Post the second: So much going on, omg.
Dancing: The big thing in my world this week was the Art of the Belly festival in Ocean City. I was there to dance with Transcendence & also to shop and watch others dance. I had planned on a superchill day. Flissy & I left at around 5:30am to get down to Carousel in time for her morning workshop-- we were greeted at the door by Naimah, who asked us to dance a fill-in slot because one of her students had to drop out. The cool thing about improv: it makes filling in SO easy, because I can dance to literally any ATS-able song I know at a moment's notice. So we performed twice: once as Transcendence and once as Verve. We were sandwiched between some of the best dancers around, too-- I was too busy watching from the wings to get real stage fright. So that was awesome.
Here's Transcendence's set:
-- How much do I love these women? Let me count the ways:
Photos by Anton Marx
-- Seriously, though. I love them lots. I love that we come from different backgrounds and different troupes, but it works, and we have so much fun onstage & in practices when we come together. I am so happy to be a part of this collective.
-- Some highlights for me of the performances I saw: Hip'Notic's [R]Evolution choreography, SHEMS, Belladonna + fans, Claire Metz's poi, Bagoas rocking out to Nintendo music, Amandari's badass choreography (seriously, the troupe brought it), Latifa being amazing and coy (seriously you guys, I love her face and how her experience allows her to have the audience in the palm of her hand the whole time), Eugenia being sweet and soft and lyrical, Amy making me immediately want to re-watch The Neverending Story. I wasn't there for Lilam or Asharah, but I've seen both on video and love them love them. I'm sure I will find more to love as the videos keep coming in. I gotta say, I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of hot mess in the performances I watched. Even with varying skill levels (beginner students straight up to A list pros), I would say that the vast majority of what was put onstage was joyously and respectfully performed. I was seriously like a MegaHafla-- lots of good vibes.
-- Flissy did a writeup of her post AOTB thoughts that is totally worth reading.
-- I met one of my skirt soulmates. I got an iridescent teal Aishwarya skirt from Magical Fashions with fuchsia & gold sari trim. We're all wearing our skirts in the pic above-- they are sooooo prettttttty.
-- Thinking ahead, aside from the massive endeavor of Spoutwood & Verve at CCT in May, I have started to plan solos. There is one solo I must perform, though I really think ambiance is going to be key, since the song is so intimate. I would like to do it on a stage with controlled lighting. Perhaps if the CCT gala show happens again this year. The other is totally Inappropriate Hafla material, but I can't help it, I GOTTA.
Hair: My hair is now suuuuper bright. I let Jason pick out my haircolor-- a true red-- that, once on my hair, looked like a $5 Bozo the clown wig, no lie. It a flat ketchup red that made my skin look yellow. I went over it with an auburn demipermanent and now I have a still super bright red, but more of an orangey red-- kind of like the little girl in the Brave trailer. This I can live with.
Cats:
Mim is ridiculous.
The Hunger Games: I saw it! I mostly loved it! Discussion in another post, probably tomorrow.
Retail stuffs:
-- After I saw it on Vampy Varnish, I decided to give the Physician's Formula Youthful Wear Foundation a try. Touted as sort of a BB cream, with SPF and a lightweight formula, it's definitely appealing for warm weather. I don't really need it for the youthful aspects, as I don't have many wrinkles, but I have to say: I love it. It blends in velvety smooth and then you can't feel it at all. It looks very natural, and evened my color out with a minimum of additional concealer needed. It's sheer so it blends with your natural coloring, but unfortunately (as usual, sadly) darker skintones are SOL here.
-- I also tried Revlon's new Falsies Flared mascara formula, because I was out of my regular mascara and ready to try something else. Another winner! Apparently, this is a definite improvement over the original Falsies formula, because I didn't get spider lashes-- just very long and defined but still natural ones. Very happy.
-- Oh Beautyblender, how much do I love you? Let me count the ways. It makes my face look airbrushed. Amazeballs. Other big rec? Orofluido hair elixir. Makes my hair smell amazing, and delivers on shine big-time without looking greasy. And volume! Overall I love it. I just acquired some of the conditioner by the same brand & will report back. Both of those, by the way, were Birchbox finds. This month's Birchbox had Essie nail polish, a full sized Tarte lippie, another hair oil, and a few other things. I am seriously digging my Birchbox subscription, dude. For $10 a month, I've gotten to sample some pretty awesome stuff.
-- I got a Soapbox Co order today! All of the soaps in my soap pantry are winter leftovers, and I am so ready for light, fresh, spring-y. Went with Villainess's Sol Baccio, Arcana's Ambrosia, Sweet Olive's Satsuma & Mint salt bar, and Paintbox Soapworks' The Olive Branch. Will report back. Also tried a Wicked Soaps rollerbar of Morgana Le Fay perfume... I can't tell if I mildly like it or not. When first applied, it smells weird, like shampoo or something, but after a moment there's a strong hit of citrus. Which is nice, it's just not at all what I'd pictured. Three hours later, it's almost gone. Meh. I do have one big soap rec for you though: Paintbox Soapworks' The Englishman. Soft leathery deliciousness, omg. I love it.
