First off, let me just say that this blog HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE!
Been so busy with school for the past few months that I had to go on hiatus for a little while.

Anywaaaay, in my previous post Horny Girls, we had a little photoshoot showcasing our below P100 DIY costume which won in our Fine Arts - Mindworks costume parade. Haha.

And as promised, I will be showing you the DIY Tutorial I used as guide to make my horns + my DIY on how I created mine. And how timely, Maleficent the movie is coming up!

SO HERE IT IS:

Horns tutorial by MonkeyNumber5 

Initially I had planned on making the horns out of a wire armature + paper mache. But I imagined it would be heavy and I didn't have the time and patience to work with wire; the parade was in 2 days, bub. So I looked for a lightweight alternative and ta-da I found this clever tutorial!

So I followed the tutorial, adding my own design to the horns.  I wanted something that looked tough, like the horns of a Taurus or the Chicago Bulls. But I also wanted it to be feminine at the same time. So I gave my horns 2 body curves and a sharp tip.

The bigger segments were easier to do compared to the smaller ones. When the curve got sharper, I had to do trial and error until I was contented.
This is the result:

                                          Best part is they're hollow and lightweight!
                                     

And then I painted them with a black latex base.

The bulk of the time making this was spent on trial-and-error ing the angle of each segment.

  Total work hours estimate: 3 hours

If you like your horns that way, you can stop there. But I wanted to add texture to my horns so it would appear to blend in with the hair. So I cut some fiberfill (stuff used to stuff pillows) strips and glued them on each segment. 

Tried a different editing style with this photo. 

So after I layered the fiberfill, I spray painted it black for the final look.

The color and texture is intended to imitate hair. 

Now you can sew them unto a headband if you have the time. I didn't, so the quickest thing I could find at home were tie wires. I tied them tight into the headband. 

Much better though if the wires were the same color as the headband. But it didn't bother me since it was going to be covered with hair anyway. 

And yes, that is a headband that is shaped like eyeglasses; pretty advantageous for this improvised design, so the tie wire has more to grab on. 

And that's it!

The method is pretty simple and the possibilities are limitless with what you can create.

Next time betches,

Shari

Horny Girls

Photo taken by: Kriss Milan

Pun intended. You perv.

So every December we Fine Arts students of UP Cebu hold this event called Mindworks.  Part of this program are the Costume Parade, Street Painting and Performance Night. It's basically an avenue for creative expression of all forms, in line with a certain theme.

(Last last year, we went as shadows, with all black body paint and freaked out everyone with us in the jeepney.)

In the most recent December, our theme was Bangongot, meaning Nightmare; cause we look like nightmares everyday.  

HAHAHA. Ofcourse not. 

"Bangongot" to raise awareness on the recent tragic nightmares (earthquakes and a super typhoon)  that struck the Philippines. 

Being the usual vain divas that we are, we were determined to have a themed costume even with our busy schedule and limited funds. So we had to conjure up a look that was inexpensive, quick but eye-catching.

And voila! what makes a bigger statement than in-yo-face-HORNS. + no eyebrows makeup. 

And ofcourse divas never dress up if there aren't any pictures. HAHAHA

Having photographer friends is also very convenient. haha

Photos taken by: Kriss Milan and Ryan Seismundo

                                   Kirsten and her goat horns.

Andrea and her ram horns.

Me and my maleficent inspired horns.

Happy Weekend Bitches!

Will be posting a DIY on these horns soon.

Enthusiastic Teenagers

Is it possible to just suddenly become overly sensitive for no apparent reason?

I've always been called dense, insensitive, isog and I always took pride in knowing that.

But just recently I've been turning into a big baby.

I cried like 1236273 times in Catching Fire, like even more than Les Mis. wth?? Well, IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE. Trumps the first one all the way. 

I normally don't do mainstream things or join the hype. So it felt really funny/awkward to line up to get tickets to Catching Fire with hundreds of ENTHUSIASTIC TEENAGERS. I felt so old. 

I watched with my cousins and we watched during Premiere Week, so there were TEENAGERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 

During the movie itself, every kiss scene, every Liam Hemsworth scene, every Peeta-close-up scene, you could hear SCREAMING TEENAGERS. oh gawd how i am supposed to listen to the conversations with screaming teenagers everywhere?!?!

