chloe sevigny för tomboy

 

ELVIS * VEGAS

alla vet att elvis vegasstil AKA las palmas tantraff, var hans allra allra bästa, så kolla fäst dina ögon på detta collage som WWW har gjort!

*advanced style party*

 

här är vi när vi är gamla.

 

glitter shoes - a super sparkly DIY

från ROOKIE mag av marlena

When I saw the moodboard for this month’s issue I got SO excited (probably way more than any normal person would), because I knew that the theme, with all its glam-rock glittery goodness, would give me an excuse to do a DIY I’ve always wanted to try: glitter shoes!

They’re a lot easier to make than you’d expect. All you need is a pair of shoes, some glitter, and a jar of Mod Podge. This would be a great project for getting some use out of that one pair of shoes that you own that you love the style of, but hate the color or fabric they’re covered in (I think we all have at least one pair of these).

For this DIY you’re gonna need the following:

1. A pair of shoes (platforms and clunky boots would look extra cool with tons of glitter piled on them!).
2. Glitter! And lots of it. Keep in mind that different types of glitter will give different effects. Fine glitter tends to cover more area and become opaque in fewer layers, whereas slightly chunky glitter (like the stuff I used) takes more layers and effort to get to an almost opaque glitteriness.
3. Mod Podge (the glossy kind works best!).
4. Two paint brushes you don’t mind mucking up (one large and one small).
5. Masking tape.

What to do:

Step One:

The first thing you need to do is stick masking tape in all the places you don’t want glitter to go on. You might be tempted to skip this step (I was) but it’s really important that you do the whole taping process, otherwise you might get Mod Podge inside the shoe or on the heel, and this stuff can be impossible to remove once it’s dry. If you end up wanting glitter on the heels (for a Miu Miu-esque look) then you can skip taping that part—just make sure you stick tape around the inside of the shoe and on the soles!

Step Two:

Now that our shoes are all taped up we can begin the glittering process.

Pour some glitter and Mod Podge into a disposable container of some sort. I don’t have exact measurements for this step, but aim for about half and half. The mixture should have a slightly runny consistency, not clumpy or thick.

Steps Three Through Six or Seven or Eight or Twelve:

Take the glitter and glue mixture and spread it over the entire shoe in thin, even strokes. Be sure to let each layer dry thoroughly before adding the next, otherwise you might end up with misty/cloudy spots or clumpy parts .Wait about an hour (yeah, seriously—it’s worth it, I promise) between coats.

They’re not gonna look like anything special after the first coat, but they’ll look super rad later, I promise! Just continue adding layers of the glitter and glue mix.

I ended up needing about seven coats to get my shoes to a nice semi-opaque glitteriness. The number of layers you’ll need really depends on what type of glitter you’re using and how much area you’re trying to cover.

At this point you might notice that there are some parts where the original shoe color is still peeking through or spots that the glitter just won’t stick to. To fix those spots just take a small paintbrush and paint on some more glitter, concentrating on the areas that need a little more sparkle.

Ta-daaaah! Don’t they look gorgeous now? The hour-long wait between coats was TOTALLY WORTH IT. Didn’t I tell you?

Final Step:

Once you’ve gotten your shoes to your desired degree of glitteriness, just slap on yet another layer of Mod Podge (this time minus the glitter) to seal everything off all nice and tight.

And you’re done! Now get out there and dazzle everyone you know with your super-sparkly feet! ♦

IM GANDALF AND MAGNETO GET OVER IT

önskelista till weekday-rean

FACIT: hittade inget av det. eller var för fet för alla storlekar som fanns kvar var XS. hej då loser-tessan som försöker shoppa.

killer colours - nagellack 2011

broder daniel ångest

This past weekend, we ran into a fellow beauty enthusiast from Into the Gloss at a holiday party in Brooklyn, where she was taking the idea of holiday makeup to another level. “I only did them on the bottom,” she said, referring to the halved sequins she had centered and affixed below her lower lashline, à la Pat McGrath’s handiwork at Givenchy this season. A clever way to update more predictably impactful red lipsticks and glittering eye shadows, stick-on 3-D makeup can make for an exciting twist this time of year—and happens to be one of Spring’s biggest trends (if we could laser-cut hot pink paper cateye liner like McGrath did at Viktor & Rolf, we’d wear it all. the. time). The good folks at Russh Magazine seem to be on the same page. The latest issue of the Australian glossy features fresh-faced girls in a series of pared-down albeit powerful face-painting looks. Our favorite of the bunch includes metallic stars, rather than sequins, which have been adhered around the temple and across the forehead. Everyday wear? Obviously not. But taking a jaunt over to your local craft store to see what else you can potentially glue onto your face to properly make merry over the next few weeks is not a bad idea.

//beauty counter blog

iris apfel for M.A.C

MAC is racking up the fashion iconoclasts these days. After releasing its much-discussed collaboration with style/art star Daphne Guinness this month, the beauty giant has revealed that its next collaboration coup will be with Iris Apfel. The 90-year-old bespectacled Apfel and her vast, quirky wardrobe have been the subject of a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, a Coach campaign, and even a coveted time slot on the Home Shopping Network, which put Mrs. Apfel and a coterie of her own designs on the air this fall. Her debut cosmetics collection, which hits shelves on January 5, will be a similar showcase of Apfel’s knack for color—and eccentricity. Included in the 20-piece line are bold lip shades like Party Parrot, a bright matte red, and Flamingo, a glossy cream coral, as well as equally retina-burning nail lacquers like Toco Toucan, a blue fuchsia, and Orielle Orange, a bold tangerine. Each handpicked piece is a wonderful tribute to a very rare bird.

//beauty counter blog

i början av december sa jag att jag skulle ha en ny jultröja varje dag resten av månaden, men efter lite grävande i garderoben hittade jag bara denna:

och så vitt jag vet har december ej 1 dag. utan flera.

damnit janet.