Fri 27 Aug 2010
Fri 27 Aug 2010
Don’t let a bully win.
Category: Letters from Readers
Dear Doe,
You probably get many of these emails, but I can’t help myself to tell you that you have to be the best person I have ever discovered online. While looking around for a smokey makeup look for a dance recital almost two years ago, I found your blog and also found a ton of inspiration for my own makeup creations. You blog served as a sort of portal into the center of the rainbow, everything on each page more sparkly and colorful and the one before it. It’s here where I got ideas to change my style up a lot more than usual.
My normal day outfit consisted, for almost three years, of jeans, concert tees and thick eye makeup. I wasn’t afraid of color, I just never bothered with it because I never wanted to fit the social norm of my school and community, which is mostly preppy girls who rock Uggs and shirts that show 90% of their cleavage all year. It wasn’t until after the Phoebe Prince tragedy, which unfortunately took place at my school, when I decided to drop most of the black and brighten myself up. During that time of media scrutiny, reading your blog brought me out of the depression that followed many of the 700 people in my school and put me in a place where everyone accepted who you were, no matter where you came from. My personal style has changed dramatically, and many people have noticed. My dad recently complemented my extraordinary ability to wear purple, and I find it easier to shop for clothes that don’t have a studs-and-chains vibe about them. I owe everything that has made me who I am to you. Thank you so much for making me a much happier person, inside and out.
~ Lauren
Dear Lauren,
I appreciate your kind words, it means a lot to me that people are able to take something of value away from the blog. But it comes down to every individual’s choice and personal resolve to make changes in their lives, and I salute you for taking this harsh experience and turning it into something positive for yourself.
Your letter made me look into the incident of Phoebe Prince’s suicide deeper, and I wanted to say a few words on bullying. I’ve received a few emails from girls who are being bullied, stalked, verbally and physically abused by their peers. Moving helps escape but, as we saw in Phoebe’s case, doesn’t solve the real issue.
Always stick up for yourself and show the bully you will not take the abuse. We are often taught not to escalate and just walk away, but by the time it becomes clear the person is after you, it’s going to get more and more difficult to change the dynamic. Don’t let it get that far. The minute you suspect a bully, you push back – as hard as you can. If someone says something mean to you, don’t let them get away with it. Say something back, be aggressive. It’s ok. This is your life, your dignity, and you must fight for it tooth and nail. If it’s not working, do tell the adults. This is exactly what a bully doesn’t want you to do – because it means consequences. If teachers won’t listen, talk to the police. Make sure people are aware of what’s happening to you. And whatever you do, don’t end your life – or they win automatically. Never give them that satisfaction.
I’ve been bullied a couple times in my life for sticking out too much. Once at school, and more recently online. What I learned is that you’ve got to speak the language a bully understands – a language of consequences. I learned to always push back, firmly and decisively, letting them know it won’t fly with me. Eventually, the bully gets the message and goes on to bully somebody else.
My heart goes out to Phoebe Prince’s family and everyone who knew her. Lauren, I hope you continue growing as an individual and spreading your positive message in your school!
Thu 26 Aug 2010
Inspiration: The Green Children
Category: Inspiration
I love me an artist that dwells in their own world and pulls you right into it. Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan of The Green Children do just that: their universe is made up of magic, child-like innocence and the color green! The name comes from the legend of Green Childlren; they play world-infused electropop with a positive message. It’s impossible not to like these guys - talented, cute as a button and tweet in rhymes?! Yes please!
Marlow kindly sent me a preview copy of their new album coming out this fall, Encounter, and it’s soooo good. Check out their video for the song Dragons:
The Green Children – Dragons
There is talk of a Lime Crime/Green Children photoshoot this fall – perfect combo, don’t you think?!!
Wed 25 Aug 2010
Get The Look: Fluorescent Retro
Category: Get The Look
Suddenly, I felt wildly inspired by the 50s – with a candyfuturistic twist of course!
