Mandapant's Rant's

Super awsome mobile blog!

2011-07-07T17:08:00.001-07:00

Actually this is just a test, but there are great things to come! New videos and tuts -might even do some reviews of products iv tried that I like/don't like. Sounds niffty yes? Stay tuned! :) x

What's up?

2011-05-28T02:28:00.000-07:00

So I've been out of the loop completely for a little while, and the reasons for this is that I am currently studying Diploma of Specialist Makeup Services. I am loving every second of it, and learning so much, but it is pretty full on.

On top of this I also hooked up with a fantastic Photographer whom I absolutely love to pieces and am so lucky and blessed to know. Her and the team have been doing a lot of shoots lately so, to the point that last month we were doing 2 shoots a week. Often the shoots start at 6.30 and will go until 2-3 in the morning and then I have to get up and go to school or work, so I have been totally swamped with School/work/photo shoots/homework and assignments, as well as helping out a friend with makeup for a short film she was shooting for part of her 3 year course. Busy busy, but totally loving it!

Would love to get back into blogging and youtubing but it may not be for a while. Would also really love for people to send me requests as I have a million ideas in my head, but no way I can work through them all, so if I know what people want, it will give me somewhere to start! Here is a quick look at some of the work I have done with Shami and the Caveboy crew.

2010-10-28T03:34:00.000-07:00

Arg I had so many plans for more halloween looks this year, and I just haven't had time to do them!
I just started work (after moving back to Australia), its been about 3 months of not working since I left the UK (there was a lot of traveling and spending time with both my, and my partners folks in New Zealand before moving back here) and the it's taken it out of me.

So I am enjoying my new job, although there is sooo so much to learn, and I have had alot of homework and things to do after work, and I haven't had much time until now. I am starting to get the hang of things a lot more now, and now have more time to do things after work (and more energy! Do you know how much work takes out of you when you haven't worked for a while? I never did until now! I think that is the longest in my life I have been without a job since I left school haha)
That last few weeks I have been trying to organise all of my aplications and everything I need to apply for school next year (makeup school! Wish me luck! I am up to stage 3! what a mission haha)
Last week was devoted to sorting out my costume for myself and my boyfriend for the Boho Ball last weekend.
Sooooo *this* week I had planned to do as many more halloween tutorials as I could, and get some of the requests I had done .... and now I have been struck down with the lurgy!
I have spend 2 days in bed, and another off work, and everday after I got home I have gone straight to bed, and now the weekend is 2 days ago and I haven't had a chance to do anything!
I am so dissapointed with myself and I feel like I have been a let down.
So I am realllllly sorry, and I am really going to make an effort to set aside more time for any requests that I may get from now on, if I decide to do them.
Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful halloween anyway!
love and laughs,
Manda xx

Dark Giesha Luis Royo Inspired

2010-09-11T23:23:00.001-07:00

Luis Royo has some dark and sometimes disturping images, but they are never the less very beauiful. A lot of his work features woman wearing not much, but they are often strone worrors.

A lot of them have strange body and serface peircings, and tattoos and markings as well. I think they are really beautiful though.

This is my take on one of the Dark Moon 2010 images. You can see the one I used above.

I don't know if that flash of read down the side was there, but I wanted to add it in, because other wise the look is very black and white. You can decide for youself what you would like to do. I think it would be cool to add a bit of red just above the eye and at the top of the brow from the arch to the end. That to me would give it more of a Maiko feel.

From the research I have done, Maiko tend to wear more red than a Geisha.
Products used:

Kryolan Super colour 001 (white)

Ben Nye Setting powder

Mac Painterly, Paint Pot

Coastal Sense 42 Matte shadow - White

Mac Shark Skin, Shade stick

Coastal Sense 42 Matte Shadow - Black

Urban Decay Zero 24/7 glide on eye liner

Coastal Sense 42 Matte Shadow - Red

Body Shop Brow and Liner kit, o2

Maybelline Liquid Liner

Rimmal London 024 Red Diva

Wet n Wild 508a

I really love this look.

