Halloween 2012

Sam as Katy Perry in her Purr ad or Kitty Purry

Pao as Snake Eyes

Trina in her DIY Tiffany costume-- love it. 

Kalil + Arianna 

 

Joseph as Steve Aoki + Ram as Nacho Libre

Trina's house was nicely decorated-- even the plates, cupcakes, toilet were all in theme! 

my sis as Jake the dog

love the Starbucks duo

Went to Skye after Trina's house....

with Dani + Miko

Dondi 

like like like 

I swear, Jo was the star that night! 

Oh hey, Psy.

Deadmau5 servin up Alex from a Clockwork Orange

Our ride... Ya digggg? 

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No, I wasn't channeling a dragonborn from Skyrim. My character progressed from a mere viking to Anushka to a ViQUEEN throughout the night. I'm just glad I got to wear a long blonde wig and managed to come up with a costume in under two hours (one for purchasing fabric with Cheyser at SM/Carolina's and another to sew with Gigi holding the fabric up) since I was seriously about to give up on Halloween this year. I admit that spray-painting my boots brown would've put the outfit together but I wasn't going to sacrifice my favorite pair just for a night of pretending to be a barbarian. My dress was very rough but you get the idea, right? This is why I can't be in fashion design... 

I really wanted to be Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice this year but I didn't get to buy a flash palette from Make Up For Ever and 2 hours wasn't enough to cover my entire body blue. Might just do that when I celebrate Halloween in another place where I know my makeup won't melt and smear like mad.  I know I say this every year but I'll try my best to PLAN for my next costume! I wanna be spooky or a bit out of this world. Enough of pretty! 

The parties this year did not disappoint and there were a lot of really great costumes. It's refreshing to see less of those sexy-fied versions of animals or professions. I know it's easier to dress in skimpy dresses cos of the weather, but a lot of girls proved that you can still get creative with makeup & tiny outfits. I sorta wish we had Party City here to make things easier for everyone, but at the same time DIYs are good cos they force us to be resourceful (just like how Pao used headbands and bike mirrors for his Snake Eyes eye piece). 

How was your Halloween? Tweet me links to your posts or write them down on the comments section! :) 

[Many thanks to Sam for half of these photos]

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Halloweeners (part 2)

As a creepy dolly last Saturday (October 29) 

Riz was a creep from that video by the Lonely Island

Joseph was Juno

Together they made a great couple.

We all used colors from the Catwalk Cosmetics eyeshadow palette that Marj sent me. I love it! I even dabbed on a bit of red and pink on my lips after putting on some of Issa's lipstick. 
Read my previous blog post about it HERE.

A lot of people kept asking what we were supposed to be as a group, but all we wanted to do was sort of match each other and have super colorful hairdos! We were called a couple of things including Slutty Powerpuff Girls (umm we didn't have their colors *cough*), Anime Girls, Dolls, Harajuku Girls, etc. 


We wanted to be bloody but sadly we didn't have enough time left. Ria and Issa were so distracted while doing makeup since their close friend Slater was on Big Brother along with Divine (another Cebuana). Issa's face was flashed on TV and I was laughing at her the whole time because of how excited she got! 


Purchased our wigs, ribbons, socks and bows at the SM Department Store in Makati at about 6:00 that night and then sewed/glued everything together before doing makeup at Issa's condo.


I've forgotten how SM's made it super convenient for everyone by stocking up on just about everything in expansive floors (cue the musical motto "We've got it all for you!"). This is what happens when you're stuck in a coop doing plates & finishing your coursework for so long-- your world gets limited to snobby malls (with more parking slots), the nearest pharmacy, the nearest grocery that always seems to lack one or two items you're really picky about, and occasionally, the hair salon. Note to self- you are surrounded by at least 3 SMs in a 7-mile radius. 


The place can get overwhelming if you accidentally visit during one of their crazy sales (I've witnessed a day wherein the crowd's worse than Divisoria) and last Saturday Iz and Ria did get dizzy from running around & trying to hunt down every single thing we needed with empty stomachs. I concentrated on channeling my hyper-ness to planning how my outfit & color scheme would look at the very last minute. 


I'm not exactly contented with the doll-like makeup but it was melt-proof enough for us to survive the super crowded Halloween party at Republiq before heading to Robot to take some decent outfit photos. And umm... Issa and Ria didn't even go with the big-eyed look. :)) 


Oh, and I left my gun at the Resorts World entrance since they confiscated it. Boo. 

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October 30, 2011






Adorable eggplant girl!



Folien: a foiled alien. 




This centaur was so funny since he needed his guardian to hold the rest of the body!



Tish was a... leopard?

"What's your costume today, Ral?" 
me with grocery bags full of candy: "I'm a mom."


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I managed to buy a ton of cheap candy from the grocery after watching a few of the last shows at Philippine Fashion Week yesterday for the kids who were going Trick or Treating. Was able to snap some of the cute and more creative homemade costumes but most of the time we were all just gushing at how amusing the kids looked. They were just storming in and out of our booths!


I didn't get to dress up anymore since I had a major allergy attack that morning and was really in a hurry to get dressed for PFW. I just threw on whatever I thought was comfortable and sneeze-proof enough since I had to commute from San Juan to Mall of Asia and then back to SM North Edsa. Totally missed out on family day and church but nobody was going to man our booth. 


I managed to kick my allergies in the butt and my Sunday turned out to be pretty chill.


By the way, our exhibit is extended til November 6, so please drop by if you haven't yet!  :)




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