VELMA DINKLEY

I took a break from cosplay and this is my first one back! Loved Scooby growing up and the most important part of cosplay according to me is research... Meaning I spent a few hours re-watching old episodes 😇

It started out as a group cosplay and so it felt natural that I would be Velma. Actually finished preparing in November last year but decided to postpone the photoshoot until April. This because I love the contrast with green behind the red and orange. And for that, I needed to wait for spring.

The making of Velma 

Next time I'll be sure to take more progress pictures, but I have a few from this one. This is the first time trying on the wig. 

The color was a bit darker than I had expected, but other than that I'm really happy with it. Had some problem with fallout, but for the price (think this was about 20 dollars) nothing too bad. 

A few days later it was time to try the glasses, this is probably the part I would change if I ever feel like taking more pictures. They're too big and clumsy. 

The top also started out as white. Used Nitor all in one in the shade orange to dye it.   

Another fun thing, another first, was trying brown lenses. My natural eye color is blue, and previously all circle lenses I have tried have been blue as well. Over on my instagram (@sophielovelace) I have two photos of hazel eyes with my own blonde hair. Liked it a lot. 

Makeup wise I keep it simple. Velma doesn't strike me as someone who would spend too much time looking pretty when there is mysteries to solve. However, on the day of the shoot, I totally forgot to do freckles! Didn't realize until I looked through the photos. 

Added a red skirt, orange knee socks and red shoes and the look was pretty much complete. Have more photos on my instagram, still more to come but don't want to bore you with only Velma all at once. 

I had an amazing time both making and shooting Velma. The response from you guys was so sweet and I want to say a huge thank you for that. 

Hope you enjoyed and feel free to leave a comment, would love to know what you think of this cosplay, ideas for future ones or maybe something you wished I'd done differently. 

Love, Sophie ♡

Avengers Infinity War

I don't think words can describe how excited I've been for this day. As a marvel fan I have been excited for the previous Avengers, but now with my all time favorite Guardians of the galaxy?! Wow.

Needless to say I am one happy bunny right now! What a night ♡

My local cinema (the best one in Stockholm) is located in this very cute neighborhood all dedicated to Swedish film history. It also happens to be the home of my favorite sushi restaurant, so logically that's where we spent the last hour before finally watching Avengers Infinity War!

  

I look happy (I mean really, you can literary see the excitement on my face) even though they messed my order up a bit. On days like this, it doesn't even matter.

The budget for this movie was a staggering $300 millions. With every single face coming up on screen belonging to a big Hollywood star and (mostly) great special effects it's not hard to understand. Three years later and what an amazing job they have done. The eyecandy is never ending and it's so beautifully made. Every time I watch a movie that inspires me this much, it makes me miss working with film so badly and I hope one day I can be back in the business.

I wish Rocket was my best friend and partner in crime and I would be totally fine marrying any of the Chris (or all of them).

Without exaggeration, this one goes down as one of my top 3 movies of all times. Incredible job and if you haven't seen it yet, do!! And if you have... Well I wanna watch it again already, you coming?

Hello Sydney

Hey there homies!

The last couple of weeks I've been forced to make due with the worst internet connection. Therefore, it has been impossible to upload videos on my youtube channel. However, today I realised that I actually might be able to do some blogposts! 

I've been living here in paradise for 11 weeks now. Being a real tourist,  I have been to the majority of the famous landmarks like Opera house, Blue mountains, Royal national park and so on. Here is a picture I took on my very first day: 

If you would be interested, I'm thinking about starting from the beginning and telling you about the highlights from this trip under a new category appropriately called "Travel". I really miss uploading videos, but will continue to film here and upload when I get back in mid April. Hope you are all well and know that I love you. 

Love, Sophie

Moving to Australia

Yes! The video is live and the news are out, I'm moving to Australia! Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/Australia

Hope you enjoy it and that I'm back with weekly videos. Let me know if you have any questions.

Love, Sophie 

BIG NEWS AND NEW VIDEOS

Hey Homies!

I have some HUGE news that I can't wait to share with you! To make things even better I have filmed a bunch of videos for you too, so hopefully you look forward to that. The announcements will come in the next video, which will be up in about a week or two.

However, I can't leave you without some clues now can I? It has something to do with life down under and I talk about it in the 25 facts about me video. A dream coming true, and I'm taking you guys along with me!

