New boots + a pair of socks I got for free with the boots.

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Rubber boots. I bought these in case it would rain at the Hultsfred festival since that turns the site into a mud field. I’ve been to the festival five times and this would have been the first year I had rubber boots but of course now it doesn’t matter since the festival has been cancelled and gone into bankruptcy.

Bracelets

Plastic glasses for summer booze picnics, the best kind of picnics.

Eye shadow palette. Kind of a disappointment since the glitter wasn’t more than a layer on top of the eye shadow. The rest didn’t glitter at all.

New oil colours and brushes since I’m working on a new painting.

Gift tags for present wrapping.

A while ago Coolstuff.se had a campaign where everybody who put up a link to them in their blog got a package of stuff for free. These arrived today:

With these you can make shot glasses of ice.

Cooling mug. Put it in the freezer, the liquid between the “walls” of the glass freezes, pour drink in et voila a cold drink without ice!

Massager

Heated heart. Press a button and it gets heated to 55 degrees celcius.

Sun cell flashlight

So, on the subject of elegant gothic things, I’ve had my eyes on this picture frame from IKEA for a while.

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Then yesterday I realized, hey wait a minute, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a picture frame when I suddenly came to think of the fact that I have a mirror with a very similar frame. Problem was it was gold coloured and I don’t like gold nor does it suit the colour scheme of my home. Notice how I say that it was gold coloured? It’s not any more because last night I painted it black. It’s a 25×20 cm frame but it took me six god damn hours to paint it! Why is that you might wonder? Well let’s just say the paint I used for painting my kitchen walls really isn’t intended for painting plastic. One coat of paint wasn’t enough. Nor two or three or four. Actually I don’t even know how many coats it took. It wasn’t the easiest thing to paint either because of all the details, hence the six hours. It was worth it though since it turned out great. The gold visible around the edge of the mirror on the after photo is the back of the frame reflected in the mirror which sits a bit loose. That’s not visible to the naked eye though, only on photo, so that’s not a problem. And I know that I need to clean the mirror. Anyway, here’s it is, before and after.

While on the subject of gothic elegance I want to show you something I’ve been drooling over for the past few weeks. Can you say fucking gorgeous?! O_O Unfortunately it’s way out of my price range but one can dream, eh?

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This might not be gothic but it’s very elegant. And it’s on it’s way to me after I won it on a e-bay auction a couple of days ago.

I also want these matching earrings but that’ll have to wait until I get money the 25th. They’re from the same E-bay store as I bought the necklace from.

So is this other cameo necklace which I also want.

I miss the pink hair I had back in 2006 but I won’t dye it that colour again. Extreme colours needs so much pre-bleaching that it just ruins my hair.

Speaking of hair colours. After almost two years of dying my hair black I’m getting a bit sick of it. I think black suits me best and I love the colour but I like change. Since I’ve been growing my hair long for almost two years now and plan on growing it even longer I can’t change my hair style so what has to change is the colour. There’s a problem though. My hair is about as dark as it gets so dying it another colour really won’t do much good. My reddish blonde roots will change colour but that’s it. There’s of course bleach but there’s no way in hell I’m doing that to my hair again. That leaves the option to grow out my natural hair colour and then dye it but that would take like three years. Oh well I guess I’ll have to stick with black. Or perhaps I could just buy some clip-in hair extension of a interesting colour and wear once in a while. That way at least part of my hair could be pink again – without bleach.

Eye shadows in pink and purple, pink matching nail polish and some glitter eye shadow top coat stuff I got for free. The colours are kinda off in the photo. The first one isn’t white, it’s light pink and the two last ones aren’t black and grey but different shades of purple.

Make-up bag. I’m not into Hello Kitty and I love my current make-up bag. There’s a hole in it though so I was in desperate need of a new one. It looks good, besides the Hello Kitty head. I bought it at Kappahl, I think.

Is this bra rock n’ roll or what? If I was a groupie (which I’d totally would be if I was hot enough) this would be what I would be wearing to rock concerts. I bought this at whatever place I bought the make-up bag.

Lace gloves from Lindex. So classy!

Socks from Family House, one of the three (horrible, I know!) clothing stores in Hultsred.

Chocolate scented candle from lovely Lagerhaus.

I’m done with sticking on the black tile decorations in the kitchen. I’m a sucker for anything checkered so I’m really pleased with this!

What do you think is the fugliest make-up faux-pas and what’s the worst make-up mistake you’ve done?

Oh and by the way I got a comment about the layout saying that the menu is off and the www link button is located under the start link button. For me the menu looks good in Opera, IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome but maybe it doesn’t work correctly in a different version of one of those browsers. I dont know. Could be the hack I used to make the layout look exactly like I wanted it to in Opera, Safari and Chrome. Different browsers, different standards you know. If the menu is off in your browser please let me know.

Oh and this is the last chance to exchange Christmas cards with me! I’m buying the cards tomorrow so if you’re interested in this e-mail me at quende[at]spray.se today.

I basically have three looks.

1. Mascara and silver glitter either on my eyelids or under my eyes.

2. Mascara, black eye liner drawn into wings (Cleopatra style but not as heavy) and silver glitter under my eyes.

3. Mascara, silver eye shadow and silver glitter under my eyes.

Some days when I feel worse than usual about my complexion I use mineral make-up but I’m not really fond of anything covering my entire face. I used to use foundation and powder in high school but since such products tend to clog the pores I completely stopped using it when I was around eighteen. That’s why I don’t feel the need to wear mineral make-up every day. I bought it this summer which means that I went without any such products for about eight years. I got used to my skin the way it is and kind of accepted my flaws.

Something I definitely couldn’t go without is mascara. You see I have long, thick, curled beautiful eyelashes which makes my eyes my very best feature. There’s one problem though. I’m a natural redhead which means I’m very pale and have blonde eyelashes and brows which makes them practically invisible. Not pretty! I dye my eyebrows dark brown and use black mascara on my eyelashes. I could dye my lashes but I don’t see the use since I already use black mascara every day.

And speaking of something entirely different. I hate Twitter advertising! Several of the people I follow on Twitter have succumbed to this evil. If I hear another tweet starting with “Don’t let the dentist fool you…” I might just shoot myself. As if pay per post disguised as genuine opinions isn’t bad enough.

If you just like me isn’t for sale you should visit www.adfreeblog.org and get one of these:

I wish there was a badge like this for Twitter as well. Perhaps I should create one. Hm…

Here I am during my festival job with about four layers of clothes since we worked outside through the entire night.

And with my sister Nathalie who I worked with.

At the festival area with Zandra.

Bathing in Emma and Milla’s kiddie pool sporting a fancy swim cap.

A fancy outfit.

Part of another outfit.

Cameo brooch.

Sarah and Nicky.

A beautiful place by lake Hulingen.

Oh and I got my cell back from repair and I found this cute message on one of those plastic covers you stick on the display to protect it from getting scratches.

Translation: I love reunions. It’s wonderful to be home again. I’ve missed you! If you need more help feel free to call 013 24 45 00.

So this is what I ordered:

1. Raspberry shower gel
2. Blackberry shower gel
3. Edelweiss hand cream
4. Passion flower hair and body wash (free mini product)
5. Raspberry perfume
6. Blackberry perfume
7. Night cream (free mini product)
8. Anti-wrinkle cream (free mini product)
9. Purple nail polish
10. Mascara (free)
11. Eye liner

It was nice to get free face creams since I’ve recently started applying face cream before I go to bed. I may look young now but I want to make sure I still look young in five years! Yes Milla, I’m getting oooold!

Black tutu from Black Moon.

And this is me wearing it.

Books from SF bookstore. Night World no 1 by L.J. Smith and House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones.

Black tile decoration from Lagerhaus, which I’ve just started attaching.

Stuff from Lush. Yummy Yummy Yummy shower cream wash, Snowcake soap and Snow Fairy solid perfume.

