Textures and Colour

Hello everyone!

Last week I put together an outfit and make-up look that I was really pleased with! My sister got me some awesome lipsticks and I came up with a look surrounding the red lipstick in the set, does anyone else plan their outfits the night before? In college I used to lay out my clothes and accessories for the next day, I like to be organised! 

I kept the eyes simple with a cat eye and  I also painted my nails red for the ultimate matchy matchy effect. 

I wanted to wear this cut out crop top that I love so much- a wet look skater skirt and patterned tights seemed like the perfect match! 

My red watch made an appearance! Red and black was the order of the day.

I wore my usual doc martens and Winter friendly outerwear but thats not very exciting!

Thats it for today's blog post, thanks for reading,
Rebecca

Outfit and Art!

Hello lovely reader and welcome to Sunday's post!

This will be a short outfit and make-up post along with a photo of my latest drawing! This was taken last weekend, the weather was really bright which made me think of wearing... *le gasp*... white! Shocking. It's just shocking- the goth girl wearing colour! Hehehe.

I was very happy with my makeup (I say that every week, my skills are limited so I just do the same thing all the time hah). I overdrew my lips with a nude lip liner which is why I have that silly pout in these two photos, I couldn't help it! Also I am growing my hair and it is starting to get longer which I am very pleased about, aiming for shoulder length hair as I miss my curls. Hope it doesn't take forever!

Simple smoky eye and winged eyeliner! Just look at those lengths of hair on the left though, finally growth! 

I have no idea why I look so smug in this photo... This was my outfit of choice, super comfy! Quite colourful by my standards. 

These are the cat ears I wear when I do my make-up to keep my hair out of my face! Love these things. I wore them out a few times and got miaowed at by strange men in Dublin so I stopped doing that. True story. 

The light in my room sucks in Winter so it has been damn near impossible to draw for probably two months. I have a daylight lamp on the way BUT we got some decent sun lately so here is what I came up with. Pretty pleased with how it came out. I have since bought an A3 sketch pad as A2 is very limiting in terms of how much detail you can fit in.

I am glad that Spring will be coming soon so there is more light, I love Halloween and Christmas and Winter but they can be very restricting months in so many ways.

Do you prefer the Winter or Summer months? Does the Winter gloom get you down or do you thrive around this time of year?

Rebecca. 

Outfit Post-Bat Skirt

Hey everyone!

This is an outfit post from a little while ago before the weather here turned really bad. It's been windy rainy and miserable the last while, Winter has well and truly set in!

I am wearing a Hellbunny bat skirt, mesh tights, doc martens, cut out crop top from Boohoo.com and a plain cami underneath!

The skirt is so epic and swishy, I have shown it before on this blog in my birthday post, I wear it a lot. Lately I've been wearing leggings instead of tights for extra warmth.

I love this style of top with the cut out! I'm also wearing my usual lace gloves. 

I had a boring jacket on top so nothing worth getting a picture of! 

That's it for today's post! What have you guys been wearing now that it has been heading into Winter? Do you layer up leggings and longer tops up with lighter things or do you have a separate Winter collection? Let me know in the comments! 

I layer everything up and have a few Winter items. I don't like big bulky jumpers and I'm very picky about what looser flowy things I wear!

Until next time,
Rebecca 

October Favourites!

Hello there gorgeous people of the internet! 

Today I wanted to do an October favourites post as I had a few things that I was really into this past month! 

1) Blogging! I have LOVED blogging this past month, I have really enjoyed having an outlet for some of my hobbies and interests and I have loved talking to everyone too! The internet is just way more fun when you are part of the goth blogging community if you ask me! 

2) So like, lately I have been really feeling the whole over the knee boot trend. I got these in New Look for a very reasonable 50 euro and have been loving them. They go with quite a lot surprisingly enough and are quite comfortable once I have two pairs of socks on. They are a wide fit which I didn't realise until I wore them the first time. These were quite the bold new purchase for me as they are unlike a lot of my usual footwear but hey, a girl's gotta have variety right? 

I stole this from my Instagram.
 They look GREAT over jeans too for a colder weather look. 

