OOTD - Star Trek

I love this casual cosplay. It was so comfy and super fun to wear. Star Trek was one of my first fandoms thanks to my mum and I absolutely love the new movies too. My inspiration for this look was the kick ass Queen of Communications Lieutenant Uhura. I love both incarnations from the original and the reboot. 

This outfit is a great example of how simple casual cosplay can be. I hadn't planned this to be a casual cosplay when I bought the top. I just bought a pretty maternity top. However with cosplay base layers and some key accessories, bam I had a super cute, super easy Star Trek cosplay! My top was probably as long as Uhura's dress in The Original Series! 

I know Uhura is a fan of bigger earrings but I wanted to add my stars to represent travelling amongst them on the USS Enterprise! 

Of course I had to add my Star Trek button as my com badge! 

Black jeans and boots complete the outfit! 

I really hope you like this cosplay as much as me! I'd love to hear your feedback. I'm waiting at the comms desk, scanning all hailing frequencies! 

Much love

Charlie x 

Fandom Favourite Baby Grows

I am a pregnerd! (Yes I'm laughing at my own pun) 32 weeks to be precise! I am very much looking forward to becoming mummy. To distract myself from the scary stuff that will happen in approximately 8 weeks time I like to look at nerdy things I can dress baby up in! So here is my round up of the sweetest geekiest baby grows I can find! 

Universal Wear

I mean it's just all of the cuteness!

Little Noctua

I am under no illusions that our little one will be King or Queen of the castle and I as the hand will do their bidding! ;)

MiniGeekBoutiqueUK

It says GIGGLESWATTS you guys! Too cute!

Retrostate

The Retrostate Etsy page is full of super cute nerdy onesies but this is my favourite you know why.

Grafik Geekz

You read it in Seamus's voice didn't you?!?

Jordandene
I love all the tees on Jordandene's sight and with these onesies me and Baby Roberts can be twinsies!! 

Mothercare
I love the range at Mothercare. There are more cute things but these are my favourites! 

Mothercare Baby K Collection

Mothercare Wonder Woman

Mothercare R2D2

I hope you enjoyed all this cuteness. I'm now trying to resist spending all my monies!!

Much Love 

Charlie x 

Fandom Favourite Accessories

I have had a jolly good sort out of all my jewellery. I have boxes of the stuff and only ever wear the same thing because I can't be bothered hunting through to find it!! I didn't quite realise how much fandom jewellery I had until I had everything organised. So I thought I'd feature some of my favourite geeky accessories. 

Fandom specific jewellery is a great way to bring a little geek into your everyday outfit. I have been lucky to get lots of cool presents and been able to treat myself to some awesome pieces. You may have seen some of these before as part of my closet cosplays but I thought it was time they took centre stage.

Crack in Time and Space Necklace from The Colorful Geek

Tesseract Necklace from The Beee Hive

Deathly Hallows Necklace from the Hubby

Dalek Earrings from my chum Vicki

Tardis earrings from my Zumba Queens

Hope you like this little peak into my jewellery box! What are your favourite fandom accessories? Comment below or tag me in @charliefaith28 on Instagram.

Much love 

Charlie x 

OOTD -Patronus

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My hubby James bought me this lovely scarf for Christmas. He was thinking cute winter pattern. 

I opened and thought... Expecto Patronum because that's how my geek brain works. I saw the beautiful Stag and Doe pattern and I knew I had to do an everyday cosplay of a Patronus. 

Picture from http://thesigilwitch.tumblr.com/post/137479893889/patronus-ward

Base layer for this was blue jeans, grey top and grey pumps. Baby bump not essential to this look but I have to work with it!! Haha!  I took inspiration from the outfits used in the Harry Potter movies. I felt a bit like a Ravenclaw off to Hogsmead. 

For patronus eyes I used blue liquid eyeliner and silver glitter for that magical shimmer. 

I chose my blue and silver heart charm bracelet and earrings to represent the happy memories you need to conjure a patronus. 

Lastly to complete the look I added my scarf. 

I hope you like my everyday patronus cosplay. It's a fun comfy outfit you can wear anytime! I wore it for brunch at my Mums on Mother's Day! 

Much Love 

Charlie x 

HLHT - Mani-Thor

I've been dying to do more nail art for a while. I got a gel nail kit for my birthday a few years ago and I have been building up my colours and equipment as I have gone along. I've loved playing with make up and nail art since I was a teenager and now I think it's a great way to sneak a bit of geek into your everyday life! 

The inspiration for this nail art is Thor and his body armour. Yes I have used this as blatant excuse to stare at pictures of Chris Hemsworth. I'm not even sorry. Time well spent! I looked for distinct patterns and colours. I have tried to transfer these designs on to my nails!!! So let's take a look at what I have done. I'm not a nail artist so these won't be perfect but I had lots of fun doing them. 

To do this Mani-Thor just like me you will need: 

1. Nail Varnish - Red, Black and Silver.
2. Top and Base Coat nail varnish. 
3. Dotting tool (mine were 99p from home & bargain! Cocktail sticks work too) 
4. Scotch tape (or nail art tape which will work better I ordered some off amazon for £1 but was too impatient to wait for it to arrive) 
5. Nail art strips 
6. Orange stick to help with cleaning up when I miss my nail and paint my finger! 
7. UV lamp and wipes to set and give a shiny finish.  

Time and lots of it this isn't the manicure to be done 10 minutes before you head out. 

My breakdown will include instructions for gel nail varnish. So you might need to tweek it for regular nail varnish and add extra time for the layers to dry. I haven't tried with regular nail varnish so you'll let me know if you try it out. So let's get going! One nail at a time. Starting with a nice easy one. 

Pinkie Finger - Cape.

