost anywhere, to the point where i know most of the pubs and bars around Brisbane and they know my drink. HEY HEY, I'm not complaining, I'm just explaining. I don't drink in excess any more and those of you who knew me a few years back know what i mean, i am now picky about my drink, and i go for days with out drinking, sometimes weeks. But i still love it. Whiskey is like an old lover, a sweet and familiar caress....
(ok Jek u have uni 2mrw... u don't need to mission to b.w.s)
But my temperamental love is alternate fashion, ever changing and always evolving i have a huge and extensive wardrobe which i often clean out and sell via face book and eBay. I adore alternate fashion. For about 6/7 years I've been considered goth, but i find it a limiting term as i have so many area's of I fashion need to explore. At the end of the day though i always add my own spooky/scifi/gorey/viking/faerie twist and trust me, it works. 
This weeks addiction has been fashion, last night while talking on the phone to a friend and trying to unsuccessfully organize my week I realized I was in the process of ordering and paying for one of my dream trench coats... not overly expensive- but when I'm struggling to pay off my car and afford text books it's a ridiculously irresponsible thing to do.
But here it is...

My latest coat/gasm ... My darling Nubia trench coat.... we have been playing tag for a few years now, always missing out on it in stock, or not having the cash... this time before I knew it my credit card was in my hand, a sheen of cold sweat on my forehead, pulse in my ears, my friend on the phone realizing i wasn't entirely all there... until I hit 'pay now' via paypal .... all of a sudden it came rushing back to me, my current debt and lack of funds and up coming tattoo appointments i need to find cash for...

But its quite possible I will DIE with out this trench coat...

And whiskey is a patient lover, always willing to a take a back seat while fashion runs riot with my heart.

So... does any one else have any crazy addictions they wish to share, come on don't be shy, we're all anonymous here? any comments/feed back or lol's are welcome as well!

Until next time my darklings

-Cheers

- Miss13

The chaos of the void, an introduction...

Welcome ghouls, graverobbers, corpses, weres, vampyre, monsters, creatures, fashion victims, drag queens, muso's & all the other unmentionables i forgot to mention!

This post is simply a summary on some of the topics you can hope to in the future posts + articles.
Initially this wasn't to be a particularly personal blog. I wanted to highlight things that fascinate me... alternate artists, bands, fashionista's, writers, performers...locally & internationally. I wanted to praise these people for their talent, their strength, their dedication to their creative fields, the sacrifice's they've made- but, how can i truly write about these things dispationatly, this simply wouldn't do them justice. Media dictates that sex sells (gasp/shock/horror!) but, why does sex sell... because it touches something primal, and instinctual that we can all relate to (even priests/bwahaha), that raw emotional response or that animalistic craving. i guess what im trying to say is, i cant drop the emotion from this, as my emotional response's to these alternate artists are what landed me in the situation of wanting a blog (to bring them the attention they deserve) in the first place.

so, i have resolved to write this how i see fit/no matter what/with honesty.
It's a personal decision to start a blog, so why leave out the personal stuff...?? why a particular alt/fashion style is important, or why Dir en grey & lady gaga changed my life, why i no longer consider myself goth (just a gore-whore), why i love Aussie metal/punk/rock/alternate bands, why i adore spooky surreal art, tattoo's, suspension, boots, skeletons, werewolves, orcs.... ok the list could go on!
basically, i hope i get allot of people reading this.
I am an amateur writer  but i do not plan to stay that way. I love writing, I love sharing all my dark little obsessions with the world, its no fun to explore alone... & support & feedback would be wonderful. not just for me, but for the people i am writing about.
Who know's, ... through this you might discover an amazing band you can see locally, wicked fashion right next door, you're next favorite horror movie or the next book that becomes your bible.
Discovery keeps me alive, i hate to be bored, i love to find something amazing and new to be drawn to... to dissect and devour...
whether it be burlesque, sci fi, 80's music, heavy metal, or corsetry---- there is something odd quirky & wonderful in this blog for everyone... just be patient as i write the little article's for your cannibalistic pleasure...
( I study full time, have 2 jobs & am always psychotically busy with social lives/hobbies/interests & obsessions)

In conclusion, i welcome you into the inner sanctum of my personal obsessions, enjoy, destroy & share the love & longing that is the way of the alternate community & alternate life.

- Miss 13