Yup, I learned that Hard Candy was total crap when I bought one of their kits at Sephora a while back. I was really disappointed too. Being a fan of Urban Decay and knowing the brands were owned by the same company I expected more from Hard Candy.

Loreal HIP is the drugstore winner in my book

On the subject of pale makeup, I love larenim. They make a great white shade.

But I'm broke now, so I swirl a big powder brush in the cheap, white compact I got at hot topic and then swirl the brush in a the lightest color of powder revlon makes and layer the two powders for a nice, natural gothy sheen.

As for bangs, I always cut my own. The trick is to be fearless. Don't think you'll screw up and you won't.

And SPF- Omg I LOVE the HIP creme liner. The one in the little pots. Wear it every single day.

^^^I have two cream liners. One in green and one in eggplant.

However you you have spare cash, smashbox makes an awesome cream liner set

Oooo, I have black and shiny blue, which I have been told ups the blue in my eyes. I asked for some smashbox eyeliners last year for christmas. Instead I got DKNY "be delicious- night" perfume and every Sandman graphic novel ever. So an okay trade, really.

^^I do find that the brush the liner comes with hurts my eyes when I use it

I prefer liquid eyeliner to cream ones.

I used to think that then I bought a nice thin angled brush and cream and cake liners. You can do wonders with it. The brush gives you more precision I think.

However if you want to swirl cool designs on your face I like using felt tip liquid liner.

Off topic, but -- I tried a new undereye concealer today. I used to use Revlon's Age Defying cream concealer. The consistency was nice, but it tended to settle in the creases of my lower eyelid.

I used this today: Revlon Colorstay Undereye Concealer

It was a little thin, but I did 2 layers and it worked out just fine. Covered the dark circles well, without creasing or looking dry. I put it on at 6 a.m., and only noticed slight creasing after 6 p.m. Not bad! It's spf 15, too. I didn't need a heavy-duty remover to take it off; my regular one worked fine (with some gentle effort).

It doesn't come in white, but if you need a natural-skintone concealer, I'd recommend it. Not bad for $9.

Anyone know of a good quality dark purple or plum lip liner? Price isn't really an issue and I'm open to any brand except MAC.

oh duh Urban Decay has cool shades too

They have pencils, glitter liner, and liquid liners in two shades of purple.

^^Thanks for the info.

Does anyone know of eye-liner and mascara that won't "bleed" or run?

I have used waterproof mascara, put powder over my eyeliner (yes, I'm handy when it comes to make up - thanks to having a few make-up artist friends and bad skin growing up) and yet, my eye-liner bleeds down my eyes and my mascara comes off anyway.

As I get older, I find that I have less and less tolerance for it, but simply can't see purchasing MAC or other makeup that costs more than I spend on myself in a month.

^^^I know of some good quality "stay put" mascara and eyeliner...but it will cost about the same price as MAC because they are professional brands used for runway/stage makeup.

Also, what bands have you tried???

Ben Nye is cheaper than MAC and makes stage makeup that stays put. They have mascara and eyeliner for around $10 I think


I know drag queens that use Ben Nye and they are on stage sweating their asses of lip syncing

I also know of a mascara that will only come off using a certain temperature water if anyone's interested.

Applying powder on before applying the liner helps. I personally prefer liquid liner, which only comes off when you rub it off (that's the unsanitary an none recommended method). Just use a liner brush to smudge the liner to make it softer.

I really want dreadlocks, very similar to this person's-



However, I don't know how well that would work with my lolita or romantic-gothic attire.

I'll be dreading my hair regardless of how it will look with my lolita and romanti-goth clothing, but I still really want to see how (non-synthetic) dreadlocks work with those fashions.


The best/only photo I could find was this, which looks super-yummy, but I wouldn't want super-long dreads. I've had my hair down to my bum for years now, and want to finally try a shorter style.



What should I do? Do any of you have dreads, or just advice on how to make them rock with romantic fashions?

I think hair naturally forms into dreads when not brushed for very lengthy periods of time.

Guh. I haven't been around in FOREVERZ. School + graduation year + job-hunting + sick mummy (she's better, though!) = EATEN LIFE.

Anywho, I have been dying to know what makeup I should use to get myself Uber Freaking White like Emilie Autumn or this lovely creature in the picture, here. --> http://gothdating.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/goth-girls.jpg
I already have a naturally pale skin-tone, but it's also rather pink. My skin is...Oily...As well, but I am 17.

Thank you!

Currently I am using the lame pressed powder compact from hot topic over the lightest shade of liquid Loreal Perfect Match.

When I have enough money, I LOVE Larenim. That link shows the whole Goth Collection, and I love the Ashes to Ashes black shadow- it's shimmerier and bluer than you might think, but I mainly love the Pallor face powder. It's more of a sheer white, but you can layer it. I loved it so much i ran out. But when I had some I got a good white with some cheap, greasy white halloween makeup with that dusted on top to hold it.

Just saw DD's old post from months ago, and wanted to throw in- you need to train hair to get good dreds. If you just let your hair go it doesn't form into good dreds- you have to "train" them.

Google "dred training"- it'll explain it better than I can.