Themes and Themes and Themes

Awhile ago, I used to do two weekly videos on youtube called Wearable Wednesday and Fierce Friday. They were basically a way to please everyone- the people wanting toned-down, work appropriate looks had something, and the people who liked bright, in-your-face fun had something. It was also great for me, because each had a specific theme that the looks would be based on (one time Wearable Wednesday was based on Greek Gods/Goddesses, another time Fierce Friday was based off of Candy). This was a great way for me to get my creativity going, and I miss it!

The series both sort of faded out for one reason or another, but I am constantly getting requests to bring them back, and since I clearly suck at posting on YouTube if I don’t have a set schedule clearly defined for me, They’re coming back! I already have this week’s looks planed out, but I do need your help for the next few!

I need some ideas for themes for Wearable Wednesday and Fierce Friday! This can be essentially anything- animals, countries, flags, monochromatic, whatever. I just want to know what you guys think would be a fun idea for either category. The easiest way for you to suggest a theme would be to comment below. if you see a theme idea you like, reply to that person’s comment and let them know! That way, I’ll be able to tell what ideas are popular.

At the end of the week, I’ll hold a poll with the most popular ideas, and you guys can vote to determine a winner. I did this in then past and it worked out really well, so I’m hoping it will again! Not only will this choose a winner, but it can potentially map out future WW and FF themes that will happen when this first one is over.

So, speak out! Let me know what you’re thinking, and here’s a preview of this week’s FF. I need a name for it, twitter thought it looked like Watermelon :)

FFoct31

Christine

Memories!

E.g: I remember for one summer trip my mom took me and my brother to Wicklow (Ireland) and we used to go to a cafe for tea and scones in the afternoon. The seating was outdoors in a beautiful garden and the furniture was white plastic garden furniture. It was so sunny on that trip the white from the table was almost blinding but it made the red roses seem even more red and bright.
———> Look: Bright white and bright red (possibly on the lips), or for FF incorporating a rose/flower design.

It would be a cute way to share stories with your followers (that you want to be shared of course!) and probably a nice way to remind yourself of childhood, teenage years etc etc, and the inspiration for each week would be totally different (possibly a plus for you as an artist)
Brooke

wizard of oz!!!!! there could be looks for places like the yellow brick road and emerald city..or the characters, maybe a green-and-black FF look for the wicked witch or a smokey silvery WW based off the tin man, etc..and something for the ruby slippers!
Sara

Holiday party looks! wearable but fun and of course more bold and glittery looks :)
- Cassie
  
  Like!
  - natalie
    
    AGREED!
- http://www.menodolgok.blogspot.com Sophie
  
  yup! :)
- Holly
  
  LIKE!
- http://xxrocksteadyxx@juno.com Sarah
  
  LOVE!
- Leah
  
  like
- Becky C.
  
  That could be cute… like santa claus, pointsettas, candy canes, elves(sorry if I spelt that wrong), aurora borealis, snowman, even characters from old christmas movies like rudolph, rudolph’s girlfriend clarice, frosty, heat miser, cold miser, IDK can’t think of anything else at the moment…. But yeah!
  
  My daughter said the dragon ball z kai characters lol.
  - Greta
    
    Yes! That’d be so fun!
  - Taylor
    
    your daughter is awesome!!! the world needs more female DBZ fans :) and that would look pretty darn cool
- Coco
  
  Great idea!
Avery

You should do a for a cat as fierce friday! Like cool winged eyeliner and detailed eyes.
http://ticklemetonks.blogspot.com Sarah

For Wearable Wednesdays you could recreate (or draw from) the signature looks of Golden Age Hollywood stars?
- Emma
  
  I would love this! What a great idea!
  - Stephanie
    
    AGREED!
    - Harley
      
      OMG YES !
      - Amie
        
        YESSS
      - Coco
        
        Yes yes yes…
- http://ticklemetonks.blogspot.com Sarah
  
  I hadn’t checked this thread in a few days but YAY I’m glad some people agree haha. Good LAWD the comments..I saw the number and I thought the website glitched!
http://vlogjam.blogspot.com/ Dar

Hi Leesa! Stoked for FF to come back. I’ll throw some ideas at ya.

