EVERYTHING IS EMBARRASSING

    Dear rockers, yesterday was such a wonderful day light, me and Carolina went out to do an outdoor photo shoot.

    This is the proof that cloudy days are as great as any other day! There was a little bit of wind, but that's one of the greatest factors there is. Together with the sun , these two natural factors provided a great atmosphere for this photo shoot, even if it had rained, there are no such things as limitations compromising your photos.

    Light is the most important factor, and it's what defines the ambience of your photos.

    Next time you catch yourself in a cloudy day, grab your camera, grab a beautiful model, and just go for it.

Model: Carolina Batista

Make Up: Beatriz Mariano

Photos: Beatriz Mariano Photography

BURNING AMBITION

    Yesterday was a wondeful day light for an outdoor photo shoot , it has been raining like fucking hell these days .

    Me and Carolina when out to the fields to take a few pictures , so she helped me with my LOOKBOOK.nu photos !

    This was my outfit . It was a bit chilly , so I wore a white The Doors shirt , my german army jacket I got from the flea market , black skinny jeans and my Doc Martens boots. It wasn't entirely black (just like I feel most confortable with) but it was great for a simple walk outside .

BORN TO RAISE HELL

    Dear rockers, I'm sorry I haven't been writting so much these past couple weeks, but the weather has not been on my side and neither has college. Sorry about that!

    Whatever. This was my outfit for today. It's a combination between the camouflage pattern in the jeans with the Motörhead t-shirt (which is one of my favourite bands!) and my new green hair!

    These jeans used to be skinny, but with time they began to look kind of baggy, which i like a lot actually. To had a small touch of mine I wore my old chains, and to complete, my moto biker leather jacket and a cotton bonnet. And as usual, the accessories were all the same old silver ones.

WHITE KNUCKLES

    Dear rockers, today I went with the "the simple" look.

    Black leather jacket, black skinny jeans, black double sole suede creepers. Underneath I was wearing a Guns n' Roses "Appetite For Destruction" tshirt.

    The accessories were the same silver ones.

    I love the black color, so I guess the darker it gets the better it feels.

THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND SKATE

    Dear rockers, this was my look for today.

    The main piece of this outfit was my NoFX Concert tshirt. I love this fucking punk band.

    With this shirt I used my high-waist H&M bleached denim jeans, my black leathered jacket and my black double sole suede creepers.

    With this outfit I wore my skull belt I bought back in a gothic store in Switzerland, and the same old silver accessories.

ANOURO JÓIAS | JEWELLERY PHOTOGRAPHY

Pendulum

Necklace

Ring

    Dear rockers,

    I finally finished my Jewellery work today with some pictures of the store itself!

    More than 600 pictures later, together with a promocional video, the work is complete and the photos of the pieces are now available on facebook!

    The store is called Anouro Jóias, and the lady who runs it is my neighbour. She kindly asked me to picture all of her pieces to promote the store online.

    From all the work I've done, this has been the most pleasent one. I'm not sure if it was due to her, because I already knew since a few years ago, or if it was because of the jewellery itself. Either way, this was a really great job I couldn't be more proud of.

Visit her facebook profile here.

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SKOOL SUCKS

    Dear rockers, this was my look for today.

    Black skinny jeans, and black suede double sole creepers were the basic pieces, the main piece of this outfit was my DIY sweater. It's a male basic gray sweater I had cut, and wrote on it Skool Sucks. A bit of a rebellious attitute, yet trendy. The black hat was the final touch, together with the same silver accessories.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

    Ain't there something about Christmas Lights?

    It's that time of the year when all those warm colors fill our insides, pouring upon our faces, letting us feel that calm and joyful Christmas spirit.

    There's something no one can explain about these small stars that light us up on the inside, giving us that passionate feeling of this wonderful time of the year. Isn't it great to see our old cherished streets lightened up with all these magical wonders?

    Here's a few pictures and a video I made about these fantastic loving lights.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

SPREADING THE DISEASE

    Dear rockers, this was my look for today.

    There's a new detail in this outfit: my old 1m long metal chains.

    As always, the black skinny pants with my black suede creepers, were gathered today with my Anthrax Spreading the Disease tshirt with an old Lee denim coat.

    The chains and the black lipstick give this look a heavier essence. The kind of essence I feel most related with.

FREAK ON A LEASH

    Dear rockers, this was my outfit for today.

    I haven't posted anything on LOOKBOOK.nu for a while now, so I decided this was a good opportunity to do something about it.

    As always I couldn't leave the black tone. 

    I wore my black leather army boots from Dr Martens, black skinny jeans, and a gray cotton coat with my new black leather motor coat.

