In celebration of this weeks Force Awakens premier we present to you Death Star! Finally an indica that is appropriate for night and day time. Of course it would be named after Star Wars. Death Star is a blend of the indica strain Sensi Star and the sativa Sour Diesel. Both strains have such dramatic effects that you would think the high from them being put together would drive you insane. Death Star is known to be a heavy indica, which is true but, the amount of euphoria that it takes from its sativa side is amazing. This strain is recommended for daytime or nighttime. It has great pain relief and tones of mental help. I would say this is a great strain to keep around for an anytime use. Its fairly popular now-a-days so, i'm sure you won't have trouble finding it! Keep it real! -Colin
When crossing the Blueberry indica strain and the legendary Haze sativa strain, you get an absolute amazing hybrid called BLUE DREAM!!! This strain is as good as it sounds. Every aspect that you look for in a sativa and a indica strain is within this strain. This type of hybrid is considered a sativa dominate. What that means is, when you smoke blue dream you get the euphoric creativeness that you would from a normal sativa but also, you get the relaxing pain relief that you would get from a normal indica. Patients that suffer from pain, depression, or nausea love this strain because normally they would have to smoke a heavy indica to relieve the threshold of these symptoms. Which usually make you very tired and unmotivated. But, because blue dream shares the best of both worlds, it doesn't make you drowsy but still gives you the pain relief with the desired motivation. A great strain to have in the morning with your cup of coffee.
Have an awesome week!!!! Peace -Colin
This strain is the one that everyone brings up when they try to nay-say marijuana. In no way at all does Green Crack have anything to do with real crack or even butt cracks for that matter. This strain was originally known as "Cush" and hit the scene in the early 90's in SoCal. Somewhere in its travels thru California, Cush got sold to Snoop Dogg and his crew. Its said that Snoop Dogg took a few hits of Cush and said that he was going to call it Green Crack for now on because of how quickly it hits you with energy and how much he just wanted to keep smoking it. This strain is a fantastic morning weed. It gives you every benefit of caffeine and gives you a lot of creative juices. Artist tend to keep Green Crack around cause of how well it helps to break through creative barriers. A great med for anyone who needs motivation, stress relief, anti-depression and pain relief. This is one of the most sought after strains out!!! Have a hazy week ya pot heads! -Colin
Theres not much to say on this one. If you dont know these dudes yet, then wake up. Check this new Music Video from our boys in Taking Dreams for their song : Detached.
Do you feel tough yet? Well you should! follow them on the social networking sites
So if this post gets really wordy and ranty about how amazing this girl is, I'm apologizing ahead of time.
Kristen aka Lil Bambii is a 21 year old fashion blogger of LIL BAMI ,stylist, and visual communications major student at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) based out of Los Angeles, California! I met Kristen a few years ago through Tumblr, back in the days when I was really into Tumblr, and had a ton of internet friends! We were mutuals, and as time went on, we developed similar styles, and interests! She's always looked like a bad ass Baby Spice babe to me! I remember when I found out she went to FIDM, I was so jealous because it's seriously my dream school. I'm one of those people just does not like school at all, but if I lived in California, I would 100% go to FIDM. I've always wanted to be a stylist myself, so seeing a friend of mine get to do it, and do amazing with it as well, makes me so happy!
She's been able to work with some really great companies and people like Nicki LIpstick and Gitsie Wood, ShopTunnelVision, and TiltedSole , and she has been featured on my UNIF's Instagram page, which is pretty major in my opinion! She's doing some amazing things, at just 21. She's very inspiring, stylist, and gorgeous. If we lived closer, I know we'd probably be the best of friends! Kristen is my WCW every day, let just be honest.
Here are some photos from Kristen's blog, Lil Bambi, and a few pictures from shoots that she's styled!
