Make Up & Bows Converse

I showed you a preview of these shoes a couple of weeks ago along with the Tokidoki themed converse. These shoes were for a make up artist, I'm really happy with how they turned out. I think make up is one of my favourite themes for shoes.

Check out my make up and donut themed shoes for Doe Deere here.

Mushrooms, Milk & Make Up

Remember the Milk & Mushrooms and Make Up & Bows work in progress posts? Well here are the finished shoes! I'll post more detailed pictures of each pair individually soon, but I just love how they look together!

The Milk & Mushrooms converse are Tokidoki fan art, I'm a little Tokidoki obsessed right now. You can see more of my shoes here.

Would you like a Doe-nut my Deere?

I've been painting these shoes for a while now, and they're finally finished and on their way to sunny LA! See if you can guess who they're for (there's a hint in the post title!). I don't think I'll ever get bored of painting donuts on shoes, they're just too darn delicious.

You can find work in progress shots of these shoes here and here. You can get your own pair of customised stilettos in my Etsy Shop or email me at ponychopsshop @ gmail.com

For more pictures of the Donut Mocassins pictured above, go here.

Etsy Finds - Vegan Love

I have no reason why it's taken me so long to do a Vegan Etsy treasury. There seem to be a ton of make up and beauty shops on etsy that make vegan friendly products, I definitely need to try some out!

1. Betty Turbo / 2. The Gnarly Whale / 3. Love Infinitely / 4. Corkor / 5. Addictive Cosmetics / 

6. A Breath of French Air / 7. Chocolita LLC / 8. Vegan Police / 9. Golden Ponies

PonyChops on Pinterest

Last week I finally decided to get a Pinterest account, and oh gosh, part of me wishes I hadn't. I'm now a complete Pinterest junkie.

I used to have a ridiculous amount of inspirational pictures saved on my computer, now I can just simply pin anything I like into the correct folder. It's so much easier!

If you want to follow me on Pinterest you can follow me here. Don't forget to link me to your pinterest in the comments so I can follow you back :)


Here's some of my fav pins:

1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10

In other news, remember Anke Weckmann that I featured on the blog last week? She's very kindly offered all PonyChops readers 15% off all orders on her Etsy Shop, just use the code APPLE15

Don't forget to enter my Sugar Cookie giveaway!

Pretty Kitty: Nail Art Tutorial

You will need:
Turquoise, dark purple (you can pretty much replace these with any colours you want), yellow & pink nail varnishes
A bobby pin
Black nail art pen

1. Paint your nails with the background colour
2. With your "cat" nail colour, paint the top third of your nail, make the edge rounded for the top of the cats head.
3. With the same colour, add some little triangular ears, extend them to the edges of your nails.
4. Add some little pink triangles for the inner ears, it dosn't matter is the pink extends on the cats ace area.
5. Apply another coat of "cat colour" on the top third of your nail, going over the bits of pink that went on the cat head.
6. Apply two dots of yellow for eyes using your bobby pin.
7. With your bobby pin, apply a pink dot in between the eyes to form a nose
8. Add some tiny black dots in the centre of the cats eyes to form pupils, and you're done!!

The final photos!

I was so excited when Kyle sent me the final photos from the photoshoot the other week! I think they look REALLY good!
Styling and make up by me, photography by the super talented Kyle Chapman, modelled by Ginge Collinson.
The first three are ones I asked Kyle to edit to show off my shoes & bag better, and the last four are his favourite pics from the shoot.

A weekend of nail art!

This weekend I've been obsessing over painting nails. I seem to have about 10 million and one nail varnishes, so i figured I'd try out some creative ways to use them!

Last night I went out to celebrate my birthday, and of course a birthday night out isn't complete without beautiful nails! I followed this adorable nail tutorial that I found on The Make Up Box. It was really easy to follow, mine didn't look quite as neat as this though, i need to practice!!

While writing this, I'm half way through attempting this Mod Cloth tutorial. I can't believe how effective this looks! I'll post my results when I'm finished.

My next nail varnish attempt is going to be this jig jag nails tutorial from The Dainty Squid. I think it's going to be perfect for Easter because it looked like cracked eggs!

Photo Shoot Part 1

Last monday I did the styling and make up for a photo shoot by the photographers Kyle Chapman and Aiden Tate. I had so much fun. Ginge looked sh*t hot and the guys produced some kick ass photos.

I provided some PonyChops shoes and a bag for the photo shoot (these will be up for grabs pretty soon on my shop):

I coloured in a vogue picture to plan out what make up look I was going for. I think it turned out really well in the end. Can't wait to see Kyles pics for some close ups of the face:

 Aiden has just sent me his finished photos and here they are! I'm so pleased with them!! I'll add the final pictures from Kyle soon when the editing process is complete!

These photos were shot on a lubitel 166B, which is a really snazzy looking russian camera.

XOXO

I just love these photos featuring XOXO's beautiful clothing. The photos are so full of energy, complimenting the bright and bold outfits and make up!


Check out the XOXO etsy shop for more lovely clothes. They aren't badly priced either!! And have a look at their website, they have some pretty colourful suggestions on how to wear their creations.

ZOMGZOMBZ make-up tutorial ♥

Halloween is only a week away! And here at ponychops we love any excuse for fancy dress. If your stuck for ideas, why not try our Zombie face makeup tutorial.


All you need is:

• Black eyeliner
• White facepaint 
• Pink eyeshadow
• Green eyeshadow
• Red eyeliner/lipliner
• Vaseline (to help the eyeshadow stick to your face)
• Brushes/sponges

Optional extras:

• False eyelashes
• Fakeblood

Have fun recreating this look ♥


Here are a few pics of us being zombz:

Temporary Tattoo

I've just stumbled upon this very interesting artist, Ariana Page Russell. She has a skin condition called dermatographia, where her skin is hypersensitive to the smallest of scratches, causing painless welts that last around 30 mins. Arianna uses this to her advantage and creates beautiful artwork on her body, then photographing it. She's even created some beautifully patterned wallpapers using pictures of her skin. In the first two pictures I think she has used temporary tattoos to achieve this effect. The third picture is caused by etching words onto her skin.

Her newest exhibition "Blouse" starts October 21st 2011 at the Magnan Metz gallery in NY and goes on until 19th November.

Adorable Bear Nails

Everyone likes a little pampering, especially us at PonyChops.  There is nothing nicer than having pretty nails, and with our easy to follow Bear Nails tutorial you can create adorable nails yourself.

We have used 6 different shades, but feel free to try different variations of colours, any nail varnish brand will do.

Have fun  :)

The Milky Nun

Stunning photo by Aurum Light

Absolutely LOVING the make up from Vivienne Westwood's Red Label Spring/Summer 2012 catwalk show. Click here for more photos of the show.

photo: Alvise Guadagnino / Fish&Chic