-- Also, I need to rave about a peacock feather headband I bought from The Faerie Market on Etsy. It's iridescent, which I did not expect but LOVE. It is also SO well made, and the packaging was nothing short of stunning. A+++.
-- To finish up, The Fable Tribe (formerly Glamourkin) did an Etsy update today. Go forth and browse!
Here's Transcendence's set:
Transcendence Tribal at Art of the Belly from Spiral on Vimeo.
-- How much do I love these women? Let me count the ways:
Photos by Anton Marx
-- Seriously, though. I love them lots. I love that we come from different backgrounds and different troupes, but it works, and we have so much fun onstage & in practices when we come together. I am so happy to be a part of this collective.
-- Some highlights for me of the performances I saw: Hip'Notic's [R]Evolution choreography, SHEMS, Belladonna + fans, Claire Metz's poi, Bagoas rocking out to Nintendo music, Amandari's badass choreography (seriously, the troupe brought it), Latifa being amazing and coy (seriously you guys, I love her face and how her experience allows her to have the audience in the palm of her hand the whole time), Eugenia being sweet and soft and lyrical, Amy making me immediately want to re-watch The Neverending Story. I wasn't there for Lilam or Asharah, but I've seen both on video and love them love them. I'm sure I will find more to love as the videos keep coming in. I gotta say, I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of hot mess in the performances I watched. Even with varying skill levels (beginner students straight up to A list pros), I would say that the vast majority of what was put onstage was joyously and respectfully performed. I was seriously like a MegaHafla-- lots of good vibes.
-- Flissy did a writeup of her post AOTB thoughts that is totally worth reading.
-- I met one of my skirt soulmates. I got an iridescent teal Aishwarya skirt from Magical Fashions with fuchsia & gold sari trim. We're all wearing our skirts in the pic above-- they are sooooo prettttttty.
-- Thinking ahead, aside from the massive endeavor of Spoutwood & Verve at CCT in May, I have started to plan solos. There is one solo I must perform, though I really think ambiance is going to be key, since the song is so intimate. I would like to do it on a stage with controlled lighting. Perhaps if the CCT gala show happens again this year. The other is totally Inappropriate Hafla material, but I can't help it, I GOTTA.
Hair: My hair is now suuuuper bright. I let Jason pick out my haircolor-- a true red-- that, once on my hair, looked like a $5 Bozo the clown wig, no lie. It a flat ketchup red that made my skin look yellow. I went over it with an auburn demipermanent and now I have a still super bright red, but more of an orangey red-- kind of like the little girl in the Brave trailer. This I can live with.
Cats:
Mim is ridiculous.
The Hunger Games: I saw it! I mostly loved it! Discussion in another post, probably tomorrow.
Retail stuffs:
-- After I saw it on Vampy Varnish, I decided to give the Physician's Formula Youthful Wear Foundation a try. Touted as sort of a BB cream, with SPF and a lightweight formula, it's definitely appealing for warm weather. I don't really need it for the youthful aspects, as I don't have many wrinkles, but I have to say: I love it. It blends in velvety smooth and then you can't feel it at all. It looks very natural, and evened my color out with a minimum of additional concealer needed. It's sheer so it blends with your natural coloring, but unfortunately (as usual, sadly) darker skintones are SOL here.
-- I also tried Revlon's new Falsies Flared mascara formula, because I was out of my regular mascara and ready to try something else. Another winner! Apparently, this is a definite improvement over the original Falsies formula, because I didn't get spider lashes-- just very long and defined but still natural ones. Very happy.
-- Oh Beautyblender, how much do I love you? Let me count the ways. It makes my face look airbrushed. Amazeballs. Other big rec? Orofluido hair elixir. Makes my hair smell amazing, and delivers on shine big-time without looking greasy. And volume! Overall I love it. I just acquired some of the conditioner by the same brand & will report back. Both of those, by the way, were Birchbox finds. This month's Birchbox had Essie nail polish, a full sized Tarte lippie, another hair oil, and a few other things. I am seriously digging my Birchbox subscription, dude. For $10 a month, I've gotten to sample some pretty awesome stuff.
-- I got a Soapbox Co order today! All of the soaps in my soap pantry are winter leftovers, and I am so ready for light, fresh, spring-y. Went with Villainess's Sol Baccio, Arcana's Ambrosia, Sweet Olive's Satsuma & Mint salt bar, and Paintbox Soapworks' The Olive Branch. Will report back. Also tried a Wicked Soaps rollerbar of Morgana Le Fay perfume... I can't tell if I mildly like it or not. When first applied, it smells weird, like shampoo or something, but after a moment there's a strong hit of citrus. Which is nice, it's just not at all what I'd pictured. Three hours later, it's almost gone. Meh. I do have one big soap rec for you though: Paintbox Soapworks' The Englishman. Soft leathery deliciousness, omg. I love it.
-- Also, I need to rave about a peacock feather headband I bought from The Faerie Market on Etsy. It's iridescent, which I did not expect but LOVE. It is also SO well made, and the packaging was nothing short of stunning. A+++.
-- To finish up, The Fable Tribe (formerly Glamourkin) did an Etsy update today. Go forth and browse!