Cheap Bites

2010-09-11T23:08:00.001-07:00

One of my wonderful friends, loaned me the use of her neck for this one. Thanks Steph!

So as you may know, last year I did a video on how to do vampire bites using Nose and Scare Wax and fake blood. But not everyone can get those, so I was going to do a video on how to do the same look on the cheap.

I didn't have time to do it last year, so it was one of the first videos I filmed this year.

It's pretty easy to do, and I think for a night out it's probably better than using the nose and scare wax, because than can move throughout the night as the wax stays soft.

Products Used:

Eyelash From the cheapest set of lashes I could find.

In the top bite I used Raven Red by Revlon

In the bottom bite I used 508a by wet n wild

(you can't see clearly the difference it makes in the photo's though I'm affriad)

Liquid eyeliner by Revlon

All of the eye shadow I used where from my Coastal Sense, 42 matte and Blush Palette. I used a mix of different pinks, with a touch of yellow, and purple.

Red Diva 024 by Rimmal

A red lip gloss (I'm sorry I don't know the name, it is one that has been kicking around in my bag for a while and the name has warn off)

Any clear lip gloss on top.

Black Widow Spider Make-up

2010-09-06T21:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El562XGf_gk

Halloween look number One for 2010.
Acutally I wanted to do this look last year, but I just didn't have time.

Whatda ya think?

Hope you like it! You damn well better because it gave me the creeps to do it. When I had the lashes on under my eyes, I kept thinking there was something 8 legged on my face. And when then when I had to look for pic's of a black widow spider to put on my finger, I was kept feeling something crawling down my spine, and ever dark spot I saw I'd jump at. Hahaha I'm such a wuss! :D

Here's what I used:

Painterly paint pot by Mac

Red by Star Gazer

Vitamin E Face Mist, by Body Shop

Shark Skin, Shade stick by Mac

#40 (black) Loose Dust by Napoleon
A glitter Gel, or lip balm

Midnight Star by Splash mixed with some Red Sparks! by TKB (both glitters)

Brow and Liner Kit, 02 by Body Shop

Blacktrack fluidline by Mac

Lash Stiletto by Maybelline

Individual lashes

Spidery lashes!

Soft Gold for Red heads and Blue Eyes

2010-09-05T01:22:00.001-07:00

So! Like I was saying, this look is for a friend of mine who has a very classic red head compelction (woops spelling!).

She is very very fair, with a gaw-jus ginger, almost Honey Blonde colloured hair.

We were talking about make-up in our dance class the other day, and she said that she really didn't know what to do when it came to make-up.

She had tried going into makeup counters before at places like Mac, and some of the different makeup houses in David Jones and Myre, and the makeup advisers always had really dark makeup, and tried to do dark looks on her, which she just didn't feel confident wearing (she doesn't normally wear any makeup at all).

So this is a very soft gental look with her in mind. Once you have more confidance, and are feeling alittle bolder there is so much you can do!

I forgot to say in the video that for very fair skin, and blonde/red head complection it would look nicer to use a brown mascara instead of black, but I don't have one, and just automaticly said "apply black mascara". Use brown!

So for this look I used:

Paiterly by Mac

Body Shop Shimmer Cube 06 - Lightest shade

Jardin Aires by Mac

Soft Gold by Inglot (I will get the number, but I am at an intnernet cafe at the moment. Internet being hooked up on Tuesday!)

Woodwinked by Mac

A very small amount of the Copper colour in the Shimmer Cube 06 by Body shop, lightly swept accross the lid to warm up a touch more.

Brown eye definer by Ben Nye

Small amount of black liquid liner (I wouldn't recomment using this for very fair/redhead people, but I wanted to add it on for myself)

Mascara - I'd suggest using brown, but I used a black on myself because I don't have a brown.

