Melbourne Cup outfit and makeup

A couple of weeks ago I received my Meal in Monaco dress from Modcloth. I'm planning to wear it to the Melbourne Cup in November, along with a cheap and awesome top hat fascinator and some heals for as long as I can stand them. At this rate I'm expecting to have to go in a wheelchair, so heels will be on if that's the case because fuck it, I'm not walking. If I'm feeling good I might wear them for an hour or so and cling to everyone. I don't have very good balance and so I'm worried about that most of all, not my ability to withstand heels. One of my biggest troubles with fibro is muscle strength, and my balance and ability to hold myself up is a mere 50% at the best of times.

Anyway, so this is how it looks. Excuse my face, this was a really bad fibro day and I hadn't showered for three days or so. I did brush my hair for you though, aren't I nice.

The dress is really good quality and definitely worth the money. It does run small, I sized up just in-case because it's easier to alter it that way, and so I'm glad I did. I'm 172cm (5'7) and 60kg (132lbs) and I got a medium, and it just fits around my ribs. I am pretty broad though. But yeah, size on up. I love it, even if I do feel a bit manly with my shoulders all out there. I can't help but feel that they're huge. Even so, the dress is so lovely I'ma say fuck it and work that broad shoulder shit until I die from it.

I also practiced with the makeup I bought for it, though it shows up more pink/purple IRL. I'm so damn pale, the camera just washes the paler colours out. I'm starting to get the hang of winged eyeliner. A big help was finally buying some gel eyeliner and a good brush. That shit is AMAZING. I use Wet N Wild Mega Eyes gel eyeliner with either the Coastal Scent eyeliner brush, or the Elf small angled brush. I find the angled brush to be easier to use, which really surprised me. I get all of my makeup, save the 'brand' stuff, from Crush Cosmetics. I did try the Crush Cosmetics gel eyeliner, but it wasn't as pigmented as the Wet N Wild, and was a lot dryer and harder to apply. So this look is Wet N Wild Mega Eyes eyeliner, NYX Ultra Pearl Mania pigments in yellow gold, white pearl, and lilac.I applied the gold pigment wet, and though I'm not big on the colour gold, I think it's my favourite of the three. So damn pretty, like a Cleopatra gold. The lips are NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in plush red with a Clinique clear lipgloss  (so long ago, don't remember what it was called and the label has smudged off, but it smells like turkish delight and is awesome) over the top. Damn, so pigmented, and it stains really well which is good if you want to wipe it off and apply a clear gloss over the top, it's really pretty. But this NYX line is my favourite, I have several and love all of them.

I won't go with the red for the Cup, probably stick with my trusty sweet heart (my favourite NYX Mega Shine) but I am happy with the shadow. I might put the colour higher up and bolder, because it's the freaking Melbourne Cup and it demands outrageous.

I've also got some half lashes in, which was my first time ever using false lashes of any sort. They turned out lovely and made me feel so delicate. They're Glameyes in Alicia, and they're really good quality. Though it's my first time using lashes, I've had experience with them, and these are really soft and flexible compared to to others I'v played with. I'm a bit of a makeup noob, I've been wearing it for years but never really put the effort in or cared much about technique or products. I'm glad I took that step, I really love makeup and it's something I can do even when I'm sick. Not on bad days, but still. People are finally starting to understand that i don't put it on for other people. I love to put it on, it's like painting, it's fun. Plus, I feel pretty with it on, I do it for me. It's like a weird therapy.

And aw, doesn't Templeton look happy on my arm there. I love my tattoo so much, I just can't put it into words. I'll have to show some of the nice things people have said about it to show Tom, I think he'd be pretty stoked considering how he nearly died doing the damn thing. I have ideas for the other arm, another owl. I see Templeton as the masculine side, with the city and rivers, and the lightning bolts, a big 'strength' kind of commentary I suppose. And so Glossum (because I like that name) will be the feminine owl, with cherry blossums and more... garden inspired things, in pinks and purples and oranges, like a sunset/sunrise. Same sort of shape too with the clouds around them, though they'll both eventually cover my whole upper arm.

I like naming my tattoos, they're special. My green wrist owl's name is Marvin. He'll one day be joined by a bat and a sloth, my other two favourite animals. I like things in trees it seems. They don;t have names yet, though. I have to wait and see what they look like. I know I'm strange, I don't pretend I'm not XD

Anyway, Chris should be home from work soon, and so I'll finish up. Thanks for looking <3