“Runway” – I know you’re up on the trends, so it would be cool for you to do a series of runway inspired looks. Crazy avant-garde! Perhaps you could do some 80′s runway throwbacks. “Psychedelic Burlesque” – flashy colors and frizzy lashes. Totally what I would expect from Xsparkage – just lets you play more with your vibrant makeup addiction. :) My last suggestion is “Famous Paintings”. Not the drab ol’ Mona Lisa – more like inspired by Van Gogh’s moody Starry Night, super mod Piet Mondrian or the golden boldness of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss.

Hope this helps Leesa. Keep on doin’ whatcha doin’. I’m proud of all you have accomplished and love your vids!
- Beth
  
  I love these ideas! Especially the runway looks, but I would also like to see WW Runway looks, on how we can incorporate trends into our day-to-day makeup. Also I love the Famous Paintings Idea. They would look so gorgeous!
  - Kristen
    
    Yes!
    - Coco
      
      Me too really like the famous paintings idea! Like Monets water lillys !!!
- ChloëV
  
  Sounds great, especially the runway!
- Casey
  
  I like the Famous Paintings Idea!
Megan

You should name the look “Hummingbird Heartbeat” , after Katy Perry’s song. It remind me of those bright Hummingbird colors and also of Katy Perry’s colorful style.
Mary

Fairytales!! like alice in wonderland (and then all the characters) and snowwhite and everything :-D
- Danielle
  
  I love this idea!
- Beth
  
  Love Love Love this!!!
- Harley
  
  omg this too ! haha
- Pam
  
  I like the fairy tale theme also but I was thinking classical illustrations. The SurLaLune site has a great collection of images from some fairy tales here: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/index.html
  
  The colors are a little more muted but have a kind of water color feel. The stories are also available on the site if you want to read them for inspiration.
  - Coco
    
    Yes go with it…love. Great idea Pam!
- Tabitha
  
  thiiiis <3
- Lexy
  
  obsessed amazingggg!
Lizzie

How about different flowers, or more celebrity looks, or a Facebook Tutorial, one for Twitter, Tumblr etc based on the wesite color schemes!
- AmandaTX
  
  Those websites are all blue, unfortunately. Not much variation. :(
- Ági
  
  LIKE
http://cleverendeavor.wordpress.com thecandiedmango

Disasters! You could do some really cool stuff with this—oil spills (going with the rainbow sheen oil has instead of a literal interpretation), forest fires, volcanic eruptions…
- Annie S
  
  i love this!
- haley
  
  YESS! natural disasters please leesha
- Ági
  
  yess
- http://xxrocksteadyxx@juno.com Sarah
  
  LIKE!
- Lisa
  
  This is super creative! I love it!
- Tabitha
  
  Oooh this sounds like a neat idea as well :)
- Coco
  
  Another really great idea….you girls/ ladies are so good at this …love it!
  - Greta
    
    This is clever! Could be a fun FF!
Lacie

I think it kind of looks like a flamingo inspired look. I love it!! Keep up the good work!
justine

my innitial thought was a flamingo, but then i thought of flit from pocahontas. awesome look!
Silje

Do iron fist inspired look? make a dark an dramastik look fun with colurs but still dark an dramastik :D
Silje

Or a tim burten movie marathon?
- http://www.derickcich.com Derick
  
  I was totally thinking that, thumbs up!
- haley
  
  thatd be really cool
  - ChloëV
    
    great!
    - http://colourbymakeup.blogspot.com/ Zoe
      
      OMG YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
- Beth
  
  Loving this!!!
- Hanah
  
  YESSS!!
- KamiJ
  
  Ih my god I love that Idea=)
  
  when I saw the pic of this weeks FF – i just read yr twitter about the muppets ;)
  
  And I think that look looks like “Miss Piggy loves Kermit XD
  
  haha keep it up I love your looks =)
- Casey
  
  YES!
- Aubree
  
  Love this idea!!
- Nikki
  
  So awesome, i would love that
- Roxy
  
  So cool!!!
- Coco
  
  Oh oh this this!!
http://www.derickcich.com Derick

World Wonders
Continents
Endangered Species
Patterns (plaid, stripes, hounds-tooth, etc.)
Planets/Solar system, Pick up where Petrilude stopped!
Fairytale creatures (unicorn, leprechaun, dragon, centaur, fairy, etc…)
You could take some of your old looks and use the exact opposite colors and see how different it looks
Elements
Popular villains
Pixar inspired