~Halloween~

2010-08-12T03:39:00.000-07:00

Halloween is just around the corner!
Last year, I simply didn't have time to get done very much, so I really want to make up for it this year. Hopefully my boxes from the UK will be arriving soon, and then I can get into it!
This is a list of the things that I would like to do this year. I probably won't have time to do all of them, but this is my list so far. If there is any from there that you would like to see, please let me know which one's so that I know what to start working on first.
Also if you have any request's please let me know as well :)

Medusa
Sphinx
Black Widow Spider
Vampire bite's using everday makeup
Vampire Makeup using Everyday makeup (This is a request that I filmed this last year but didn't have time to load it up cos youtube was having issues at the time for me. I am hesitant to load it because there is just so much out for vampires at the moment, but I have it so I may as well put it up!)
How to make your own fake blood
Marie Antoinette
Luis Royo Inspired look
Luis Royo Inspired Gisha
Day of the Dead girl (again I may not do this. I really wanted to do it the year before last, but did not have the right things for it. Last year so many other amazing Guru's did it, that I think it would be silly for me to do it as well)
Mermaid
Poison Ivy
Scare Crow
Corpse Bride
Sally - from Nightmare before Christmas
Betty Boop
Terminator - take #2
Zombie - take #2
Clockwork Orage
Queen of the Damned -Akasha

If there is anything there that you like the sound of and would like to see, please let me know!
And if you have any request's let me know about them too :)
See you all spoon!
xx

Manda's super awesome Travel Tips!

2010-08-09T05:30:00.000-07:00

1. Don't take more than you need too! Seriously, you will be there wanting to buy something and be thinking damn, I really didn't need to bring the kitchen sink with me after all. It's dang heavy to carry, it takes up all of your shopping space, and it weighs a tone, that could be on all these neato things from .

2. Wear sunscreen. Remember that song from the Class if 1999? They had it right. Sunscreen is awesome. And plus it keeps your skin nice and wrinkle free, and stops sunspots and skin cancer and that stuff. So trust me. On the sunscreen.

3. Take some small zip-lock clear plastic bags. You may not need them, but if you are caring liquids or gells (under 100mls) on your carry on you will need them. You can normally get them at airports, but I have seen some places charge for them.

4. Take Ear plugs and an Eye patch! I used these almost every night when we where traveling! It is akwards to throw something at someone you don't know who is snoring while staying in a hostel or backpackers. And alot of hotel's have very thin walls and you can hear people nextdoor and on the street.

5. Take a book or a magazine and an MP3 player. At some stage you will be waiting for a plain or a bus, or a boat or a train and it is good to have something to entertain yourself with. I would recommend not taking something fancy like an ipod, just take something cheap and replaceable just incase you loose it, or someone decideds it is shiney and wants it for themself.

6. On that note, be careful and have your wits about you. You probably won't get pick pocketed, but you might. When you are in busy places, keep and eye out, be weary of anyone that approces you. If they keep talking to you when you have said that you can't help, or are not interested or don't have a lighter look around you. They often work in teams' one person will try to distract you while the other will pick your pockets.

Also there are bag slashers that will cut a whole in your bag nic your wallet and be gone. I haven't had it happen anywhere while I was traveling, but I have had it happen about 30seconds from my door when I lived in the centre of London. (admitidly I did look like a tourest cos we were carring bags and suitcases just returning from a holiday. I realised what was happening and whipped around just as some guy was pulling his hand out of my pocket. I hadn't felt a thing and he would have gotten away with it, if I had not realised something was up and turned around. Luckly I only had a handful of snoty tissues in my pocket because I had a cold. Ha Ha! In your face you pocket picking arse!)

Also I would not recomment taking anything valuble or specail to you, be it jewelery or anything else. Even in backpackers people can take things from right out of your drom. It normally doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I had a jacket stolen once. Not happy.

