Just as we did last year, Heather and I had two costumes each this Halloween. The first was for the office. Since Halloween fell on an (Aloha) Friday this year, we thought it would be both timely and hilarious if we dressed up as tutus. The costume assembly actually went pretty smoothly. Although, we did encounter a slight problem with the hairpieces. We had originally bought what we thought to be silver hairspray, but in testing it out a few days before Halloween, I found it only to be a clear spray with silver glitter. It did not give the desired effect. The day before Halloween Heather decided she would buy a white spider web and could make it work as a hairpiece. I think it turned out pretty awesome. I, on the other hand, managed to find a long gray wig that night. Check it out:
Surprisingly, the most popular response we go to our costume was an inquiry as to where we got our mu'umu'u. People seemed to sincerely find them stunning and wanted to own one (Savers, $6.99). I personally enjoyed some of the costume accessories. Specifically, Heather's bus pass lanyard and my TheCAB bag. To all those who enjoyed our costume, mahalo nui loa. I'll be by later with some homemade guava jelly. (Elementary school Hawaiian totally paid off, I can also roll a mean 'ulu maika).
Later that night we changed into our second costume. We opted to do KISS face paint but to dress in Eskimo and French garb, thus being an Eskimo Kiss and a French Kiss.
Here is Heather as an Eskimo KISS ala Paul Stanley:
Here I am as a French KISS ala Gene Simmons:
Initially, I was afraid people would mistake me for a mime with poor face painting abilities. Once dressed, I was afraid that people would think I was Venetian rather than French. The only person who mistook me for someone else, however, was a drunk guy who came up to me and said "Hey, Richard Simmons, alright". To which I responded, sorry I'm neither wearing dove shorts nor sweating to the oldies, I think you mean Gene Simmons. To which he turned to Heather and responded "Hey, another Gene Simmons, alright". At least he got it sort of right. On the whole, Heather and I were pretty disappointed in people's creativity. The one redeeming factor was the girl we saw dressed up as a box of Franzia. Best costume this Halloween, hands down.
4 comments:
Holy Shit guys! You girls are wild,.. WILD I say! I'm very impressed that u guys fo really painted ur faces all KISS-like.. how did that feel? The Tut outfits truely ARE quite stunning ;)
that's TutU outfits, I mean. :)
yes, in both instances we were two too hot mamas hehehe get it ;)
The face painting was kind of not that fun. Of course right after I finished putting on the paint I had the overwhelming urge to scratch my face. Plus it was kind of hot out. Good think it did not rain.
Looking forward to your photos too!
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