Elfstruck Make-Up

Hey, fae!

Due to hectic circumstances, the first issue o our dear newsletter will not be available until May 21st, so there's still time to get your subscriptions.

I'm deeply sorry for the delay, there are about a million things going on with me right now!  Moving, school, prom, eek!

Love,
Kate
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Hey, fae!

I am currently packing up to go to Spoutwood Farms Fairie Festival in a few hours, where I will be loading up on video, music, and pictures to jam pack the first issue of The Goblin's Vanity! Are you excited? I'M EXCITED!

I am not going to let the rain impede my faerie progress!

To those of you going- look for me!  I'm the girl with the purple hair in the yellow leather top and garters! [I answer to "Yarrow'.]

Love,
Kate
AKA Yarrow Brambeline
la fae violette

P.S. If you do find me and ask nicely enough, I will gladly through some make-up on you. :D
P.P.S. Make sure to ake a business card and tell all your friends!

WE GOT ACCEPTED TO EXHIBIT!
I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT!

AHHHHH!!!!!!

Donate and subscribe, please! I have two weeks to secure my spot and I have just about two-thirds of the money.

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I literally squeaked when I read the email.

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

Just showing you a picture of my make-up today...I might do a tutorial something like this later on, I'm not quite sure.  This is my "I'm going to a Snails show and I wanted to match my make-up to my shirt" make-up.



I covered literally every spare bit of space on my eyes with holographic glitter.
I feel awesome.

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

P.S. SUBSCRIBE! You can do so on my profile!

Hey, fae!

My mother finally is willing to dress up for the Spoutwood Farms Fairie Festival again and I need a little help finding something quick to make for her that she will actually wear.

Originally we were going to modify a Renaissance dress pattern, but we lost the pattern. Yuck.

She is a plus-sized faerie, so keep this in mind!

Love,
Kate
la fae violette
[who also goes by the faerie name Yarrow Brambeline]

La Fae Verte, the Patron Saint of Absinthe!




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AKA Getting the Brightest Hair-Colour Possible!

Disclaimer: I am not a hair professional. I am just a teenage girl who has dyed her hair for the past 6 years.

[These instructions are for a full head of hair.]

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NEWSLETTER INFO BELOW THE CUT!!!!!
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I haven't done very many warm colored looks, so here we go!




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Hey, fae!

I will post a tutorial later, right now I'm working on the business aspect of being a professional faerie.
I really need a response from you guys on this, so please, help a brother [sister?] out!

I'm most likely going to start a newsletter that you must pay for. It'll be a $15 one-time fee, and for that you get a weekly newsletter with two step-by-step picture tutorials, some make-up tips, maybe some hair-dying tips [because I really do know a lot about dying you hair crazy colours], and whatever else I feel like throwing in there.

This is mainly because I under-calculated earlier and I really need about $1200 to make it to my very own booth at FaerieCon in one piece with all my materials, my boyfriend, enough glitter to satisfy my clients, and fully up to par with hygiene things.

What do you think of this? Would this be a good plan? I need to know what you think. Should I charge more? Less? What would YOU want to see in the newsletter?

If I get a big enough response, I will DEFINITELY start the newsletter, but if only a few people [honestly, 4+ is good for me! That's $60 towards my cause!] respond, then I probably won't.

Please! Help! Support your fellow fae! Donate! Buy my stuff on Etsy! I do custom orders for faerie jewelry, costume pieces, and accessories!

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

P.S. pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssse? This faerie is not above begging! I really want to go to FaerieCon!

EDIT: As more incentive, if you're a newsletter group member, you get a 15% discount on all Eye Kandy products if you buy through our good friend, Ivy.  It's all the same products as on the main website, just through out specific independent seller, like Mary Kay, you know?

If I do make my way to FaerieCon, you will of course get a full make-over for just $10 if you tell me you're on the list [I'll be bringing the email list with me, so don't try to fool this fae!]

Also, there will be exclusive contests where you can win wonderful prizes, such as gift certificates for Cherry Culture, Eye Kandy samples, and various other lovely trinkets!

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

Named so because of the ELECTRIC blue!



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Ok, fae.

Here's the plan.

I need to raise $1000 in order to go to FaerieCon this year.
Yeah, that's a lot of money, but I'm determined. I really want to bring faerie make-up to the world!

I have about 5-6 months to raise this money. If I raised 200 dollars each month, I will have enough. That's 50 dollars a week, $10 a weekday.

This is where you come in.
Donate, please?
You can use this button to PayPal donate.

However, if you're not into the whole donation thing, I have also posted handmade faerie wear/accessories on my Etsy , and I will be posting more in the next few days!

Just so you know exactly what I'm offering at FaerieCon, I'm going to do faerie make-overs, ranging from a simple eye look at around $15 to a full face and hands look at around $30

Please please please, help make this happen! It would be a dream come true!
Plus, if you donate and you tell me you did so at FaerieCon, you'll get a full faerie make-over for just $10!!! See? I offer motivation!

