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DIY Heart Bokeh Mask Tutorial

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 23, 2013 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial

Bokeh is the fancy photography term for specular highlights (pretty orbs of light) that show up in photos when using a wide apeture and a long focal length (higher mm number on your lens/more zoomed in) or it’s another word for dust ghosts if you are one of the hosts from that hilarious Ghost Hunter show on the Discovery Channel XD

Whatever it is, it’s extremely pretty and can be used in really interesting effects in photos! You can even make your own custom shaped bokeh mask in any shape you want… or just buy a kit… but yay making things!

I made a heart one and here are some of my results:

The heart cut out shapes the little round lights in the background into hearts or whatever other shape you can imagine.

More of my playing around later, let’s actually make one!

You need:

Black paper
Knife or scissors
Rubber band
Camera
Pen

I actually started making/experimenting with these so long ago that the photos are with my old phone and have black edges XD

Trace around your lens on a piece of black paper.

Cut a circle out of the paper which is around 3-4cm larger than the circle you just drew.

Make little cuts from the outside to the drawn circle all the way around.

Decide on your shape and cut it out of the center. If you’re going to use a knife please be very careful, a perfectly shaped heart isn’t worth losing a finger over!!!

Fold all of the tabs around the outside up so it makes kind of a cylinder.

Once you’ve done it all the way around you should slot it on the end of your lens.

Use rubber band to hold it place and that’s it!

These work best at night time in photos that have lots of lights in the background. The hearts here are cars:

Here are some of the photos I took when we went out 😀

This is the same photo with more and less blur so you can see smaller and bigger hearts.

I love the way the Melbourne lights reflect on the water.

Keep in mind that whether this works will depend on whether your camera has a large enough aperture and long enough focal length to create a good bokeh in the first place.

A good lens to use would have an aperture larger than f/2.8 and is longer than 50mm.

And here’s how it looks without the hearts, little round circles.

Go have fun with yours, you can make any shape at all!

How To Do Easy Victory Rolls – Hairstyle Video Tutorial

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 22, 2013 | Hair, Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos

I keep forgetting to post these videos across >_< I’ve been very lax in actually putting videos up lately because of the whole sick/stressed/tired thing but yay for actually doing things!

Today we’re doing really easy victory rolls, this is a popular hairstyle in many subcultures but it’s most associated with rockabilly and psychobilly styles. I think it works really well with sweet fashions too 🙂

Transcript instructions:
Hello Besties!
Today we are doing another adorable rockabilly style!
So let’s rock and roll baby!
Pin-up Victory Rolls Tutorial
Ok, let’s get cracking on these loops.
Today we are doing BIG hair, so I’m using a teasing comb for most of this.
Separate a small section of hair up to where your ear is on one side.
Comb through it a few times and then brush it upwards.
Tease the back of it and add some of your strongest hairspray!
This is the strongest one Tresemme makes, but I used to buy a magical one from Cedel that was discontinued.
Fan it out a little bit and gently twist it backwards.
The teasing will add some structural integrity and make sure there aren’t any gaps.
You want to form a big loop like this.
Now pin it in place. I have a video on hair pins coming up so subscribe if you want to catch that!
Now hairspray once again and do some shaping with your hand.
Fan out the back so you can’t see straight through the loop.
Now we are just going to repeat on the other side.
Same as before, brush through, tease and fan it out.
Hairspray.
Then gently guide it backwards into the loop.
Shape it with your hands.
Pin it in place. Once it’s pinned, shape it so that you can’t see through the loop.
Hairspray and you’re done!
Super cute and super simple!
Of course you can’t go wrong with an accessory so welcome back the hair flower!
And there you have it!
This hair looks great for all kinds of rockabilly gigs, car shows or dancing around the house to Secrets’ “Shy Boy”.
Rockabilly hair is usually quite intricate so you may want to do something with the ends, but this is a great start!
Thanks so much for watching, bye!
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Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.

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Issue 2 of The VLB is coming soon so sign up now!

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 20, 2013 | Notices

Issue 2 of The VLB will be released next Tuesday and the theme is Lazy Inspirations!!

Last month a lot of people didn’t sign up in time and I had to email out a lot of extra copies manually so make sure you sign up using the form below as I might not be able to do that (at least not as quickly) this time.

This month’s theme of Lazy Inspiration is following along a theme I’ve been thinking about in my life lately. It’s going to be a great issue and I’m really proud of it so make sure to sign up below now.

If you’re wondering what you’ll get here’s some screenshots from last issue:

In each issue you’ll find: