Alright, so I was trying to figure out how to embed this video from my friend's blog, but I just woke up and can't really be arsed to do it! :D
But this is a moment during this past AnimeFest that, well, had us both stunned dying of laughter.
I'm the Harley Quinn, one of my best friends is the Poison Ivy, and her boyfriend is Tony Stark.
You'll have to follow the link, and the good party is around 35 seconds in.

http://netslums.posterous.com/threw-out-the-day-3


I don't know if it was so damn funny because we were so damn tired, or if it just was. But they were adressing me as Harvey for the remainder of the con

Obsessed? Nahhh

Winter Harley Quinn

So, I had plans to make this cosplay myself sometime in the near future, as I'm trying to get better at sewing/SFX Makeup and the like.
But when I saw that my favorite seamstress (Holly Messinger) was putting the coat up for sale, I couldn't help myself, I had to commission it from her. I'll be making the pants, belt and bootcovers for the rest of the cosplay this month.

Merry Christmas!

SO ENDS MY 11-DAY STINT AT WORK. Now, to sleep all day Christmas. P:




Already got the best present ever from my boyfriend! SO, He gives me my wrapped present. I unwrap it, and its several Joker graphic novels I already own. In fact, they're mine! A little disappointed, I say 'thanks' and smile anyway. He then goes, "well wait, those are already yours. But is this?" AND PULLS OUT BABES OF DC UNIVERSE HARLEY QUINN. OH.MY.GOD. I nearly died. I'm so happy... I didn't think I would get her for MONTHS! She's gorgeousssssss.

Now. Time to sleep.

Filler pictures!

WOW. I have been so busy with my job. :[ I apologize for not posting. I'm currently in the middle of an eleven day, 9 hour a day chunk of work. I will never work in retail again after this job, holy cow. At least the overtime will be nice!
Anyway, as I'm on my break at work, I figured I'd just post a few pictures of the Christmas Morning Harley Quinn that I put together for YuleCon last month. Hopefully they won't be too large, I'm at the Apple Store and can't figure out how to resize. P: Sue me, I'm tired!

Okay, the apple store employees are beginning to look at me funny, so I guess that's all from me! I have more pictures of the outfit on my deviantart, if anyone is interested in seeing more. :] 

Greasepaint and giggles

My main cosplay is Harley Quinn, and I get asked "how do you get your white so smooth and opaque?" pretty frequently. So I've decided to post cliffnotes to my makeup routine for any aspiring Quinn cosplayers. :)
I used to get makeup ALL over my cowl before I learned how to do my makeup properly. You have to set it with powder, but I don't mean just lightly dusting with a bit, you need to pack it in. It always best to run your finger over your face to check. Even when you think it may be too much, its not. At least for me, heh. I tend to use Bloody Mary White Heat.

First, I pull my hair up into pigtails where the liliripes would be and put them into half-buns. I've got long, thick hair, so the wig cap looks a bit odd, but if you want to use it go ahead! Then I put in my blue contacts. If I try that after my makeup it makes me tear up and it messes everything up!

Next I put the cowl on and tuck tissues/toilet paper into the edges and fold the paper back so I don't smudge the greasepaint onto the cowl when I put it on.

I then outline my mask with white eyeliner on my face and start applying the greasepaint. After one thin layer, I powder extensively. I then apply another layer simply because it gives a nice opaque white and I've got darker skin. And then powder again, of course.

Next I put on two coats of black mascara, and apply black eyeliner. Nothing extravagant, just a little hint to bring out my eyes. Now here's a really cheap but effective way of doing the lips. I put a base of black Ben Nye lipstick, then I take Cheap-o black tube Halloween makeup and a lipstick brush and shape my lips and add a light coat. I find it gives a more solid black than the lipstick itself.

After that I spirit gum the mask to my face, and do minor touch ups if any need to be done.

Finally, I put on the bodysuit, shoes, gloves and wrist ruffles, in that order.

Pop in some bubblegum and grab your giant hammer or pop gun and you're ready to go!