Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Episode 97: Cosmetics for Cosplay - A Primer


In this episode, Jade gives a report on San Francisco ComiCon and the girls briefly discuss cosmetics for cosplay. In the second half of the episode, the girls catch up on their crafting projects.


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Topics:

  • Jade gives a report on San Francisco ComiCon. 
  • Jade & Sandy give a short primer on cosmetics for cosplay and historical costuming -- the whys and the very basic things you should get:
    • Start with good skin care -- This step requires you know your skin type (normal, dry, or oily?) and the appropriate way to care for it.
    • A good primer for your skin
    • Foundation that matches your skin tone
    • Good translucent finishing powder

Get Crafty

Fiber Optics


Jade ran out of sock yarn and had to buy more. Oh noes!

Finished Objects
Sandy
  • Pattern: vanilla socks with tabi toes for eric
  • Yarn: Brunswick Nylamb
  • Notes:  they fit perfectly! I took careful notes so that I can do this again.
Jade
  • Pattern: On the Beach by Isabella Kraemer
  • Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza
  • Notes: Finished. Ends woven in. Still need photos
Sandy
  • Pattern: five squares for a shared baby blanket with friends
  • Yarn: vanna’s choice in black, white, greys and scarlet
  • Notes: a cable square, a houndstooth check in crochet, a mosaic knit maze, a log cabin in garter, a granny with a maze pattern in front post stitches  
  • My friends have done: a fibonacci stripe sequence in grayscale, a moth in crochet, cables, graduated gray in granny stripes, and more.  
  • I’ll be joining it when it’s done, in scarlet.
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jade
  • Pattern: vanillasocks
  • Yarn: dragonfly fibers “mardi gras mambo”
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  • Socks need citric acid soak.
Jade
  • Pattern: Fingerless Gloves - Vanilla
  • Yarn: Mardis Gras Mambo
WIPs

Jade
  • Pattern: Vanilla Socks
  • Yarn: Kroy Paton.
Sandy
  • River Run scarf, Knit Picks Gloss Fingering, Dusk colorway: over halfway done
Jade


Sandy
It’s a CocoKnits t-shirt with a great hi-low hemline. I’m knitting it in Great Adirondack Yarn Co. Torino, Silver Fox, a merino and silk blend
Sandy
80% finished with a Vintage Stripes crochet blanket
I need to work on something else so that I can get more wool scraps! :)
It’s 30 by 65 and I need it to be 40!
Sandy
Picking up my hexipuffs for the beekeeper now that I have scrap sock yarn