In other news, other than the update video I've got some birthday related ones, and a secret project that I've been working on! See you soon sweetie, here's a selfie until then <3

Love, Sophie 

Lush enchanted eye cream review

Time for another review!

Lush will always have a special place in my heart. When I see a product of theirs that I have yet to try, I get quite thrilled. However, I do not love them blind. I will always give you my honest opinion.

I have mentioned this product before in some of my videos, the enchanted eye cream. It's made of lavender honey water, organic cold pressed almond oil as well as jojoba oil. Hydrating and soothing it helps keep your skin moisturised and firm.

The formula is very light, and can be used both morning and night. I applied it before bed every night, and under my eye primer whenever I did my makeup.

The result was that the makeup stayed on better, and my skin was left in a better state after removing it. It also helps against dark circles under the eyes. I am cursed with both dark and intense circles under my eyes, as I have very thin skin. However, in different to many other eye creams, this did not leave me puffy or oily!

The package is nice with a pump (talked about the benefits of this in a previous review on the mac cream) and lasts forever. I have used it frequently and the only reason I stopped was that the deadline date got the better of me. So for the price, you get a lot. And of course, since it's from lush it's totally cruelty free!

Love, Sophie

Falling for the hype

I have finally brought home a real technique brush! The brush I went for is the expert face brush. Cross my heart, I actually need a new foundation brush and it was on sale so I think that justify it.

I have yet to try it but I have high hopes, partly because of the hype. Although I had my eyes on it before. The hair is much shorter than on most of the foundation brushes I have tried and working as a makeup artist, I have tried a fair few.

The fact that it's made from synthetic hair was crucial for me. That it's designed by Youtubers is a plus according to me, self explained YouTube addict! The sisters of Jim Chapman did great and I will give my honest opinion and write more about it once I've tried it, even though I'm probably the last person on earth to try it.

Love, Sophie

Spring time makeup

New video up, and it's not a haul! Say whaaat? Today was really sunny and I wanted to bring some color into my makeup. If you want to go watch the tutorial (which would make me very happy indeed) here is a link for you: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/SpringMakeup

Please leave me some questions for the Q&A video as well!

Did you like this, or do you prefer the more natural looks I usually do?

Love, Sophie

Avengers Age of Ultron

Hey Homies!

A few days ago I was at the premiere of Avenger: Age of Ultron! As a massive marvel fan I was very excited, even though I missed Tom Hiddleston. I have to agree with the critic that every single superhero movie seem to have the same storyline, but I don't complain. We love them right? So I don't mind.

We had awesome seats at a balcony and the movie (and marvel) geek in me enjoyed it very much thank you. Before I get into the movie, I NEED to express my love for Scarlett Johansson's hair. It's exactly the length I want when I'm done with longer hair and she looks gorgeous in red.

The movie itself was 2 hours and 20 minutes. Entertaining from beginning to end with a lot of eye candy for us female viewers. The 3D was very neat, and judging from the look of it I think it was digital 3D but I could be wrong. If you usually are having trouble with motion sickness, I can almost guarantee this won't affect you. The dimension is much smaller, and the dept not as severe which makes it easier for the eyes to adjust. Another good thing I must preach is only for the swedish audience. Every english speaking movie at the cinema is texted and on 3D movies that usually sucks, but this time they had changed it a lot and made possible to ignore almost completely!

I strongly recommend it, and I will probably talk more about it and the amazing crew in my next favorites video!

Love, Sophie 

The Oscars

This post is up a little later than planned, but I really wanted to write this! The Oscars is one of my favorite days of the year, being the film geek I am.

Because of the time difference here in Sweden, the show is the night between sunday and monday until  06:30 am. Which means I didn't get any sleep for 41 hours straight haha, but it's so worth it! 

I respect Neil Patrick Harris and he's truly brilliant, also in his role as host. The red carpet had a few interesting looks, but pretty standard to be honest. During the show I looked for a makeup look to recreate but nothing stood out, or was it just me? If you liked any of the looks, please let me know and  will make a tutorial!

One of the most well deserved winners, according to me, was Eddie Redmayne. Although I really like Benedict Cumberbatch, this year I thought Eddie was the right choice. The speaches were quite political this year, and the rumors of celeberties smoking weed and getting high were there as usual. Apparently one famous actress ordered her driver to buy weed and pick her up an hour early to smoke together. Hopefully those are just in fact, rumors. 

Do you believe the winners were justified? Or had you other favorites? 

February lost & found

Another month has ended, so it's time for a lost & found video! You can click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/FebruaryLost&Found

Love, Soph

25 facts about me

Hey guys! I thought it was time we got to know each other a little better!

My new video is the 25 facts about me tag. Please tell me about you in the comments, I always want to know more about you :)

I also got some reviews coming up here soon!

Click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/25FactsAboutMe

 Love, Sophie

Everyday makeup look

I'm waiting for my new camera, but then I will post here more frequently! On my YouTube channel I upload a new video every friday, and from march I will upload every tuesday as well. 

In the meanwhile, if you're interested in what products I use on a day to day basis, you can now find out! Click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/EverydayMakeupRoutine

Love, Sophie 

Hospital

Hello dearies!

These last two months have been quite testing to say the least. I've been in and out from the hospital and fainting from everyday things. I can't believe how patience you've been, or how many lovely letters you've written, wishing me to get well soon. It's so heartwarming and it makes me feel very lucky indeed, despite all the current circumstances.

I wanted to quickly update you all and let you know that there will be coming more videos and blogpost soon.

Love, Sophie

Current favorites

New video up! You can click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/SophieLovelace/CurrentFavorites

Love, Sophie

Easy cheap DIYs christmas edition

Last but not least, we have the gift ideas. Yes, I have focused on girls this time. If you would want inspiration for boys too, let me know and I will fix that! 

Most females like jewelry, of that I am quite sure. Now what if they were customized?

I have a weakness for pokémon (read generation 1) and having Pikachu by your side all day is the best feeling. I am proud of these, and with homemade jewelry you can both make it personal and adjust the difficulty level to match your skills.

Whether you buy something or make the token from scratch all you need to make it an earring is the string you actually pull through the ear, and see that little round thing on the head? Pierce that through (yes, it makes you feel like a horrible person but stay strong) and make sure it secured.

Then how is this cheap you ask me? Other than Pikachu I made these mushrooms. If you look, you will easily find things in your home that you can use. For example, the body of the mushrooms are actually cotton buds. This will help keep the price down. 

If you'd like more step by step tutorials, please let me know! The idea behind this serie was more to get your imagination going and to realise you don't need to buy all fancy stuff in order for it to look good. You don't even need to be good at it, homemade presents are my favorite since that means that person really care about you enough to put all that time and thought into the making of your gift. And think of all the frustration haha. No work of art is without struggle.

Easy cheap DIYs christmas edition

It's officially time to get excited for christmas! With less than one month to go, I wanted to share a couple easy DIYs to do with a small budget. There will be three themes, all divided with their own post.

First up is a practical one. During the winters we enjoy using candles more than ever. Unless you use a lighter, you'll need some matches. The market is full of super cute matchboxes but why not make your own? You can simply refill it, and the best part, it's one of a kind.

Originally the whole box was dark blue, nothing exciting happening.

I kept it simple and painted it shimmery white. Then I went on adding these pearls and some cutouts that are actually for nail decoration. Two snowmans and a detective dog for some reason.

My inspiration was winter wonderland but I think it would look adorable with the classic red and gold theme, with maybe a reindeer and some ribbons!

Mac complete comfort cream review

A few months back I bought the complete comfort cream from Mac. Before writing a review I always use  the whole product to be able to give fair judgement and let my skin get used to the product.

It's supposed to be for sensitive skin and reduce redness, but contains fragrance which for some, including me, can make the redness worse. My skin felt constantly irritated and every time I applied it I felt this sort of short burn.

The only positive thing is that it worked better on dry skin than oily. I have oily skin myself, but as a makeup artist I got the chance to try this on a client who had very dry skin indeed.

The package is another letdown. It's a simple round jar, without a pump. This is a mistake for two reasons. We have the standard bacteria spreading, every single time you put your fingers in it, but even if you avoid that, most of the active ingredients, the antioxidant and vitamins, break down in contact with air. So the package makes this product decrease drastically in quality once opened. Without these ingredients working fully, the product won't be able to do what it says.

Since june when I bought it I have made a commitment to only use cruelty free products. Mac however still test on animals. I refuse to be part of millions of suffering just because of human vanity, but that is a completely different story.

Hope this has helped you and please let me know your thoughts about this product, Mac or anything else you can think of. I would love to read it!