Follow Kristen on Instagram: @_lilbambi
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MELANIE
TRAINWRECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. Fa-king. Love. This. Strain!!!! Seriously tho, one of the best scented and best tasting types of marijuana in my opinion. If you are looking for a cerebral “head high”, as the kids are calling it these days, this is a perfect strain to pick up. Trainwreck has been a household name for us marijuana abusers for decades now. I’m sure if you said the name “trainwreck” around your hippy parents, they would know exactly what you’re talking about. Besides giving a crazy awesome head buzz, this strain is great for patients that suffer from depression, anxiety, appetite stimulant, cramps associated with PMS, RLS, DDD, nausea, muscle aches, and eases pain from nerve damage. I personally have found myself leaning towards this strain whenever I’m in need of a pick me up. It helps take a bad mood and turn it right around. It’s also great to smoke during the day because it gives you a euphoric state of mind with a high amount of energy.
Smoke em if you got em boys and girls! Have a gnarly week!
-Colin
This is long overdue. But we want you guys to know about our good friend Fernando Silverio Solis. You might recognize him as the front man for 1876. He started this acoustic side project called Goldblum. Smooth eloquent hooks matched of fluid melodies. So please check out his work and ladies feel free to fall in love with Goldblum. -Aren
Since last week's post was more Halloween related, I figured I'd do this week's post about last month's favorites! October was a beautiful month for the most part, and nothing makes me happier than to see the change of color in the leaves, and all of the leaves on the ground. So, if there's a favorite at all for October, it's just the general visual change of season!
BEAUTY
L'oreal Infallible Foundation
I unfortunately ran out of my Born This Way foundation recently, which is a huge bummer because that stuff is amazing, but also good as well, because it gave me a chance to try something new! I like a full coverage foundation, because I have a lot to cover up unfortunately, but I didn't want to spend so much money again, like I did on my Born This Way foundation. I looked up some reviews of some drug store foundations, and asked my online girl gang, and this foundation was recommended a few times! I went out and got it the same day, and I'm in love with it 100%! I'll more than likely continue to purchase it!
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer
Back in November I talked about the Sephora brand concealer that I fell in love with, and I found something that I like even better. It's cheaper, and I feel like it works better as well! It's not runny, sticky, and it stays pretty much all day, if you set it of course! I've been using it with the foundation I just talked about, and I love these two products together!
FASHION
Layering Season
I can online do my fashion part of my favorites by summing it all up into one fall trend, and that's LAYERING. Not only does layering outfits look great, but it's obviously very useful, now that the weather is cooling down. Simple looks like putting a collar shirt under a sweater, will amp up any outfit, that much more!
I've learned a lot about layering from one of my favorite YouTubers, Ari Fitz! An OOTD selfie of mine was actually just in one of her recent TOMBOYISH styling videos, which is also pretty dope. I was wearing a layered look in the picture! HERE'S the video my OOTD picture was featured in! I did a whole post about Ari, awhile back. She's so inspirational, and stylish, ugh.
Caitlin Marks is so major, I can't even handle how amazing she is. Her makeup is always on point, and her fashion as well! She works closely with companies like Teale Coco (a brand I've mentioned here on WCW before) , and Dollskill, two companies that I love so so much! She's really sweet too! Go give her a follow!
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MELANIE
Good things come to those who wait and to those who work hard! and these guys have spent the past year grinding away to reinvent this band! These dudes are straight killing it! Armed with a post apocalyptic death squad aesthetic, Banshee Pilot has us on the edge of our seats. I mean, we are pretty biased considering their bass player and one of our closest friends is the Brandan Keller a total video and photo wizard. Everything he touches for any other band is Gold. We cant wait to see what comes out of his brain for his own band! Check this video teaser they rocked for their song "If you wanted riches honey you shouldve married a doctor"
Download the ep for fans of heavy anthemic hooks with a pop soulful overtones. we expect huge huge things for these guys in the future! so get stoked and pay attention! -Aren
HALLOWEEN IS IN THREE DAYS CAN YOU BELIEVE IT DKSFJA;DKSLFJ;ADKLFJAF
My family had a Halloween party this past Saturday, and I didn't feel like doing my HIM costume because I didn't feel like walking around in pumps all night, and I felt like wearing my wig! I've seen SO SO SOOO many of these pop art comic book looking makeup tutorials, and it's no surprise that after finding a ton of those, it turns out there's also a TON of pop art ZOMBIE looks too! These looks are actually surprisingly simple to do believe it or not. I don't consider myself to be a makeup artist, painter, body painter, or anything like that. I like playing with makeup, and I thought I'd try something different. This was my very first go at this kind of makeup, and I think it went pretty well! I pretty much followed the tutorial that I have linked below!