7. Take your own food as much as you can. You will save so much money! There will be food anywhere close to a bit tourist attraction, but it is hard to find a cheep place and often the food is not good. It is nice to eat out while you are away every now and then, but it is a good way to spend all of your money and often the food is not fantastic, because it is aimed at tourists that will only go there once and never come back. If you really want to eat out, get a Lonley Planit and check out the recomndations. You can trust them. Other than that, I recomment finding a supermakert (and in some places even they are not cheap) and buying a few things for a packed lunch or to at least take along to snack on. You will save a bundle!

8. Take a tourch. Them things come in mighty handy! The headlamps that campers use might look alittle silly, but they are even handeir still because well.... you can use your hand! Both of them! (asuming you have two) and besides, no one can see you looking silly because it is dark.

9. Take a padlock. If you can't put your things in a locker then you can at last put in around the zips on your luggage. Most backpackers or hostels will have lockers, but you often have to buy or hire a key from them, so it is cheaper to just have one with you.

10. Take a scarf. If you are going sight seeing, often that will be going to some of the breathtaking chruches or mosques. It doesn't matter if it is not something you believe in. It is a holly place and you should respect them. If they have signs up saying don't take photos, Don't take photos. If they have signs up saying no talking, no talking. Even if there is not a sign up saying to cover your head or shoulders do it anyway. It is respectful. I have seen people cueing up to get into St Pauls Basilica for 2 hours, only to get turned away at the door because they were not covered.

11. Take a camera! I'm guessing you are already planning to take one, but take along spear battery's and spear memery card as well. And a charger. Also, as much as it is good to have your big camera that takes amazing photos (and I took mine everwhere) it is really handy to have a small one as well. They are easy to carry, don't take up much space or get in the way, and you can get them out easy peasy to take a photo without any fuss.

12. Check out the plugs in the country you are going to, and take a plug adaptor. A universal one is a good idea because you can use them most places.

13.Don't buy the first thing you see! If it is right next to a train station, or an underground station, or right next to a big attraction, you will almost certainly find it cheaper. Probably right around the corner.

We got out of the tube and saw a fella selling sunbralla's in Rome. He was selling them for 8euros. We said we'd take one for 5. He said ok. We are so cleaver! We walked around the corner and saw a stand selling them for 3. D'oh!

14. Buy a Lonely Planit of the place you are going. They are full of wonderful tips, bits of informations, recommandations, lingo. They are heavy though. We meet one chick that would rip out the the pages of the places she was in and carrie that round with her. What a brilliant idea! It gets heavy carring everything with you. Lonely Planits come out every year so it doesn't matter if you rip out the pages, because in a year there will be an updated one anyway.

15. When in Rome... Don't buy water. Ok well buy the water once so that you have a water bottle, but don't buy any more after that! The Romans are very proud of their water. You will see water spots all over the place where you can fill up your bottle for free and the water is perfectly fine to drink. It tastes good, its cold, and its free! Yay!

16. Print out confermation of all of your bookings. Something may happen where you get to a hotel or backpackers or airport and they can't seem to find your booking, or don't have a space, or the price has gone up. If you have a print out of confermations from them, they can't wiggle their way around us. It never happend to us, but I have heard of it happening to others. We took a print out of every single place we went, just incase. It is better to be safe than sorry!

17. Take a notebook, and write down all of the numbers of hotels, or busses, or anything you think might be handy. Just incause it's not as easy to find where you wanted to be and you need to call up for directions. People are normally really helpful and can tell you how to get where you need to be. Also have things written down on paper incause your phone goes dead and you need a payphone.

18. Print out a copy of your passport and leave it with someone back home that you know you will be able to get in contact with.

19. Wear comfy shoes! Its all very good and well to have sexy looking feet, and if you can manage to strut down a cobble street way for 4-5 then I take my hat off too you and expect you to give me some tips! But I would much perfer to have comfy shoes and no blisters or sore feet. I don't mean that you have to wear sandles and socks, but I wouldn't really recomment high heals or something that might give you lots of blisters either.

