#duochromatic mood

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Badly Summarized WIPs Poll

Thank you for tagging me, @toyybox!!!

Rules: Pick a bunch of your WIPs and summarize them as badly as possible, then ask your followers to vote on which one they'd be most likely to read. Multiple/all/none options are completely optional.

I'm gonna tag @for-the-love-of-angst @dont-touch-my-soup @i-can-even-burn-salad @serickswrites

These are only WIPs in the sense that I have them in my head, I've written absolutely nothing :D also we all know that my brainrot is specifically twin flavoured so that's almost all you get.

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SIMS 4 - SCANDINAVIAN DUOCHROMATIC RUGS - BASE GAME

A beautiful set of duochromatic abstract Scandinavian themed rugs, these come in 6 patterns, with 12 colours each.

COST: 100

LOCATION: Decor>Rugs

STYLES: Basics, Boho, Contemporary, French Country, Island, Mid Century, Modern, Shabby, Shotgun, Suburban Contemporary

AMBIENCE: Happy +1, Mood Relief Stress, Mood Relief Uncomfortable

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When i reblogged that i literally almost went on a tag rant about how perfectly this describes alba and then i was like "i have to stop seeing her in everything" but apparently I'm the only one who sees it so! Tag rant it is!

I want more stories with emotionally stunted women.

I'm talking women with the emotional intelligence of a corn chip. Women who were scolded for crying as a kid, whose feelings had always been dismissed as irrational and hysterical, who have been convinced that they're always overreacting.

Women who keep it all inside, who bottle everything up until it kills them, who can't even compliment their friends because even showing basic kindness makes them feel vulnerable. They live their lives behind several ironic proxies and haven't been genuine with anyone for as long as they can remember.

Women whose friends are more like ghosts. Texting them feels like talking to nothing through a fucking ouiji board. They can't connect to others no matter how hard they try and don't even feel human anymore.

When someone vents to them, they don't know how to react. Compassion wasn't shown to them so they have no example to follow when it comes to showing compassion to others. They end up giving unsolicited advice instead of just showing sympathy and understanding. They operate almost like a machine, thinking things through logically and in a black and white way, not taking into account the broad range of complicated human emotions and how they function.

Women who lose sight of who they are, who they want to be, and who they could be. Who go through agonizing loneliness and isolation only to hear "Women have it easier than men because they're allowed to show emotion. When men cry, they're ridiculed. When women cry, they're given support and help."

If only that were remotely true.

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On February 21, Jeffree Star launched the Blood Lust collection on his website and to some distributors. Fans of the brand returned to the battlefront (which is what queues become every time there’s a release) to get the products before they ran out of stock. I was lucky to be one of those who got the palette through Beauty Bay, although it is already available in Maquillalia. Today I will show you swatches and looks, in addition to the review. If you want to know more, keep reading!

Spanish review here / Reseña en español aquí.

I already talked about this collection as soon as it was announced. The original Blood Sugar palette is one of my topmost wishlist products, if not the highest one, but when I saw this one I knew it had to be mine. I’m a hopeless lover of lilacs, purples and all the violet-type of tones.

Jeffree Star Cosmetics’ Blood Lust Palette Closed

Jeffree Star Cosmetics’ Blood Lust Palette Closed

The outer packaging is utterly gorgeous. The crushed faux velvet gives a very captivating, luxurious and eccentric touch. It is a very large palette, as you can see; this detail gives it a lot of character, but it is also one of its weak points. The brooch that opens the palette has almost no real functionality, but it contributes a lot to the design.

Blood Lust Palette

63€ – £54 – $54 | Cruelty-free | Vegan

This palette is violet-themed and comes in different intensities and finishes. There are 18 shades in total, including a new formula and a matte with glitter. Lavenders, warmer and colder purples… all of them are offset by other shades that break this pattern, such as gold, red or blue. Although at first, that is a bit displeasing if you expect a monochrome palette, it’s also something that will stop us from getting bored easily by repetitive looks.