I hope some of my ideas were helpful!
- Esha
  
  I like a lot of those. World Wonders, Fairytale creatures, Popular Villains, Patterns
  - Alisa
    
    World Wonders + Fairytale Creatures ! Yes !
- Ashley
  
  OMG Pixar- I’m a Disney Fanatic!
  - Greta
    
    Pixar!
- Ági
  
  fairytale creatures!!
- http://xxrocksteadyxx@juno.com Sarah
  
  I like the idea of taking old looks and doing opposite colors.
- Nikki
  
  Fairytail creatures + Patterns I would love that
- Roxy
  
  Great ideas!
http://sophiewophiee.tumblr.com Sophie

Christmas theme! Or Bonfire Night!
Courtney

I like Pixar inspired and maybe somthing wearable inspired by the Different time period barbies. like the 1980 somthing Peaches and cream can be peachy.
- Coco
  
  Like
Esha

Fierce Friday Theme:
The Muppets
NHL Hockey Team Colours. Different looks dedicated to different teams using their colours.
Country Flags
Christmas Wrapping Paper
Cupcakes

Wearable Wednesday Theme:
Victoria Secret
Ivy League Schools – using their school colours
Hollywood Icons from the 1920′s – Audry Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Marylin Monroe, Grace Kelly, etc.
Princesses from Around the World – England’s, Spain’s, Denmark’s, etc.
Jillie

Women through the ages / Famous historic women
http://www.menodolgok.blogspot.com Sophie

Hey what about makeup looks from ANTM? (America’s next top modell)
Taylor

Decades! like 20′s 30′s 40′s 50′s etc
- Daniela
  
  Yes, makeup by decades would be awesome!
- Rachel
  
  Yes definitely! I’d love to see an 80s (maybe punk rockish), look.
- Ági
  
  agree!! ;)
- Alisa
  
  agreeeeeeeed :)
- Coco
  
  I would totally be in to this!!!
Michelle

Retro chik
Lindsey

For FF, I vote for doing make up looks inspired by famous paintings.
For WW, I vote for doing make up looks inspired by fairytale characters.
Tara

I thought I posted this already, but maybe it didn’t post lol!

Leesha, would you be willing to do one of the FF with that look you did in Paris, the one for the photoshoot? I have been trying to recreate it, but for the life of me can’t accomplish it :( If you would consider this look for FF that’d be so cool!! Thanks!! XOXOX
- Tara
  
  Crap! I did post this already. I can’t delete it. Sorry for duping my comment :( I’m lame!
Raven

I am getting married in October next year and all the wedding looks are SUPER BORING! Would love to see a kind of vintage look that would kick up the wedding look a notch or two
- http://my-dreams-chest.tumblr.com Leïla
  
  yess! Wedding looks!!!! I’m getting married in September 2012 and i could definitely use this kind of tutorial!
  a turquoise bridal make up would be grat for me…^^
- Ági
  
  yes! exciting wedding looks
Sarah

College teams would be so cool! The colors can be so unique and might make some really interesting looks.
Rachel

After watching the vid of you talking about the Inglot palette and you mentioning Pokemon (the fact I’d also pulled out my old Game Boy Colour and started it again probably didnt help either.) I’d love to see a Pokemon inspired look. It could be a WW or FF I guess but I think FF would fit it much better.

