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You call yourself a 'recovering goth.' What did you used to look like?
Today the goth look seems quite casual, but at the height of it in San Francisco it was all about being as painfully thin as possible. Hours and hours of make up and layers of clothing. But I was never of the gutter goth school—you know, monkey boots and dreadlocks. I developed my own verison of what the Japanese refer to as 'gothic Lolita.' I literally had ringlet curls, some of which were silver and clipped-in. I used to tell people they were extremely expensive and from Europe. Actually they were $4.99 and I spray painted them silver myself.
Did lots of poeple try to rip off your look?
Yes. At the time, many girls were copying what I was doing, especially because I was the first one to discover MAC lipglass. It's the stuff you put over your lipstick, and it has this crazy sheen.
Let's talk about your current, toned-down look. First thing out of the shower—what do you do?
My hair is curly and I hate it. So first, I put on KMS Molding Paste to slick and straighten my hair. Then after it's dry, I glob some of M.O.P. "Orange Peel Molding Cream" to shine and spike it up. It is pliable rather than stiff, and and it doesn't flake like hairspray, which is good—'cause who wants the illusion of dandruff?
What about make-up?
I have this MAC foundation panstick I use called NW20. I love it for the sake of my own sick entertainment—before utilizing a sponge to blend, I stripe various slashes of color around my mug, pretending I'm going in for an extensive facial reconstruction, or at the very least, plastic surgery.
Would you ever have plastic surgery?
Well, let's just say I'm still pissed that I went for Botox on my birthday and it didn't take! I want the full-on, forehead-frozen, Linda Evangelista face.
How do you eliminate pizza-face shine?
MAC blot powder in "medium," lightly dusted with a brush.
And your lips?
I sometimes dab just a smidge of MAC's lipstick color "Heatherette." I don't wear it full-on, as it's too frosty and pink in that gay way I don't wanna be. But for the sake of keeping my lips from disappearing? Totally does the trick.
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