3) Well I do love a good bargain and so I was delighted to spot this lipstick on sale in Boots in exactly the colour and finish I was looking for. It goes best over a lip liner in the same colour but it is somewhat transparent and shiny making it an easy one to wear during the day or in a rush. I love these lip crayons as they apply so nicely and don't take long. If I am in a rush I can pop on some Mascara, fill in my brows, pop some colour on my lips and look done up super fast. 

4) I had been neglecting my skin this summer and so I bought some of the Dr. Organic skincare line after hearing about how great it is. I have been really pleased with the results and have been especially loving the face wash, dead sea mask and rescue remedy eye roller! I intend to really keep up with a good skincare routine from now on! 

5) I really enjoyed using the Leo Bancroft hair mask pictured below, my bleached hair needs a lot of TLC pretty much all of the time and I get these sachets in Tesco for 1.30 and they really work. This product along with copious amounts of coconut oil have both really kept my hair looking vaguely decent which is nice! Then I have also been loving making my own purple shampoo by mixing some of the Directions Violet hair dye in with my shampoo and leaving it for a few minutes before rinsing. That really helped me get my hair a more white shade in October, I am currently more yellow toned after getting my roots done but a wash or two with that DIY shampoo should get me back to a cooler toned look. 

6) Cold weather has set in which means that I have been really enjoying wearing patterned tights with my skirts and shorts where possible. I also wear leggings underneath my skirts if it is really cold or jeans but if I can get away with it I like to dress up too. This is an entire bowl full of patterned tights! 

That is it for today's blog post. What did you guys love during the month of October? Any particular outfits or make-up products? Maybe you picked up an old hobby or started reading a new book? Let me know in the comments!

Rebecca. 

The Outfit That Broke The Rules

Hey there and welcome to today's blog post.

The title of this post comes from the fact that I broke some fashion 'rules' with my outfit at the weekend.

1)If you are going to wear something that is drawing attention to one feature, then you should not draw attention to anything else.  Woops! High waisted shorts also accentuate a smaller waist along with obviously showing a bit of leg. The scandal of it all!

2)You should only do a strong lip OR a strong eye. I did both. And a generous contour. Come at me bro.

3)It's not a rule but I believe it was Coco Chanel who avised that a woman should remove one accessory before leaving the house. I added one in the form of my lace gloves.

Necklace-Claires Accessries
Top-Boohoo.com
Lace cami underneath-Penneys
Shorts-New Look
Tights-Penneys
Wedge Boots- New Look 

Love this necklace. 

Very happy with how the makeup came out. I went so long without doing makeup that I get worried I'll have forgotten how to! I've also been growing out my eyebrows and I am so pleased with the results. Apparently it takes a full 6 months to properly grow them back out, I think I'm two months in by now so it will be interesting to see where they end up. 

I based the whole thing around combining these tights and shorts, I had a feeling that they would play off each other nicely.

What do you think of fashion rules? Are they made to be followed or made to broken? I think it depends on the situation really.

Until next time, thanks for reading and I hope you are having a lovely day!
Rebecca,

Sunday Monochrome + YouTube Video

Hello there and welcome to another post!

Last weekend I put together an outfit around these earrings! I forgot I had them and so I decided to wear them out. I've been a bit wary of wearing dramatic earrings since I got my short hair as they stand out a lot more but I was happy wearing these! They are from Claire's accessories years and years ago. 

I went black and white with my outfit since the earrings were silver and black! Also I am just really into monochrome.

This is the beautiful pattern on my skirt! It's subtle but just adds extra dimension to the skirt and to any outfit. This came from Penneys (Primark) and has been with me for a few years at this point. 

This is a close up of the pattern on my scarf, also from Penneys! I think the skirt and scarf play off one another quite nicely and the overall vibe suits the earrings really well. 

I wore my Beetlejuice bag along with my zipped wedges, both of which are from New Look. 

I kept it simple with a black vest top and lace bolero over the top along with my usual lace gloves and some silver and black jewellery.

My makeup was a black and greyish smoky eye! Sooo predictable. 

I filmed an outfit video! This was lots of fun to make and I hope you enjoy it!

What items have you discovered a newfound love for recently? Are you constantly updating your wardrobe and accessory collection or do you stick to  familiar items and themes?