One of my absolute FAVORITE makeup YouTubers, Mykie of GLAM&GORE, did a video tutorial for the "ZOMBAE" look shown above. She's an absolutely genius SFX, glam, body painter, makeup artist. Not only is she talented, she's extremely relatable! I hate when I watch YouTubers and they feel so rehearsed, and I feel like I'm watching a programed robot. Mykie is so silly, and really fun to watch. I feel like I'm just watching a friend when I watch her videos! Follow Mykie on Instagram: @mykie_ !!!! The rest of these zombaes below are also, all Mykie!
The video I followed more closely was the one shown below by Nicole Guerriero! I love the color scheme she used so much, I hope to try that color scheme next time I do it, or if I do it on anyone else! I did pink on myself because I really just love pink, and wanted to have pink skin for a night! Really, if you know how to make some basic shapes, outlining the shapes you make, color by number, and the basics of highlights and shading, then this is a VERY achievable look! When I did it, I wasn't sure about how it would turn out, but I stuck to it. What you put into it, is what you'll get out of it, as with everything you do!
As far as tools, and supplies go, all I used was a pink body paint from the craft store that was about $10, some cheap paint brushes, makeup brushes, eyeshadows, and some black and white liquid liner! You don't have to follow these tutorials to a T, it's always good to look up some other picture references and pull different ideas to create an original look which is kind of what I did, even though I followed this one pretty closely! OVER ALL, this was a TON of fun to do. I'd suggest doing it with a desk top mirror in front of you. I didn't have that, so I had to use a small mirror from a contour pallet that I have. You'll want to make sure you've got plenty of time to do this look. I started at about 1:30pm, and finished around 5:00pm, threw on a tutu, a crop top, some tights, and my leopard print UNIF HELLBOUNDS, put some skeleton clips in my wig, and had to rush out the door!
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MELANIE
Two weeks ago I had no idea what Lamb's Bread was until this amazing strain came around and blew my mind. As soon as I ripped into the bulk bag, a sweet earthy pungent smell sneaked into my nose and I felt as if I've found true love. This super sativa has an instant euphoric feel, leaving you with an abundance of creative and inspirational thoughts. Lamb's Bread origins come out of Jamaica and is said to be a favorite of Bob Marley. Lamb's Bread is an amazing strain to have around when you have been feeling down in the dumps. Its a major mood booster. Lots of laughs are packed into this fantabulous strain.
Peace&Love -Colin
WELL THE WILSON BOYS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. A NEW RECORD, INTERNATIONAL TOURS, AND SPENDING THEIR DAYS BANGING THEIR HEADS THOUSANDS OF FANS. WITH ALL OF THIS TIME ON THE ROAD THEY HAVENT LOST THEIR ROOTS HERE IN DETROIT.
CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME BACK STORY FOR RIGHT TO RISE:
"When we wrote the song we wanted to tell a story about the area of the world we live in. After traveling so much the past few years we realize the magnifying glass that the media has put on Detroit has damaged not only our city’s image but more importantly our PEOPLES’ image. We all struggle with life's weight no matter where we live in this world...our peoples’ story is not unlike the millions of other people out there put against the wall daily, cast aside as underdogs and thought of as "already dead". It's through the struggle to survive in those conditions that we create our strengths.
What we’ve tried to achieve visually is to tell a story thru the POV of a pack of dogs moving thru the blight of our city; the places most identifiable to the rest of the world. The abandoned house the band is performing in starts to crumble as the "underdogs" move from the rubble of our past into the present parts of Detroit's rebuild, showing our people coming together in strength to unite as one. It’s a picture of hope and growth through hard work, resilience and ingenuity, while honoring our past as we rise towards our future.
The video was produced and directed by Tradesmen Films and Chad Nicefield."
