AS(S) LEVEL

Our art group had to display our stuff for moderation yesterday. We were really bored by it because we'd seen each others stuff almost every weekday for the last year, but I suppose other people enjoyed it more than we did.
Here are the displays.

My display - all dat kpoop...My theme was graffiti, as if you can tell.

Suzi kershaw - she looked at the identity of being a twin or smth

Claire newman

All of this guy's stuff was so flawlessly made and really cool. It reminded me of the codex and other ancient paraphernalia in the Davinci Code.

Lily's stuff was just so osm, she journalled the journey through a house.

THis is the first half of her project, and she collected literally hundreds of miniture face illustrations. She did so much work D:

Abi did some really cool 3D Kandinsky/journal blend stuff which I thought looked really great. 

I cant remember who's this piece or the one below it belonged to! D:

This girl's final piece was a plastic laser cut/etched image of her eye built up through multiple layers, like the one below.

Now to leave you with some absolutely riveting stuff, like my newest addition to the family - my niece Jessamy - and the super awesome gay couple action men that I made for my other niece with a doily and a bandage.

False nail tips

Here is a random post where I tell you some really pointless useful stuff about false nails.... Allow me tah shur sum stuffs

Firstly, the nails themselves - people don't know what they're missing by not shopping around, seriously. My friend showed me a box of about 50 nails with a piddly tube of glue and about ten nails in each size (less sizes too obviously, aka less likely to even be useful) maximum that she said she got from a supermarket for about £8, and I've seen more expensive ones in drugstores/online. If you browse, you can often get a bag of false nails for £3. You can get 500 nails in sizes 0-9 , and roughly 20 nails for each size. Naturally, you wont use all of those sizes, but the same goes for the more expensive ones, of which you have even less. And you can buy some good quality glue from most drugstores/supermarkets for about £2.

I always see people on Youtube tutorials using orange sticks or whatever to stick false nails on when they paint them, but whenever I tried it the varnish from the edges just went all over stuff whenever I put it down. It's also annoying to pick up and the nails moved around on the stick whenever I tried to paint them. Instead I use this cork-board (which I made all cute and sparkly with whipped silicone cream so that it doesn't look half as ugly), and stick each individual nail onto it's own thumbtack. I picked up these super cute pink and purple ones from Wilkinson for £1. They match my board! \o/ They're raised off the surface, the board catches any drips/glitter, is easily portable and multipurpose. Obviously I use mine to stick random junk to that I can't be bothered to put elsewhere.

Nails lined up for painting

I've also tried a fair few quick drying solutions as well (I did a Diploma in hair and beauty, and not even the professional products they had were as good) but Avon liquid freeze is the most decent. It has an oil like consistency that wears off quite fast, and can be painted over the polish almost straight away. Also super good for smoothing creases in wet polish (better than topcoat I found). Mine was a gift, so I've no idea how much it would be or if Avon still make it.
Leave nails to cure for about two days if possible - when you glue them on and press them, they'll just squish. Stick them then paint them if you want to wear them right away.
Glitter: I actually think makeup glitter is better for nails, because unlike normal glitter, it's super fine and doesn't give the texture of sandpaper half as much. It also comes off a lot more easily than chunky glitter.
I got way too bored too fast ( I like to paint my nails in sets so I don't have to worry about painting any more for about a month, but it's a bit time consuming) and so I only did one set in a shoddy fashion.

I left the tips a little empty because I still hadnt cut them to size...that was me being lazy, I should have cut them first. 

Etsy Extravaganza

Deviant art is always a great source of awesome etsy and web stores, since they use it to showcase their handmade creations. Vae Nox is one of these etsy stores - she creates really beautiful anatomical inspired jewelry, which I think would fit gothic lolita or visual kei fashion really well.

I love the eyeballs she uses, the color is SO nice.

Some of the pinker stuff is slightly more suitable for pastel/kawaii goth, but there are fewer items.

Most of the necklaces are about $25, which I think would work out about £20. These are some really nice statement necklaces that could be used with plainer outfits to to jazz them up.

The next etsy I really like is Beatblack - the jewelry is just totally unique, the style almost resembles scrawly illustration style art. The prices range greatly depending on the amount of sculpting done for each piece ( most of the pieces are made of ploymer, which is super strong plastic type clay), and you can request pieces in your own color choice - these are some of my favorites:

This is an expensive piece at $50, but I suppose it's worth all that detail - it glows in the dark too, perfect for dark parties and concerts.

These are $18, and something I can totally visualize 2NE1 wearing.

These are $20, and although I don't think they're that special,  it might suit people who want in on the eyeball thing but don't like the crazy color scheme/glitter that sometimes comes with it.

Slinkskull  makes a varied mix of sweet and dark pieces. Some of the cameos have an almost jelly-like glitter appearance that likens them to barbie jewelry.

OMGLOB UNICONZ

On the whole unicorn theme, CMD Custom has this super simple acrylic one, for people who aren't fans of all the  bling but still love unicorns (not that I understand how that works, Unicorns are kings of bling). The acrylic cross necklace is also really popular right now, I've seen a lot of them (particularly glittery ones), but I think this one is quite different because it's rounded and hollow (though it might just snag on anything and everything, who knows). 

Lastly is Skaior, which sells mostly victorian-esque/steampunk items etc. There are a few items in there though that could be combined into some key trends, especially these wing cufflinks (I feel weird saying I like cufflinks, but I think even though theyre primarily for men, they could look nice with a sheer long sleeved shirt, as well as making those boring formal attire outfits a bit more interesting).

These Fleur earrings sort of remind me of the Chrome hearts jewelry designs. As for more cross necklaces, this one is really pretty, and I think these octopus earrings would look amazing with green/aqua hair and blue/green clothes. 

Undah da sea, trust me itz bettah down whur itz wettah take it frum meh.