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Girls of the Con’s latest cosplayer feature is Three Muses owner Candy Keane. Check out their page for more great cosplay photos showcasing the talents of girls who still love to play dress-up.
To get the burned nasty look shown here with my Freddy Krueger outfit, I started with 3-D Gel by Mehron. The instructions with it say to simply put it in a cup of hot water and wait until it liquifies. I had the big 2 fl.oz. bottle, and it refused to do anything but get mildy warm on my first attempt. There was nothing liquid about it. So I boiled water on the stove, poured that into a large coffee cup, sat the bottle down in it and prayed the whole thing wouldn’t melt.
It took a few tries before the contents started getting squishy, though they were nowhere close to being ready to squirt out of the small opening in the bottle lid. Being impatient, and somewhat worried about a complete meltdown, I tested the contents by jamming a chopstick down the side and jiggling it around. The center of the bottle was still pretty solid, but the sides were starting to get soft. I gave the bottle one more heating before it was gooey enough to work with.
It’s best to start with a freshly washed, but thoroughly dry face. You don’t want to have any make-up, surface oils or lotion on your skin or the gel will not stick as well. My application tool of choice was a chopstick because I never did get the bottle fully melted, but you can use anything from a real make-up brush to your fingers. The guy at the costume shop where I bought the gel at said he used a popsicle stick. My method was to jam the chopstick in the bottle, swirl it around so the gel stuck to it, then quickly smear it in big globs on my face. It takes full commitment at this point.
I just kept going until the entire area was covered. The gel is safe to use over hair, and later in the evening I was relieved when it peeled right off without taking my eyebrow with it. The directions say to keep messing with it to get the right effect, but I found that if I messed with it, then it peeled right off my face in big clumps. So I adopted a method of smear, squash and don’t touch. If anything needed smoothing, then wet fingertips worked best. The gel didn’t feel bad at all going on. It was like putting on a warm oatmeal mask.
It takes a while to fully dry, but you can start applying make-up while it is still a little sticky. When I was doing test spots on my arm, it took nearly an hour to completely dry. So for the face, I waited until I could tap it without with sticking to my finger and coming off my face. It dries to a light peachy tan color. I first covered the entire mess with liquid foundation to even out the sticky parts. Then I applied dark brown eyeshadow and dark blush with a blush brush, creating a mottled burnt look by putting it on in different spots and blending it all together.
The next step was applying the fake blood. I used Squirt Blood by Mehron in the Dark Venous shade. The squirt blood is thinner than stage blood, and is good for splattered and dripping effects. I squirted it right out of the bottle to make slash marks and then used my fingertips to rub some of it in various spots on my face, accentuating some of the bloody looking areas. I also applied it around the edges of the gel to make it blend into my skin. I then gave the finished gory masterpiece a couple sprays with Ben Nye Final Seal to protect my hard work.
This Halloween, as the owner of Three Muses, I was insanely busy. With no time to create a costume from scratch, I picked one that I couldn’t sell because it arrived damaged. The sexy Freddy Krueger costume by Rubies looked pretty cool, but as soon as I took it out of the package, one of the blades fell off the glove. As I was tyring to fix it, another one fell off. So after some ingenuity and a little beading wire, everything was wired back on and fully mobile.
Then I tried on the dress and found there was nothing sexy about a scratchy sweater that come up to my chin and down to my knees. And the claw marks are not positioned on the stomach, like shown in the photo, but up higher so it shows your bra. So I came up with a new costume idea- someone who was attacked by Freddy and then possessed.
To get the attacked look, I cut out the neck so the dress fit down on my shoulders. This also repositioned the claws marks lower so now they were in the same place as on the catalog photo. Then I cut the dress shorter on one side and added slash marks to the arms and back. Cutting the neck out left me with a baggy sack of a dress, so I took it in several inches in the back. Once I got a decent fit, I found a brown bra and sewed the front of the dress to the bra so the bra straps would hold up the front and let everything hang like it had been ripped off. To complete the look, I added ripped red fishnets and some beat-up black work boots.
The make-up was the final touch, so check back for my next post, where I will explain how to do the make-up and what products I used to achieve the nasty Freddy Krueger look.
The photo on the left is my Freddy Krueger and the photo on the right is the catalog photo:
Meet Jeremy, Georgia and Kailani Flintstone! Jeremy and Georgia are wearing the Fred and Wilma Flintsone costumes by Rubies costumes and Kailani, as Pebbles, is wearing the very first Three Muses custom baby costume, complete with bone hair clip. I bet they had a Yabba, Dabba, Doo time this Halloween!
Our favorite cheerleader got dressed up in Three Muses couture once again, and this time she got to wear it in front of thousands of screaming fans. The Roar got to wear their Halloween costumes for the second half of the Jags vs. Brown game last weekend. The Jags may have lost, but at least Liana looked like a winner on the field! She’s wearing a completely customized Slave Girl costume, reengineered for cheerability.
See more photos from the game in our costume portfolio!
Marie sent us these photos today of her Three Muses Wonderous Woman costume. She managed to snag herself a Superman AND win 1st prize in the costume contest!
Alright all you last minute shoppers, here what you can and can’t get in time for Halloween:
Costumes: If it is by Leg Avenue, then Priority is 2-3 days and Express is 1 day, and we fill your order asap.
If it is an Elegant Moments costume, then it is too late. Each costumes says the manufacturer at the bottom of the description.
Handmade Costumes: Only with Express mail! Last day for Wonder Woman is Monday, last day for Madonnas is Tuesday, too late for anything else.
Hosiery & Accessories: Priority 2-3 days, Express 1 day
Shoes: sorry, too late!