- Coat: Tulle
- Belt: Paul Smith
- Skirt: ModCloth
- Tights: We Love Colors
- Rings: Forever 21
- Shoes: SoleStruck
- Hair bow: PuppyCatMeow
RETRO-INSPIRED MAKEUP
This retro-inspired look is all about the strong brows, over-sized eyes and bright-orange lips. False lashes and eyeliner are a-must!
Eyeshadow: Troubadour, Medusa, Top Hattie magic dust
Lipstick/blush: My Beautiful Rocket
FACE
Apply matte foundation and dab orange lipstick onto the apples of your cheeks, blending with a finger. You can also use orange-tinted blush if you have it – coordinating lips and cheeks will help bring the look together, and make orange lipstick worn on any complexion! I applied bronzer under my cheek bones to help them stand out even more. Define brows with a dark brown brow cake or eyeshadow – I recommend doing the brows first because they will dictate the shape of the eye.
EYES
Prime the eyelids with a primer (stay tuned for Lime Crime‘s revolutionary Candy Eyed Eyeshadow Helper coming this fall!). Apply Troubadour magic dust onto the center of the eye and over the crease. Define crease, outer corners and line lower lid with Medusa. Dab Top Hattie on inner corners, brow bone and just barely onto the center of the ball for a high-light. Using a black pencil, darken outer corners close to the lashes and fill in the waterline 2/3 through – this will elongate the eye.
Now let’s put on lots of eyeliner! You can use liquid or gel for this, whatever gives you that thick, fat line. First dab close to the lashes and then start building up the thickness – don’t be afraid to go bold! Wing it out almost as far as where your brows end. Apply false lashes.
LIPS
Last, and most glamorous step, is lipstick. A lot of people are afraid of orange but it’s actually a color that works on almost everybody, as long as you coordinate it with your cheeks. I recommend applying My Beautiful Rocket directly from the tube onto clean, exfoliated lips – skip lip balm. This will help the color really hold on to your lips, resulting in some serious lasting power. Voila!
Deerlings: which look would you like to see me do next?
Mon 23 Aug 2010
Compiled by Erica
Are they or aren’t they? It’s the great makeup mystery! Maybe they are, or maybe they aren’t, but either way these celebrities all look fabulous and you can certainly achieve these fun looks using Lime Crime products. Check out these lovely ladies below all sporting makeup looks that are so bright… they just might be illegal!
M.I.A.: My Beautiful Rocket
One of the coolest (read: “OMG!”) moments of my job working for Lime Crime was getting to hand-deliver goodies to recording artist M.I.A. and her lovely stylist Haley a few months ago in New York City, just in time for her performance that night! Even cooler is the fact that Miss Arulpragasam is, indeed, wearing our My Beautiful Rocket lipstick at the shoot and in her latest video “XXXO,” which is no surprise as her stylist divulged that bright orange lipstick is a favorite of Maya’s!
Ke$ha: No She Didn’t
No she didn’t… or did she? It definitely looks like “Tik Tok” singer Ke$ha, known for her over-the-top style and antics, swiped some of our bright bubblegum blue No She Didn’t lipstick on for her appearance at the Casio Baby-G watch event in NYC a few days ago. It also looks like she wore the hue again later that evening during her performance at the event, this time with some glitter overtop to create a frosty ice princess pout! Try getting the look by sprinkling some silver Mirror Mirror Magic Dust lightly over No She Didn’t and applying clear gloss on top to create some shine.
Marina & the Diamonds: Cosmopop, Centrifuchsia, Countessa Fluorescent
Pop artist Marina of Marina and the Diamonds is known for her pop-art style, so it makes perfect sense that the British fashionista is a fan of colors that really pop on her pout, like Cosmopop which she seemingly wore during a recent interview. Also spotted on the songstress: a bright fuchsia similar to Centrifuchsia and a neon Barbie pink a-la Countessa Fluorescent in her colorful music video for “Oh No!”
Deerlings: Have you spotted any possible Lime Crime looks on celebrities recently? Let us know who, what, where, and when!
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