Thanks for reading,
Rebecca.

80's inspired make-up, Doc Martens and Gym Equipment

Hello everyone!

Last weekend I was in the mood to try something different with my make-up and so I did an 80's inspired make-up look rather than sticking super closely to the actual style. I made the inner corners of my eyebrows more pointed and I took my silver eyeshadow up to meet my brows in the inner corners. The effect is subtle and easier to wear in the day-time but it is still very much visible.

My outfit was really simple, a zipped bodycon skirt, plain black tight 3/4 sleeve top, meshed tights and knee high doc martens along with my bat necklace. I pinned my hair down on one side too.

Soooo serious

Tis Autumn and tis cold and so I wore my leather jacket. This was 7 euro in a charity shop and its from Topshop so it was probably originally at least 50/60 euro so this is one of my better finds! It goes well with the overall style too I think. 

I dusted (literally) off my knee high doc martens too as I haven't worn them in aaages. They are very comfortable but lacing them up does get tedious! I usually only lace every 3rd or 4th hole in fact. 

A more recent purchase! These tights were 3euro in Penneys/Primark and they are gorgeous, quite thick and good quality. I'll obviously have to be careful not to catch them in anything but they are quite well made, not flimsy at all!

In other very exciting news, myself and my fiance's gym equipment finally arrived!! We are starting a personal training business and obviously needed the equipment before we could really begin. This is our set-up and it is everything we need to start helping people get stronger, healthier and happier! I am a fan of teaching classes and so will likely be doing that in community halls too. Very exciting weekend and exciting times ahead!

How do you like to spend your weekends? Do you like going out and doing lots of things or do you like your weekend to hide from the world and regroup in your own space? I like both depending on the weekend. Sometimes going out and getting things done is me doing 'me' time too.

Thanks for reading,
Rebecca!

Some Wear Leather and Lace

Hello there and welcome to my blog!

This is an outfit from earlier in the week that I really liked, it was very comfortable and easy to move in whilst still looking nice .The whole thing was based around me wanting to wear this lace top that I made from lace tights a few years ago. I found it recently and decided to wear it  so I put it with this red lace shirt and some high waisted leather look shorts!

I love these things!

I wore this simple fang necklace from Claire's accessories.

My make-up was realllly simple as this was all put together in the changing rooms after training legs at the gym.  I find heavy make-up doesn't really go well after the gym as I remain red-faced and warm for a few hours afterwards despite cooling down, showering and washing my face. My make-up usually just kinda melts off my face! I have the usual foundation and concealer, eyebrows and then just brown eye-liner and mascara! 

Look! I got a bat! He hangs over my bed and has tinsel on him and red eyes. He is very cute! 

A recent purchase, I got a 5 album set from Bauhaus for I think 18 euro! I own very few cds but I want to change that and build up a collection because I just love having physical copies of things! Is anyone else like that? Seems like everyone is into digital copies of things these days. 

I picked up these lace fingerless gloves in Claire's this week too! They were around 7 euro and very handy to have. I lost my old ones, no idea where they ended up! I love these little touches that add something extra to an outfit! 

Pssst. Aren't these the cat's pajamas?! Sorry... Hehehehe. These are pink, fluffy and have cats on them. So I now own them. Naturally. Soooo soft and fluffy. 

Well thats it for this post! Hope you enjoyed reading, thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Rebecca.

Outfit Post- Pencil Skirt and Kitty Shoes

Hey there and welcome to today's post!

This is a short little post showing an outfit from the weekend that I really liked. I was going through my wardrobe to see what I had that I hadn't worn in a while and I found this skirt. I got it in a charity shop about a year ago and I've never worn it so I took it for its maiden voyage on a coffee quest!

My hair needed a trim so I pinned it all up and adorned it with this simple black flower which suited the style of the skirt quite well and gave the overall look a pin-up vibe. It's also been a long time since I wore my kitty shoes out for the day so I took them along for the walk! Makeup was simple and overall I liked how the outfit came together. It is different to what I normally wear which made it more fun!

The pattern on the skirt is this leopard print which I don't normally wear but I love the fact that the skirt is all one colour, Makes it easier to wear I think. 

