Money was spent. I paid for early bird Marketplace entry and ran into some friends in line. They've done this before and instructed me that we would be headed straight for Mela, and it would be nuts as, and I quote, "everyone bumrushes Mela." I had no clue what that meant but I followed them [...]
Category: Hair and make-up
COCO LOSERS
It's here! I'm reclining on a king bed at the Woodland Hills Marriott in LA which is currently full of fantastically dressed ladies. I flew in yesterday and proceeded to have a major freak-out. I am not good at groups, guys! And costuming royalty is here-- I might've freaked out when I walked past Merja [...]
*Assorted life updates*
I'm on my couch with a miserable head cold and went "hey, do you know what I haven't done in a while? Written a blog post!" This is not because I haven't been doing anything, but because I've mostly been trudging along on projects without really documenting them or making definitive progress. The PEERS 1942 [...]
Adventures in pin curls
Soooo here's a question I've been working on-- how the fuck do you get a vaguely 1940s look to your hair when it's long enough to sit on? The internet has been unhelpful in this quest. If you search "pin curls long hair" you get instructions for bra strap length hair at the longest. Not [...]
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