The tattoos I'm never gonna get

I have a couple of great ideas for tattoos that I would looooove to get, because I reeeeeally looooove these ideas. And yes, I generally am a fan of tattoos, and have a few of my own -- although mostly small-ish stuff really, and nothing too crazy. My main issue is that I also looooove perfectly pale porcelin-like skin, which looks beautiful ink free. So because I'm so 50/50 on the subject all I can do now is sit back and do nothing, basically -- and live vicariously through my heavily tattooed husband. Until I make up my mind! Although knowing me that might take a long time since I'm the most indecisive person I know.  ;)

It's funny cause the two main tattoos that I would love to get are both Disney inspired. The first one is from Disney's Haunted Mansion stretching portraits:

And it's the tightrope girl that I would love to get:

I think I could be convinced to get this sooner than later, but, the only thing that keeps me from doing so right now is that the spot I want to put it on is taken already..!! See, I would love to have this on the inner forearm (similar idea as pictured above right). Unfortunately both the insides of my arms have tattoos already -- in which let me say, I've never regretted them (or any of my tattoos) until NOW. I want that space! So now it's really deciding where else to put it. I think the shape of this tattoo would look best on the arm, like above picture; or maybe on the back of the leg..?? But then I go back to my dilemma where I'm not sure I want tattoos on either of those spots. Gah! Anywaaaays...

The first time I saw this design done as a tattoo was on artist and doll maker Queenie of Pocket Full of Posiez, which she has the tightrope girl on the inside of her arm..!! (*silently sobbing*)

She too is a BIG Disney fan and has several Disney inspired tattoos. Of-course when I tried searching for the photo of her tattoo I couldn't find it anywhere. I had originally first heard of Queenie back in the myspace days, into which I don't think she's on there any longer, as nor am I. Oh well.

Here's Queenie posing in front of her Disney tribute painting of the tightrope girl -- only here the crocodile is her handbag!

And here she is with the Tightrope Girl..!! What a super cute idea for a costume.

Here's another cute Tightrope Girl costume:

Above photos taken from here, Bat's Day in Disneyland. I would love to go to this event! You can view the information here on their official website.

Now, the second tattoo idea I would love to get is the witch hag from Snow White, my favourite disney villian. I would have her hunched over a burning cauldron, holding the poisoned apple in her hand. I'd add an Autumn full moon behind her with bats; old bones, skulls, and potion bottles scattered all along the bottom of the cooking cauldron, and maybe a crow perched somewhere in there too -- and an evil looking cat as well, haha. This is perfect cause it's a combination of all things that I super love:

 Witches, Disney, and Halloween.

See, it would be the witch hag above, but holding the poisoned apple, like below.

Actually, one of my favourite tattoos of Jarred's is his witch:

And I especially love that she's all crusty and evil looking. Those are my favourite types -- like Michelle Pfeiffer as Lamia in the movie Stardust.

She was my absolute favourite part of the movie, and also in the book (by Neil Gaiman), that I'm actually reading right now. I find it hard to read the book after seeing the movie, but so far it hasn't been too bad. Jarred's a big Neil Gaiman fan and has a large collection of his books. So far the only books I've read is Coraline, and now Stardust. Anyways, I loved the movie. And as soon as I'm done with the book (half way there!!) I'm going to re-watch the movie.  :)

Also if you like, you can check out this interesting website I found today, the makeup gallery, which features the work of movie and TV makeup artists. It says "The makeups are illustrated with nearly 5000 images of actresses in character and prosthetic makeup from literally hundreds of movies and TV shows. The transformations from actress into character are illustrated with before and after shots and, wherever possible, with behind the scenes shots of the makeup design and application."

Pretty neat!!

I also have a small but growing witch collection too. Here's a little peek...  :)

Okay, so here are some neat and super cool disney tattoos I found online.

I loooove anything to do with Alice in Wonderland. You can have so much fun with it's imagery.

And Disney Princesses done as tattoo artwork, done by Tim Shumate. I think this is a fun idea, making the Disney princess as a pinup girl.  :)

I think those are great. Super fun ideas. I like Maleficent and Sally best. Speaking of Sally (and the Nightmare Before Christmas), Disney, and fun ideas altogether, I'm going to end this note with some Disney eyeshadow portraits that I found. Super cool!

My favourite is the Nightmare Before Christmas one. You can view the rest here.

Enjoy!!  :)

xoxoxo...

*UPDATE: November 11, 2011. My bad. I did find Queenie's myspace page. I guess I was too lazy earlier to really look. So here's her Tightrope Girl tattoo that I was talking about.  :)

Halloween Nails

Remember when I was daydreaming about my Salon Effects Halloween nail strips ?? Well, looks like I'm a brilliant genius mastermind afterall. I knew it! I was flipping through my Walmart flyer tonite and lookie lookie what they have:

From left to right:

Numbskull, Hot Wired, Ghoulie Girl, Wishnets, and Spun For You.

I don't think I need to tell you where I'll be tomorrow.

"Are you on something? Are you taking the pot..??"

I'm trying to write this blog while watching the crappy movie Cable Guy but am finding this movie too distracting. I really should just change the channel. I'm kind of flipping back and forth between Cable Guy and Resident Evil -- haha, quite the contrast in movies. There's nothing on tv tonite. I've been feeling inspired lately to redecorate the house, a few tweeks here and there, but mostly the purple room a.k.a. my personal hoarding/clutter room. Right now it's in the messier-than-hell phase:

Look, my suitcase is still out from my trip 3 weeks ago. I'm so bad for that; takes me a million years to unpack and put everything away. Jarred unpacks, puts his suitcase away, and washes all his clothes the day he comes home, lol.

Anyways, I went out for drinks tuesday night with friends and decided to be a bit more creative with my makeup, thought I'd try to re-create a look I saw in one of my new magazines.

The inspiration:

And my take on it:

I'm quite happy with the way my eye makeup turned out..!! Especially since I'm not that good -- I'm decent-ish but need to experiment more often. At least I think so. I did the eyes a bit different than the magazine photo, only cause I was going by memory -- I had forgotten my magazine at work that day :)

Check out this fabric I recently purchased. Can't wait for things to settle and to start crafting again.

And a random shot of my knick knacks:

I can't believe I just watched all of The Cable Guy...

Experiment: Goth Makeup

This should be interesting. I am in no way a makeup connoisseur. I'm not necessarily bad at it though, but really keep things fairly basic for the most part. I've always loved seeing these cute goth girls with such distinct style and creative makeup. I would love to learn how to properly cover my eyebrows (cause I won't wax them off!) and do the old hollywood glamour look, a la Marlene Dietrich (whom by the way I was named after..!!)

I've even looked up online video tutorials (usually from Drag Queens), but lack of motivation kept it going further than that. Not only are these eyebrows popular amongst the drag queens but same with goth and alternative girls alike. I love this look, always have. Even as a teenager I had a plucking frenzy -- tweezed my eyebrows nearly to extinction. And back then it was the 90s and Drew Barrymore was the inspiration.

Unfortunately mine didn't look quite the same, mainly due to me shaping them like half moons and ending up with more the 'clown' effect.

So I'm glad to say that I'll be staying away from the eyebrows -- at least for today. Instead I'm going to focus on the eyes, using Adora BatBrat as my inspiration. Adora BatBrat is an online sensation, or quoted as "the gothic queen of youtube." I read her blog all the time and just think she's the cutest thing. It's safe to say that I 100% have a girl crush on her.

I super love this one where she's dressed all creepy twin-like with her sister:

I LOVE that hair. I must learn how to do this..!! I know they're hair pieces... right?? I've seen this look before in magazine editorials and down the runway and have always wanted to wear my hair the same. The most I've done is teased the crap out of my own, and let's just say deep conditioner is definitely required the next day.

Anywaaaaays....

So I decided to use a photo of the lovely Adora and transform myself to this gothic beauty. I don't have all the proper makeup products for 'goth' makeup but tried my best...

This 'experiment' has taught me that I really need to perfect my makeup technique. I mean, I can barely do that whole cat-eye look with the shadow, and that seems so elementary. But for the life of me, I just can't seem to do it. And really, I need more practice with the whole fake eyelashes thing too. What a mess! But after playing around for a bit I think the final look came together quite nicely, and was very fun to do.  :)

Look! I love Adora so much that I even purchased the same pair of shoes.  ;)

I would love to dress and look like this all the time... However. The time required to put together such a look is too crazy. I'd have to wake up two hours earlier in order to accomplish anything even close to this, and right now I can barely do my 45 minutes. Yep. 45 minutes. That gives me enough time to sleep in, brush my teeth, comb my hair (usually into a bun or ponytail) and maaaaaybe put on some makeup, if it's a good day. For the most part it's the 'sleeping in' that takes priority. *sigh*, maybe one day... (as I sit here with no makeup and sweats on -- *sobs*)    ;)

I'll leave you with the first video I found on Adora BatBrat, a goth makeup tutorial, haha. How fitting!

xoxoxoxo...