Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Hey little lady. Here's all the links that I didn't put in the video description but that you might have been curious about.
"The Hustle" cover (original by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony) is a recording of a SHS Orchestra 1978 performance. I love that is sounds like your best American high school marching band tooting their hearts out.
Hey little lady. Here's all the links that I didn't put in the video description but that you might have been curious about.
"The Hustle" cover (original by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony) is a recording of a SHS Orchestra 1978 performance. I love that is sounds like your best American high school marching band tooting their hearts out.
The run up to releasing a video triggers a curiously similar feeling as the anticipation I felt as a kid going to bed the night before Christmas morning. Giddiness. An inability to sleep. My mind swirling with the possibilities of what would unfold the next morning. A rough expectation of the outcome, and yet no less excitement due to lack of surprise. It's a moment that's crystallised and passes so quickly. What is it? Unbridled joy? Slightly bridled joy? A buzz of low level euphoria?
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10 January 2022
The run up to releasing a video triggers a curiously similar feeling as the anticipation I felt as a kid going to bed the night before Christmas morning. Giddiness. An inability to sleep. My mind swirling with the possibilities of what would unfold the next morning. A rough expectation of the outcome, and yet no less excitement due to lack of surprise. It's a moment that's crystallised and passes so quickly. What is it? Unbridled joy? Slightly bridled joy? A buzz of low level euphoria?
Hey! Thanks for watching my video. These are the links you are looking for :)
The shirt I am wearing is from Eileen Fisher. My nails are Intensae in the colour Jungle. I have a video coming up in which I walk through this makeup but until then the lip colour in this video is ColourPop's Lumière.
The music that opens the video is "Comme une maison vide" by Julsy. Her stuff is all as gorgeous as this and more. I also used a song of hers, "Ze Rest Of Uz", in my Norway video. Listening to it chokes me up every time because I'm sensitive af. Support her on Bandcamp; the world needs more dreamy albums from this artist.
The golden group chat is made up of Emily, Lex, rhr and Sa-nay-nay. These girls convinced me to go to Amsterdam, and I am so glad they did. I'm so happy I got to see Sanne speak on her panels (*proud mother duck*), be in the same room with Rosianna even though she was a working whirlwind. Lex took me to my bus stop to get to the airport because she is a total gentleman. And Emily is getting as difficult to pin down as Rosianna these days so I was so so happy to have someone to gush to about how much we were falling for Amsterdam. Seriously though, I might like Amsterdam more than London now HELP???
Hey! Thanks for watching my video. These are the links you are looking for :)
The shirt I am wearing is from Eileen Fisher. My nails are Intensae in the colour Jungle. I have a video coming up in which I walk through this makeup but until then the lip colour in this video is ColourPop's Lumière.
The music that opens the video is "Comme une maison vide" by Julsy. Her stuff is all as gorgeous as this and more. I also used a song of hers, "Ze Rest Of Uz", in my Norway video. Listening to it chokes me up every time because I'm sensitive af. Support her on Bandcamp; the world needs more dreamy albums from this artist.
The golden group chat is made up of Emily, Lex, rhr and Sa-nay-nay. These girls convinced me to go to Amsterdam, and I am so glad they did. I'm so happy I got to see Sanne speak on her panels (*proud mother duck*), be in the same room with Rosianna even though she was a working whirlwind. Lex took me to my bus stop to get to the airport because she is a total gentleman. And Emily is getting as difficult to pin down as Rosianna these days so I was so so happy to have someone to gush to about how much we were falling for Amsterdam. Seriously though, I might like Amsterdam more than London now HELP???
Pretty much everyone has their thing. Their cause. Their crusade. Striving to switch to cruelty-free cosmetics became that for me this year.
I've been a vegetarian since high school but I never considered myself a shout-it-from-the-rooftops animal activist. Obviously unnecessary harm to a living, feeling creature — bad. Not a fan. But you also won't find me spending my free time at a petting zoo. And if there's a spider in my room, I'll be cowering on the other end of the flat until someone chucks it out the window.
