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Forgotten Childhood: Street Sharks

As a kid I had a weird obsession with sharks and dinosaurs, mostly due to the films Jaws and Jurassic Park. I had everything to do with both. I had books about sharks, and I had magazines, wallpaper and bed sheets with dinosaurs plastered all over them. I would have much rather picked up something about […]

New Cosplay Against Normality Cards Available To Pre-Order

Attention all you Cards Against Humanity fans… and cosplay fans too! Variable Cosplay have the perfect gift for all of you, whether it’s for yourself or for that crazy cosplayer in your life! Yes, that’s right, it’s a deck of Cards Against Humanity-like cards all based around your favourite hobby: cosplay! The full deck includes: – […]

Screen Savers: Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever

Well, it’s Christmas and when it’s Christmas… we get the usual Christmas Holiday movies! Usually I love a good Christmas feel good movie, even the made-for-TV ones because while a lot of them are absolutely terrible, you sometimes get some really great gems. Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever is not one of those fantastic Christmas […]

Style Saturday: Mockingjay

Well this week has seen the release of Mockingjay Part 2, which (as most of us know) is the final part of the Hunger Games trilogy! I personally haven’t seen the film yet, but I think it’s safe to say that the costumes are definitely going to stand out! And that is why Mockingjay is […]

EwTube: So Spoopy!

Halloween may be over for another year (the wailing you’re hearing is probably me sobbing my heart out because… Halloween is awesome!) but that doesn’t mean horror has to go away for twelve months. Right guys? Right…? Well, in my household horror is watched almost daily and believe me when I say, there are some […]

Cosplay Closet: Your Face Is A Canvas!

Make up is a massive massive part for any and all cosplayers nowadays. Now, before I go on, I know you’re thinking “But Lauren! Articles like this have been done to death, haven’t they?!” and yes, I’m going to agree with you there because everyone and their grandmother have written about make up for cosplay, […]

Gif Essay: Get Ready For Halloween!

For a lot of us, the best time of the year is right around the corner! Okay, so we’ve got about four weeks but that is not gonna stop the most die hard Halloween fanatic from getting all excited right now! It’s ‘2 Spoopy’! There’s a few things you’re gonna need to do in order […]

Cosplay Closet: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Cosplay can be an expensive hobby, it can be an expensive way of life and if you haven’t planned things out properly, or if your budget just isn’t that great, then sometimes you may need to just reuse something out of an old cosplay! If you’re worrying about budgeting and planning for a cosplay then […]

Cosplay Closet: Strike A Pose!

Cosplay photography is an art in and of itself, and it’s something that cosplayers worldwide have embraced and fallen in love with throughout. Cosplay at times can be a collaboration between different aspects: dressmakers, wig makers, make-up artists, and what we’ll be talking about today; photographers. From personal experience, my favourite cosplay pictures have come […]

Cosplay Closet: Pout, Pose And Promote

So, you’re sat ready with your cosplay and you’ve got everything you need to make yourself look damn badass (…or sweet as anything, whichever cosplay you’re going for!), and you’ve got all these awesome progress pictures, but you haven’t got a place to share them. Sure, you’ve got hundreds of Facebook friends and they’d appreciate […]
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