Coraline
Saturday was my yearly Halloween party of awesome at mythlore's.
I was Coraline.
I used Manic Panic, because it was cheap and easy to get and I haven't used Manic Panic in....a really really REALLY long time...but still, I think it's worse now! (Manic Panic was the first dye I ever used....and almost immediately after I switched to Punky Colors.) This is the DARK blue, no shampoo has touched my hair, day after dying. It was good enough for the party, but certainly isn't going to stick around long. First I bleached the crap out of my hair to strip out as much of the purple/pink as possible. It's been a while since I've used proper bleach even, the dye+bleach stuff I use...so much more pleasant, way less eye stingy. Does kinda make me miss blue hair, but I quit that for a reason (more obvious roots!)
The eyes are modded from an old pair of glasses, with window tinting film and sugru around the outside, glued with spirit gum to my face (repeatedly). I'm sad that I lost one of them though :/ And I spent all day before the party sewing stars to that sweater...because I'm insane (and stupid).
Even with long underwear, heavy tights, extra shirts, and all, I was freezing. Two days before the party it was all hot and nice! But noooo, then the cold had to come back in just for us. Bastard weather.
I haven't blacked out in....almost as long as I haven't used Manic Panic, but I went from "ok, really, I'd like this booze to kick in already at some point, I'm fucking freezing and would like to care less" to "oh, I'm curled up under a jacket shivering in my car" with nothing in between there. Whoops. So, if I was an obnoxious circus act to you, I apologize (though it's mostly unlikely, I tend to try to find some place to be alone instead when I get above the pleasantly tingly).
It was great to see everyone _before_ that part, though!
I was Coraline.
Click to viewI used Manic Panic, because it was cheap and easy to get and I haven't used Manic Panic in....a really really REALLY long time...but still, I think it's worse now! (Manic Panic was the first dye I ever used....and almost immediately after I switched to Punky Colors.) This is the DARK blue, no shampoo has touched my hair, day after dying. It was good enough for the party, but certainly isn't going to stick around long. First I bleached the crap out of my hair to strip out as much of the purple/pink as possible. It's been a while since I've used proper bleach even, the dye+bleach stuff I use...so much more pleasant, way less eye stingy. Does kinda make me miss blue hair, but I quit that for a reason (more obvious roots!)
The eyes are modded from an old pair of glasses, with window tinting film and sugru around the outside, glued with spirit gum to my face (repeatedly). I'm sad that I lost one of them though :/ And I spent all day before the party sewing stars to that sweater...because I'm insane (and stupid).
Even with long underwear, heavy tights, extra shirts, and all, I was freezing. Two days before the party it was all hot and nice! But noooo, then the cold had to come back in just for us. Bastard weather.
I haven't blacked out in....almost as long as I haven't used Manic Panic, but I went from "ok, really, I'd like this booze to kick in already at some point, I'm fucking freezing and would like to care less" to "oh, I'm curled up under a jacket shivering in my car" with nothing in between there. Whoops. So, if I was an obnoxious circus act to you, I apologize (though it's mostly unlikely, I tend to try to find some place to be alone instead when I get above the pleasantly tingly).
It was great to see everyone _before_ that part, though!