Posts Tagged ‘halloween costumes’

Hallween isn’t a big holiday in New Zealand, not like it is in the US (I can’t wait to visit the States during Halloween and see all the decorations and the kids in their costumes). But, since Halloween is practically made for us alternative types, my friends host an annual Halloween party, and this year’s shindig was the best yet.

What are the elements for the perfect Halloween party? Well, we have the group of awesome friends, the creative costumes, and the date and venue. Since the weather’s warming up over here, we fired up the BBQ. Tarah, the gracious host, cooked a feast of Halloween goodies – bat and coffin cakes, devilishly dark chocolate brownies, and severed finger biscuits.

This year I went as Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. My dress is vintage, with a cincher belt from an outlet mall. My cartouche necklace come from Egypt, and spells my name, with a depiction of the goddess Ma’at on the back.

Tarah, the host of the party, looking stunning as a vampire nun.

Kelli (left) and Amy (right) as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. These two are studying costume design and made everything themselves (including the pies. One even has a finger poking out).

Tim, as Getafix.

Jaimee, looking stunning in her Dia de los Muertos makeup.

And, probably the best costumes of the evening, two friends showed up dressed as two other friends. Here’s two Johnowars:

And two Tarah’s.

Metal was played, silliness and singalongs abounded, pies were consumed, rakishly handsome men disappeared in the night. The perfect Halloween party – heavy metal style.

Halloween used to be a sacred time of year – a time of rebirth, of worship and celebration for the death, a time when magic is profoundly, wonderfully real. I love that in the 21st century we’ve modernized these ideas and created our own rituals. There’s always a little bit of magic in the air on Halloween, don’t you agree?

Who am I? I’m Steff. Born in New Zealand, raised on a steady diet of metal and out-of-print archaeology books, I’m now a freelance writer, accessible formats producer, and full-time iron maiden.

You can keep up to date with all the metal madness at my Steff Metal blog. I update 4 times a week with reviews, articles, advice and silliness about living the metal lifestyle. And, for alternative biz owners, I run a creative business community for the dark side at Grymm & Epic.

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Did you think we’d get tired after just one contest? Oh, no! We’re just getting geared up! We’ve got a brand new contest we think you’ll enjoy.

Want a $250 Lip Service Gift Certificate? Yep, thought you might!

Do you adore your new Lip Service costume, all packaged and ready for some Halloween sexiness? We thought so, too.

Want to show off how hot you look out with your friends in your killer Lip Service Halloween costume? We figured you would.

Now, bring those all together and you’ve got the Lip Service Costume photo contest for Halloween 2010!

Here are the details:
First you must get yourself a packaged Halloween costume from the Lip Service Costume Vault 2010 collection. And, we know many of you already have (which we LOVE about you!). Then, you go out for a night of fun and perhaps debauchery with your friends and take some photos of you in your Lippy costume. Pick your absolute favorite, the one you REALLY want to show off to everyone, and post it to our Lip Service Facebook Fan Page. That’s it … that’s all you’ve got to do!

From there, we’ll check out all the photos posted and pick our three favorites. The 1st will receive a $250 Lip Service Gift Certificate. 2nd will receive a $100 Lip Service Gift Certificate. 3rd will get a free costume of their choice, so they can rock an extra look whenever the dress-up urge strikes!

The nitty-gritty:
- Only photos including a Lip Service Costume Vault 2010 packaged costume will be included. (Costumes include: Black Panther, Captain Blackheart, Gangster Vixen, Maid of Lace, Major Mayhem. Midnight Vamp, Molten Metal Devil, Night Nurse, Officer Vice, Queen of Hearts, Roaring Flapper, Sassy Sailor, Teacher’s Pet, Troop 666 Scout, and Wonderful Alice.)
- Contest is open now, so no need to delay in posting your entry pic!
- Photos must be posted by no later than 11:59 PM November 1, 2010 (Winners will be selected and announced 11/2)
- Please, no multiple photos per person or multiple entries for a single photo. If you’re in a group, please select a unique photo for each participant.
- Please reference the Lip Service Costume Vault in your photo description comments!
- Winners will be announced (by FB user name) via our Facebook Fan Page and the Lip Service webzine.
- Please … keep it clean and within the Terms of Service for Facebook.

Have fun and best of luck, everyone! Happy spooky, sexy Lippy Halloween!

Wow what a weekend!!

Angelic, Snow Bunny - see full size in gallery below

Another chapter in the “I love my life, you should too” story! After wrapping up another long week, I decided to get out of town and get some fresh mountain air! So I packed up the snowboards and my snow bunny, Angelic, and at the crack of dawn Saturday morning I headed up to Snow Summit at Big Bear. I know, I know, I hate getting up early on the weekends but for certain things it’s well worth it, and what can I say I’m a speed junkie!! Great fun, great day, back home for great food and great … yeah, well. you fill in the blank!

Sunday after pleasantly sleeping in I got a visit from my bro Voodoo from FastLane Tattoo in Corona (1426 W.6th st. #208 92882) who drew up a sick design for me and we got to putting that sucker on my leg in the comfort of my own house! Few hours and a couple 12 packs later the Rebels came by and we headed up to Newhall for our C.B.R. Gig at the VU Bar, which I’m told was an old trading post and holds the oldest liquor license in LA. Good vibe and cozy club with a fireplace and smoking patio. It was a rockabilly night and we were the only Psycho band that played but everyone was cool and we made some new friends and played a great show. Hard to go back to work on Monday………..unless you work at Lip Service!!

Voodoo from FatLane Tattoo giving me some new ink - see full size in gallery below

This week we welcome our new team member Maria Santilena, who comes to us from mega company “Leg Avenue” to help us lunch our new packaged costume line and manage the sales department. I enjoyed my first day with her, she has a great vibe and I feel will bring a lot of good experience to our family! Maria will accompany us to the Halloween & Party Expo in Houston this weekend. Our packaging with the hottest models and sexy as hell costumes is sure to blow people away at this trade show!! We also began assembling/building, the trade show booth for Magic in Vegas which we update and customize to have a unique and different booth for every show. The other sales reps are currently in Hong Kong for our first trade show there, and word is so far its going great!

Crazy weather this stormy week! Hail in Hollywood, Tornado warning in Long Beach??!?! WTF?!? I love the rain and storms though. Its a nice break from our otherwise consistently mild LA weather. It’s a good week to hit the movies, or just stay home and cozy up with your favorite kitty. And don’t worry we’ll be back to sunshine and non-stop parties soon enough. And as soon as I get back from Houston in a week I’ll be back up to Big Bear for some of that fresh snow that’s piling up all week!! Yehaw!!!! Life is good in LA!! Gotta love it!

‘Til next week

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