ANYWAAAAAY.

I also cried like 1233 times in Frozen. And get a load of this: I CRIED IMMEDIATELY DURING THE OPENING TITLE. You know the opening title of Disney with the castle? Yeah I just suddenly burst out into tears in that part. 

Its not like I haven't seen a Disney movie in years. I watch every Disney film, I don't know why I cried in this one's opening title. It must be because of the music. The music played in Frozen's opening title was different, not the "When you wish upon a star" theme. It was pretty good. 

Or maybe it was the CHILDHOOD FEELS just rushing up at the sight of magical Disney.

And that was just the intro. I cried in every succeeding scene and song.. until about the middle part where Olaf comes in. This character is damn funny, everybody kept laughing during the 2nd half. 

I must say it was a pretty good Disney movie. There were new elements and the humor was very modern. To me, this was one those movies where I like the beginning more than the end. The ending wasn't that stunning but the story progression as a whole was FABULOUS. (for lack of a better term). 

And the singing was FABULOUSSS. Idina Menzel really brings out the FABULOUSSNESS of her character, Elsa

. 

Elsa's transformation was just FABULOUUSSS!!

It was just sad that they had to make Prince Hans a bad character. Well, it was best for the kids since every Disney movie needs a bad guy. But it would have been more realistic if his character wasn't so flat and predictable. 

But the whole movie itself was FABULOOUUUS!!!!

ANYWAAAAAY.

Just a disclaimer, I am still a teenager myself but... I think I don't feel like one??

More like an adult in a mid-life crisis in a teenager's skin.

More like.

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Happy Holidays Bitches!

Love, 

Shari

Hair Story + Perm

HA. HA. 

Its been like 3 months since i got my perm but im still blogging about it right now.

This is also gonna be about my hair story and how it should be congratulated for surviving 8 years of chemical abuse.

I have always had naturally curly/wavy hair. Sometimes it would also transition to frizzy/kinky if combed or windblown. 

yeah my brother was like so white and i was like so dark skinned. 

But when I reached 6th grade my hair just got too frizzy and so out of control my parents decided to get my hair rebonded. 

Hence, the beginning of my straight-hair era:

and every year since then, i would have to go back to the salon to get it rebonded again. 

and again

So I've been rebonding since 6th grade all the way to 3rd year College. I must say that for a lazy girl that doesn't comb her hair and primp, the rebonded hair was nice and easy to manage. -- ONLY UNTIL ABOUT 3 months. Because when your natural roots start to grow, it'll look damn weird.

The photos above were when of my hair when it was just newly rebonded. The photos below are of my hair after 3-5 months since the rebonding: 

I'm the one with the weird hair. 

Like frizzy hair in the top and straight hair in the bottom. And I had to wait until the root growth was long enough to get a retouch. So in that waiting period, i had weird-ass hair. My friends/classmates would ask "What's up with your hair? Why is it so weird?"  

                  Yeah so I had transitioned from pretty to unpretty hair back and forth for 8 years. I did some research on how I could go back to my natural hair because I was really getting tired of all of it. The hair would be nice only for the first 3 months, then totally ugly for the next months so I had to go back for touch up. So tiring. I mean, I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS FOREVER.

What I found out was that curly people who have been straightening their hair and wanted to stop, got it permed. So I decided to get my hair permed too. So when the roots grow out, it would look natural.
I really wanted to get the perm a long time ago but my parents weren't convinced it would help. But I never stopped talking and pestering them about it, that this year they finally agreed to get it permed. Showing my mom this video also convinced her:

Oh thank God somebody out there also shares the same fate as me.

So I finally got my hair digitally permed last last last month! Since the curly hair was already growing out, I asked to get a perm that would match the curl of my natural hair. The stylists gave me medium curls since it would loosen up after a few months and last longer.

I don't have proper pics though just selfies from my instagram. That's why my ig pics are so overused in this blog.

This is the pic that best shows the state of my hair now. Naturally curly at the top half and digitally permed at the bottom half. 

The kind of perm that I got was "Organic Digiperm". My hair thankfully isn't very dry, it just appears somewhat dry because of the frizz from the curls. I should give my hair a pat for surviving all the torture i put it through. 

