My band Apocalipstick was asked to play a vintage car show that Lucky 13 and Sailor Jerry were sponsoring. It was also at one of our favorite venues DiPiazzas. Mike DiPiazza, all venue owners should be as awesome and love music as much as you! If they were we wouldn’t have the problem of all these venues going out of business and being mean to bands. Plus, DiPiazzas has awesome Bloody Mary’s which I had two of before going on stage at our set time at 11:30 AM. Wow, early for us! Needless to say even with warming up, my voice and my head (from having an engagement party the night before) was not happy with a morning set. But of course we had fun and rocked anyways.
Hangover Fixer Bloody Mary
Here are pics of us hanging out before and after the show. We had fun wearing vintage looks and will definitely play around with this look more!
Jenna Blush and Jeannette Gloss
Abby Lipstick and Wendy Shadow's bOObs
Our friend and promoter for the show, Heath has the cutest little dog, Jack. He’s the least spazzy chihuahua I’ve ever met. So of course my sister Jenna and I took pics with him. Squishy cute!
Jack is a rockstar pup
Jack's modeling on the vintage cars
For this gig we had promised to get drunk during the day then watch The Lorax, the new Dr. Seuss movie. We sure did get drunk and watch/talk/giggle/throw stuff during The Lorax. Jenna had never gotten drunk in the day time so she made sure her first time was a knockout
Jenna Blush's First Time Drinking In The Day
Thanks for taking care of her Wendy Shadow! Only we know what happened next…
On March 10th the Japan Consulate put on a fun event, ”Japan. Endless Discovery” at The Grove in Los Angeles. ”To convey our heartfelt gratitude for the support we received after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles and Japan Business Association of Southern California will hold a public appreciation event.” I participated in the Sanrio portion of the Japanese Street Fashion show for the event and it was such a fun day. Here’s the LA Weekly article on the whole event.
Thanks to Fashion Show coordinators Mandie of Tune in Tokyo and Michelle and Yume of Bubble Punch for inviting me and Tune in Tokyo DJ Greg for the power tunes during the show! Sanrio let us use use tons of their cute Hello Kitty clothing and accessories! It was so fun playing dress up and I got to keep these awesome Hello Kitty Vans.
All the models and coordinators for the event were so friendly and adorable. Besides rockin’ the fashion show stage, my favorite moments were getting ready and giggling with all the girls. We even had two celebrity sightings being in LA and all. We first saw Patricia Heaton (Debra, the mom/wife in Everybody Loves Raymond) but no one else recognized her. We were told not to take pictures with people since it will slow down the process, so when she wanted to take a picture, the girls were debating among themselves if we should. Just as I was saying “Let her take a picture she’s a celebri—” *SNAP*, awesome Patricia took a picture anyways and tweeted it. Too bad I was mid sentence and am forever on a celebrity twitter looking like this:
Everybody Loves Raymond Star Tweeted Us
Then fellow model Cindy spotted Kunal Nayyar, Raj from The Big Bang Theory and of course we had to be those girls and ask to take a picture with him. He said “I’m gonna have a hard time explaining this one” I’m guessing because of our Hello Kitty outfit insanity.
Raj from The Big Bang Theory
The fashion show had all kinds of Japanese street style and pop culture.
Lolita and Visual-kei
via Cherry-Jelly Productions and SoCal Events
Gyaru and more Lolita
via Cherry-Jelly Productions and SoCal Events
And Sanrio with Hello Kitty as the finale of course!
via So Cal Events
Fellow musician, Stephanie Yanez modeling “Beach Time” is a JPop singer and was my buddy the whole day in case we got lost.
via LA Weekly
“Date Night” Hello Kitty modeled by Vanessa. Stephanie got to take home that cute top! Jealous.
via LA Weekly
Another date night look by Izzy. Wow Hello Kitty is a busy girl.
via LA Weekly
And after a busy day of ruling the world, Hello Kitty puts on her cute pj’s and takes a cat nap. Here I am modeling “Sleepy Time” and doing sleepy poses of course.
via SoCal Events
via SoCal Events
Love the back of this Hello Kitty print dress modeled by Jennifer.
via SoCal Events
via LA Weekly
How awesome there were guys modeling for Sanrio too! Proves you can be secure and rock the kitty. Go Hayden and Andrew!
Hello Kitty Finale
And the famous kitty herself who will make more money in a minute than you will in your entire life Here’s a video of the entire fashion show if you want to see it all:
And here are pics of us getting ready and hanging out before the show. Nine hours of getting ready for 9 seconds of stage time. Such is the fashion world. And heck, I spend way more hours on band for the music world so 9 hours isn’t bad at all.
it takes an army
being cute robots via Sean Naes
Here’s a tiny video of hanging out before the fashion show:
That’s all I have for now. Next up is behind the scenes of Apocalipstick recording! Thanks for reading and hope it added fun to your day. People were definitely smiling and laughing (some with and some at) when they saw us at The Grove.
