Ok, first up, let me just give you advance notice that there'll be no hoverboards or crazy time travelling scientists in this post. Sorry. :P
As my regular readers will know, I gave up the ghost on blogging a couple of months ago. For me, it was something that had served its purpose and there was nothing left for me to gain from continuing. It was my own personal journal, and I take pride in the fact you can see how I've progressed over the 5 or so years it's been running.
As my regular readers will know, I gave up the ghost on blogging a couple of months ago. For me, it was something that had served its purpose and there was nothing left for me to gain from continuing. It was my own personal journal, and I take pride in the fact you can see how I've progressed over the 5 or so years it's been running.
And the blogging world changed over those 5 years too, new bloggers came flooding in and not always with the same goals as me. I felt like I had to post more and more regularly in order to keep up, but I just couldn't find the time or desire. That was one reason for deciding to leave but the other was to do with the bloggers themselves.
I was seeing so many of them complain about the PRs, complain of how a certain company wouldn't send them samples, complain about not being invited to events, complain about other 'less deserving' bloggers being given more opportunities than them and even some complaining about seeing bloggers complain! I began to wonder where this sense of entitlement came from, where this superiority complex had came from? It disgusted me, because this isn't what blogging should be about.
Sure we are entitled to be disappointed about not receiving a sample or an invite, but to act like you're the fucking Queen and not been invited to your own tea-party? I didn't have time for that. The whole 'Blogger Politics', or 'Bloggertics' as I'm christening it, has become more complex and more pathetic during this time and it was making me feel a bit uneasy – at times it seemed like a witch hunt! SO MUCH DRAMZ. Real life can be a challenge as it is, so why invent another one for yourself?
So yeah, I was on my way out and then a couple of things happened: firstly, my web host automatically renewed my domain without telling me and secondly I received this comment on one of my posts:
I owe a big thank you to this person, because it reminded me that what we write or say can genuinely help other people, and that was another reason for this blog's existence – to further myself, document the journey and share my experiences with those who care to read. This comment brought all of that back for me. It reminded me of another comment I received some years ago, saying that my blog is inspirational. Me? Inspirational? Wow.
Now my mind is consumed with thoughts of returning back to the blog, back to my blogging roots. Fuck the Bloggertics. Fuck the complainers. I'm a doer, and I will do what I love doing.
And currently, what I want to do is dreamy, mythical, avant-garde, retro-futuristic make up! (Bit of a mouthful there).
And without further ado:
FACE
ELF Complexion Perfection Powder (dupe for the BEN NYE Bana Powder)
CHEEKS
BROWS
Soap & Glory Archery in Hot Chocolate (an awesome dupe for the highly popular Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil)
EYES
*Makeup Revolution's Give Them Nightmares palette. Used 'White Noise' all over the lid and brow bone & 'Depravity' on the crease and under eye.
Stargazer Eye Dust in 13 on the inner corner
LIPS
Gosh, I am loving Makeup Revolution at the moment! The Depravity Lip Lacquer has quickly become a firm favourite of mine, to the point I now wear it daily. The formula is creamy, quite smooth and dries to a matte finish. After the powdery mess that was Topshop's Velvet Lips, I've been a little skeptical of high street lipsticks but Makeup Revolution have defied all makeup logic: Pricey doesn't necessarily mean better.
For the effect on the forehead and around the eyes I'm paying homage to Face Lace here, so I've used my own Iridescent cutouts and glued them to my mug with every schoolgirl/boy's favourite: PVA Glue!! I felt like a Blue Peter presenter doing this, minus the classic washing up liquid bottle! But in all seriousness, I am forever fascinated by the colour changing properties of iridescence and how it looks different in various lightings, it's so multi-dimensional!
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