WELL WE ARE VERY STOKED AT VILE HQ ON SEEING ALL OF THIS PLACES THAT MAKE OUR HOME...OUR HOME. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE! -AREN
Halloween is hands down my favorite holiday of the year, for obvious reason. You get to stuff your face with candy, pumpkin carving, costume makeup, body painting, masks, blood, and seeing all kinds of characters brought to life! I love nothing more than seeing everyones different interpretations of tv show characters old and new, movie villains, and cartoon characters casually roaming the streets, and preforming every day mundane tasks. For me personally, picking a costume out can be really exciting, but also very stressful if you can't figure out what to dress as. Yes you can go to your nearest Halloween store, and just pick something off the wall, but when that's just not enough for you (like myself), sometimes you need some inspiration. But what if you want to go out with your fierce girl gang? GOOD NEWS, I think group costumes are easier to pick, than just individual costumes! So here are some ideas for your girl gang, in different group sizes!
Daria and Jane (2)
If your girl gang is you and your one partner in crime, that's 100% okay! Cheers to you guys! I love Daria and Jane so much, and they're definitely an iconic team. Also what's great about these costumes, is that a lot of it, you can probably find similar pieces in your wardrobe, or even your local thrift store! Once you've got your looks down, go celebrate over some pizza!
The Powerpuff Girls (3)
The Powerpuff Girls show was such a huge part of my childhood, and these girls mean the world to me. Personally, this year I've chosen to take a different approach with my costume, and decided to go as the evil villain "HIM" from this show. I would definitely be helpful to have the whole picture painted if there was a group of girls I knew going as Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup! Maybe I'll find them that day, and at least take a picture with them!
Also, can we just take a second to appreciate the girls below who did a warrior inspired take on the PPGs? I love it.
Adventure Time Princesses (2-limitless)
Adventure Time is my favorite modern day children's show, for it's sometimes dry, and adult humor that gets thrown in there from time to time! I love all of the Princesse characters on the show. Pick a few of your favorites, and do it up with your girls!
Spice Girls (5)
Need I say more? GIRL POWER. 90's style is ridiculously popular right now, and tons of retailers are releasing very 90's inspired clothes left and right! Crop tops, flare jeans, rhinestones, platforms, and scrunchies aren't hard to come by nowadays. But beware, if there are two blondes in your group, get ready for the debate of who should be Baby Spice, and good luck!
American Horror Story: Coven Witches (4-5)
I say 4-5 with this one, because you can decide to just be the student witches, or you can also add in Supreme Fiona Goode. These look REALLY great on just about everyone, because everyone looks amazing in black, and that is a fact. For these looks, just think black black black, pops of white, sheer cut outs, maxi/mid dresses, wide brim/floppy hats, boots, umbrellas, and gloves. You can watch the episodes of this season as inspiration! I'll probably do a look similar to this for one night of Halloween, but I'm trying to figure out if anyone will actually thing I'm in a costume, because this is kind of my aesthetic most of the Fall/Winter seasons.
♡ HAPPY HALLOWEEN ♡
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MELANIE
A few weeks ago, I touched on a cannabis product that most of us stoners call dabs. This week i'm going to talk about one of the methods you take dabs. Dab rigs are essentially bongs for the most part. They do make dab pipes but, they are absolutely awful and I don't recommend using them. The way you use dab rigs is a bit different.... Some say that it reminds them of how you would smoke crack and in which is why some don't partake in a dab sessions. You can use any normal water bong. The only extra pieces you need is a torch, dab nail and a dabber. Dab nails are made out of either quartz, ceramic or titanium. Each nail has different benefits. Dabbers are a glass or titanium rod that you use to touch the dab (wax) to the dab nail. You consume the dab by heating the nail with the torch then taking the dabber with the wax on the end of it and putting to the heated nail. The reason that dabbing is even popular is because it sedates you more than any other way of consuming marijuana. For patients with pain, some say it works better than the best narcotic. For stoners, they say it feels like the first time they've ever smoked again. Dabbing is the ultimate high. Peace! -Colin
WELL YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD US REP'N THESE DUDES ALREADY. CRUCIBLE A HEAVY SIDE PROJECT MADE UP OF ANDY (BASS), DAVE (VOCALS) AND LOU (GUITAR) FROM WE CAME AS ROMANS, TODD JANSEN (VOCALS & GUITAR) FROM ASSASSINS AND EVEN NICK FREDDELL (DRUMS) FROM TAPROOT! (BET YOU NEVER SAW THAT ONE COMING) FROM EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM THESE DUDES YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE IN STORE FOR SOME LOW SLUDGY CHUGS, SOLID HOOKS, AND SOME ALL AROUND HEAVY SHIT!