18 shades, far from being boring – Blood Lust de Jeffree Star Cosmetics

Jeffree won our awe with the new extreme wet formula, which provides the wet effect found in Wet Jewel or Pink Magic. These dazzling shadows will leave you speechless whether they’re used as toppers or by themselves – they are intense and can be built to make them completely opaque.

Texture

As for the textures, the quality of the shadows is highly reflected in that aspect. I’m definitely not surprised by it because the brand has always kept the bar really high. Their shades are exceptional. The only shade that seemed a little dry to me and that, as I will explain later on, I didn’t like, is Vile Serpent. Otherwise, the texture is great and pleasant to the touch. But… is it the same with brushes?

Jeffree Star Cosmetics’ Blood Lust Palette Close-up

Jeffree Star Cosmetics’ Blood Lust Palette Close-up

Application

Let’s dive into the most important part (in my opinion). This is what defines whether the palette is worth investing in or not: how its shadows apply. The reason is that if the palette is beautiful, has cool colours and the concept hits the spot, but the shadows are difficult to work with or simply have poor quality, it becomes useless.

Spoiler: most of them aren’t like that. Shades generally apply very well, especially considering how hard to make purple shades are. They met the expectations that are usually placed on the brand’s quality.

On the one hand, matte shades blend perfectly with each other. Same with the shimmers in terms of how they adhere to the eye and how they are applied using flat brushes, although there are two shades that I did not like: Executioner and Vile Serpent. The first one I didn’t like because when I try to blend it, it loses all the glitter particles, which is what is supposed to make it special. Moreover, time isn’t its friend: as time passes, so does the glitter locations. By the end of the day, it was all over my face. The teal blue is a bit patchy. It’s the hardest matte shade to work with.

Almost all the shadows are pretty powdery and have some fallout, but that’s something that’s not going to bother you if you start doing your eyes before your face. For me, it doesn’t bother me at all, but I can understand that for some of you it can be a problem.

Pigmentation and Swatches

Me habría gustado que la cámara hubiese capturado mejor las sombras, sobre todo los shimmers. Ganan muchísimo en persona. El efecto mojado es muy bonito y aporta aún más a las sombras duocromáticas.

I wish the camera had captured the shadows better, especially the shimmers. They look much better in person. The wet effect is incredibly beautiful and makes the duochromatic shades even more intense.

Blood Lust Palette – Swatches. Your Majesty, Take The Crown, Deviant, Beauty Sleep, Wet Jewel, Royal Pain, Dungeon, Scandal Waters and Sworn Enemy.

Blood Lust Palette – Swatches. Pink Magic, Bleeding Heart, Executioner, High King, Vivid Mood, Monarchy, Blood Queen, Vile Serpent, Betrayal.

What I’ve also noticed is that almost all the shades apply wonderfully, they are very buttery and the pigment truly is there. The swatches above have no more than two finger swatches, and most of them only have one.

Looks

I haven’t been able to test the palette as much as I’d like, but here are some ideas for looks and how the shades work. They are all made 100% with the palette:

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Look)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Look)

As you can see here, this palette has a lot to offer. In the top left look, I tried to use Executioner, the black matte with purple highlights, but it didn’t work as I would have liked. In both, I wanted to do two opposite looks to try everything I could … and optimize time!

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Look)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eyelook)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eye look)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eye look)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eye look)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eyelook)

Blood Lust Palette -Jeffree Star Cosmetics (Eyelook)

Blood Lust Palette: Is it worth it?

As always, there are several things to keep in mind when answering this question. I can’t stress this enough: no product is necessary, especially when it is priced so high. That being said… yes, I think this palette is worth it.

Pros

The shades are vegan and cruelty-free, just like the faux velvet of the packaging. In addition, it is stunning and comes in a box that was created to withstand shipping without problems.

If you’re a fan of this type of tones and you know that you are going to use it, you will certainly come up with plenty of creative looks, as it happened to me. Some of the shadows are similar but still different, and are capable of making many of our makeup fantasies come true…

…with high quality. You can definitely see it in the pigmentation, the textures, and how easy they are to work with.

The shadows pans are huge, and they will last a while. Jeffree’s palettes are known for that.

