The best way to celebrate finally getting the hair you want is with a cuppa on the beach!
If the Covid pandemic has taught me anything over the last year, it's the power of "Fuck It", prior to the lockdown putting make-up on to go out felt like a chore and something my brain just couldn't cope with on top of leaving the house. I started to really miss popping lip stick and eyeliner on to go to town and taking Eos to the local field didn't really justify a full face of make-up with my scruffy dog-walking clothes.
I also got fed up with looking at the beautiful goth influencers I follow (check out Toxic Tears , Emily Boo and Black Friday) and wishing I had the guts to do their crazy, gorgeous make-up and cool alternative clothes on a daily basis. So I did. As soon as we were let out last summer to meet up with friends and family outside I wore black lipstick to the park (hayfever scuppered my eyeliner each time but hey I tried 😆)
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| Eyeliner in place for all of 5 minutes despite hayfever tablet and nose spray. |
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| Pretending to be an OOTD blogger - I was dressed for a walk in the woods ....... |
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| The best goth accessory is always a cocktail |
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| Or a large gobful of cakeshake ............. |
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| A punky OOTD |
I've hair my undercut dyed for a few years now and really like putting fun colours on it
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| I couldn't decide what colour to do it ......... |
More of that later ....
Once I got to the stage that wearing dark or black lippie was the same as putting on clear lipgloss I started experimenting with my eyeshadow too (not just as an excuse to buy the Revolution Nightmare Before Christmas range honest!).
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| I called this look 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' as it had a My Chemical Romance vibe to it |
Admittedly I probably do have a slight problem with the amount of make-up I own now but the best thing about make-up is that it fits no matter how fat I get! The same goes for piercings and I finally got the septum piercing (along with an additional nostril piercing to keep things matching) that I'd promised myself after I had to give up work.
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| Ta Dah! |
Earlier this spring my lovely friend and hairdresser Ian suggested that we split dyed my hair and kept it it's normal black on one side and bleach the other so that I could eventually dye the other side a bright, fun colour. Which is great in theory apart from the living with blonde hair for 2 months.... I have a complicated history with blonde hair, when I was in Year 8 (second year of secondary school so I was about 13ish) I had highlights and bright streaks at the front to try and look more like the 'cool' in-crowd *epic fail* For some unknown reason I also tried it again, with added red streaks (those were cool though in my humble opinion) when I was 16.
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| Definitely not the Prom Queen! |
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| Mum and me at my 16th with 'the hair' |
You'dve thought I would have learned my lesson but no, I tried lightning it again a few years back and it went rather, er, ginger .......
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| Yesssssssss |
I found that when my hair is a light colour I just don't feel like 'me', I used to try dressing rockabilly/vintage but it was the same, it just didn't feel right. So after that I went back to the comforting arms of the 'dark side' and reembraced my gothy self and we've been very happy together ever since.
So going temporarily blonde was a really big deal for me, but I'm glad I took the plunge as the eventual result is worth the identity crisis and gritting my teeth whenever people complimented my 'change of look' or telling me how much it suited me.
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| A studded hairband, Border Collie, fun lipstick and pretty background helps. |
I was blonde for my Halloween birthday party but I made sure I did some black and orange to make up for it. As an aside I think Halloween should be celebrated in the summer from now on - it's far more fun drinking vast amounts of Ophir in a decorated garden bar rather than shivering in the Autumn.
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| Black and Orange! |
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| Halloween came early to the bar |
The next day ....on went the colour ....
There are 3 colours - a blue undercut, purple main section and pink in my fringe.
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| Hooray! (Spot the Border Collie) |
I'm glad that I've pushed myself into experimenting more with hair and make-up, it's helping me sculpt myself into the aesthetic I've always wanted to have (aside from the fat obvs) - a don't give a fuck alternative dresser (plus people leave you alone when you look like me - win!). Next up my Red Arrows tattoo!
Love Jen
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PS For those of you who made it to the end here are some of my favourite make-up products!
The Revolution 'Jack' Nightmare Before Christmas palette - https://www.revolutionbeauty.com/uk/en/makeup/eyeshadow-palettes/makeup-revolution-disney-nightmare-before-christmas-eyeshadow-palette-jack/1399425.html
The VE Cosmetics Grimoire palette - https://ve-cosmetics.com/products/grimoire-15-pan-palette
The VE Cosmetics Grimoire palette - https://ve-cosmetics.com/products/grimoire-15-pan-palette
(Plus any brand with this as it's logo gets my vote)
My favourite black Kat Von D lipstick https://www.kvdveganbeauty.com/lip/liquid-lipstick/everlasting-liquid-lipstick/40001.html?dwvar_40001_color=4029
Kat Von D Mascara https://www.kvdveganbeauty.com/eye/mascara/kvd-go-big-or-go-home-mascara/10058.html?dwvar_10058_color=1025
My Suavecita Bride Of Frankenstein Lip Duo https://www.suavecito.com/products/bride-of-frankenstein-bundle
And last up my go to eyeliner NYX Epic Wear (in black obvs) https://www.nyxcosmetics.co.uk/eyes/eyeliner/epic-wear-liquid-liner/NYX_806.html
Oh and all my choices are bunny friendly!
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| Yes, I approve! |
