Revolution x DC Comics Collaboration - Batman Haul

If you're a DC Comics and makeup/cosmetics fan, you have to check out this super cute DC Comics collaboration over at Revolution Beauty. Actually, if you're a makeup fan in general, it might be worth checking out their other collaborations too. They have such cute products based on fandoms and licenses like Corpse Bride, Elf, Friends, Matrix, and more. The problem with me is that I don't know ANYTHING about makeup yet here I am with a Batman haul from Revolution to share. 😂

They had so many pretty and adorable Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Joker, and Batman items and nearly all of them I wouldn't even know how to BEGIN to use. To keep myself from buying too many things that I would likely waste or never use, I focused on the Batman-specific items which helped narrow things down. I ended up purchasing the Batman cosmetic handheld mirror, Batman "Bat Light" highlighter, Batman "I Am The Night" mascara, and Batman makeup bag. You'll notice that half of the items are not makeup at all. Hah. I actually had my eye on some of these items weeks (maybe months?) ago but some items like the makeup bag were sold out at the time. I was recently inspired by a lot of The Batman brand collaborations to do some general Batman shopping and noticed things were back in stock at Revolution so here we are.

I was easily convinced to purchase the makeup bag and mirror. Those seem like practical enough items, right? Next, the one makeup item I actually use at every single wedding or special event is mascara. I still have mascara at home, but I hear makeup expires so didn't hurt to have some extra mascara conveniently labeled with a Batman symbol on hand. 😅 Finally, I also often use bronzers at weddings which I didn't see available in the collection, but I noticed the highlighter with the Batman logo imprint. I'm not going to lie, I had to Google what a highlighter is for and how to use it. I figured it seemed to make sense enough and that I could figure it out... after I purchased it. 😬 At that point, justification for adding more items to my cart was starting to look like a stretch. Y'all do not understand how much I loved all of the shadow palettes. They were so pretty! I just would have no idea what to do with them.

With all that said, check out the photos of my purchases below and let me know what your favorite item is! Or let me know what else from the Revolution x DC Comics collection caught your eye because I know a lot of other items caught mine. 👀 Also, if you have any tips for how to use a makeup highlighter, please drop a comment and help a girl out.

(All of the packaging for these Batman Revolution products were black and rose gold which may not come through very well in my mediocre photography, but wanted to point that out in case anyone was interested to know more about how the product looks in-person. It looks a bit more gold in the photos)

Dragon's Lair Austin + FugitiveToys.com Haul - December 2016

Happy New Year! Is it too late to say that?

It's my first blog of 2017 and I'm super excited. Another whole year of Batman and Whiskey up ahead. I'm already schemin' on how I can top my best performing Instagram post, which was probably a freak accident, but, hey, dream big.

If I was at least using this blog to try to keep up with all the new Batman stuff I've been buying, whoo boy, let me tell you, I am BEHIND. In fact, I'm so behind that I'm combining 2 of my largest and more "recent" hauls.

First, by "recent," I really mean over a month ago. This blog post is about my FugitiveToys.com haul that I purchased in MAY, but didn't receive until early December. Ridiculous, huh? 😂 The other haul included in this post is from Dragon's Lair Comics and Fantasy (Austin) also all purchased in early December. I may or may not have dropped over a bill in one trip that day. This blog post also includes the 2 Funko Pops I received for Christmas from my friend, Amy, since the gifts complete a couple of the Funko Pop sets I discuss.

Second, I've since made another Pop purchase on eBay, which I'm still waiting on, and another purchase at Austin Books & Comics (today). Like I said, I am v behind.

Well, I'm not going to catch up any faster by explaining how behind I am.

Check out my Funko Pop Impopsters from FugitiveToys.com below. I actually made this purchase in May for peace of mind. I saw them all over the place throughout the year as they rolled out, but knowing that I would receive all 7 in one fell swoop just gave me one less thing to think about.

These Pops are shaped like Batman and Batgirl, but designed to imitate other Batman-related characters' colors, theme, and overall style. It's already ridiculous how many versions of Batman they can come up with, but can you IMAGINE how many more they could create with this theme in mind? The permutations that would come of the multitude of characters in the Batman universe? In fact, the eBay purchase mentioned above was actually a Walmart exclusive Killer Croc Batman Impopster. I wanted to save myself the trouble of tracking it down at my local brick-and-mortar locations. I've played that game before. It's not fun. *shakes fist at Funko*

The first 2 may look alike... I mean REALLY look alike, but one is a Batgirl Harley Quinn and one is a Batman Harley Quinn Impopster. So subtle yet for some reason I had to have both.

These two also look similar, but they're "completely different." The first is a Poison Ivy Batgirl Impopster, while the 2nd is a Riddler Batman Impopster. Help me. How do I stop buying these things?

These next 2 sort of look a like, but just because of the color scheme, Penguin Batman Impopster and Two-Face Batman Impopster.

The last little guy is the Scarecrow Batman Impopster. He doesn't look like anyone else. Aw. Or yay.

Once my Walmart exclusive Killer Croc Batman Impopster arrives from eBay, the set should be complete, at least until Funko decides to mess with our obsessive collecting completionist ways yet again.

The rest of these items are from a local comic book and game store in Austin, Dragon's Lair. I had my eye on the Batman: The Animated Series and The Dark Knight Returns Funko Pop sets for a while, but am always relatively slow to pull the trigger mostly because I know I shouldn't be spending anymore money on such extravagances. But then I always do as you can tell because this blog is still very much alive.

We were browsing for the latest issue of Descender #16 and saw them on the shelves and could not resist. I'm there, I might as well support my local comic book shops. Here's Descender. Did I mention you guys should read it if you haven't already?

Here are the Batman: The Animated Series Pops I purchased that day. They didn't have Batman at the store, but Amy was a super sweetheart and bought him for me for Christmas so my BTAS Pop set is currently complete! I've included him below too. I know I shouldn't wish such things, but I really hope they come out with all BTAS characters because you all know that is my favorite version of Batman... ever. I'm especially hoping for Ra's Al Ghul, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze to start. Below are Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Joker, and Harley Quinn. I love them all so much! Cuties.

The next set I purchased is based on Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel, a very popular iteration of Batman's future. They didn't have the unmasked armored Batman at Dragon's Lair, but Amy also purchased that one for me for Christmas so including that one here as well. The only one I'm missing now is Robin/Carrie Kelly. Her Funko Pop is supposed to be released next month so keeping my eye out for that one to complete this set. Check out the Robin/Carrie Kelly cosplayer I saw at New York Comic Con 2016 in the mean time. She was perfect!

Below, you'll see blue suit Batman, black and gray suit Batman, armored Batman, unmasked armored Batman, and Joker. You like how there are 4 versions of Batman in this set? You see what I'm dealing with here? Funko is just trying to see how far they could push us now. Apparently, it's very, very far.

Then I also purchased this. Finally, a non-Funko item! I saw this adorable black and gold Batman toiletries travel bag at Dragon's Lair and could not resist. It's smaller than the toiletries bag I was using before, but my simple reasoning was "I don't have a Batman toiletries bag yet and it's so useful!" This is how I think when I shop. At least I'm using this and it's not just sitting on a shelf or a box in our house! 😀

Whew. That was a doozy, but that's all for now! I'll be back with more Batman goodies as always. In the mean time, good luck with your official/non-official New Year's resolutions. I'm rooting for you! Hope your 2017 has been off to a fantastic start and, as one of my favorites, Ellen DeGeneres, likes to say, be kind to one another!

What's In My Suitcase? - San Diego Comic Con 2016 Edition

Hi everyone! SDCC 2016 is coming up SO fast, less than 2 weeks. This will be my 7th year in a row. I've started packing early this year so that I had enough time to put together this video and post. Apologies for any mistakes in the video! I was too lazy to re-record some portions, but it got the major points across. Without further delay, here's all the SDCC-appropriate geeky gear I'm lugging with me to San Diego this year.

Correction: I will be attending the Conan live recording in San Diego on WEDNESDAY, not Sunday as mentioned in the video.

Since we're talking about packing, to start, of course I've got some Batman luggage tags! I purchased 3 of these at SDCC I believe about 1-2 years ago and they go wherever I travel now. They were an exclusive SDCC product I purchased from the Quantum Mechanix booth.

First, a backpack is a must. I don't actually own an adult-sized Batman backpack, but I DO have a small Batman backpack that's probably fit for an elementary school student. That wouldn't cut it for SDCC so I'm bringing my Ogio, which is super sturdy. I love it. In my Ogio backpack, I've got the usual convention essentials such as portable battery packs, my lip palm, sunblock, sunglasses, refillable water bottle, and of course our San Diego Comic Con BADGES.

I will not be sharing pictures of the badges because a friend recently told me that scammers are taking people's pictures and posting them on eBay! Then the actual owners of the badges were getting banned without knowing why. Awful. Scammers ruin it for everyone. Make sure to stay vigilant, everyone.

Outside of the essentials and obvious items, I'm also bringing some reading material (Batman and Son as well as Batman: Under the Red Hood) and my Batman Moleskine journal. I don't know if I'll actually have time to write or read, but it's nice to have something for the plane or for any lines I might be standing in.

On the plane, I love to wear sweats no matter the weather so definitely packing those and I'll probably pair it with whatever extra clean geeky shirt I happen to have on hand. Let's talk about what I'm wearing AT the con, though.

We fly in on Wednesday, preview night, which is the night where they open up the exhibit hall to the lucky bunch that have badges for preview night. That includes Micks and me! ALSO on preview night, I scored 4 tickets to see Conan record live. Conan Con involves recorded shows live from San Diego from Wednesday through Saturday. He'll be interviewing the cast of Silicon Valley on Wednesday so I decided I'll rock my Pied Piper shirt that I scored for free at SXSW.

I've only seen a handful of episodes, but I do know that Pied Piper is the main character Richard's start up company. I haven't watched enough to have a real opinion yet, but as some one from the Silicon Valley, I'm mostly just excited to see all the Bay Area references. A lot of my friends from the area also say the show is very true to the tech company environment.

On Thursday, I'll be rocking some of my newest gear that I bought from Dustin Nguyen's Threadless shop: http://duss005.threadless.com/. He's the artist behind our proposal painting as well as the Descender and Lil Gotham comic book series. He's done a lot of work for DC Comics recently. If your'e a fan, I suggest you support his Threadless shop too!

I'm going to try to rock this Batman-inspired crew neck sweater on Thursday, but if I get too hot in the SoCal weather, I might just change into the Descender shirt. If you haven't picked up Descender yet, I highly recommend it. I think it's a really good robot sci-fi comic book series. Click on the images to get a better view of the designs.

On Friday, I think I'm going to take a crack at cosplay. In the last 6 years that I've been, I've cosplayed ONCE as a gender bender Ra's Al Ghul (Batman: The Animated Series). I think it ended up being too obscure and I don't think enough people really understood who I was. It was also very HOT in my costume. Since them, I've been too lazy until this year when I had a couple of friends who were planning to give it a try. I decided I could give it another try too since I had some Halloween costumes that I could easily reuse such as this Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers) costume (featuring Mickey as Bob)!

This picture is from Halloween 2015, but I promise to take better ones in San Diego. My hair will be much too long so I unfortunately won't have the proper bob going on. I also can't do my hair for the life of me so it won't be a perfect cosplay, but it'll still be fun. I think my friends will be dressing up as the daughters, Tina and Louise Belcher, so it'll be a little group cosplay! Yay!

Don't worry! For when my long pants and long-sleeved shirt get too hot, which I'm sure it will for me, I've packed a back up outfit which will include my favorite Batman shirt. It's just a giant Batman logo on a white shirt that I purchased from Hot Topic years ago. I never go to a San Diego Comic Con without it.

Saturday will be cosplay day #2. If my friends are going to dress up, then I'll break out my Halloween 2014 costume, my Dragonball Z Bulma costume that I proudly put together myself. I sewed the name on to the shirt, I sewed the little blue pouch, I sewed the leg warmers... all by hand because I can't remember how to work a sewing machine. It's not a perfect cosplay, but it looks close enough, yea?

