Glamming up for the Steampunk Party at the Romantic Times Convention 2015
Another awesome convention has come to an end, and I’m already suffering from sister withdrawls. This year all three sisters came to celebrate Colleen’s overwhelming success and we even lassoed a few extra family members and friends into our corral in Dallas, Texas.
We started to plan for this party last year as we shopped for corsets, torture devises that can really boost or destroy your self esteem with just a few painful tugs, homemade aged metallic jewelry, boots that make you cheer with appreciation for what they can do for your squat height, and bustles that somehow make you feel thinner since your derrière is covered in yards of copious fabric. We just added some last minute goggles, hats, and faux leather leggings.
My mom loves dressing up in costumes and we wanted to make her proud. So we put on our false eyelashes, metallic eye shadows, and curled our hair. If you don’t know exactly what goes into a Steampunk costume just mix add a mix of a pirate, Mary Poppins, and a dirigible captain.
For my hair we tried to copy a pretty braided headband style we
found online. We had some pre-braided hair extensions and we just clipped them in and wound them into little buns nestled tightly next to one another. To finish off the look we used our last braid to weave in-between each bun to fill in the blank spaces. The rest of the hair hung loose with thick curls. We added some extra jewelry pieces to finish off the look.
Click and watch this fun Steampunk make up tutorial.
As you can see Colleen had the complete costume including her miniature hat with feathers. She looked so pretty! The apples(s) didn’t fall far from the tree since we all love dressing up. At the party they had some dancing and the green screen phot
o op with all of us.
If you want to read a Steampunk novel check these out.
Shara Lane