Apply clear base coat.

Paint two layers of red varnish.

Apply top coat.

Between each application place hand into the UV lamp to set gel varnish. 

To finish wipe the nail for a smooth hard finish. 

Ruby Ring Finger - Body Armour.

Apply clear base coat.

Paint two layers of black varnish.

Using the dotting tool and silver varnish add six dots in two lines of three on you nail. 

The dots of varnish can sometimes go on a little heavy so I left extra time for them to dry and put them under the uv lamp twice to be sure! 

Apply top coat.

Between each application place hand into the UV lamp to set gel varnish. 

To finish wipe the nail for a smooth hard finish. 

Middle Man and Peter Pointer Fingers - Gauntlets.

Apply clear base coat.

Paint two layers of red varnish.

Place scotch tape or nail art tape across the tip of your nail. 

Paint two layers of black nail varnish to completely cover the red.

Carefully peel off the tape. Here you might notice a little running or smudging so cover over the tip again with red varnish to make the line as neat as possible.

With the dotting tool add a small silver dot at the base of the nail. 

Apply top coat.

Between each application place hand into the UV lamp to set gel varnish. 

To finish wipe the nail for a smooth hard finish. 

Tommy Thumb - Chain mail Armour.

Apply clear base coat.

Paint two layers of black varnish.

Place the nail art strips in a crisscross pattern across your nail. This bit is fiddly and takes a while one handed. Press the strips down hard to reduce the chance of the silver varnish running underneath. 

Paint two layers of silver nail varnish. Or until you are happy with the coverage. I find metallic varnishes thinner and black is the hardest colour to cover. 

Apply top coat.

Between each application place hand into the UV lamp to set gel varnish. 

To finish wipe the nail for a smooth hard finish. 

And that is you Mani-Thor complete. For a first attempt I am super pleased with how it turned out! Working on my right hand with my left hand took all my concentration especially the thumb! But I have never trained in nail art I'm just playing about so I think they look awesome and not perfect but who ever wanted perfect anyway!!! If you have a geeky friend you could organise a girls night and give each other Mani-Thors!!! The process would be much quicker with two pairs of hands!!! 

I paired my new nails with my Thor Everyday Cosplay for a day out with my friends at fashion exhibition. Full details of my outfit can be found here.

I hope you enjoyed my Happy Little How Too! I'd love love love to see your interpretations of you have a go yourself. Tag me in on Instagram I'm charliefaith28. 

I have a few more manicure ideas up my sleeve but please leave suggestions of who you'd like to see me try next! 

Much Love 

Charlie x

HLHT - Agent Carter Style Make Up.

I will confess now that I am 100% totally in awe of Agent Peggy Carter and her kick ass ways. I also adore the brilliant human Hayley Atwell who plays her so well and seems throughly lovely too. I have watched the first three episodes of season two and they haven't lost any of the pace or style from the first series. Loving the twist that Peggy is now in L.A. brings and I can see the start of a love triangle but I hope they don't have too much focus on that. Plus her style is to die for. That jump suit in episode 2: Perfection! 

Aaaaaanyway..... As my size changes through this pregnancy I'm looking for ways to keep my style geek chic without my usual wardrobe. Some days I can feel a bit frumpy so today I thought I'd cheer myself up with some glamorous vintage make up a lá Agent Carter. It's a classic look that everyone can achieve with beauty essentials from your make up bag. Let me tell you now that I am not a make up artist. This is how I do my make up and you can tweak the look and techniques to your own preference! 

Peggy's foundation is flawless so I know it's important to properly prep my skin so I cleanse, tone and moisturise first. Then I put on concealer and foundation. This makes my skin tone nice and even. Normally I'd apply a light dusting of bronzer but to make my complexion that of an 'English Rose' I just apply a light dusting of powder. So no shiny patches and add a sweep of blush for some colour in my cheeks! 

Next up eyes. Peggy's eyes are a natural and smokey. I have started my eyes with my a simple black eyeliner. My top tip for even flicks is to put a little dot on each eye then join this to the line drawn on your lashes. It makes them nice and neat and you only have to remove little dots if you don't think they are even! 

My eyeshadow is darker brown in the sockets and blended to a lighter colour. Then added lashings of mascara. I'm making snooty faces in the pics below so you can see the shading. 

Lastly I applied my favourite shade of red lipstick to complete my Agent Carter style make up.

To make me feel more glamorous I put on some red nail varnish, my new black dress and headed out to my friends engagement party. With the help of Peggy I felt stylish and not big and pregnant! 

I wish I could do my hair like Peggy's it's so darn pretty. Alas I'll stick with my straight blond bob! Have you ever dressed Agent Carter Style? 

Much love 

Charlie x

OOTD - Whovian Fangirl

To complete my look back at the Doctor Who Festival 2015 I wanted to share the outfit I chose to wear. I had originally planned to casual cosplay 12 but I decided leave the cosplay to the pros this time and to go all out fangirl! Especially since I just bought this tee from The Colorful Geek on Etsy it seemed like the perfect place to show it off. It got lots of compliments! 

I bought these fabulous 12th Doctor cling earrings from nerdybutstillgirly.com. I fell in love with his grumpy little face. He looks thoroughly fed up with hanging around. AND he's go a sonic screwdriver! Adorable!! 

I had to wear my TARDIS bracelet I got from my trip to The Doctor Who Experience. 

I also gave myself a little TARDIS manicure. Sadly I didn't get the greatest picture of it. It's 4 blue nails and one white with silver glitter over the top. Shown here with the Truth or Concequences box from The Zygon Invasion episode. 

Hope you like my Whovian Fangirl outfit? What's your favourite fandom accessory? 

Much Love 

Charlie x