Q-Con #1 Cosplay

19th - 21st June marked my third and most fun Q-Con to date!

So last April I fell in love with the anime No Game No Life and am STILL waiting to hear about when season two is going to be a thing. Back in May I went to MCM Belfast with some friends and David bought Sora's top so we decided that we would do a No Game No Life cosplay at Q-Con!

Today I'm going to share the experience of putting together a cosplay in around a month and where we got out bits and pieces.

Wigs

First stop for wigs is good old eBay! I wasn't loving any of the wigs designed to be for Shiro because I didn't think the colour was right. Shiro's hair is funny - it seems to be different colours in different media and lighting. Colour matching was the hardest thing with the anime being so colourful.

I bought this wig from the seller com2shop. This was the kind of color I thought would be the most suitable. I was pretty pleased with what I received.

Sadly David's wig shopping experience wasn't as smooth...

He thought it would be easier to get a wig that was specifically for Sora. He bought one very much like this. When we got it, it was completely flat and rather bright.

O____O

So we definitely couldn't use this and realised that shopping for wigs that were made for the character was a bad idea so we had a nosy for wigs that matched the colour we thought his hair should be.

Another fab wig, courtesy of com2shop!

Make-up Testing

The hardest part for me was getting a pale enough foundation >< 

 

I glued by eyebrows down and tried my best to cover them with concealer and foundation before filling them back out with a steel blue and silvery grey eyeshadow.

Here I also exaggerated my eyes using eyeliner and white eyeshadow to extend the whites of my eyes to make them look bigger. 

On David I just tried my best to cover his 5 o'clock shadow using concealer, foundation and then more concealer on top. Sora's eye bags wer drawn in using bronzer first then brown eye shadow with a bit of purple and plum for depth.

The outfits!

I wanted to sew mine but because of the lack of time, I got mine from eBay!

The quality was fine but I didn't wear the extra white sleeves because the elastic wasn't great for arm circulation ^^'  I also got some navy thigh high socks on eBay and just cheated and put on some black flats.

 David got his top at MCM and the rest of the outfit was made up of things he already had except the wristband which is also from eBay.

Pre-Con selfie!

I styled the wigs on the morning by backcombing, shaping and holding using hairspray.

I also ditched the exaggerated eye make-up for a more natural look. 

Photos from Q-Con

Thank you to everyone who took photos for us!

We discovered another Shiro!

 

Photo on the right and below from Andrew Adams Show

Possibly my favourite photo from Saturday - thank you Andrew Adams!

David and I had a great day and a lot of fun cosplaying and met some lovely people! Thank you for everyone who stopped to say hi and thank you all for your lovely compliments! We're both really glad people liked our first cosplay together ^^ 

Stay tuned for Q-Con #2 for shopping and Lolita!

Qute-con!

Hello again Q-con and hello again all you fuzzy alpacas! (20th - 22nd June)

The guy selling the Alpacas recognises me no matter what wig and style I'm wearing since that fateful day I walked off with three big Alpacas ^^'

Pre-con selfie (Saturday)

This year I wanted things to make my flat pretty and cute so here's my bundle!

Look at all the cute things!!! >w<

I didn't get an outfit shot but I DO have a lovely chibi portrait by Eternal-S. See her beautiful work here > http://eternal-s.deviantart.com/

Co-ord:

JSK - DOL Happy Garden

Cutsew - Taobao

OTKs - Primark

Shoes - Ebay

Bunny Hairband - Fox Cherry

Thanks for having me again Q-Con!

Allllpacpacpacpacpac ~

Over the weekend (28th - 30th June) I was at Q-Con in Belfast for the first time while I was visiting David.
I flew on the 28th and since I was getting bored at the airport I decided to get an 'Express manicure' since I had never had a manicure before. It was very theraputic and relaxing ^^

A shimmery pink polish by OPI

I was then told that they wouldn't be touch try for about 10 minutes and then it would take a further 45 minutes - an hour for them to be 100% dry which sounds crazy, but was true. However, this made paying an issue since my nails were wet. The girl pretty much had to get my money out of my purse for me ^^'

The manicure also wasn't as 'express' as I hoped and took half an hour rather than 15 minutes as advertised so when the woman at the gates asked to see my idea I had to apologise to her for not being able to get my ID out of it's slot in my purse because my nails were wet ^^'

However, it was a nice experience so if you're flying from Terminal 1 at Manchester Airport, it's The Cloud. 

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This was my first time at Q-Con and the first thing I saw once I got into the Traders Hall were the Alpacas *___*

I bought myself a yellow one ^^

I left that day with 3 Alpacas - one for me and 2 for back home. I looked like I'd robbed the place xD

The only annoying thing was carrying them because they were so fat and the glitter kept coming off and their scarves and went everywhere ><

Over the weekend I also view lots of anime and met some lovely Lolis!
It's always a joy to meet a fellow frilly and hopefully I will see you all again!

My Co-ord:

Blouse: Primark

JSK: Baby The Stars Shine Bright

Socks: Offband

Shoes: Highstreet