OKAY. THATS IT FOR HAIR STORY.

On another note, please continue to pray for Typhoon Haiyan Victims. I have never been so thankful to be living, eating and sleeping properly. I hope they find good homes before Christmas. 

As students here in Cebu, we use our free time to volunteer at packing relief goods.

Quite fun and met new friends there. 

photo from Marel's facebook

I really do hope these thousands of goods find their way to families soon enough. :)

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God bless us all.

It's almost Christmas!

Just to make sure

that i make sure that i surely act on this project for sure.

By announcing the existence of such project I ensure that I try my best to accomplish it. (Because I always try my best to fulfill anything I publicly announce so as to not embarrass myself).

Because i think i need to make the remaining time i have left on this break useful and "goal-oriented". HEHE!
Because my sembreak this time is so0o0o not goal oriented.
What have I been doing all the time?
BUMMING and taking selfies. And i enjoy it very much.

plenty more where this came from

During school days, I easily get eaten up by stress. I can normally handle it though but this semester was the hardest one so far, I had a little episodic breakdown in front of my mother (shhh its our little secret okayy). So I promised myself that when break comes, I WILL BUM AT HOME AND FORGET THE WORLD.

and yeah i have.

But while I'm doing that, i think i need to set some "goals" because school starts next next week. booo.
I need to start getting it together. Oooohhh that makes me sound like balanced individual.

But funny thing is none of these goals are actually academic. They consist of mundane girly stuff like getting my hair done, getting some clothes tailor fitted, getting more clothes, buying lipgloss and getting better skin??
But thats not the point of this post.
The biggest goal, which is the point of this whole post, is cosplay-related. 

OKAY SO HERE IT IS.

it is so embarrassing. idk why

if you're reading this, i hope we don't go to the same school.

I wanna go as Lina Inverse of Dota to OtakuFest2014. 

I will go as Lina Inverse of Dota to OtakuFest2014. 

My first choice was actually the Vengeful Spirit, Shendelzare Silkwood from dota 2 simply because her costume is the COOLEST. (with less skimpy modifications ofcourse)

But I decided to go with Lina in the end because I wanted to choose the character I knew more.

I hope I can actually do this.

I keep telling myself: no more room for doubt and hesitation. The last time I allowed that there were severe repercussions. 

Because I am so indecisive and i hesitate for TOO LONG, I have this really bad habit of cramming, especially on costumes.  I do enjoy making them but I always end up cramming them because I take too long to decide and don't plan ahead. 

Nevertheless, I usually always get away with it and manage to show up with something considerably good. I feel confident that I can complete a costume in about just 3 days time. 

Madhatter, 2012 (first time ever)

Scarecrow, 2013

Corpse Bride, 2013

But there was this one time that I crammed a costume so bad, I didn't make it in time to the convention. I managed to finish it and put it on but by the time we were on the way, I had a bad head ache and the event was about to end anyway. So I didn't push through. 

the "i got ready but didn't make it" selfie

I even got sick because of the cram-stress. Wa najud natabang. Nasirang pangarap jd toh. The feeling of that memory really left a bad aftertaste that I vowed never to cram my costumes again. I would rather not cosplay than cram a project. 

And so I missed so many events :(

WELL ANYWAY. Back to the goal.
I have about 3 months to prepare for this cosplay.
I am kind of excited :)
And whats more exciting is that 3 of my other friends are also planning to go as Dota characters. And we could go as a group so its less lonely.

I used to play Dota back in first year high school. And the character I used over and over again was Lina because I just felt she was the most powerful female hero. feeling ra toh naku atu na time ha. But that was a very short period of time, I don't remember very much. But I can still remember the map and locations of the 2 black markets, enough to impress my expert player cousins.


What I am excited about is the freedom I get when I interpret the costume. There are a lot of different popular fan art renditions of the costume and each brings something different to the table. So I dont have to worry about comparisons (which is a challenge when you're doing a much loved character).

   

 

MAGNANING NA JD KO.
if i can develop naningness here, it will transcend to my academics too!
HUEHUEHUE

Oh gawd this post is so jeje but I really wanted to make it.
I hope nobody I know in real life reads this.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ^.^