New Lighting!

I got new lighting for my videos, and when I got home from work tonight I played around with it for a little while, and I took some pictures just to see the difference, and I am super amazed. I am in love with the new lights and I cannot wait to start filming videos!

On the Left is without the lights, and on the right is with them.

So as you can see, the new lights make my skin look much paler, which is totally okay with me, because my skin is actually very pale in real life, and because of the lighting situation in the area that I film there are a lot of shadows that make me look tanner than I really am. The lights also bring out colors in my makeup a LOT better. 

If you're interested, I got my lights off Ebay, they are called 

"Photo Studio Video Lighting Photography Softbox"

My lights were in the size 20" x 28" 

The tripods or stands for them were separate, as well as the light bulbs for them. 

I recommend buying lights from a local lighting store, or a photography shop/camera shop, because if you buy them on ebay, there is a huge chance that they are international, and you will need to get international light bulbs for them. Also, if you have any questions about the lighting or soft boxes, you can ask people in person, and you don't risk breaking bulbs by having them shipped to you!

I do really love my lights so far, but I definitely think it would be smarter to buy them at a store that is in your area, so you can test them, ask questions about them, and make sure completely that they are what you are wanting/needing. 

I was going to link my lights here, but they aren't on the sellers list anymore, so I can't. but I'm sure if you searched 20" x 28" photo studio video lighting photography softbox that you would find them. 

This is what they look like with the stands attached, this is a photo I found on Google, I will try to get a photo of mine so you can see them as soon as I can!

If you have any questions at all about the lights I will be more than welcome to answer them with the best of my knowledge!

xx

Skull Makeup

Day of the Dead Mask Attempt - One ♦Olly Zee ♦

This was my first ever attempt at trying to do a skull makeup of any kind, and if you're interested in how I did it, I described in the best way that I can how I did it.

I created this half "Day of the Dead" skull makeup, using:

-A White Eyeliner Pencil (Nyx)

-White Face Paint (Mehron)

-Black Liquid Liner (Sephora)

-Pink, Black, and White Eye Shadow (BHCosmetics)

-Silver Eye Shadow (Urban Decay)

I started off by sort of mapping out where I wanted the teeth and the hallowing of the cheek bone using the white eyeliner pencil. I also used the pencil to sketch out where I wanted the edge of the skull to be on my face. I filled everything but the teeth area, the eye socket area, and the hallow part in my cheek with white face paint by Mehron and layered about two or three coats of that on before I was happy with it. I waited for the face paint to dry and then mixed a white and silver eye shadow together and patted it onto all the white spots. I took a pink eye shadow and shaded in the eye socket, the hallow in my cheek and started making the outline for my teeth. I used a black eye shadow to contour and add shadows and depth to certain places that needed it, including my temple, the hallow part of my cheek right under my cheek bone, and outlining the teeth. I then took the black liquid liner, lined the cracked part of skull and started making swirl designs in places I thought would look nice. I lined the circle around my eye and made small half circles coming off the circle around my eye to create a sort of lace pattern. I also shaded on the other side of the skull to make it look kind of like a mask, using a mix of black eye shadow and a dark blue eye shadow, starting right at the black line and lightly shading outward away from the line, to make a kind of shadowed effect. 

If/When I do this again I will definitely take more time on the designs or patterns and I will also shade the inner part of the circle around my eye to make it look more like a mask, and make the teeth look a little bit more like teeth and not shapes on my face. 

But other than those small critiques, I really love how this turned out. Especially for my first time ever doing any kind of skull makeup.