Jennifer rocked the Lucky Star madonna costume and Desperately Seeking Susan jacket for her big birthday bash last month. Looks like everyone got into the groove of the 80’s theme!
Come to Wardrobe Therapy for the Three Muses Halloween fashion show
Thursday, Oct. 9th from 7-9PM
13475 Atlantic Blvd, Suite 36, Jacksonville, FL 32225
The photo on the package and catalog for the newly licensed Princess Leia Slave costume by Rubies/Secret Wishes differs greatly from the actual costume so we felt it would be best to take some of our own photos. Once we got the costume out of the package and worked with its rubbery material for a bit, it actually looked pretty good!
Model: Jenifer Ann
Photographer: A Whites Photography
Make-up: Artistry by Erin
Happy Halloween season to everyone!
We’re kicking off the first week of October by auctioning off all our “oops” inventory. Since our costumes are handmade and we are very picky about what we send out, we end up with a lot of costumes that didn’t pass our inspection. Like a Slave Girl top that isn’t symetrical enough, or a pair of LeeLoo suspenders that were cut too short, or something ended up with a spot of paint where it shouldn’t have been. We save all those for the big HalloWOOPS! Sale and will be auctioning them off in our eBay store.
Stop by the first week of October to find a great deal! visit: Three Muses eBay Store
Our first night at DragonCon 08 was truly a group effort. I enlisted the help of Sean, Kerri and Michelle to complete our group of Alice, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts. We had a mix of Three Muses original costumes and spruced up some Leg Avenue pieces that we sell in the store. The Leg Avenue Queen of Hearts costume is a really nice piece right out of the package. A rarity with packaged costumes.
You can see more photos from our trip in the DragonCon album on MySpace!
Cassie just sent us these great photos from her themed bachelorette party. She’s wearing the couture 80’s Popstar Madonna costume, and did it up right with her own extra beads and jewelry.
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“Thank you so much for the Madonna outfit. I bought it on ebay!
Everything was great! It was my bachelorette party and I made
everyone dress up as a madonna style and I did the like a virgin
outfit!!
Thanks it was a blast. Pictures are below!!!”
Our Limited Editon Slave Girl has been featured in magazines, books and TV. Get one before they’re gone! Check the website for the latest inventory and availability.
Limited Edition slave girl costume comes with top, bottom, underwear, soft collar w/ chain, wrist cuff, snake arm band and winged hair combs.
The top is hand painted on a Victoria’s Secret Very Sexy underwire padded push-up plunge bra, with convertible criss-cross straps. The bottom is 3 pieces. The skirt is made from maroon crushed velvet and features a comfortable elastic waist. The lightweight gold colored plates velcro on and off to adjust to the skirt size. Each plate features an intricate handpainted relief design.
Just added, like, today: Like, totally awesome 80’s Valley Girl costume. Totally super rad Three Muses original design.
Comes with:
* Hot pink tank top
* Bright green off-shoulder shirt with slashes in shoulder and on back
* Yellow skirt (Sizes: S 0-2, M 4-6, L 8-10)
* Bottom of tank top is cut off, and used as hot pink connecting piece for top and skirt.
* Hot pink fishnet gloves
* Hot pink fishnet leggings
* Matching yellow scrunchie for hair
* An assortment of yellow, green and pink jelly bracelets and other 80’s style bracelets
We’ve just added a sexy new costume by Secret Wishes to the website: the Offically licensed Slave Leia costume.
Includes: Top, briefs with attached skirt, belt, choker (without chain) and hair combs.
These are currently in stock in XS and M, but we are expecting size S to come in soon.
The Review:
While there are many Slave Girl costumes available, this is the only officially licensed Star Wars Slave Leia costume available. That said, it is also the cheapest one available. After inspecting the costume and giving it a try-on, I would say it is good enough for Halloween, but would not work well for a convention or any event where accuracy or a quality appearance is important.
It is perfect for someone just looking for a Halloween or party costume. The brief style bottoms make it easier to wear than the real Slave Leia style skirt. Much more coverage! And the top ties around the neck and velcros in back for a pretty snug fit. All the gold colored parts are made of a rubbery material, so they may take some reforming when you take them out of the package. The costume looks much better on than when you first take it out of the bag, but I still don’t think it looks exactly like the catalog photo.
Jaguars cheerleader Liana celebrated her last days as a single woman with an 80’s themed bachelorette party. So of course she stopped by the Three Muses studio to get the perfect 80’s look with the Lucky Star Madonna costume. Here’s a photo she sent us of her and a friend. Liana is on the right.
There was a great turn out for the official Slave Leia group photo at ComicCon 08. Looks like twice as many as last year! You can barely see poor jabba hding in the back while being mobbed by slave ladies. Our girl Madellaine can be seen right in front wearing the deluxe Slave Girl costume custom made with a green suede top.
The photos from ComicCon are just starting to come in! Our first glimpse of the festivities is from Madellaine, who is wearing the Deluxe Slave Girl costume. You can see her in the Yahoo Movies ComicCon gallery:
http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/collections/gallery/915/#photo53
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She wore the costume all day, participated in the group photo and braved the general mob scene that is ComicCon.
“I saw lots of other slave costumes, and I must
say, mine (yours) is my favorite. I find it to be the
most flattering of all the ones I have seen. People
stopped me to ask where I had gotten it, and I gave
them your website address (hope that’s okay). Thanks
again for a phenomenal costume, which led to an
awesomely fun Comic Con experience. I had a blast!”
-Madellaine
The A_Mused Couture Handmade Costumes section is back, but we are still adding costumes so please contact us if you can’t find what you are looking for. You can also see more of our costumes in our Three Muses Portfolio.