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

A little celestial deer-inspired makeup.
[Sorry for the picture quality, it' was too dark to take nice pictures]



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Hey, everyone!

I just wanted to announce a new friendship with the wonderful company EYE KANDY! They are a great independent company that sells beautiful glitters and they're going to be the first company to advertise with us! Isn't that great? I think it's great!



Make sure you head over and at least look at their lovely selection of glitters.
Look out for having some of their gorgeous products in upcoming tutorials!

Love,
Kate
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Hey, fae.

I am massively ill with some unknown stomach sickness, and therefore cannot post a tutorial today. I'm deeply sorry.

I will, however, post some photos of recent make-up looks under the cut for your viewing pleasure and inspiration.

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A series of video's to teach you how to do the Dark Mermaid look from the Holly Black series I am now continuing.






Love,
Kate
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A little steampunk look involving actual watch gears!



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So....I am a bad faerie and did NOTHING I said I would because I was too busy hanging all over my boyfriend who I never get to see.  I'm sorry everyone.  Tutorials will continue tomorrow as usual, I promise, and they will be rockin' as ever.

The Holly Black series will probably be continued later this week if I can get off my lazy faerie behind and start designing the looks.

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

I've been getting a lot of questions about where to start when it comes to buying faerie make-up, and I figured I would do a follow up guide on buying faerie make-up since I told you what to get a few entries ago.

Palettes

I recently ordered a palette off of eBay for $40 including shipping from Hong Kong.  It has 120 colours.  I am super-psyched and I will let you know how it goes when I get it.  Just search 'eyeshadow palette' on eBay.
I've heard Wales Palettes are pretty good, but I haven't been able to find them.
A great starter palette is this Amuse Palette from Cherry Culture.  Pretty colours, pretty cheap, high colour payoff.  Just look at this review.
I'm a huge fan of LA COLORS Metallic Eyeshadow Palettes, which keeps you in a colour scheme for cheap.  You can get them here.

Glitter

I use craft glitter [WHICH IS BAD FOR YOU], and some no-name glitter, but I'm going to try out Eye Kandy [who we might be having a friendship with quite soon!!!!],  because it's safe for contact lenses [which I need] and it comes in 48 colours.  Plus, I love supporting independent companies, especially if their products are so well priced.  I probably sound a little infomercial-ish, but I was really surprised at how reasonable the prices were!  So, Eye Kandy is where it's at for me.  LOOK AT THE PRETTY COLOURS.

Mineral Make-up

If I had a million dollars, all of it would go to Aromaleigh Mineral Cosmetics.  Ok, not all of it, but a good percentage.  Aromaleigh is another independent company I enjoy supporting greatly, and their products are gorgeous.  I use their Voile foundation religiously [in Ghost White, if you wanted to know], and it makes my skin look fabulous.  Also, their selection of colours in the ROCKS! collection is amazing, and the collection is the perfect blend of mineral and traditional cosmetics.

NYX

I am a NYX addict.  I confess.  I'm obsessed with their products.  They're amazing.  They're cheap.  They go on smooth, stay on well, and come off easily.  You can get them directly from the company, on eBay, or from Cherry Culture.
My favourite products from them are their Chrome Eyeshadows and the Loose Pearl Eyeshadows.  You can get a set of all 24 Loose Pearl shadows for about $30 on eBay, if you look hard enough.

Drug Stores, Party Stores, and Super Stores

Drug store make-up is good sometimes.  I'm a big fan of MAX Factor mascara, and Maybelline eyeshadows and shadow crayons [which I use like a MAC shadestick].  Also, they have the added advantage of actually being able to witness the colours.

Party stores, like Party City or anywhere you might get a Halloween costume or decorations, are where I get my coloured lipsticks and sometime my false eyelashes.  I got my black lipstick from there, and I saw that they had green.

Super stores usually have amazing selections of false eyelashes around Halloween, and if you get them after, they are super cheap. YAY! FALSE EYELASHES!

Colored Mascara

is hard to find. Get it here, from Splash.  It's a dance cosmetic shop.

Love,
Kate
la fae violette

Hey, fae!

Tomorrow, I leave for Michigan, to test make-ups on the boy and otherwise ransack the town of Troy with my bright-colored hair and glitter addiction.  I will make sure to keep a log of my make-up, but I will not be able to post tutorials. :(

In other news, I got some eyeshadow from Maybelline today in Antique Jade.  IT'S THE BEST EMERALD GREEN I'VE EVER USED OR SEEN AND IT WAS ONLY $3!

If you ever want to wear deep emerald green eyeshadow, get this eyeshadow.  It's GORGEOUS.

Love,
Kate
la fae violette