My trusty cameo skeleton lady! This is one of 4 necklaces that are in constant rotation in my collection, it just adds a fun flair to outfits! 

These shoes have seen better days but I love them so much! I bought these the day I handed my Masters thesis in. I was exhausted and almost dizzy walking into the shop after a stressful week but I emerged with the coolest cats in town! 

I couldn't get a good photo of my makeup! My eyeliner went on pretty evenly and very quickly which is always a good sign for the day ahead. My lip colour is pulling a pinky shade here but it was darker, more of a plum! 

I have been using Dr. Organics skin care in the Dead Sea Minerals Range and I have to say it's really been doing good things for my skin. It has been Clearing it up and helping it look more even. I am also freckled from a summer of fun in the sun. I actually quite like the sunshine despite the whole goth thing but I was forgetful and didn't use sunscreen all the time this year so I picked up some colour. It should fade out over the Winter. I'm not overly pushed on having a ghostly pallor but I do like the pale look so I'll just remember the sunscreen and see what happens! 

Does anyone else enjoy the sunshine or do you hide in the shade all summer?

Thanks for reading,
Rebecca.

Sunday Outfit of the Day- Understated Darkness

Hey everyone!

So lately I have finally broken free from a very long style slump and am getting my mojo back.  I went a long time with no distinct style, no fun make-up and generally just making no real effort. My sense of style got lost somewhere but it has been reborn, it took some experimenting with new things, some forcing myself to just do it and some definite mistakes but we are back in business once more. The result is actually really anti-climactic because its not terribly different to what I was doing before, it's just a bit more put together and more understated in a way. I've been feeling very inspired by post-punk, darkwave, 80's style and the earlier days of goth in general. I guess sometimes you have to break things down to their roots to piece it together again.  

Anyway, on with the show chaps! 

                                 

I went for pizza and cake today (as you do) and wanted to experiment with my hair and make-up a little bit. I remembered that my mother told me my hair reminded her of Madonna once and so I looked up some pictures earlier and saw that Madonna had a lot of volume at the roots. Luckily having short curly hair makes this relatively easy to achieve, especially on third day hair, all I did was run my fingers through the roots and rub at them a lot! Kind of like back-combing. Adding dry shampoo probably would have helped but I find it dries out my hair a bit too much if its not actually greasy when I use it.  I messed around with the curls and just kept pushing them up and back a bit which resulted in a fun hairstyle!

Wow thats close! I haven't done eyeliner like this in a loonng time!
It's not even at all but I'm happy enough with it. Practice makes perfect! 

For my make-up I wanted to channel a bit of Arianna Froxeanne from The Frozen Autumn as she does simple but effective eyeliner styles! And has short blonde hair too! I also darkened my eyebrows more than usual. I put a  small amount of black on top of the earthy brown I usually use and I also drew them on to be slightly more bold and square looking than I have been doing. I did so carefully though since the contrast against the blonde hair makes bold brows into quite the statement. I actually forgot to put mascara on which is an unusual omission for me but its not super obvious

My awkward 'I wonder has it taken the photo yet.. ' face

As for the outfit it's fairly standard and simple. I really like simple put together looks! I am wearing a lace trim camisole, a lace bolero, a really ancient waist belt, a wet look skater skirt and plain tights! I wore patent black doc martens and my favourite Beetlejuice bag along with a sparkly cat necklace. The waist-belt totally came off in the car after the meal though, I got my money's worth of delicious carbs thats for sure! 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!!!

Look! He has little sparkly whiskers! 

So that's it! I'm writing this in my comfy loose pyjama bottoms allowing my food baby to settle! I really hope I can get back into blogging more again but I just keep going blank when I go to write anything down. I'm full of excitement and ideas one minute and then I open blogger, look at the empty page and I can't seem to channel what's in my head into a post! I probably just need to sit down and do it in fairness!

What has been influencing your fashion lately? Maybe the changing seasons have been inspiring your wardrobe or you've found a new band or singer you admire? 

Alternatively have you ever had this blogger's block issue I speak of? How did you get past it? 

I'd love to hear your thoughts, share them down below and thank you so much for reading my post and visiting my blog!

Rebecca.