when october came and all the youtubers I'm subscribed to started posting halloween related-videos,  it came to my realization that in all of my 22 years of living, I've never celebrated halloween.

I kid you not.

so I thought, what the heck, since I love re-creating looks and painting my face, let's do something this year. my youngest sister Deanna loves all that comes with halloween - the customary trick or treating, the candy, the ghoully decorations, the costumes, the makeup, the horror films - she even called up a few friends over to revamp her room into a 'haunted house' and the family members and I would take turns to have the 'first hand experience'. the only thing I did that contributed to the festivity at that time was buy extra candy for her friends. and maybe for myself. either way it was a win-win situation. moving along, the question of who to be comes to mind. I remember telling Zareth this when we were watching a gig in Laundry,

one of the few inspirations I was going to go for was black swan, maleficient, sugar skull, anime, pop art - basically those who has fascinating makeup work, I was really excited to challenge my skills. but all of those required a full costume, and a full costume costs money. lots of it. so who could I be that was already in my closet? and then it hit me. Beyonce's Flawless look! I love the song, it's about empowering women, I love her makeup, her hair, I have similar looking items to her outfit - perfect. just need to get a blonde bob wig then I'm all set. 

wrong.

bought a wig from spotlight but it was more marilyn monroe than it was beyonce and since it wasn't real hair, I couldn't do much to it (heat wasn't allowed hah). I had a lot of fun with the transformation process and kiiiinda have too many pictures from this look. but don't worry I won't spam.

so much.


loved the curls the most! if only I woke up with such hair everyday, then I can truly say "I woke up like dis" haha. later on I dragged my mom out to go on a date with me to no black tie to catch Rozz's performance. traffic was smooth but jalan mesui was so packed parking was a nightmare.


I expected everyone that'll show up to be dressed in costume but no one did. I remember singing on halloween last year in Nerofico and I got complaints from customers for not dressing up (again, at that time, it never occurred to me) so I was really shocked that the turn out was..... as usual.

during the break I went out for some coverage and to my disbelief, jalan mesui was filled with people in costumes. like over-the-top-jaw-dropping ones. now that was a treat to see. I was so intrigued, it was like watching a runway show as they strut up and down the street, squeezing their much decorated selves between cars hailed by traffic in a fleeting manner. Judging by their group-to-group movement, I would assume they were bar hopping. a few familiar faces walked into NBT and I said my hellos and how are yous then we went back inside for the second set.


and that was pretty much how I spent my first halloween. after the show ended we all stayed and mingled for a bit then left. this was also my first time taking out Sha's canon EOS1100D for a spin in no black tie, I was expecting very bad quality pictures but to my surprise, I really like them. there is still lots of room for improvement with my photos that's why I'm practicing with this before I invest in the canon G7X or sony RX100. really not interested in getting a DSLR cause as a musician I carry A LOT of things and already I feel like my neck is going to break. walking with tons of stuff in long dresses and stilettos ain't all that fun. my old canon who served me for 5 years has a lens malfunction and therefore it is now unusable. the repair price was ridiculously expensive. it wasn't even considered a splurge, it felt more of a con. I might as well top up a few bucks and get myself a new one so that is the plan. Sasha is sitting for her SPM now so I have this baby to test for a whole month woohoo.

till next time. 

Labels: Beyonce, Gigs, Halloween, KL, No Black Tie, Outing, ROZZ

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