🔥"Jack Straw" Inspired By The Ancient Effigies of Hungary🔥 | Hannabal Marie

Hello ladies and gents

To end the "New Years" in style, I decided to do a sort of  "educated" makeup look.
Something that was much more than slapping on some makeup and calling it a day.

I wanted to do something that would inform people just as well as educate them, too.
So, I give you--JACK STRAW!

"Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon
Burns my eyes to see.
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Might as well be me...

So, Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
 Dug for him a shallow grave
And layed his body down."

Left Photo Source: Pinterest 
Right Photo Source: The Jeremy Nicholl Archive

In Hungary, they celebrate the New Year by burning effigies or "scapegoats" known as Jack Straws.
They are supposed to represent the evils and misfortunes of the past year bundled up in a "human" body. Before they burn them, however, they parade our the town holding them up and showing them to the townspeople.

Photo Source: AnythingButVanilla 

Photo Source: NepalHolidayTips 

If you google search "Jack Straw" not a lot is up about them.
I had to dig a little deep into old texts and documents to find out just this much about them but it is there, you just need the right word usage. Otherwise, you'll end up looking up something else--like the vintage game of Jack Straws.

Photo Source: Alamy

Upon stumbling on this bit of information and the overall significance these effigies held with some people in Hungary, it really made me fall in love with the custom as a whole.

I am a HUGE lover of the classic Scarecrow!
So this really tug at my existing love of the similar humanoid thing.

And since I am a artist by own personal right--I felt compelled to try my hand at a look inspired by this old custom. I really hope I did the Hungarian people justice for such a beautiful tradition!

Photo Source: bryanpgdumas

I really felt like it was best I recreated this, not only to inform those who didn't know but also perhaps shine a little light on this custom for myself. Partake in the burning of my 'older self' and rid myself of my own evils and misfortunes of my own past years. Thus by recreating this look, I am--in some way or another--becoming my own effigy! 

۩The Original Hearse Purse--Review & Showcase۩ | Hannabal Marie

Hello ladies and gentlemen, 

If you follow me on Instagram, You would have seen that I posted a "sneak peek" of this surprise item for all to see. Everyone seemed to really love it, even to the extent I was receiving messages in my inbox guessing what it might be--some got it right away, while others came up with some wild ideas. But for all those who guessed "Hearse" you were correct!

But it's not just any hearse, it's a HEARSE PURSE--

The Original Hearse Purse, to be exact. 

Uzumaki's Azami Cosplay (Junji Ito "Spiral") // Hannabal Marie

Hello ladies and gents

March 31st was our annual Grape City Con

and we were called last minute to attend. 

So, me and my brother had to pull something outta our arse 

and create something in the span of a full week.
So, since we just finished reading the Manga "Uzumaki", 

I thought that doing characters from it would only suffice. lol

I decided to tackle Azami, one of my personal favorites 

while my brother took on Sekino from the "Medusa" chapter.

I will update with photos of the actual con and of my brother's cosplay 

As well as an additional post all about preparation and the process of getting from one point to the next...

but for now, I am just posting my makeup look as a separate post all it's own. 

I handmade all the little bits, except for my clothing. I thrifted the clothes. lol

I also busted out my corset and tightened myself up! 

I really love the spiral pattern on this dress.
It was a dress that I used as a top. lol

The eyeball eye-patch was my favorite thing in the entire world to create.
The best part of this is that I can keep it forever and use it all over again. 

That is all. 

I hope I did Junji Ito justice. 

I am in love with my look. So very much in love.
I tossed on contacts last minute while I was out and about.
They started to hurt after a while, so I had to take them out but I got a few pictures with them in--so I'm happy. lol

☟ Strange & Unusual Finds ☟ (Oddities, Taxidermy & Strange Wicker Baskets!) // Hannabal Marie

Hello ladies and gentlefish

If you don't know (most of you do, but if you are new to this side of the internet!)
I like to collect odd and strange things.
From clowns to taxidermy--I collect it all.

Today I bring you a post full of some strange and rather odd trinkets.

I found all my wares at local thrift shops around town.
Not all at once, but various trips during the month and so on--so forth.

I tend to do that from time to time.
If I have a few bucks, I go snooping around the thrift store.
If I find something, I'll snag it.
This cycle continues until I have too much and gotta post like I am doing now. lmfao

So, without further delay--allow me a minute of your time to show you some of my mad finds~

☟ Serial Killer Trading Cards ☟ // Hannabal Marie

A friend of mine from a facebook page I manage contacted me a while ago asking if I'd like to have a pack of his Serial Killer Trading Cards to have merely out of respect to my facebook page "The Cannibal Carnival". Of course I accepted simply because Serial Killers have always been my obsession, even growing up. Just that concept that a "normal" person could snap any moment really intrigued me.

So, seeing that a friend of mine went and created his own cards really interested me.
And here I am, reviewing them for the first time! hehe

Marilyn Monroe + Marilyn MonROT by Hannabal Marie!

Hello ladies and gents

I am sure you are all well aware of the Marilyn's I did for Halloween. 

But I wanted to post a separate post about them since they are still a makeup look all of it's own. 

 I wanted to do my take on Monroe for such a long time and I spoke with my brother about it and he agreed that he'd help me create a wig if I did. So yep. That is how she came about. 

I would like to take this time to mention that my brother is such an amazing wig artist and is only getting better as time progresses. He custom made this wig for me with barely any tools and it came out amazing! 

So please, go check him and his work out: 

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 anywho, moving on...

 Since I was already in character, I thought I'd kill Monroe. 

So, Zombie Monrot came to mind.

 and as is custom with me, when I feel the best, I MUST snap a few other photos in hopes to capture the character a bit more. So here is a few more of MonROT:

 I dunno but I just felt like doing these shots. I really like the artsy idea behind 'em!

Thought I'd give my tights a reason to be worn!

and lastly, this bunch. 

I liked how the camrea capture all the many faces in a shaky sort of way.
really captures the emotion.

KISS ME, MR PRESIDENT! 

xoxo

Halloween 2013 (sorry for the long wait, but here we go)

Hello, me and my family went trick-or-treating last Halloween.

We dressed like sexy people and I wanted to show off our outfits.

There really isn't some amazing story, just made a little bundle of pix for you to view.

enjoy.

That's all

xoxo



Slenderwoman Makeup Look

Hello ladies and gents,

Today I have another makeup look for you guys and gals. 

I have been inspired through Facebook as of lately to do Creepypasta related things. 

So as such, I wanted to start off this "Series" with one of my personal favorites, Slenderman. 

Instead of doing the fella version, I wanted to do a female one. So let us get to it by going over the products I used first and then the finished outcome. 

Here are some of the inspiration I worked with:

PRODUCTS:

>Clown White cake makeup

>Red Lipstick from NYC

>Several Black Wigs

>Slendy-like Outfit

>Baby doll for giggles

Now here we go: 

 xoxo

 

My "Willard" Character Illusion

Hello ladies and gentlemen

today I decided to post my Willard character illusion.

Nothing much to say other than I loved the movie and I have quite the fancy for awkward boys who play with rats.

so without further delay, here is WILLARD!  

 Products Used:

>Black/Brown Pencil Liner

>Red, Brown, Black, White eyeshadow

>Clown white Paint

How It Was Achieved?

Lots of practice and referencing....and contouring!!!

~Willard! There are rats in the basement!~

~......It's just the wind.~

~Yes. Look at the rats... ~

That's all for now!

xoxo



☽ "Cemetery of Children" The Liberty Cemetery ☽ [My Experience & Photos] | Hannabal Marie

The front gates that scream in agony as you move them to enter inside.  

Hello ladies and gents, 

Me and my family love to explore abandon buildings and sacred burial grounds.
It's a fun little Sunday afternoon thing to do, when you just want to explore nature
and remember the dearly deceased and sadly, forgotten.

Upon our trip to Galt--
(we occasionally like to do little road trips outside our city from time to time,
just to see what our little nook of the world has to offer in terms of hidden gems!)
we came across this tiny little hole-in-the-ground cemetery.

At first glance, it didn't look like a cemetery. If it wasn't for the big iron gates informing me of just that--I would have just assumed it was discarded land and forgotten vegetation.
For a lack of a better way to put it--it looked very dry, abandoned and sad.

Liberty Cemetery, after researching about it when I got home, has a history that is quite chilling and extremely heartbreaking. Mostly for the fact it has been reduced to such a sad state.
I know, as what I am about to show you, that the topic of restoration is being brought up but I still can't help but feel sad for it ever having to be in such poor conditions at all. With broken grave markers, vandalism and headstones being pulled right up out of the ground.
Age and the common wear/tear also being another factor, here.

The following is from Cemetery Records Online, which states: