The Land of Lady Things

Hi makeup maniacs! I just uploaded a review of Dita Von...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:13:07 -0400

Hi makeup maniacs! I just uploaded a review of Dita Von Teese’s “Manslayer” lipstick, from her Art Couture line over at the

Land of Lady Things

Dear makeup maniacs, I just reviewed Kat Von D’s brand new...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:50:17 -0400

Dear makeup maniacs, I just reviewed Kat Von D’s brand new Ladybird palette: http://landofladythings.blogspot.com/2013/04/review-kat-von-d-ladybird-true-romance.html

retrogasm: If you want to laugh yourself stupid click this...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:49:29 -0500

retrogasm:

If you want to laugh yourself stupid click this link and read the reviews

Omg wow awesome theswinginsixties: Ronnie Spector

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:53:28 -0500

Omg wow awesome

theswinginsixties:

Ronnie Spector

Already thinking about my costume for Comic-Con next year, and I...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:18:35 -0400

Already thinking about my costume for Comic-Con next year, and I don’t even have a ticket!

This lady is one of my favorite people in the universe. The...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:41:49 -0400

This lady is one of my favorite people in the universe. The photo I used for my avatar is from the last fashion show she asked me to be in. A model I am not, but I can never say no when Marianne asks me to do stuff for her. She rules!!

laura-byrnes:

Mariann is a fucking super hero!! (at Patricia Field Salon)

1st photo is my friend Jenn and I as Triana Orpheus and Girl...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:41:38 -0400

Girl Hitler and Triana. There weren't enough Venture Bros. cosplays

Sega set up this badass promo for Aliens: Colonial Marines. People could sit in the mech like Sigourney Weaver and get their picture taken

The Batman crew squaring off

Now we know how Darth Maul got his training...

This guy had some seriously badass Spartan armor

Such an adorable Finn cosplayer

Really awesome Kitara and Toph cosplayers

You know what... I don't even know what's going on in this pic...

Dirk high-fives Meenah. Aww yeah!

This guy was sitting on the south-east corner of the convention center playing "Mad World." With a gimmick like that, I had to tip him.

1st photo is my friend Jenn and I as Triana Orpheus and Girl Hitler from Venture Bros. since I didn’t have the time or funds to go for accuracy, I thought donning some military-esque gear, and making an Underland armband would do the trick. Some people got it, but a lot of people just thought I was a female version of Adolf Hitler, and were seig heiling me. It was strange.

ruriktherussianburr:

Friday Night at the Con Part 1

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Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:51:16 -0400

retrogasm:

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Me on Saturday at NYCC. I REALLY should have ironed my dress....

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:28:00 -0400

Me on Saturday at NYCC. I REALLY should have ironed my dress.

gallifreygal:

cosplayinamerica:

( source : http://flic.kr/p/djBb6N / NYCC 2012 )

Truly outrageous!

Going to a Dia de los muertos party later in the month....

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:06 -0400

Going to a Dia de los muertos party later in the month. Naturally, I’ve been looking to Sylvia Ji for inspiration.

binnorie:

I do love Sylvia Ji

undeadaffairs:

sister ray - Sylvia Ji.

Every time I see Dita in this perfect Dior ensemble, I...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:57:11 -0400

Every time I see Dita in this perfect Dior ensemble, I practically die with envy. Eventually I’ll stumble upon the secret of how to make that neckline.

I don’t know what these are (stickers?) but they are...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:56:50 -0400

I don’t know what these are (stickers?) but they are ADORABLE!!

powderdoom: The prices of makeup in Australia are ridiculous. I...

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:57:55 -0400

powderdoom:

The prices of makeup in Australia are ridiculous. I think it’s really cool that Illamasqua is setting up this campaign to fight the prices. Read more about it & sign here.

OMG AMAZING theniftyfifties: Model wearing a velvet wrap by...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:48:39 -0400

OMG AMAZING

theniftyfifties:

Model wearing a velvet wrap by Balenciaga for L’Officiel, 1956. Photo by Philippe Pottier.

Just uploaded a...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:13:00 -0400

Just uploaded a review!

http://landofladythings.blogspot.com/2012/07/review-sephora-collection-retractable.html

Always loved this dress by De Castelbajac— I’m...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:13:17 -0400

Always loved this dress by De Castelbajac— I’m thinking I should try to make a version of my own. The question is— black or red?

I just remembered that people thought I was working at the...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:46:51 -0400

I just remembered that people thought I was working at the Hasbro booth. Thanks for posting the pic anime-bookworm!

anime-bookworm:

Jem cosplayer say what??

D’arcy was the only lady who influenced my style when I...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:29:39 -0400

D’arcy was the only lady who influenced my style when I was a teenager. After I saw this spread from Rolling Stone, I started wearing makeup like this in school (usually only when I was wearing my SP “zero” shirt, cammo pants, & 20 eye Doc Martens- which I still have after 15 years). I totally had a girl crush before I even knew what girl crushes were.

Jump to now, when I stumbled upon some recent mugshot of hers. Yikes. Besides my opinion she obliterated her face with unnecessary plastic surgery, it seems she’s fallen down an unfortunate path of self-destruction. If any of you have a time machine and want to go back to 1997, please don’t show my 14 year old self D’arcy’s mugshot. And if you do, teach me about 80s hardcore so I can listen to that instead of going though my Korn phase.

This year at the San Diego Comic Con, I went as Jem and am so...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:42:02 -0400

This year at the San Diego Comic Con, I went as Jem and am so goshdarned proud of how my costume turned out, I’m posting it here.

I made the dress (I used Butterick 8342— a 3/4 sleeve bateau neck shirt— as a jumping off point for the pattern) + belt from scratch. Since I know very little about pattern making, I taped together a bunch of newspapers (instead of getting real pattern paper), drew stuff that kind of looked right & went from there.

The wig started out as this blonde “rocker” wig. Since some of the length was n’t very Jem, I cut off a few inches off the bottom & trimmed some of the bangs as well (which i don’t really think were short enough for authenticity’s sake, but I liked how it looked). Since Jem isn’t blonde, I found out how to dye the crappy plastic hairs of the wig (Youtube can be your best friend!) using acrylic ink + rubbing alcohol, et voila! Dying the wig was definitely the hardest part, because the dye solution kept dripping to the ends, away from the roots.

Not pictured are my Jemstar earrings, which i made from the cardboard of the shoebox my white pumps came in. I painted them with all sorts of paint & nailpolish, but I found that the red Sally hansen nail art pen was the PERFECT metallic red for these. Then i just hotglued the shapes to some posts that i never wore.

I was also able to knock this all out in a few days. So if you ever want to make a costume (or even just some bad ass item of clothing or jewelry or anything for yourself)— if you’ve got scissors, a vision, and a boat load of patience, then nothing should stop you!