At least theres a lot to pick from but I personally only know the ones from Red/blue gold/silver
- Grace
  
  YES!!
- Ericka
  
  I VERY MUCH AGREE
Hadar

I think a really cool theme could be like different decades and the fashion or styles that were popular then.. like the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s etc…
Holly

Deserts. eg. cheesecake, chocolate fudge, creme brule
http://lovelymorticia.com dementia

I just stumbled into your blog and so far I’m loving it! I wish you have feedburner newsletter though…or some other newsletter form. Anyway, my theme suggestion is….Cyndi Lauper. I love her back in the 80′s and I think you can really pull off her look :)
Avery

You should do a look from any kind of characters from Batman…any of these villians such as: the Joker (this one would be fun!), the Riddler, Mr. Freeze or Ivy!!
- Aubree
  
  That is an awesome idea!! Of course it helps that I am watching Batman right now lol
  - http://colourbymakeup.blogspot.com/ Zoe
    
    YES! I’m watching batman too! I love superheros, although my favourite hero is Spiderman, Batman comes a very close second! I actually did a Batman inspired look a few months ago: http://colourbymakeup.blogspot.com/2011/09/batman-inspired-makeup-look-pictures.html
Ági

Sex and the City caracters make up tutorials!
Something glam rock you know the 80s rock n roll looks!
or.. rockabilly looks:)
http://xxrocksteadyxx@juno.com Sarah

I’m getting ready to do looks based off of my favorite band’s albums on my blog. It’d be cool to see what your favorite bands are and what looks you could create from their albums. Also, I think watermelon sums up this look the best and I LOVE it! LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog!
amy

maybe you can do Children’s TV Shows? but i dont mean like dora or something more like old ones that we used to watch..
http://goofyfordisney.webs.com Josh

Birthstone looks
Cleopatra look
Fairy Tale looks
Disney Character looks
- Lock
  
  Fairy Tale Looks would be nice.
- http://colourbymakeup.blogspot.com/ Zoe
  
  Birthstone looks and fairy tale looks sound awesome :) She did disney looks a loooong time ago, but I still love them :3
  - http://goofyfordisney.webs.com Josh
    
    She did princesses and Tinker Bell. I meant more like Tigger, Pooh, Pascal and other characters.
Liz

read through the comments and definitely agree with most of these but my favorites would be vintage glam hollywood stars for WW (audrey hepburn, veronica lake, judy garland, rosemary clooney, etc.) and famous paintings for FF (my inner art history nerd is tingling at the prospect)
K

I’m just here to say that gosh your watermelon eyes are adorable on you!
Tabitha

I think it would be cool to do teen movie inspired looks :D (Cruel Intentions, the Virgin Suicides, the Craft, Jawbreakers, Clueless, Spice World, Heathers, 10 Things I hate about you, Mean Girls, the Breakfast Club, etc. )
Lock

I am in love with this idea!
I am in love with (this is the geek in me) The Lord of the rings movies right now. So maybe if you could do something like that……
Just something to think about! Anyone else?
christie

Have you seen Monster High dolls? They are the kids of famous monsters. My daughter was one for Halloween and I had a blast doing her makeup. Could be fun inspiration!
Grace

BIRD SPECIES!!!
If you visited a bird shop or park before you would have known that birds are adorned by amaaaazing color combos!!!

And theres also neutral (brownish birds) for WW!!
Rachael

Do some type of TV show theme. There are so many great shows out there right now. You can pick specific characters (like you did with Glee), and recreate their looks. Vampire Diaries, The Circle, True Blood, etc… I know when I watch some of these shows I think, I wonder how I can recreate that look. Or, what eyeshadow is she wearing. I am always looking online for these type of tutorials and I do find some. But the guru’s are not nearly as good as you when it comes to makeup.
- Alisa
  
  Love this idea. Agreed !
  - Khomatose
    
    You should check out GoldieStarling’s channel, she’s already done True Blood and they’re amazing.
Kathryn

what about the planets & the universe? nebula, black holes, then the actual planets etc etc?
- Tabitha
  
  I like this idea a lot :)
- Cassandra
  
  totally was just thinking that!
Cassandra

Planets or Plants, i think would be pretty cool!
Khomatose

I think a ‘Historical Heroines’ theme would be amazing! Like Joan of Arc, and Cleopatra and Emily Davidson!
http://colourbymakeup.blogspot.com/ Zoe

Seeing as it’s winter now, why not Christmas themes? Fairies, snow, lights, food, I bet you could have tons of fun with that! :)
Mya

can you make a tutorial on this look ? and you should do Christmas looks !!
Roxy

Country flags
Precious stones
Animals
=)
Lock

Board game looks?
http://goofyfordisney.webs.com Josh

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