WHEN I TALKED TO DAVE AND ANDY ABOUT THIS PROJECT A WHILE BACK, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE EXCITED TO BRING IT BACK TO THEIR HEAVY ROOTS AND JUST LET LOOSE. WE THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE IMPRESSED BY THE SOLID LYRICS AS WELL AS FIND SOMETHING TO BANG YOUR HEAD TO.
CHECK OUT THEIR FIRST SINGLE DEATH RATE ON THE CRUCIBLE FB PAGE. AND COME OUT FOR THIS EP RELEASE NEXT MONTH!
Dot work, also known as stipple shading, is a shading technique that artists have been doing for many many years in tons of different forms of art, whether it's pencil, ink, paint, digital art, etc. I've never been able to successfully create something that great using stippling, because I'm an impatient person as a whole. When I say that this technique takes time.... It is such an understatement. It's definitely a tedious technique, that one must be very meticulous about where to place every little dot!
When it comes to tattooing, it isn't much different. Dot-work tattoos have been my favorite style of tattoo for quite some time now, I just wasn't been able to find a tattoo artist in my area that I would trust with such a task, until I came across Alan Lott of Dogstar Tattoo Co. and I fell in love with his work instantly! There are tons of artists who do dot-work, and do it well. If you're thinking about getting some dots done, I wouldn't just go to any tattoo artist. I would find someone who has done it quite a bit, of course! I found the guy who did my most recent tattoo, through a page of tattoo artists all around North Carolina! I feel like a lot of states have pages like this on Instagram, so search for one for your state! One of my favorite dot-work artists is the lovely Hannah Pixie Sykes. It's a dream of mine to get tattooed by her for sure!
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MELANIE
The White is that kind of strain that you smoke once and fall in love with. I know people that won't even touch other strains cause of how much they love The White. This strain is claimed to be an indica dominate hybrid. You would never know that is its a hybrid unless you looked it up tho. It is a knock out bud. I will leave you feeling STONED COLD! If you needed help sleeping or with any pain, I would highly suggest The White. After the first three to four hits of this strain, you feel like you are on a cloud for hours. The white is not related to White Widow at all. There also is a strain called The Black which is on the sativa side of the fence. Keep it smokey!!! -Colin
Here we are again its that time of year! Time for the Putnam's Halloween show and this year will be the biggest ever! This Friday at the Crofoot! We are going to pack this place out with will all shit hot and scary! Check out all the bands playing this year!
I've been very into makeup recently, and trying out new products, and finding things that I've really been loving! But with that, I feel like I'm spending SOOOO much money just to keep up with this new interest I've developed!
I was at a drag show, when I ran into a friend that I don't ever get to hang out with, and she was alone at this show, so I hung out with her, and we started girl gabbing about everything from clothes, corsets, drag queens, and makeup! I was telling her how much I've been spending on makeup, but not in a bragging way. More like a "IHATEMYSELFFORSPENDINGSOMUCHONMAKEUP" kind of way. She asked me if I had ever heard of DUPETHAT, and she pulled their instagram page up, and told me to scroll through!
Dupe That is a website / Instagram (@dupethat) that finds you damn near perfect dupes for makeup and beauty products, such as lipsticks, eyeshadows, bronzers, concealers, and even makeup brushes that are typically on the pricier side! You would really be surprised at how many amazing dupes out there, that you probably wouldn't think you'd be able to find an almost exact match for, and at a really affordable price! If I can find a deal, on something that's already really great, I'll absolutely go for it, and Dupe That has definitely changed the way that I'll be shopping for makeup now!
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MELANIE