Endless possibilities. One of my biggest concerns with the Mini Controversy palette was that the shadows didn’t necessarily go a long way in terms of creativity. The variety of looks was limited. I didn’t get the same thing with this palette, even though there was a colour scheme going on. There are no repeated shades, the kind that makes you reconsider whether you’re actually getting new colours.

It’s not a purple tones only kind of palette. This is something that some people have found to be positive, while some other people have found them to be negative. I think it is positive as it will help us to not get bored easy.

Cons

The price is quite high. It is the most expensive palette I’ve ever bought or owned, and although I am very happy with it and would pay for it again, I think that if you have doubts about the use you will give it or you know that they are not the type of shades you would use, it is better not to get it.

The palette is very large, so it is not practical to take on a trip at all.

The tendency to get dirty. Ugh. It is no secret that the outer packaging, although it is very beautiful, will get dirty quickly when it comes into contact with shadows or whatever. After a month, that hasn’t been the case for me, but eventually, it will, and it is not as easy to clean as a carton box.

On the other hand, and although it is something inevitable for any palette, the patterns that characterize it so much will disappear with their use. It is normal, but it makes you want to not use the palette.

Also, as I said, the shadows have some fallout. If you are not used to it or it bothers you, the truth is that it is an important aspect of the palette. It is not excessive, though.

As you can see, there are both reasons for and against this palette. Personally, I love it. Although it is not a palette for day to day looks or the type of palette that I would take with me for a trip (a short one, if I were to leave my vanity behind for months I would definitely rethink that), it is also a unique and different palette. The hexagonal shape, the purple velvet, the lilac shades that contrast with the pink, gold, blue… if you’re a Jeffree Star fan and like these shades, this is your palette.

And that’s all for today! I hope you liked the review. Tell me in the comments if you are thinking about getting the palette! Stay safe 🙂 Before you leave, don’t forget to follow me on social media. I’m more active there, and it’s an easier way to see my follow-ups and updates! ♡

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Blood Lust Palette – Jeffree Star Cosmetics | Is it worth it? (Review, Swatches + Looks) On February 21, Jeffree Star launched the Blood Lust collection on his website and to some distributors.

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I just answered an ask, that answer had a read more, that read more did not work, and bc tumblr works great, I coulnd't even delete the part that was suppossed to go into the readmore, so I had to just delete the whole thing.

Here it is again, this time without that info i guess -.-

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3. What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? Where they are right now in the story, they don’t have any money or ability to spend it so as thanks for this ask I will give you little spoiler-y treats about what happens in the future and the far future 😀

Nero will realize quickly how much how you are dressed will influence how people will see you, so he’ll spend a fair amount on different clothes to be able to control how he comes across. Also, he just likes looking good. Alba will one day be gifted a hot chocolate and from that day on, a good chunk of any money she makes will go towards hot chocolate. She’ll be a hot chocolate connoisseur. Not a lot of luxury in her life but the expensive chocolate she gets. My girl will go feral for that. Their biggest purchase is like an end-of-story spoiler so I can't include that cause the read more didn't work. I did accidentally write a whole paragraph about it so I guess if anyone wants to know lmk and I'll dm you :D

8. Describe the place where they sleep.   I’m bad at imagining physical spaces, so I’m even worse at describing them. I am, however, great at wasting time by using a layout planner to show you their whole wagon:

They don’t really have a ton of stuff, or any decoration. In fact, half of the wagon is taken up by general storage of circus-stuff while they’re traveling. They do technically both have a pretty narrow bed next to a small window, but most of the time just sleep together in one. They also sit on the beds, use the nightstand/table to eat, etc. It’s a small and impersonal space, but the only private room they have, so they spend most of their free time there.

10. What objects do they always carry around with them?Again, currently, they don’t have much. Alba especially doesn’t like to actually possess things because when she does, she’s always just afraid of losing them. Nero almost always has a ribbon or strip of fabric on him. He knows Alba doesn’t actually like her long hair, so he makes sure to have something to tie it together with whenever they can.

Later, they each will have a platinum ring they stole. For anyone knowing DnD-spells, I hope I can preemptively break your heart with that :D (A lot of Alba’s character is actually inspired by that spell (Warding Bond, if you wanna look it up) specifically).

