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I've used a lot of makeup over my last 9 years of cosplaying, but this is whats in current rotation. My criteria for products is affordability, what performs well irl and in photos, and products that for the most part have a lower rating on the ewg scale (with few exceptions). I also don't really buy makeup outside of sale events like Black Friday, after Christmas, or during some promotion just so ya'll have context about the price ranges listed per item.

That said, this is more to share products and tools I use to create a base for other looks! So things that are more personal like eyeshadow, lipstick, blush etc were left out as that's really more of preference for each person.

I've included product links under the cut, if anyone has a cosmetic gem they've found over the years I'd love to hear recs!

Kazuhiko Fukuōji (b.1955, Japanese) ~ In the Starry Sea (2), 1997 

This 1000 year old Katana looks as good as it did the day it was made. [3746x3024]

This is Mikazuki. The Crescent Moon blade.

This sword was crafted by Sanj(y)o Munechika and is older than 1000 years. (The Smith’s oldest signed work is from 987).

There are only 5 of the smith’s pieces remaining and this one exhibits one of the first times in history that the Japanese sword takes on it’s utilitarian curved shape.

This sword was owned by a laundry list of important historical figures including Oda Nobunaga’s general Toyotomi Hideyoshi who unified Japan.

You are essentially looking at a Japanese Excalibur.

THERE IS A PREQUEL, Y’ALL

There are actually two more paintings of Truth in the well painted by Gerome; one painted before all the others:

Truth at the Bottom of a Well, 1895

And one in between the two that have been already shared:

Truth is at the Bottom of the Well, 1895

His friend: please don’t say well

Well now, we all know about furbies and worms on and off their strings. But are you familiar with the other pockets of toycore here on Tumblr? Here’s a selection of the best collections out there: 

@jellycatkid​ collects jellycat plushies. Here is a not-at-all-haunted cat. Nothing to see here! Aside from a very nice, normal cat.

No list of toycore on Tumblr would be complete without @sofubis​—where nostalgia for our real or imagined pasts and futures culminates in a congregation of unfathomably cute (and often weird) vinyl oddities. Here, have a sad lizard with hands for feet.

@1999babi​ walks the fine line of curating toys from in between millennia, which, it turns out, was just a big squidgy neon dream.

It’s so relaxing when a blog just does what it says it does. @calicocritteroftheday​ is one of those blogs. Reassuringly dependable, here you’ll get exactly one calico critter, once a day.

@my-monster-island​? Just monsters.

I will only be giving away one, so be sure to reblog this post to enter. You don’t have to be following me, but likes won’t count. I want to get this out to everyone. I’ll pick a random winner on the 24th of December, Australian time - that means for most of you outside of Aus it will be the 23rd.

WLW (and NBLW!) Graphic Novel Recs

Hey guys! I read a lot of graphic novels in 2019 with queer themes, and I wanted to share them with you. Included are the genre, type of representation (as well as I could remember it), and some warnings. My favorites are in bold. Enjoy! ♡

On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden: Sci-fi; main character (MC) is wlw. Everything by Tillie Walden is great, but especially this story!

Motor Crush by Babs Tarr, Brenden Fletcher, and Cameron Stewart: Sci-fi; MC is wlw.

Low by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini: Sci-fi; one of the MCs in the second volume is WLW; warning for gore, and the love interest dies. The rep isn’t ideal, but I think the series is worth checking out for the interesting worldbuilding.

The Legend of Korra comics: Fantasy; MC is bisexual.

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda: Fantasy; MC is wlw; warning for gore.

Spera by Josh Tierney: Fantasy; MCs can be easily interpreted as wlw. They’re butch and femme princesses traveling together, guys.

Meal by Blue Delliquanti & Soleil Ho: Slice-of-life, MC is wlw. Also check out Delliquanti’s webcomic O Human Star, which has a trans wlw protagonist!

Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks: Slice-of-life; female MC is bi/pan.

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo: Slice-of-life; MC is lesbian. It’s a modern retelling of Little Women.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell: Slice-of-life; MC is lesbian.

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw: Slice-of-life; MC is bi/pan; warning for transphobia.

Moonstruck by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle: Fantasy; MC is wlw.

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang: Historical fiction; male MC is non-binary (nblw); warning for transphobia.

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: Memoir; the author is nblw.