19.2 Oo while I remember it is a brilliant brilliant idea to take a little mini first aid kit too. If you are only having carry-on then you won't be able to take scissors or anything, but take some plasters or band-aid's, insect repallent, insect bite cream (No matter how much I spray myself with no-bitie stuff, I still get bitten) sunscree, aftersun is good to sometimes incause you forget sunscreen, Imodium! You probably won't get food poisening, but sometimes just eating food you are not used to can upset your body a bit.

20. Have a totally amazing time! You will go to so many amazing places and see some amazing things! Have fun, be possative, and look at the bright side of things. Even if something awful and unforseen happen's - it may seem like a disaster, but you will have a great story to tell when you get back, and the older you get the funnier it will seem!

2010-07-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

OK.

So I have had this blog for almost 6 months I think, even though I haven't told anyone about it. (one would wonder what the point in that is? Yeah me too.)

But I have hardly used it in the last 6 months, so I am going to make a effort to start using it properly again!

I keep starting to write something, and then I will have to run to work, or I will be half way through and then I will get tired and fall asleep and forget about it. I have about 5 blogs that I have started to write and never finished! Fail I know. hehe

So I guess this is just kinda a short wee note to that I am writing up here, because if I write it up here, I will actually do it.

Now that I am back in this side of the world I am going to start doing more videos again, and I am going to tell people about my blog. Maybe I well even have a sneaky contest on here.... one can never be to sure... ;)

So what I hear you asking will be on this mistery blog that no-one actually knows about? I'm not 100% sure. I think just a bit of this and that and the other. Whatever comes into my mind at the time that I sit down to write in it.

It is most likely going to be a random mishmash of things. Might have something to do with dancing, might be about make-up, might be about making things hand made, might be questions and getting your thoughts on things, might be a contest, might just be about whatever I have been doing lately, Might be about travel, might just be reminicing about the past. Honestly don't know.

In the mean time... have a kitten :)

Leatherotics

2009-12-02T05:04:00.000-08:00

Ok. So incase you haven't noticed yet... I love corsets.

This was a wee "me" gift I couldn't resist. I was playing around on ebay looking for something, and I couldn't find what I was looking for and thought hmmm I wonder if they have any cute underbusts. I entred it in and found this sold by a a componey called "Leatherotics" I was really suprised at the price, because leather corsets are normally very expensive.

I remember a freind on mine at school made a leather corset for her Ball gown in our last year of school, and I loved it. Then Starwars episode II came out and Natalie Portman playing Padme wore that beautiful leather corset, and the long fishtail skirt, and that amazing chocker bead necklance that hung down past her knees, and ever sinse then I have been determind that One Day, even though I can't get the rest, I will get a full leather corset. .So I was looking around on this site and they had a few different styles that I loved, but I wanted something that I could wear often, say with a white blouse or a shirt, but also funk up a little.

Since I first heard about Steampunk I have *loved* the style, and I wanted to get something that I could wear everyday, (ok not everyday but you know what I mean) or dress up, or go steampunk in, and they had this fab one that had buckles down the frount.

I read about the sizes (although stupidly did not check the size of my boobytrap corset, *face-palm*) and went down for inches from my natural waist and got a 32" corset, paid the extra £8 to have a modesty panell sewing into the back and got it sent out.

It arrived much sooner than I would have expected, (I can't remember exatcly but I think it was less than a week and I was expecting it to take longer as they where ultering it for me.) Although when it arrived it was much to big for me, and even laced up as tight as possible with the ends together it was still much much to big! Guess I have a squidgey tummy.

I contacted them straight away, and they said I could return it and get another one, and only charged me and extra £5 for the postage even though this one was also being ultered.