I've been a vegetarian since high school but I never considered myself a shout-it-from-the-rooftops animal activist. Obviously unnecessary harm to a living, feeling creature — bad. Not a fan. But you also won't find me spending my free time at a petting zoo. And if there's a spider in my room, I'll be cowering on the other end of the flat until someone chucks it out the window.
I have total respect for the people at that do actively fight against animal testing. And I mean the shouty, getting arrested (maybe not paint throwing but to each their own) activism. What I do want to say is that you don't have to strap yourself to a tree facing a bulldozer to make a difference in the world.
Pretty much everyone has their thing. Their cause. Their crusade. Striving to switch to cruelty-free cosmetics became that for me this year.
I've been a vegetarian since high school but I never considered myself a shout-it-from-the-rooftops animal activist. Obviously unnecessary harm to a living, feeling creature — bad. Not a fan. But you also won't find me spending my free time at a petting zoo. And if there's a spider in my room, I'll be cowering on the other end of the flat until someone chucks it out the window.
I've been a vegetarian since high school but I never considered myself a shout-it-from-the-rooftops animal activist. Obviously unnecessary harm to a living, feeling creature — bad. Not a fan. But you also won't find me spending my free time at a petting zoo. And if there's a spider in my room, I'll be cowering on the other end of the flat until someone chucks it out the window.
I have total respect for the people at that do actively fight against animal testing. And I mean the shouty, getting arrested (maybe not paint throwing but to each their own) activism. What I do want to say is that you don't have to strap yourself to a tree facing a bulldozer to make a difference in the world.
I don't think I've said this explicitly here on the blog, but roughly around April this year, I decided to go cruelty-free. Basically what that means, for me at least, is that with all new cosmetic and skincare purchases, I'm pledging to only buy products not tested on animals.
Since creating derpinaMODE, a beauty and fashion YouTube channel I share with my friend Sanne, my interest in makeup and skincare has skyrocketed. What first got me thinking about the effects my new-found hobby had on animal testing was a video made by my friend Lex.
I've been a vegetarian for nearly five years. I never considered this dietary lifestyle choice of mine exclusively for the sake of animal welfare. It was a balanced combination of that, the environmental impact of the meat industry, personal health and just not enjoying the taste of meat. I'm by no means judgemental of people who eat meat, fish, or what have you. And I'm not offended by going out for a meal with a friend and them ordering a steak. I'm of the opinion that you do you and I'll do me. You respect my decision and I'll respect yours. Right, so vegetarian morals aside—I began looking into the realities of animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Bottom line, it brings unnecessary suffering upon a living creature. A living creature that is never going to wear that kissable balm stain. There are alternative methods to testing the designer toning water on rats, rabbits, and dogs. Makeup, skincare, body wash—yes, this is stuff I use every day. But it is a luxury. I don't need these things to keep me alive. They are nice to have but I could live without them (contrary to the popular beauty blogger tag :P). So I'm voting with my money. And with my voice. Here's how I've approached the cruelty switch in my life:
Since creating derpinaMODE, a beauty and fashion YouTube channel I share with my friend Sanne, my interest in makeup and skincare has skyrocketed. What first got me thinking about the effects my new-found hobby had on animal testing was a video made by my friend Lex.
I've been a vegetarian for nearly five years. I never considered this dietary lifestyle choice of mine exclusively for the sake of animal welfare. It was a balanced combination of that, the environmental impact of the meat industry, personal health and just not enjoying the taste of meat. I'm by no means judgemental of people who eat meat, fish, or what have you. And I'm not offended by going out for a meal with a friend and them ordering a steak. I'm of the opinion that you do you and I'll do me. You respect my decision and I'll respect yours. Right, so vegetarian morals aside—I began looking into the realities of animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Bottom line, it brings unnecessary suffering upon a living creature. A living creature that is never going to wear that kissable balm stain. There are alternative methods to testing the designer toning water on rats, rabbits, and dogs. Makeup, skincare, body wash—yes, this is stuff I use every day. But it is a luxury. I don't need these things to keep me alive. They are nice to have but I could live without them (contrary to the popular beauty blogger tag :P). So I'm voting with my money. And with my voice. Here's how I've approached the cruelty switch in my life:
Use up what you've got.
I haven't thrown out every single product I own that comes from a company that tests. Because if I did, my makeup and skincare and haircare collection would be pretty much gone. I already spent that money. And I'm not made of money. Throwing it out on principle is wasteful. So I am using up what I have and will replace it with a cruelty-free equivalent when I run out. I also won't honour the product with a review. And if I do mention it, on whatever platform, it'll be prefaced by the fact that it is not cruelty-free.
Don't cut the parent company any slack.
There is debate within the CF community about brands like Urban Decay and NARS. They themselves are cruelty free. But their parent company (often big names like L'Oréal, Shiseido, Unilever) do test. My thought process is that the money that goes to the smaller, cruelty-free brand benefits their parent company. And a benefit to the parent company allows it to continue testing. So I'm choosing to not buy from these companies – parent or subsidiary – period.
And in the future? I want to buy vegan products when possible. I want to integrate buying cruelty free beyond simply my makeup collection. With continued research, I'm looking for alternatives for toiletries and household goods as well. Last month, I attended the LUSH Prize Conference in London. Scientists from all over the world gathered to present research and discuss the state of toxicology and how far we still need to go to eradicate animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Basic takeaway from that day: the technology is here. Bureaucracy and laboratory politics is holding us back.Try to give brands the benefit of the doubt.
Just like with my vegetarianism, I don't want to spiral into militant cruelty-free whistleblowing, on a crusade to expose all companies as bad. The golden CF hallmarks are generally: 1. brands that do not sell in China, 2. brands not owned by a larger, testing parent company, or 3. brands circulated in the EU (where there is a ban on testing of all ingredients and finished products on animals). When a brand ticks those three boxes but don't reply to emails, or perhaps have unclear answers on their website, I still want to believe they aren't testing. I want to believe they just haven't picked up on the cruelty-free movement and the transparency it seeks.
I don't think I've said this explicitly here on the blog, but roughly around April this year, I decided to go cruelty-free. Basically what that means, for me at least, is that with all new cosmetic and skincare purchases, I'm pledging to only buy products not tested on animals.
Since creating derpinaMODE, a beauty and fashion YouTube channel I share with my friend Sanne, my interest in makeup and skincare has skyrocketed. What first got me thinking about the effects my new-found hobby had on animal testing was a video made by my friend Lex.
I've been a vegetarian for nearly five years. I never considered this dietary lifestyle choice of mine exclusively for the sake of animal welfare. It was a balanced combination of that, the environmental impact of the meat industry, personal health and just not enjoying the taste of meat. I'm by no means judgemental of people who eat meat, fish, or what have you. And I'm not offended by going out for a meal with a friend and them ordering a steak. I'm of the opinion that you do you and I'll do me. You respect my decision and I'll respect yours. Right, so vegetarian morals aside—I began looking into the realities of animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Bottom line, it brings unnecessary suffering upon a living creature. A living creature that is never going to wear that kissable balm stain. There are alternative methods to testing the designer toning water on rats, rabbits, and dogs. Makeup, skincare, body wash—yes, this is stuff I use every day. But it is a luxury. I don't need these things to keep me alive. They are nice to have but I could live without them (contrary to the popular beauty blogger tag :P). So I'm voting with my money. And with my voice. Here's how I've approached the cruelty switch in my life:
Since creating derpinaMODE, a beauty and fashion YouTube channel I share with my friend Sanne, my interest in makeup and skincare has skyrocketed. What first got me thinking about the effects my new-found hobby had on animal testing was a video made by my friend Lex.
I've been a vegetarian for nearly five years. I never considered this dietary lifestyle choice of mine exclusively for the sake of animal welfare. It was a balanced combination of that, the environmental impact of the meat industry, personal health and just not enjoying the taste of meat. I'm by no means judgemental of people who eat meat, fish, or what have you. And I'm not offended by going out for a meal with a friend and them ordering a steak. I'm of the opinion that you do you and I'll do me. You respect my decision and I'll respect yours. Right, so vegetarian morals aside—I began looking into the realities of animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Bottom line, it brings unnecessary suffering upon a living creature. A living creature that is never going to wear that kissable balm stain. There are alternative methods to testing the designer toning water on rats, rabbits, and dogs. Makeup, skincare, body wash—yes, this is stuff I use every day. But it is a luxury. I don't need these things to keep me alive. They are nice to have but I could live without them (contrary to the popular beauty blogger tag :P). So I'm voting with my money. And with my voice. Here's how I've approached the cruelty switch in my life:
Use up what you've got.
I haven't thrown out every single product I own that comes from a company that tests. Because if I did, my makeup and skincare and haircare collection would be pretty much gone. I already spent that money. And I'm not made of money. Throwing it out on principle is wasteful. So I am using up what I have and will replace it with a cruelty-free equivalent when I run out. I also won't honour the product with a review. And if I do mention it, on whatever platform, it'll be prefaced by the fact that it is not cruelty-free.
Don't cut the parent company any slack.
There is debate within the CF community about brands like Urban Decay and NARS. They themselves are cruelty free. But their parent company (often big names like L'Oréal, Shiseido, Unilever) do test. My thought process is that the money that goes to the smaller, cruelty-free brand benefits their parent company. And a benefit to the parent company allows it to continue testing. So I'm choosing to not buy from these companies – parent or subsidiary – period.
And in the future? I want to buy vegan products when possible. I want to integrate buying cruelty free beyond simply my makeup collection. With continued research, I'm looking for alternatives for toiletries and household goods as well. Last month, I attended the LUSH Prize Conference in London. Scientists from all over the world gathered to present research and discuss the state of toxicology and how far we still need to go to eradicate animal testing in the cosmetic industry. Basic takeaway from that day: the technology is here. Bureaucracy and laboratory politics is holding us back.Try to give brands the benefit of the doubt.
Just like with my vegetarianism, I don't want to spiral into militant cruelty-free whistleblowing, on a crusade to expose all companies as bad. The golden CF hallmarks are generally: 1. brands that do not sell in China, 2. brands not owned by a larger, testing parent company, or 3. brands circulated in the EU (where there is a ban on testing of all ingredients and finished products on animals). When a brand ticks those three boxes but don't reply to emails, or perhaps have unclear answers on their website, I still want to believe they aren't testing. I want to believe they just haven't picked up on the cruelty-free movement and the transparency it seeks.
I'm back again to explain one of my own videos. Lord.
No, no, self. Don't say "Lord." I actually am writing this just as much for myself as I am for people who want to know about what the hell they just watched.
I'd been trying to make something out of them for a very long time. Tried lots of different music. But I never wanted to keep working on it. Which probably meant it wasn't right.
Then I got this idea of making a video in which the soundtrack is just messages I haven't deleted off the answering machine on my cell phone. Before I knew it, I was combining the two.
A lot of those messages I received while I was in London. American phone was turned off so they all went straight to voicemail and I couldn't listen to them until I was back in the States. Surprisingly a lot of casting calls. Once upon a time, I submitted a headshot, and, well, people want you when you are not there. It was probably for the best because I'm fairly certain my hair color and cut has shifted about forty times since whatever picture I put in.
No, no, self. Don't say "Lord." I actually am writing this just as much for myself as I am for people who want to know about what the hell they just watched.
The images:
These have been sitting around for ages. I have so much stuff sitting around that I'm not sure what I want to do with all of it. I don't want to make the same music video over and over again with different images and a different song. These in particular are from June-ish? Summer 2011 I did summer school in Los Angeles and had a week break in between the sessions. Kayley graciously paid for half of my plane ticket to Seattle to come visit her. Stay her house (her house is the bomb). See her town (her town is the bomb – they got coffee, books, and water. GOOD JOB!). Anyway, I don't need to get into the whole trip. I would if I didn't just stop myself right now. Okay yes, so. Images from when I visited Kayley over the summer.I'd been trying to make something out of them for a very long time. Tried lots of different music. But I never wanted to keep working on it. Which probably meant it wasn't right.
Then I got this idea of making a video in which the soundtrack is just messages I haven't deleted off the answering machine on my cell phone. Before I knew it, I was combining the two.
The audio:
is a mix the audio attached to the original images and messages on my phone from 2011. I couldn't use all of them unfortunately. But I really liked how in the editing process I found these unrelated images connecting to this one-sided dialogue. They probably – actually perhaps almost certainly – have connections that can only be picked out by me, but hey, that's the way I've always made my videos. A place for me to embed my own little secrets.A lot of those messages I received while I was in London. American phone was turned off so they all went straight to voicemail and I couldn't listen to them until I was back in the States. Surprisingly a lot of casting calls. Once upon a time, I submitted a headshot, and, well, people want you when you are not there. It was probably for the best because I'm fairly certain my hair color and cut has shifted about forty times since whatever picture I put in.
I'm back again to explain one of my own videos. Lord.
No, no, self. Don't say "Lord." I actually am writing this just as much for myself as I am for people who want to know about what the hell they just watched.
I'd been trying to make something out of them for a very long time. Tried lots of different music. But I never wanted to keep working on it. Which probably meant it wasn't right.
Then I got this idea of making a video in which the soundtrack is just messages I haven't deleted off the answering machine on my cell phone. Before I knew it, I was combining the two.
A lot of those messages I received while I was in London. American phone was turned off so they all went straight to voicemail and I couldn't listen to them until I was back in the States. Surprisingly a lot of casting calls. Once upon a time, I submitted a headshot, and, well, people want you when you are not there. It was probably for the best because I'm fairly certain my hair color and cut has shifted about forty times since whatever picture I put in.
No, no, self. Don't say "Lord." I actually am writing this just as much for myself as I am for people who want to know about what the hell they just watched.
The images:
These have been sitting around for ages. I have so much stuff sitting around that I'm not sure what I want to do with all of it. I don't want to make the same music video over and over again with different images and a different song. These in particular are from June-ish? Summer 2011 I did summer school in Los Angeles and had a week break in between the sessions. Kayley graciously paid for half of my plane ticket to Seattle to come visit her. Stay her house (her house is the bomb). See her town (her town is the bomb – they got coffee, books, and water. GOOD JOB!). Anyway, I don't need to get into the whole trip. I would if I didn't just stop myself right now. Okay yes, so. Images from when I visited Kayley over the summer.I'd been trying to make something out of them for a very long time. Tried lots of different music. But I never wanted to keep working on it. Which probably meant it wasn't right.
Then I got this idea of making a video in which the soundtrack is just messages I haven't deleted off the answering machine on my cell phone. Before I knew it, I was combining the two.
The audio:
is a mix the audio attached to the original images and messages on my phone from 2011. I couldn't use all of them unfortunately. But I really liked how in the editing process I found these unrelated images connecting to this one-sided dialogue. They probably – actually perhaps almost certainly – have connections that can only be picked out by me, but hey, that's the way I've always made my videos. A place for me to embed my own little secrets.A lot of those messages I received while I was in London. American phone was turned off so they all went straight to voicemail and I couldn't listen to them until I was back in the States. Surprisingly a lot of casting calls. Once upon a time, I submitted a headshot, and, well, people want you when you are not there. It was probably for the best because I'm fairly certain my hair color and cut has shifted about forty times since whatever picture I put in.
I'm here to give a little background on this video.
Back before I left for London, I came up with this idea to hide letters all over Europe. The letters would be written to specific people in my life, saying things that I felt I could not say to them personally. Nice, mean, accusatory, praise, PROFESSIONS OF LOVE--what have you. Letters of honesty. But I wanted someone to know besides me. So I'd write these very personal letters and place them randomly in hopes some stranger would pick it up and read it. And keep it. And wonder who I am. And whom I'm talking about.
I only wrote one letter. To someone I had been wanting to write to for a while. My concept for the video was to have words that reflected my past and images last displayed my now. There is much more in the letter (complete sentences even!) than I let in the video. And when I was reading it out loud for the voiceover, so much of what I had written just felt no longer relevant. It described a me from six months ago maybe, and there was this sense of relief at how much I had moved on from some of this "hurt." Which is yay for me. Moving on, letting go is good. It's so nice when you can experience that right in front of you.
Back before I left for London, I came up with this idea to hide letters all over Europe. The letters would be written to specific people in my life, saying things that I felt I could not say to them personally. Nice, mean, accusatory, praise, PROFESSIONS OF LOVE--what have you. Letters of honesty. But I wanted someone to know besides me. So I'd write these very personal letters and place them randomly in hopes some stranger would pick it up and read it. And keep it. And wonder who I am. And whom I'm talking about.
I only wrote one letter. To someone I had been wanting to write to for a while. My concept for the video was to have words that reflected my past and images last displayed my now. There is much more in the letter (complete sentences even!) than I let in the video. And when I was reading it out loud for the voiceover, so much of what I had written just felt no longer relevant. It described a me from six months ago maybe, and there was this sense of relief at how much I had moved on from some of this "hurt." Which is yay for me. Moving on, letting go is good. It's so nice when you can experience that right in front of you.
I'm here to give a little background on this video.
Back before I left for London, I came up with this idea to hide letters all over Europe. The letters would be written to specific people in my life, saying things that I felt I could not say to them personally. Nice, mean, accusatory, praise, PROFESSIONS OF LOVE--what have you. Letters of honesty. But I wanted someone to know besides me. So I'd write these very personal letters and place them randomly in hopes some stranger would pick it up and read it. And keep it. And wonder who I am. And whom I'm talking about.
I only wrote one letter. To someone I had been wanting to write to for a while. My concept for the video was to have words that reflected my past and images last displayed my now. There is much more in the letter (complete sentences even!) than I let in the video. And when I was reading it out loud for the voiceover, so much of what I had written just felt no longer relevant. It described a me from six months ago maybe, and there was this sense of relief at how much I had moved on from some of this "hurt." Which is yay for me. Moving on, letting go is good. It's so nice when you can experience that right in front of you.
Back before I left for London, I came up with this idea to hide letters all over Europe. The letters would be written to specific people in my life, saying things that I felt I could not say to them personally. Nice, mean, accusatory, praise, PROFESSIONS OF LOVE--what have you. Letters of honesty. But I wanted someone to know besides me. So I'd write these very personal letters and place them randomly in hopes some stranger would pick it up and read it. And keep it. And wonder who I am. And whom I'm talking about.
I only wrote one letter. To someone I had been wanting to write to for a while. My concept for the video was to have words that reflected my past and images last displayed my now. There is much more in the letter (complete sentences even!) than I let in the video. And when I was reading it out loud for the voiceover, so much of what I had written just felt no longer relevant. It described a me from six months ago maybe, and there was this sense of relief at how much I had moved on from some of this "hurt." Which is yay for me. Moving on, letting go is good. It's so nice when you can experience that right in front of you.
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