I can't avoid looking like a little goth because my skin is white as snow (with a ton of freckles, can goths have freckles?) and black is hard to photograph well when all you have is an iPhone, but here is my attempt... It can be hard to wear all black daily and still manage to switch it up a little and after finding myself in a bit of a clothes/personal make-up rut, I want to challenge myself to make the most of my vast black wardrobe as well as pushing myself a little with my day to day make-up looks. Documenting this on here seems like a good way to do it, so that's what I plan to do.
That said, here is my first (of hopefully numerous) - all black - OOTD posts.
So today's vibe was this:
Soz about the awkward face (it's just how it looks when I'm not taking a selfie) but here are the details of this outfit.
You will soon see that I should probably be sponsored by boohoo.com because they're amazing for really cheap essentials and I buy SO much from there.
- Strap top - boohoo.com
- Lace kimono - boohoo.com (I wear this all the time, it hides my arms and blows in the wind and I feel like a witch in flight)
- Tight skirt - H&M (not going to pretend you can even see this, but it covers the junk in my trunk and stops leggings looking inappropriate)
- Shoes - vintage Doc Martens (the best kind of DMs - already broken in for me!)
Accessories deets:
- Necklace - Zara (I get asked about this a lot, because it's goddamn fabulous - it's all one necklace, jingles when I move and was a gift last year)
Please allow my freckley hands...
- Bracelet - eBay (years ago, haven't a clue who the seller was sorry)
Rings, from left to right...
- Gemstone - Leeds farmers market
- Water sign - Bloody Mary Metal (my ALL TIME FAVE for jewels)
- Midi rings - and old family ring and a plain band from asos marketplace
- Ambers arrow - Bloody Mary Metal
- White stone - eBay
- Moonstone - eBay
- Lonely bone - Bloody Mary Metal (told you she was my fave)
- Plain band above lonely bone - Leeds market
- Orb - Vivienne Westwood (sometime you just gotta treat yo self)
In case you haven't gathered, I like jewellery - lots of it. If you can't hear me coming like a witchy Santa Claus, I'm not doing it right.
This line up is pretty much the usual suspects when it comes to my ring selections, give or take a few, and the Bloody Mary Metal ones NEVER come off. They were all gifts from either Miles or my parents and they're my most cherished jewellery possessions.
I generally rely on accessories to sass up my black outfit choices, but since I'm a make-up artist, my make-up should probably do this too. Because of this, I decided to try something totally new with my eyes today.
I snoozed my alarm 7 million times this morning (3) so I don't know why today of all days was the one on which I decided to try something extra sassy out, but I was pretty happy with the result considering how little time I had to do it.
So this was my face today:
Products used for the eyes were:
(All Illamasqua)
- eyeshadows in Daemon, Dizzy and Sex
- precision gel liner
- my trusty number 14 lashes
I've been asked to do a tutorial of this, which I'm totally up for doing, I just need a couple more attempts to get the technique down before it'll be worth watching - unless you would enjoy watching me get frustrated and exclaiming 'oh piss' constantly (a regular phrase in my getting ready ritual) that is.
I think that's the general gist of my appearance today. I'll be back soon with another post of some kind and promise promise promise to film more videos ASAP. I'm burning the candle and both ends and the bloody middle at the moment but I'll be sure to make the time!
Here is an outtake which I will call 'wait, can you see my bra?'
Thanks for reading little pals,
Lots of love,
Charli
xo
That necklace IS bloody amazing!!!!!
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