It took a little longer to get the new one, but totally worth the wait. I love it! I think I could still probably go down a little smaller to a 26" rather than the 28" I got, but I am still really happy with it.

It is a really beautiful and well made (to my untrained eye at least) corset, and the leather is so soft. It molds to my body really well, and is so comfy on I really love it. :)

Thanks leatherotics!

Untill next time :)

xox

In Love With BoobieTrap Corsets

2009-11-16T02:34:00.000-08:00

For my birthday this year, my boyfriend got me a beautiful corset from BoobieTrap. I had seen them online somewhere and fell in love with them. I loved the style of them, I just think they are gorgous. The website was www.boobietrapcorsets.com when I brought from them, but now they have had a facelift and renamed themselfs to www.boomboombabyboutique.com

It took a long time, for me to decide on the fabric I wanted, I started looking at the Gingham, and then I liked the Black Cherry, and I just loved the Sailer Jerry, but didn't think I would be able to get as much wear out of that one, so sadly I had to stop looking at it (although I still love it) then I looked at the Red and White Polker Dots. I was very close getting that one - in fact when I got the mock up, I said I wanted the Polker dot's but then at the last moment, (I must be the most annoying customer ever. I'm always changing my mind, and i find it really hard to settle on something. I think that's why I haven't gotten my tattoo yet.) I decided to go for the Gingham again. That was the first one that caught my eye, and my wonderful boyfriend is always saying go for the first thing you see.

The mock-up arrived, and and we did a bit of tweeking with the sizing. I wanted to have a bit of a princess point, but not to much, so my friend Jennie who has studied fasion, and is a wonderful seamstriss helped me mark out where we thought we wanted it on the mock-up, we took some photos to email to Kirsteen with it on, and she gave me her thoughts. I think the mock-up was done to a 28" waist, but on the mock-up there was not much of a gap so she thought it would be best to go for a 26" -As after you lace it up a few times, and wear it a few times, your body becomes used to it, and you can get it tighter.

My sister came over from America on her way home to New Zealand and stayed with us for a week in London, and then we left our job, hired a car and traveled around Ireland, then hired a campervan and traveled around a bit on Wales and England. So I didn't get to try my corset untill we arrived in Cambridge staying with my boyfriends sister -which is where it had been sent- while we job hunted. I think I must have put on a little weight eating junk when we where traveling, and when my sister and I are together, we encourage each other to have cake, and scones with cream and what not. Mmm scones with cream... I think I will do some baking later today....

Anyway when I tried it on, it was alittle on the small side. Laced up, but with a gap bigger than I liked, and I felt a little as though I was stuffed into it, so I haven't worn it much apart from tring it on every now and then. I haven't worn it out yet. I think the princess point is a little long, and I can't really sit down in it unless I am on a high stool.

But I do love it, and I think it is so beautiful. I wanted something that was more of a retro rockabilly style, that I can wear with skinny jeans and some cute heel, or with a pencil skirt
Let me know what you think!

Halloween Costume :)

2009-11-09T08:12:00.000-08:00

Sooo. If you read the last blog you know all of the touble I had trying to get my costume, but in the end I did get it (although the week after I neede it. We went out with a work mates for a few drinks. I love my costume. I didn't see anyone else dressed as the Queen of Hearts and I got lots of comments on it. Saw a few Alice's but didn't get to hunt them down (for a photo!)

I don't know who these guys are, but we saw them in both of the bars we went to, and had a chat with em. They were a right laugh! Its a pitty you can't see all of their costume, but naught to put on here lol.

Halloween Costume Drama

2009-11-09T05:14:00.000-08:00

Did you do anything for Halloween? Anything fun and exciting? What did you go as? Did you have fun deciding/making/buying a costume? Did you have any drama's trying to organise a costume? I had Drama. This is a bit of an rant filled with the good and the bad, so if you don't want to hear me bitching don't read it. I am posting it only on the off chance that it save someone else from having all of the trouble with 2 of the companys I tried to buy from that I did!