Scented candles from Lagerhaus. Chunky Banana, spicy cinnamon and gingerbread.

Ribbons, bows and stickers for gift wrapping, from Lagerhaus.

Gift wrapping paper from Lagerhaus.

Shopping bag from Lagerhaus.

Milk foamer from Lagerhaus.

I’ve blogged about it before but I’m gonna blog about it again. Why do people think dressing alternatively is dressing like a teenager? I realize it’s more common for teenagers to dress more extravagant and that it’s a phase for many. I can’t say that that’s not the case with me because no one can be sure of how they’ll dress in twenty years. If it is a phase it’s one that’s lasted for a very long time though.

It annoys me. That people think I should “grow up” because I have a different taste than they have. Shouldn’t I as everyone else be able to wear what I like and feel comfortable in? If I dressed differently I wouldn’t be myself. Sure I don’t sport skull patterned skirts every day. It’s not odd seeing me in light blue jeans and a pink top. And when I dress more alternatively I don’t think I look that weird. I buy most of my clothes at regular shops, not in punk stores (Hello! I live in a small town!) and when I wear an all black outfit I stick out more than others wearing the same outfit because of my black hair and piercings. Much of my clothes could be worn by anyone really. It’s all in the details and how I combine things.

Like I’ve told you before my dad doesn’t like the way I dress. I however think he should be proud of the fact that I don’t let what others think affect me. It takes guts to stick out. Especially since I hate attention. And really, I could do so much worse things than dress a bit odd. I won’t change because my dad doesn’t approve of my style but of course it bothers me, a bit. Those times when he comments on the way I look negatively. Who wants to hear that from their father?

Something else that annoys me is the prejudices people have against everything different from the norm. How it’s assumed that goths and punks must be bad people because of the way they dress. I find that alternative people often are much nicer and more importantly have less prejudices than mainstream people. For example I’ve so far never met someone alternative who’s homophobic. If you differ from the norm of course you’re more likely to accept others who also differ from the norm. Still many people think people like my friends (and me) must be bad people. Rude, into drugs, violent.

Then there’s of course the lovely prejudice that people belonging to a “darker” subculture (goths for example) are suicidal basket cases. Just because you’re fascinated with graveyards it doesn’t mean you want to die. That’s like saying just because you’re into horror movies you want to kill people.

It’s also funny when articles are posted online about the “dangers” of different subcultures. Because oh dear god some emo chick committed suicide so obviously the music she listen to is to blame! And two goth girls killed someone and obviously music is to blame in that case as well! So what about all the people who doesn’t belong to a subculture and still kill themselves or others?
A funny fact is that a Beatles song actually inspired Charles Manson to make his followers commit multiple murders. Do people blame The Beatles for that? Of course not. That only happens when the music isn’t mainstream. Like the witch hunt of Marilyn Manson after Columbine. Which the killers didn’t even listen to by the way.

I’m not saying I don’t have prejudices as well. I have lots of them and like everyone else I’m more inclined to assume that people who reminds me of myself are smarter and more interesting than others. I’ve been proven wrong many, many times though so I always give everyone a chance. Unless they’re mean or rude that is. I think the world would be a much better place if everyone did so.

And to finish this I’ll leave you with a funny conversation from www.tjuvlyssnat.se which is a Swedish site where people post funny things they’ve overheard. I’ve translated it.

(Woman 45+ in pink dress passes by a guy 18+ wearing a Metallica t-shirt)
Woman: Fucking devil worshipper! God will send you to hell fucking satanist!
Guy (Calmly turns around): Are you a Christian?
Woman: Yes!
Guy: Then you know that god don’t judge people based on how they look and what music they listen to but on what they do and what you’re doing is a bigger sin than what I’m wearing and what I’m listening to. So it’s you that’s going to hell. Have a nice day!

Yeah, the satanist thing. I’ve been called a satanist as well. Because if you wear black you obviously must be a satanist. Which isn’t even the same thing as a devil worshipper by the way. Well I’m neither.

Anyway, I’ll stop here. Peace out.