Costume Advice?

[crazy_catlady]

Hello everyone. I wish to be Illyria for halloween. I need really cheap costume-type things, and I was wondering if anybody out there was any tips/advice for me. I'm planning to wear fred's reddish top and skirt, from the end of a Hole in the World and the beginning of Shells. Does anybody know where I might be able to get similar clothes? Also, I'

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[viridian]

Okay. Here's what I did:

I found a similar outfit to Fred's at H&M.

I know you said you've got the hair covered already, but for the blue skin? I just used the same blue hairspray that I used to make my hair blue - the kind of stuff you'll find at Hot Topic before Halloween - and very, very carefully, holding a hand above my eyes so it wouldn't get in them, sprayed the blue on my forehead, a bit on the sides of my face, and on my arms. Then I went over places with blue eyeshadow on a big fluffy blush brush to give it some shading. I put a little blue eyeshadow on my eyelids, too, because she had a slight blue sheen there, and for the lips I used this liquid eyeshadow stuff in silvery-blue covered with light blue lipstick. It stayed on forever.

The contacts can be found here.

[crazy_catlady]

Those are cheaper than the ones I've seen. Thanks!

[cutest_sandgirl]

Can't say I have any extra advice that viridian didn't give. Good luck!

Personally, I use Ben Nye Cakes for my Illyria makeup. I also found a tube of blue lipstick and a tube of silver. I apply the blue first, then the silver and have been happy with the results.

As much as I wore the outfit, I nearly fried my hair with dying it so I wear a wig now.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/ramanth/misc%20images/IMG_7163.jpg

I'd love to see photos!

[crazy_catlady]

I like your outfit! Did you make that yourself?

[cutest_sandgirl]

Thanks! I love to wear it.

No, a friend put it together for me.

Here's the webpage she put together while she was working on it. She airbrushed my face a few times, but I use Ben Nye to apply the makeup to myself.

http://homepage.mac.com/bohemian_junkie/Illyria.html

[crazy_catlady]

Oh! I've seen that site. I thought you looked familiar, heh heh.

[littlesoprano15]

Also used Ben Nye for the makeup; it worked very well. I used it over the lips as well, though lipstick certainly feels better on.