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MARILYN MANSON BLUE MAKEUP AND MOI-MEME-MOITIE DRESS: LONDON UNDERGROUND BOOTS, JAPANESE GOTHIC PHOTOSHOOT.
My photoshoot is inspired by Marilyn Manson’s blue makeup and his (upcoming?) fantasy-horror film, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll. The concept: “Victorian England. A haunted writer in an isolated castle is tormented by sleepless nights and visions of a girl named Alice. He finds himself becoming a symptom of his own invention. ‘Now all my nightmares know my name.’ He is Lewis Carroll. Terrified of what waits for him each night.”
Dress: Moi-meme-Moitie, from Closet Child Harajuku.
Leather ankle buckle boots: Oats n’ Barley by London Underground. Sturdy, sexy, and perfect for a Manson concert.
Electric blue eyeshadows: Aromaleigh and Medusa. The trick for achieving a perfect perimeter? Wipe away the excess with the magic makeup remover from Japan!
Lipstick: a mix of two shades: blood red on the inside and purple outside.
Spade and clover stickers: from Tokyu Hands, for a Goth Alice touch.
No La Carmina outfit post is complete without a cameo by her ever-adoring earless cat, Basil Farrow.
We love your Marilyn Manson contest entries so far; please keep them coming to win a limited edition vinyl signed by the band! Just tell us how you’d describe Manson in three words. “Dark attention whore” – “Unabashed writhing evil” – “Don’t eat me” – you get the idea.
You can enter the contest in one of two ways.
1) TWITTER. Copy and Tweet the following message, but replace “Your Three Words” with your own 3-word description of Manson.
#mmansonin3words YOUR THREE WORDS. RT w/yr 3word description of Marilyn Manson to win vinyl signed by band! www.lacarmina.com/blog
2) COMMENT. a) Leave a comment on this blog post with your three-word description. b) Spread the word about this giveaway (by emailing your friends, blogging, or posting on a forum/social network) and tell me how you got the news out.
The Marilyn Manson contest runs until next Tuesday at midnight. A random number generator will narrow down the entries to 15 (Manson’s special number), and then Basil, Ronan and I will pick our favorite.
For ideas, watch Manson’s new music video, and add the band on MySpace and Facebook. The High End of Low is now in stores; click here to purchase through iTunes.
What are you waiting for? Tweet and comment away!
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MARILYN MANSON CONTEST: WIN A 7-INCH SIGNED LIMITED VINYL! SUBMIT 3-WORD DESCRIPTION FOR PRIZE GIVEAWAY!
The other day, Ronan and I were discussing Marilyn Manson (who has a new CD out, The High End Of Low).
“I find him a likeable chap,” said Ronan.
“Me too,” said I. “I’d like to have a glass of absinthe with him and see his Chinese skeleton.”
“Wahh,” agreed our son Basil Farrow.
“A likeable chap” might seem like an odd descriptoid for a ghoul-faced rocker with a penchant for Nazi imagery and Satan. But Marilyn Manson is a smart cookie; in interviews, his reasoned words blasts his naysayers our of their holy water. And his “godless behaviors” that cause the American Family Association to pray (and skew out of proportion)? Well, we find them rather amusing!
How would you describe Manson in three words? “Too much eyeliner”? “God of F***”? “Wonder Years Paul”?
Tell me and you can win a limited edition vinyl signed by Marilyn Manson and his band! That’s right: an autographed 7-inch with “Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon” on one side and the radio remix by Clown from Slipknot on the other.
You can enter the contest in one of two ways.
1) TWITTER. Copy and Tweet the following message, but replace “Your Three Words” with your own 3-word description of Manson.
#mmansonin3words YOUR THREE WORDS. RT w/yr 3word description of Marilyn Manson to win vinyl signed by band! www.lacarmina.com/blog
2) COMMENT. a) Leave a comment on this blog post with your three-word description. b) Spread the word about this giveaway (by emailing your friends, blogging, or posting on a forum/social network) and tell me how you got the news out.
The Marilyn Manson contest runs until next Tuesday at midnight. A random number generator will narrow down the entries to 15 (Manson’s special number), and then Basil, Ronan and I will pick our favorite. We can’t wait to read your entries!
Need inspiration? Check out Manson’s new music video, and add the band on MySpace and Facebook. The High End of Low is now in stores; click here to purchase through iTunes. Now Tweet and comment away!