I wanted to experiment with mixing prints and here’s what I came up with. My inspiration was an eccentric old lady at a tea party hence the clashing prints, cocktail hat and naughty peek a boo back closed with a proper button. Here’s a peek into my future of being a blue haired blue hair. At least when I’m old I won’t have to bleach my hair first to get bright colors. Currently my magenta streaks have faded to a brunette pink if that exists.
Careful on the tracks!
Dress: Urban Renewal
Plaid Coat – Haute Republic – not on website yet so email me to buy
Cocktail Hat – Vintage
Pearl Bow Necklace: Forever 21
Gold Flower Chain Necklace: Forever “borrowed” from my mom
Swiss Dot Tights – Target Rings: Haute Republic
Platforms: Steve Madden
Apocalipstick had our second Secret Show in the ‘lipstick studio. We invite different friend-fans each month to spread the love. Of course we also invited those that raised their hand on Facebook to hear about these special shows. The point of these mini gigs is to hang out with everyone more than we can at the usual dark, loud clubs where it’s so busy and packed we barely get to say hi to you.
Hanging out with you guys
But hanging out with you we got to know your musical projects, passions and life. You gave us feedback on new songs and partied like rockstars on a Wednesday night. We had an amazing time being your Anti Valentine! We ♥ you guys! You even brought pizza, beer and cupcakes to share.
Pizza Party!
Thanks for supporting your local girl power band
And we were overwhelmed with gratitude for your support of the band! Really amazing! This picture was taken at the beginning of the night. By the end there was much more cash and no more vodka left You guys even helped us untangle our matching lipstick necklaces so we could wear them when we played!
Wearing Our New Lipstick Necklace Merch
We were extra excited to debut our new rockstar lighting but it was such a buzzkill when we couldn’t find the new lights before our set. Jeannette Gloss even climbed the monstrous ladder to see if the lights got stored in the attic. Heck, here’s a skirt cam video of that useless endeavor:
Everyone was so sweet looking around the studio, but the lights were nowhere to be found. So we played with the lights off and called it mood lighting. At the last song Abby’s ridiculous high heels accidentally kicked a button and lights turned on! Everyone looked up to find the lights we were looking for had been hung up on the ceiling by the other band we share the studio with. So random and hilarious we were dying!
Anti-Valentine's Day Conversation Hearts
Being the day after Valentine’s, we made Anti-Valentine conversation heart shaped boxes filled with candy hearts for everyone. Our favorite one said “Hello Penis” but one of our fans must’ve nabbed it before we could take a picture. Other special fan fun was personalizing band shirts with their nicknames and playing an entire second set of requests. We played super old school songs we didn’t think we’d remember but expertly faked our way through. What would you like for our next Secret Show? These are your nights so tell us what you want and you might just get it
Here’s more random pictures from the night. We <3 you! Email/Text/Facebook us to hear of when next month’s Secret Show is.
Valentine Love Fuzzy Handcuffs
*lipstick love and unicorns*
Abby Lipstick, Jenna Blush, Wendy Shadow, Jeannette Gloss
I just saw the Valentine’s episode of Glee and had to name my look after Sugar’s Valentine’s Day party! This picture was a look from the 7 Deadly Sins photo shoot for my makeup line, Apocalipstick (same name as my band).
Sugar Shack
The makeup and hair from the shoot was captured in a behind the scenes video here.
But I also wanted to give you a bit more detail on how I made the costumes, props, etc.
Outfit:
DIY Prom Dress – Prom dress on sale at Macy’s that I used safety pins to hide the last skirt layer and make the dress shorter. The neckline was also a straight across strapless bust that wasn’t flattering for my frame. To make the sweetheart neckline I cut a straight line down the middle to where I wanted the neckline to start. Then I carefully folded the sides to make it into the sweetheart shape. Then I just used double sided tape to keep it there.
Over the Knee Socks – Jessica Simpson from Ross
Heels – Paris Hilton from Ross
White Lace Petticoat – From an old, trashy Halloween costume
White Garters – Target Gloves – I got the pink gloves from the dollar section of Target and cut them. Then I layered vinyl black and white bow gloves from Hot Topic.
Accessories:
Candy Pearl Necklace – I took one of my eye shadow pots and wrapped cellophane around it and used little silver twist ties to make it look like candy. Then I used a hot glue gun to attach it to an old pearl necklace.
Candy Cocktail Hat – I used one of my Apocalipstick Blush pots and wrapped it in cellophane same as above. Then I used a hot glue gun to attach a plastic hair comb to the back.
Cheeks – Roller Rink Pink Loose Eye/Face Color as the blush. Then a purple eyeliner to make the swirly design. I added funfetti sprinkles with eyelash glue to look even more like a cupcake.
Nails:
I used a base coat, 2 coats of a hot pink nail polish and a top coat. Then I used nail glue to add mini Japanese dessert cabochons.
Food:
Chicken – Fried chicken from the freezer section Giant Cupcake – Made it with this Wilton’s mold. Giant sprinkles from Ross’s kitchen section. As you can tell, a lot of cheap steals at Ross I found pink giant fluffy marshmallows at the grocery store and just had to add that for fun too!
Here’s a video of the entire fashion show if you want to see it all:
