Your Fantasy Costume

Falconrose is a delightful collection of leather hand crafted masks, the site and the style of the masks themselves reminds us of ancient times and mediaeval tapestries…  The site is not only worth because of the wonderful masks they make, but also becuase of the throrough description of the creatures that makes it interesting enough even if just only for reading about the myths and legends that inspired them.

The Otherworld collection, featuring the Mythical creatures (unicorns, fauns and dragons) and Gods and Goddesses collection (some of which have references to greek, mediaeval and even

The Woods collection (feature feathered, furred and  the Green beings collection). Here we can find wolves, raven and corvids, some stunning owl masks  and all sort of dryad and green man masks, some of which are really amazing.

(up: Raven mask from “The Woods” collection)

The Court, it divides as well in two mini collections, The Unseelie court  featuring a darker side  of magical creatures not friendly for human eings like  goblins, the wood witch, or an absolutely gorgeous Medusa mask (see below), and other more faeric called The Seelie court featuring some beautiful butterfly inspired design as well.

(above: Medusa mask from the Court Unseelie collection)

Yes, yes… Halloween approaching… hmm to take out some creepy creatures from the closet.. sounds exciting huh?

and well, you know, dressing like a witch, ghost or demon like everyone else at the end can be a little bit boring… Streets will be plagued with cheap  witches and monsters latex masks, so if you pick a demon as your choice for next Halloween, PLEASE, do it in a classy way …. and pick some well known elegant creature (blink) like the MIGHTY CTHULHU createad by the insane genius of H. P. Lovecraft (read Lovecraft’s biography in wikipedia) or Cthulhu´s description.

If you find this name unpronunceable is because you haven’t read the rest of the “Great old ones” mentioned in Lovecraft works… Cthulhu is one of the most well known creatures in his mythology and certainly any cosmic and/or pulp horror freak will recognize you and say,  yes, that person reads… (which I highly recommend you), so if you didn’t know anything about this you can start reading this book “The call of Cthulhuu and other weird stories”... and join the cult! (and don’t forget… it’s all… errr… fiction, Lovecraft tends to unconsciously drive the reader into his delightfully mad brain). Hmm humongous and better than Godzilla for sure! And yes, it has octopus tentacles in the head but this is not a character from Pirates of Caribbean, the lattest was a direct inspiration based upon previous existing cthulhu image.

The easiest way is to purchase a mask in a halloween store, now that you know who IT is, you might  recognize it everywhere in halloween stores, still you can check this link for one with a reasonable price of 150$ in polyfoam shown in the picture below.

Of course if you’re wealthy you can look ebay from time to time to look for absolutely stunning custom made works… or ask to crafters to make a custom work for you… like the bizarre design in leather by artist Bob Basset, i’d say it’s inspired in Cthulu, and may be not my favourite, but still seems to be very popular and certainly unique ( yet quite expensive option though starting 350$ and up).

I found this by chance and it was amazing… I have no idea how much it would be but below is one example and link to a custom made cthulhu mask. Click on the picture to visit the artist’s blog. I think he did great with it.

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another alternative is this curious mask make in leather by Maks by jen, this “inspired by Cthulu” mask sells for and it’s pretty elegant.

If you’re stil looking for excuses (like money) I admit I almost burst in laughters where I found this blog, there they offer a free Cthulu mask PDF you can print in DINA3 size (297 × 420 mm) piece of paper to make your own cthulu mask at home…! Very clever! You can click here to see Cthulhu mask in jpg or in PDF.

Of course it cannot be less complicated but if still you want to opt for grabbing this cutie (a plush toy with the shape of cthulu) and pretend you’re a mad lovecraft, though you have to have his crazy gaze and strange facial features if so… Still i’m sure some of you are freak enough to put this over your bed…

Zizzy fay is a lovely collection of fairy inspired clothing. You can design unique outfits by combining different layers of silks and natural fibres in your favorite colours. For ethically made party dresses, wedding attire, casual wear and clubbing gear that emphasise the elemental, goddess or fairy  within. I’d highlight the sleeves that you can purchase in different colours and combine with dresses, silk corsets and tops. This is a very smart idea as you can use them as an extra and interexchange from one combination to another.  But the site also offers some wings  along with some other  accesories as well. It also features a nice collection of pixie wear for men too and a couture service for wedding garments made to measure.  Colour patters go from white and ivory raw  silk to green and brown earthy tones.

I also love the fairy skirts and tops (look above) specially in the green combinations,  they have a insect-like air that mimic perfectly the creatures of the forest.
And of course the hooded (see “priestress dress” design” in the picture below) designs and  some lovelycoats that could be perfectly used as “fairy” casual wear as well.

What kind of fairy are you..?

Interesting videotutorial by this girl that holds an entire make up channel in youtube. For the video she’s using MAC (professional make up) but it shows at real time speed and you can attempt to make something similar with your own eye shadows and brushes. I think the final effect is really stunning so have fun!
Though of course you can use your own make up, the fact is that MAC make up pigments are stunning and I myself have a very sensitive skin, so after trying many make up brands, most of mine is actually from theirs. You can purchase MAC make up here, you won’t regret, it’s the best make up ever. ENJOY!

Products used in this video tutorial:
MAC shadestick~ sharkskin
MAC eye shadow~ Tilt
MAC eye shadow~ beautiful iris
MAC eye shadow~ Aquadisiac
MAC powerpoint eyeliner~ Engraved
Stila~ tinted moisturizer
GOSH lip liner~ Pink peony
MAC lipgloss~ Fine china
MAC glitter pigment~ Neon 60’s

This fairy look can be enhanced also with fx contact lenses to make the overall effect entirely otherwordly. I suggest you to read again our article about them.