Post - Goth Population Here

Greetings!
I am sorry to have not posted lately, but honestly I haven't had a decent idea for a post forever...I still don't :(, but I've decided to try. This post will narrow on the Goth scene within my city.
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I was pleasantly surprised to note that Australia has at least made a slight effort to acknowledge Halloween, mostly rubbish plasticy cheapness but I did score a pack of fake spiderwebbing which I've been gleefully stringing about my room. (Will post pictures of the room soon, just need to get a better camera. GRR)

While poking through the Halloween section, I couldn't help but laugh...this year 'Sexy Adult Costumes' have made it into the rather kiddie looking spooky section. Oh dear. Some outfits include the typical nurse, police woman, and WTF Monk?!! I really don't get how a monk would fit in...:)

Halloween is just getting sillier every year. Well, now on to the main point.

One odd note also is the high number of Goths that seem to exist about the neighborhood, none very fancy looking but still Gothy enough to recognise. I still feel like a shy freak around any other Goths though so I just gave them a little smile and observed them a little.

For boredom's sake I kept a count for the last month. That's about 20 Goth girls total and 2 guys all in the immediate suburb. In the old area where I lived that count would've equaled the Mall Emo population. Also in the count are included a total of 4 punks.

(I don't mean to be nosy, but it's rather ethereal like to see another member of your subculture!)

I have to say I'm rather charmed by this knowledge. At least this means that the locals of my area shouldn't be inclined to randomly throw objects or insults at me or anyone else as we walk the streets! Probably why I haven't had any trouble yet besides shocked looks, Haha.

It's just wonderful really, I've even seen little jewelry stores and whatnot run by Goths and quite a few are over their 40s...not like the usual 17 to 25 year old population downtown in the city.

Even deathrockers and people with a lot of piercings I've seen working secular jobs, secretaries, shop assistants, marketers and suchlike. Sure, some may tone down their looks to corperate but they are still noticably Goth!

Sorry for that ramble...:)

To sum that up, it appears that Fremantle is quite a Goth friendly area. ALSO is attractive to Goths due to the fact that it's a heritage city with lots of old Victorian or Victorian Gothic styled architecture...plus an old cemetery that's existed since the 1800s. (I need to go there...Grrr.....)

Now a quick spotlight on the main city, Perth, W.A.

Perth on Friday nights has quite a decent crowd of Deathrockers and Cybergoths who come and sit in one particular area late into the evening. Although I've seen that people give them nervous looks sometimes, some still sit in the same area as the Goths and seem to be quite friendly with our types.

'The corner' as I used to call it when I was younger, also is made up of metal fans, bikers and punks.

Lots of emos and scenes too walk around there, but then again, people from all different backgrounds and cultures come to Perth downtown.

 Note: *Hehe, Marilyn Manson appears to have quite a fan base...That's 8 people with his band tee shirts I've seen yet. But those are fans, they do not look mallgoth or spooky in the least.*

Ok then. Enough talk, here's to the end of this post,

Farewell!

Photo Post: Bed Hair and a Touch of Deathrock

Greetings!
Many of you liked the last photo post with the black/red lipsticks and Neo Victorian hairstyles...So, I decided to invent another style...Basically it's inspired by the big hair of the 1980s and Deathrock.

I'd watched a few tutorials on you tube for hairstyling and out of those I performed my own. So here goes! And yes, the lipsticks are back! Black and red/pink in use once again...(Due to a comment on the before post stating that I should swap them around for various styles.)

Note: If these look like bad quality, blame my camera. It really messed up today and made my hair look all dry and hay like.

The back is in a high pony tail turned bun, and my bangs and other hair are teased.

Heavy teasing in the front and a little teasing on the actual bun to create frizz and volume.

So, does black lipstick suit this style?

As you can see, my bangs need a cut.

This is the full side view so you can see the style.

Next time I might not do any teasing and just leave it straight.

The lipstick wasn't actually so bold looking, just thank my silly camera for making things out of proportion.

Fairly simple makeup here: Grey eyeshadow and black eyeliner pencil, black lipstick and bronzer on the sides. A touch of mascara also. Hm. Do I suit the more 'outlined' eye look?

Hair at it's puffiest. :)

Well, that's it. I like to think of this style as I fell out of my bed/I jumped out of my grave...with a side of hairstyling elegance. :D

For this style it's wise to use hairspray for full teased effect, but as I was lazing around I didn't bother.

Anyhow...

Farewell!