    I've always been a fan of Harley Davidson's, I wouldn't feel good if I didn't had a motobiker jacket like this. It's the perfect piece for every combination for the winter.

MISS NOTHING PHOTO SHOOT

    Yesterday's meeting resulted in a colorful photo shoot.

    Me and Marie Von-d Bacelar gathered with the model Carolina Batista to put up a grunge photo session.

    Dark smoky eyes, ripped dark glass tights, and pink tone hair, were the main details that gave these photos such characteristic look.

    First of all, Carolina had to lay on the floor so me and Marie could dye her hair in different shades of pink, first a light one, and then a darker one. After getting her hair dyed out, the next step was the make up. A small smoky shade on the edge of eye over a lighter shade of gray, and followed by black eyeliner with black lipstick made the entire outfit more outstanding. The clothing was (obviously) what gave this session a theme, ripped top a dark glass tights, with my ol' black Doc Martens, and nothing else.

    More than 200 pictures from me and Marie were accomplished and so the photo shoot was beautifully made.

POLAROID SUPERCOLOR 635

    About a week ago, I ordered from ebay a Polaroid Supercolor 635 LM that arrived today! Last week I got a few films to give it a try, and for as amazing as it seems, it's working perfectly (so far)!

    «While conventional cameras were becoming more refined and sophisticated, an entirely new type of camera appeared on the market in 1948. This was the Polaroid Model 95, the world's first viable instant-picture camera. Known as a Land Camera after its inventor, Edwin Land, the Model 95 used a patented chemical process to produce finished positive prints from the exposed negatives in under a minute. The Land Camera caught on despite its relatively high price and the Polaroid lineup had expanded to dozens of models by the 1960s. The first Polaroid camera aimed at the popular market, the Model 20 Swinger of 1965, was a huge success and remains one of the top-selling cameras of all time.»

    I guess I can say for sure, this was a really great purchase!

TATTOO&ROCK FESTIVAL

    This weekend I went to the Tattoo&Rock Festival Nº8 2012, a huge convention of the most prestigious and famous tattooers in Portugal.

    This festival was held in, what's in my opinion, the most perfect place this convention could have ever been held in: LX Factory! The old rotten walls couldn't have given it a more classic and characteristic ambience. The typical dark and mystic environment of this religion was perfectly described and embraced by this magical place and by all the people, either fans, tattooers, organization or curious minds. One of the most interesting things is that, even though this was an enviroment of a certain typical style, you could see all kinds of people walking around, from Pin Ups to Punks, from kids to old youngsters, everyone was enjoying it.

    From male to female tattoers, I've never seen such wonderful pieces of work gathered together in one single room! I now understand how amazing it must be to share such beautiful art into someone's life. 

    This festival was well organized. We could count on lots of national and international professional tattoers, such as their supliers and merchandise.

    There were also several contests to entertain the audience such as the Miss Pin Up Contest,
the Best Tattoo Contest: Best Back Piece, Best of Day, Best Colour, Best Black&Grey, Best New & Best Old School, Best of Show.

    We could also count on several musical artists such as: Swinging, Tripping & Rocking - Paulo Furtado (Legendary Tiger Man, Wraygun, ex. Tédio Boys), Nevermind the Trollocks, Here’s João Ribas (Tara Perdida, Kamones, ex. Censurados), e Welcome to The Tattoo & Rock Festival com António Freitas (Antena 3 Rock).

    To conclude, it's with great pleasure that I say that this was a wonderful evening I spent surrounded by all kinds of Art in Ink!

THE ARTISTS

Nationals:

lto Astral- Quinta do Conde

Art R

Bloodline-Algés/Tyttoo Tattau

B-Zarre Cascais

Crazy Body-Setubal

Domus -Setubal

El Diablo-Lisboa /Tnt-Aveiro

Gury- Amora/Led Coult-Viseu

Impact Custom- Almada

Look Art-Braga

Maniaks Krew

Proprius Tattoos

Pedrada Tattoos-Costa Caparica

Queen of Hearts -Lisboa /Barreiro

Tattoo Mania-Sacavém

Triparte Tattoos-Lisboa 

Tyler`s Tattoo- Parede

Tribal Tattoo- St. Iria

Just Tattoos-Leiria

Freak Shop- Faro

Heart of Buda Tattoos -Lisboa

Illusion Club - Lisboa

Clockwork (Lisboa) / Still Life (Lisboa)

Lucky 13 - Faro e Albufeira

Internationals:

Adicted- Barcelona-Spain

Alexis Camburn- England

Hell to Pay-England

Iron&Ink- Dannmark

Turpentine Tattoos- London -England

Kava Body Art- Switzerland

Black Steel-Spain

Nels Tattoo - France

Taboo Tattoo - Andorra

Supliers:

Black Steel - Espanha

Pedrada Tattoo Suplies-Costa da Caparica

Piranha TattooSuplies-Viseu

Triparte Tattoo Suplies-Lisboa

Kava Tattoo Suplies-Switzerland

Merchandise:

La Cerise Shop

Blue Bullet

Triparte Piercing

Clockwork

Watch all the pictures I took on my facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.454296664616731.106144.239310356115364&type=1

#3 ANXIETY: FINAL TOUCH

    The third day's gone and the results were pretty amazing!

    Even though I invited lots of friends to visit, only 7 showed up, but for my own surprise, thanks to all other artists, more than 300 people attended that exhibition!

    My work was highly complimented, such as my guts to post something so different. People showed interest in my work, and I just can't tell how many people congratulated me! There are no words to describe how wonderful it felt to see so many unknown people enjoying my pictures, I just can't wait for the next exhibition!

    It was one of the best experiences I've ever had, and I just can't thank enough to those who invited me to join such fantastic group of artists!

    To show you a piece of the environment I made a small video now available on youtube!

    Watch, rate, comment & subscribe!

#2 ANXIETY: 1ST DAY

    The first day of the exhibition Mostra de Arte! is gone and the second starts in a few hours.

    I've been getting really good feedback but I just can't get as exited as most of the people there.

    The preparation took a while , but I guess the hardest part was at the end when I was dead tired and had stay there untill the very end.

    Today starts in a few hours with the same 8 canvas hanging in the wall with so many people starring at them while whispering, killing me of curiosity.

    Second day... Here we go!

#1 ANXIETY

    Today I visited for the first time the room where the exhibition is gonna placed.

    Fresh painted, it's a big and wide room tipically decorated as cellar, smelling like the old wet dirt from the winter arrival.

    I wasn't very excited at first, but now that I realize the date is getting closer, I confess a little bug is starting to grow.

    How about setting things up for a big show? I'm off to buy the canvas for my wall, and I shall be back soon.

DUALITY

    This time I left the black for a bit ... but not for too long!
    This outfit is super casual. The dark green is, in my opinion, the color that fits me better (except black). I found this wool sweater while shopping for 10€ and I just had to get it.
    The large ripped denim jeans give this outfit a relaxed style, followed by the black suede creepers, and black bonnet with the same acessories as usual.
    Since the green of my hair is getting e little bit washed out, it's almost the same tone as the green of the sweater.

CHICWISH GIVEAWAY

    Chichwish is doing a giveaway for the first time together with Le Happy blog to giveaway two vouchers worth $80 on any of their items!
    You can actually win pieces of clothing worn by Le Happy on her last post!
    Anyone can enter! Its open worldwide!

1. Like Le Happy on Facebook

2. Register on Chicwish 

3. Leave a comment with your favorite item from Chicwish (www.chicwish.com) and your email!

You can tweet this giveaway or Like Chicwish facebook page for extra entries (make sure to write this on your comment as well)

Give it shot! The contest ends on October 27th, the winners will be announced on the 29th!

Le Happy's latest post:

http://glossfashion.com/le-happy/2012/10/16/black-sanctuary/

Chicwish giveaway website!

http://www.chicwish.com/

IN THE STUDIO

    For quite a long time I've been wondering how I'd love to have my studio, and finally, the opportunity came along.

    I've been discussing with my mom how should I do it, and where, so we reached a conclusion. I could close a room in my own house, paint the walls, and make it my own! So finally, a few years later, my little white cocoon is coming to live!

    My biggest passion (in photography) is picturing portraits. There's somthing about each person essence that drags me into looking at them through a little pinhole and capturing it as it is, or as I can see it through my own eyes.

    I guess I'm mostly happy for seeing a dream coming true, but none of this would have happened if it weren't for all of the support I've been getting from my Family, Friends and Fans! So, I guess I can't thank you all enough for this. It's just an overwhelming feeling so see all of this coming to live! And also, a big thank you to all of my haters for never believing in me and yet for making my name being heard so loud, here's a big round of applause for you sad people!

    To all of you: thank you!

BLACK SKULL

    One other thing that I've always been in love with since I can remember is skulls.

    On the other day my boyfriend gave me this most wonderful cotton shirt with a skull on it! And what's better to combine a black shirt than black?

    Black shirt, black skinny jeans, black suede creepers, and black leathered spiked bracelets.

    Can't get tired of black... I guess!