To start with I had ordered some white contact lenses to because I had wanted to do a few tut's with them, (living dead girl/vampire/zombie) and I was kinda planning on going as a vampire to a Halloween Ball rave with my friend. However. I need to get contacts in a script because I am a little bit blind (not really really blind only -2 but still) and while its really easy to find coloured contacts with no power, its not so easy to find them with power, and they cost a little more.

I found one site which I have used before, and didn't have a problem with, but they didn't have the ones I wanted in stock and had a wee note saying they wouldn't arrive into stock untill the 21st of October which was leaving it alittle bit late to have enough times to do some videos, and also to arrive in time for my party, so after searching around a little bit more, I found a site called http://www.feelgoodcontacts.com/ which looked good I found the lenses I wanted, added them to cart, saw that there was no note saying they where out of stock and was rather pleased with myself. Ordered them, and then ordered a few other things that I needed for halloween. Some Nose and Scar Wax, some fake blood in "fresh scab" from http://www.backstageshop.co.uk/ and that arrived within 2 days, some vampire fangs, which I got from ebay. I have had fangs by the same brand in the past, and they are really good. I just looked them up on ebay, there are a lot of different sizers, style and even colours. You can even get then gold or crome, but they are really good natural (as far as fangs go) looking, and they come with a kit that lets you mold them to you tooth, for a perfect fit, and you can reuse them as much as you like. I would highly recomend them for anyone looking for fangs :)

(This is a photo from the first time I used them which was about 4 years ago. They would still be fine to use now... If I hadn't lost them :S)

Everything arrived the next day. Except for my contacts. Fair enough, there where postal stricks, and sometimes it takes a little longer for things to arrive from some places. So I waited. 4 days later by the end of the week they had still not arrived, so I thought I would send them an email asking where they were. No reply. So the following Monday I called them to find out what was going on as it had been a week, and I still had no reply from my email to them. On the phone they told me that they had emailed me the day after I had ordered them to stay that they were out of stock and should arrive from the supplyer within 2-4 days. Well it had already been 7 days and I could not find the email. They told me to have a look in my spam although I had explainted to them that I had already recived to emails from them, one when I registered to the site, and one when my order was placed so it should not have gone to my spam. It turns out that they had sent it from a different email address that went straight to my spam mail. Never mind, I asked them if they could please look into it, and they said they would, and would call me back by the end of the day. 4 days later I had still not had an phone call nor an email and my contacts had still not arrived, so I decided to cancel the order and look for something else. When I phoned them to ask for a refund they said it would be done that day, and would be in my account within 4 days after it go prossesed with the bank. After a few weeks I called them to find out why it wasn't showing up yet and found they had only prossesed the refund 3 days ago, 9 days after I had called them. Hmmm... so if anyone is looking to get some contacts, I would strongly recomment looking else where for them. I would never shop with them again, their service was not very good.

So I now had a week untill my party that I had been looking forwards to for so long. What am I going to go as now! Time to do some surfing and look for some good ideas. A Witch? No my friend, and my flatmate where both going as witches. A dark Fairy? I think not. While I love them, I have never been anywhere on halloween and seen less then 20 fairys. They are fab, but there are alwasy so many of them. A Pirate? ooo now there is an idea.... found some pretty cool costumes and was right on the verge of buying one when I had the brilliant idea of the Queen of Hearts! Perfect!

Had a wee look around and saw a few different site that had a few different costumes. It came down to two costumes. Eeek I hate deciding these things! I love them both! I loved the long train/skirt at the back of the Enchanting Queen costume, but I also loved the off the sholder, neck ruffle, and big playing card on the Pretty playing card. In the end I decided to go for the pretty playing card. I just love it I think its so dang cute. I had a look on a few different sites trying to find the best deal and ended up buying it from http://www.wonderlanduk.co.uk/ well. I won't be doing that again! Which is a shame because they have some really cute costumes, but I was so let down by them.

I signed up and gave my billing address and delivery address which is different from my billing address. Paid with paypal (thank goodness) and just as I clicked the ok button I realised that it had my billing address as the delivery address which was not what I wanted. So I emailed them to confirm the address I wanted it sent to, and asked when it would be delivered buy as I needed it for the weekend. Got an email back within 5 mins confirming the address I wanted and saying it would be with me by Thursday. Thursday arrived and the petticoat I had ordered on ebay the day after I ordered my costume arrived, but my costume didn't. I emailed them to say hay just wondering if it was being sent by courier because there was a postal strick on the Friday and it would not arrive then. No reply. Emailed them the next day saying Hi I emailed you yesterday, just wondering what was happening with the costume I ordered that was ment to arrive yesterday as I need it tonight. No reply. So now I have no costume. Had a good night anyway although I had to raid bits and pieces from my friends closet as I had nothing to wear. On monday I called them and left a voicemail message saying Hi I ordered a costume from you that I needed for last weekend, It didn't arrive when you said it would, I have emailed you twice and no one has replyed, left my number and asked them to call me back.

Guess what. They didn't. Sent them a third email. Still no reply. Can you belive it? I was getting so pissed off with them. I mean they could have at least emailed to say we are looking into it but nope, I got nuda.

I sent them a forth email saying I have tried to contact them by phone and email and they have been ignoring me and that I was going to go to paypal with a dispute, and bingo I got an almost instent reply from them. Still not saying what was going on, or where my costume was mind you, but at least it was a reply.

This goes on and on and I kept contacting them, and eventuly found out that they had sent it to the wronge address, and that it had arrived there the week after I needed it. I was pretty annoyed with them, and so dismayed by their service but after much to-ing and fro-ing I evently got my costume and they gave me a £10 refund for all the trouble they caused.

I didn't get to wear it out on the night I had brought it for (the weekend before halloween) but we ended up going out with a few work mates on the night of halloween, and I got to wear it out then anyway. I love it, I think it is so damn cute. I got a Christmas decoration from work that was a wee crown, and made that into a head clip, and then got a fake plant with lots of little red roses and cut them off and make little hair pins. Curled my hair, and piled it up (in a bit of a hurry because I spent to long making the hair clips and didn't have as much time as I wanted) and then chucked in a whole lot of the little clips.

I wore my black and white stripy tights, and my black sparkly shoes (they always remind me of The Wizard of Oz in black and white, only with a heal not flats. I love them, they are one of my fav's!) with black stocking socks up to my knees, and a frilly petticoat under my dress to puff it up a little.

I really do love the costume. I am so glad I kept it, and I am waiting for the chance to wear it out again. It was lots of fun, and we had a really good night!

My First Rant!

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Ok so I have never done this before, but for some reason I felt the urge. I don't know why. I have never been so big on this blogging thing, and have never really followed any one else's blog before. I think I was thinking about it because I had a few things that I wanted to share with people, but didn't want to post a video on youtube about. It didn't really feel right to post a video about just whatever was in my head at the time. I'm sure no one really cares. There was something I was excited about, and something I was annoyed about, and something I wanted to warn people about, but I didn't want to load a video about it because it wasn't makeup related, and loading a video about myself kinda screams to me "I WANT EVERYONES ATTENTION!" and I get kinda scared when the attention is all on me. lol that doesn't even make sense. *note to self. Try to be at least a little cohernat when blogging*
so ermm... this is really just a trail run, and I'm going to play with it and see if I can figure out how it works, and if I like it, and maybe I will share it! Otherwise it might just be a whole lot of dear dairy-ing to myself. hehe.

Well for now I am going to get myself made up, and put on my pretty new boots -you might even get to see a photo of them if you are really lucky- and go out for a few drinks, and some live music with friends.
Ciao!
xox