My friend was feeling a bit down, and so I invited him and a mutual friend over to mine for an evening, they made him tacos and I did his make-up.
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| Photograph and make-up by HouseCat. |
He tends to wear a mix of Romantic Goth and 'corp-Goth' fashion - a fondness for black shirts, waistcoats with nice buttons, brocade ties and cravats, black suits in slightly vintage cuts, etc. etc. I tried to do make-up that would suit his outfit, but my the designs I know well enough to try on someone else are all based on designs that go with the fully Romantic Goth outfits I usually wear. He wanted to look "full on Goth" and requested the same sort of swirlies that are ubiquitous and characteristic of my personal make-up style.
I very rarely get to do make-up on another person, so that was its own challenge. I actually think it is easier than doing it on myself with a mirror for the simple fact of it not being done in a mirror. I don't like doing eye make-up on other people because I am worried I will accidentally poke them in the eye, plus people are always twitchier when someone else is doing their eye make-up than they are doing it themselves - hard to draw on swirlies or eyeliner when the person is twitching!
A lot of people assume that if a man wears makeup he is either gay or genderqueer because make-up is seen as a female thing; my friend is heterosexual and cisgendered. Make-up is for anyone who wants to use it. Personally, I think the Goth scene in recent years has seen a reduction in elaborate and dramatic make-up, especially on men, and as I quite like dramatic make-up (and drawing swirlies), I would like to see a reversal of this trend.
A lot of people assume that if a man wears makeup he is either gay or genderqueer because make-up is seen as a female thing; my friend is heterosexual and cisgendered. Make-up is for anyone who wants to use it. Personally, I think the Goth scene in recent years has seen a reduction in elaborate and dramatic make-up, especially on men, and as I quite like dramatic make-up (and drawing swirlies), I would like to see a reversal of this trend.
Glad to be of service.
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Of service? This was an attempt to cheer you up! :P I think Ash wants their makeup done too now...
DeleteGood to see, and you're right, people just don't wear enough makeup these days! I used to do makeup on my friends a lot, and it's really hard to do when they twitch! I find that guys are a lot harder to put makeup on, they twitch way more and freak out about getting poked in the eye... lol. But your friend has good taste and I like the look :)
ReplyDeleteThank-you :) It seems that most Gothic make-up these days is smokey cat-eyes (nothing wrong with that, I do it often myself), with not many other designs. I miss the artistic stuff, the angular stuff, the Deathrock/Siouxsie stuff... I think people who don't often wear make-up, regardless of sex, are the twitchiest!
DeleteVery nice! Dramatic makeup needs to make a comeback. I do like a man in eyeliner! :)
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to post more of my fancily drawn/intricate make-up designs, as some sort of encouragement!
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