Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!

Last night Kyle and I threw our shag at the black pirates pub. For those not from Northwestern Ontario,  a shag is the same as a stag and doe party. When you get married you throw a party with prizes and games to raise more money for your wedding and also to celebrate with people who aren't invited to your wedding. We didn't really need the money but did want to see everyone and rock out with our friend's bands that we love.

My wedding stuff is pretty much all around the board, pirate themed. I have this nice dress I got from BlameBetty.com and its black and white stripped. it has an option skirt addition that is retro but also makes me think that its a dress that should be in the movie for Beetlejuice. 
I also just got these 6" pumps from Iron Fist that are black with monster teeth on the front.

also brought flats to wear  so I could set up and not die

I didn't want to do a full costume, but I did want to have a inspired makeup look. So instead of using green in my blush or contour or around the face like the costume makeup would have.

Excuse the messy eyebrows I am using a new brow growth serum and don't want to plus, wax or trim them until I can see the full results.

I did the light green blended from the inner corner out into the black that was mixed with a shimmery

dark green.

Now without a drop: because I know its already playing in your head:

xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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Job Interviews for the Alt Looking Woman

You would think working in this field bright hair, piercings and tattoos would be ok right? nope.

On tv all these makeup artists and nail techs and estheticians are usually alt(alternative) looking... or asian.

But in the real world, there are lots of different kinds of people in this field of work. And especially in a smaller city like Thunder Bay, tattoos and bright hair is still looked at funny.
I have been looking for work for awhile, and because my job market in flooded I am finding it a little tough there are not many jobs leftover. 

I will say this is more for the esthetics part of my job, it is a more serious and high end job. That comes with expectations, mostly clean cut looking.  

When I worked at the last spa, I had to ask my boss what colours I could dye my hair, and how bright. This was also my idea to compromise, I have respect for where I work, and the reputation of where I do. 
When I worked for the College Corporation, by the end of my contract they were instituting a new rule saying only "natural hair colours". I had already broken the dress code rule a bit; that you could sometimes see my tattoos, but I tried my hardest. I wore lots of scarves to cover up my chest piece that goes close to my neck. I also wore long sleeves under my short sleeved scrub top in our esthetics lab so you couldn't see my half sleeve.

I also do admit that to some job interviews, if I can tell they won't even look at my resume because of my hair, I wear one of my natural colour wigs.
I don't mind wearing a wig to work, I love changing it up but it is lying and I feel silly that because of the job market being so low I have to pull this shenanigans to just get my foot in the door.

I'm not saying that you have to give up who you are, or even put up with this. I always tell the truth once I get my foot into the door, I admit and ask about tattoos, bright hair and piercings. Are they acceptable, can I show them off/try not to/or hide all of them? Are you ok with this hair colour? 
I do compromise my standards, which is unfair but I need to put food on the table for my family and help keep a roof over our heads. 


So here's how I present myself for job interviews:

what tattoos?

Here is how I try to look like a "average" person with one of my natural colour wigs:

But we all know I look like this:

tattooed from head to toe...and lots of cleavage haha.

I hope soon in the future it will be 100% unjust to deny someone a opportunity based on how they look.

You can look at me and think that I spend all my time getting drunk and listening to punk music and doing nothing.  

You wouldn't think that I have a diploma in esthetics, nail technician,  funeral services and liberal arts(focusing on sociology and psychology). I have a university level understanding of chemistry, biology, anatomy and infectious materials from taking the mortuary sciences course added into the diploma in funeral services. 

I like to think I am a pretty smart cookie, and that listening to punk and metal and loving tattoos shouldn't have anything to do with it.

what do you think about having to cover up your ink or having to change who you are for work?

xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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Playing Dress Up

Over the last few weeks I have just been going full out dressing up to leave the house, for no actual reason, maybe just one is due to my shopping addiction of dresses. 
So here's just a quick what I've been doing with my style lately, which if you follow me on my instagram or facebook then you've already seen them.

The day I had to go do a wedding cake tasting and make reno plans at home depot, I wanted to wear a new dress(not shown) which is a retro style halter dress that has a vintage circus print on it. I paired my Johnny Cash cardigan with it. 
I have actually never done my hair up all in rolls before, and I was totally out of hairspray. I think it turned out really good. 
All neutral makeup minus my "Pink to be" Lime Crime lipstick. 
Which usually I find it a bit hard to wear cause its sooo pink but it works good with this retro, neutral look.

Then yesterday I decided that I wanted to be Freddy Krueger. I went out to friend's business' downtown to ask for shag prizes. 

I wore my new wig from pleasure wigs(though I always end up cutting the bangs). 

For coverage surprisingly all I used was some Merle Norman loose mineral powder and some matte cover girl mouse foundation on my lips: as I don't have a super nude lipstick (well I do now.. keep an eye out for my review) I used a dark brown, black, darkest purple and the darkest red eye shaddows to blend out on the outer corner.

The socks are from halloween town, I found the sweater, fedora and the little vest harness at value village. And of course I didn't wear out my Freddy glove, but it is a numbered special edition replica.  

I also used the Marc Jacob's silver nail polish I grabbed from Sephora.

The necklace is from Hot Topic(6 years ago)

and Unfortunately I wasn't with anyone who could of taken a pic of me with my Elm Street sign: yes I live on Elm street!

 

Another dress (up) that I did was my new R2D2 dress and (you can't see it in the pic) I wore with it my galaxy leggings. Lipstick is "Mint to be" by Lime Crime












Last but not least, for the drag show of my friend Fantasia 10 year anniversary of doing drag, I dressed up with inspiration from Sharron Needles though everyone thought I was Lady Gaga. Both are acceptable.

Lady Gaga :World Icon. not a drag queen(technically)

Sharon Needles: World Champion Drag queen

Either way Needles or Gagging on Gaga: people at the show wanted to take pics with me, which was a first. I was very flattered by that. It probably also helped that other than the other Drag Queens I was the only one super dressed up.

. xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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