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If any of you know poetsquarecats, I need you to know that everytime I see Lola and Sad Boy, I think of Alba and Nero

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Lil collection post of what ppl want to do to the Director so far after my 4-parter is done now :)

Let's start w this answer to which of my characters should be punched:

Both valid:

These two disagree:

And then my personal faves:

(featured here are @for-the-love-of-angst @yesthisiswhump @dont-touch-my-soup and @i-can-even-burn-salad)

If I forgot your personal death threats or you would like to add some, please let me know!

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Me at 9pm: oh I think I'm gonna start writing that ONE chapter, but I probably won't get far

Me, now, at 3am:

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For the director , hey I hope your coffee is cold the next morning. And you do not enjoy it at all. Alba dear you're an angel you deserve the world.

The Director surely doesn't make his own coffee. Someone made it for him, and someone made it incorrectly.

That someone is gonna have to learn how to make good coffee, one way or the other.

Alba laughs at that. The people really have weird humor sometimes.

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∞ for twin mix. And can I also ask you to shuffle Flightless Bird?

Hell yeah!!

From the twins: Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths

Depending on if it's through a twin-lense or not, i have different faves. In general:

So self-indulgent and self-referential

No audience could ever want you

You crave the applause yet hate the attention

Then miss it, your act is a ruse

For the twins:

The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken

Remember the pact of our youth

Where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping

Since there is no me without you

And from Flightless Bird:

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd:

Did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

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You send 3 emojis, you get 3 songs!

The first:

Dark Days by HUGOwho

It's a positive song, but of course my fave lines are the depressing ones:

Lets save all the gorgeous words

They're just supposed to lie

Fall apart, and stand up

Let’s get so wild tonight.

Song 2: Baby I'm Dead Inside by Kopps

Am I a freak

Show me how you move

Cause when you break

I'll get a new one

And song 3: And You Evade Him/Born in the Blood by Joshua Burnside

I was a liar

When I said

I am not afraid

I am

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*murdered 8*

Love a murdered 8!

I also went w the twin mix, mostly bc I didn't wanna change playlists, and the next song on was

Big World by Bnny Rbbt

I couldn't decide if my fave lines were at the very start:

If the way home is way out there

The last train left hours ago, albeit I don't care.

Or the end:

Cause it's a big world built for two

And I am fearless when I am with you, sweetheart

At the end of the day, come what may

Every star in this big, big world is ours

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♾ shuffle twin mix!

It's Ivory Black by Oliver Riot!

My fave lines are:

I wanna be loud like white wine after a glass

Warm like the sunshine kissing my back

Drive me crazy, I like it like that

Ivory Black

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what were the inspirations for your story about the tiefling siblings?

Thank you for the question, I love to get to talk about them!

Considering this, I'm also gonna go into detail :D

On Halloween 2018, a few of my friends and I were talking about how funny it is that the official dnd-rules say that tieflings can only be shades of grey and red (which uh... isn't even true. It's human skin colors of humans) and I joked that I'd make a "very dark grey" tiefling and make her vanta-black (so I could also steal from Anish Kapoor, which is nice) and one of my best friends said they'd make a "very light grey one" and just make him completely white, and then we were like "haha we could make them twins", so they literally started as a joke.

A few months later we started to actually talk about their backstory, and it just happened that I was having a seminar in uni about disability studies and freak shows, while my friends was watching a movie about a creepy circus with a sadistic owner, and we kind of.... combined those ideas and made them DnD?

In the coming years, while we barely got to play them, we kept making their backstory more and more detailed, sometimes inspired by other media, sometimes songs gave us ideas, DnD-rules of course had an influence, and sometimes one of made a joke going like "hahah we could do this or this but that would be too edgy, right?" and the other went "...I like it"

so yes, it's an amalgamation of a lot of small things, but I think the reason they got this stuck in my brain and as fleshed out as they are is the collaborative aspect of them.

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It's Black Cloud by Playwrite!

I love these lines:

If I were you, I'd start walking

You could make thirty miles a day

It don't seem like much

But you'd be thirty miles away