Halloween | "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody..."

If you've noticed, there's been a lack of posts the last couple of days. There are two reasons behind this: one, it's the weekend...and two, it's the weekend... This weekend also happened to commemorate the start to the ever growing university tradition of "halloweek".

Now, I don't think it's humanly possible to be more "broke" than I, so I had to get a little inventive. If you can't tell by the picture, I was going for a 1920's era flapper/Gatsby look. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a picture of my full costume in great lighting, so you won't get the full effect. But basically I chose to wear an old drop-waist top I had from Forever 21with a ruffle at the bottom (as a dress of course!) I paired the dress with some fishnet tights, a black garter, and some black mary-jane stilettos. I happened to be fond of headbands in high school, so thankfully I had this black sequin one lying around that really completed the look.

Now, since makeup is the only thing that can be seen, I tried to do a more modern take on a historically accurate look. I started with my "holy grail" drugstore foundation, Revlon ColorStay 24hour Makeup for Combination/Oily Skin in the shade 310 Warm Golden. I used Maybelline Super Stay Concealer in light/medium to cover up under my eyes and around my nose. For blush, I used Milani's Luminoso Baked Blush, I didn't bother with bronzer because being pale was considered especially beautiful in the 1920's. I was going for a less harsh version of a smokey eye typical of the era, so I reached for my Urban Decay Naked 2 Eye Palette. I started with the silvery color "verve" all over the lid, then I blended a mauve-y/dark grey color "busted" all along the outer corner, toward the middle of my eye and through my crease. After, I went in with the  color "blackout", which is just a simple black, and started blending through the outer corner of my eye to really define and darken the look up. On the inner corner of my eye, I placed the shimmery cream color "bootycall" to brighten my eye up a bit. (I know the last two sentences kind of contradict each other, but believe me, it worked!) I added some cream eyeliner and winged out the ends a bit, as per usual, and used the same eyeliner to create a beauty-mark a-la Carey Mulligan in ...Gatsby.  I also threw on some fake eyelashes, because mine sure as hell don't look like that. For lips, I simply just blended a red lipstick I had lying around with some mauve colored eyeshadow pigment, and applied it with a lip brush.

If you're wondering about the hair, I just threw some product in my hair and used a curling wand. I also curled the front pieces of hair in the opposite direction, rolled them into pincurls, and allowed them to cool pinned up until I was ready to go out!

Try out this look at your next theme/halloween party, throw in a flask and you're good to go back in time!