Bulma art by SrMoro on DeviantArt

The wig is going to make my head SUPER hot so I may not be in this costume for more than a couple of hours so of course I've got something else to wear. If you know me, I wear this tank top A LOT. I bought it off Etsy a couple years back and I love the cut. I wish all my tank tops looked like this.

On Sunday, I'm hoping to show off the Nightwing shirt I purchased on HotTopic.com. I've been on the lookout for a women's Nightwing shirt for a long time and it finally popped up on Hot Topic so I jumped on it with the quickness. I think I've probably only worn this once since I bought it (I want to say earlier this year) so it's definitely due for a public appearance and what better opportunity than the geek event of the year.

Mickey has a shirt with the same design so I'm going to trick him into wearing it on the same day. He hates it when we match clothes. HAHA. Kidding about trying to match, but dibs on Sunday.

I'll be pairing everything with some comfortable walking shoes and various shorts. Under my shoes shoes, I've got plenty of Batman socks. Here's the variety of Batman socks I've decided to pack for this trip.

I'm also bringing a bunch of my Batman jewelry to mix and match as I see fit. I blogged about my geeky jewelry collection a while ago. You can check out that blog post here if you'd like to see what earrings and rings I might be wearing. On top of the jewelry, I own a few Batman caps that I'd like to bring in case I want to accessorize with those, too. These are the caps I have out here in Austin. The rest are still in San Jose. Hopefully I can share the rest of the New Era Batman collection in the future.

I won this snapback at a $5 "carnival" game at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was totally worth the $5. I haven't really worn it anywhere yet so can't wait to rock it at SDCC.

This is one of my New Era Fitted caps. This is probably my favorite only because it's easy to pair with almost anything since it's all white with a simple Batman: The Animated Series logo.

This New Era Fitted is unique because the logo is off to the side. It features a vintage Batman logo with a gray, yellow, and light blue color scheme. There's also a hidden Batman on the inside lining!

We have several friends who live in San Diego that we like to hang out with after hours so in case we head out to the bars in the Gaslamp Quarter, I'm also packing some casual summer dresses and low boots for something easy to walk in, but slightly dressier than sneakers. It's usually pretty casual during Comic Con so I could probably go out in my day time attire, but I wanted to give myself other options. I also wanted an excuse to bring my Batman stockings. In keeping with the geeky theme, I'm going to pair the dresses with my Batman stockings. Even though it might be too hot for stockings/leggings/pantyhose, I love these and want to wear them as much as possible. You probably recognize them from my last Hot Topic haul post.

For after the bars when I am ready to pass out, I'm bringing an oversized Batman t-shirt (that was actually generously gifted to me and signed by Dustin Nguyen back in 2011) and my glow in the dark Batman pajama bottoms that I purchased at GameStop (just the "Batman" portions are glow in the dark). Just looking at this set makes me want to fall asleep already. So comfortable. I didn't HAVE to pack specifically Batman-themed pajamas, but why not, right?

I'm bringing a few more "just in case" items including some extra geeky shirts "just in case" I sweat through everything else I planned to wear. You laugh, but it is definitely a likely outcome. Hah.

The tank top on the left was purchased on Etsy and lists all 7 names of the direwolves from Game of Thrones. The middle tee is also Game of Thrones themed and from Tee Turtle. It features the cutest chibi Jon Snow with a confused Ghost, Jon's direwolf. The tee on the right is also from Tee Turtle and kind of speaks for itself. Never thought Batman could be so adorable riding a coin-operated Batmobile.

Continuing on down the list, I have friends who are pretty into staying healthy so I'm bringing a set of workout clothes complete with a Batman Under Armour shirt in case anybody motivates me to hit up the hotel gym. I'll be honest and say that I probably won't be the one to initiate a work out session, but I'm prepared if anybody else does. This is one of 4 Batman workout tops that I won. I feel like I need more. It would totally inspire me to work out more often.

On the other end of the spectrum, if my friends feel like vegging out by the pool, I'll be ready for that too with my Batman bathing suits! Whoo! If you've been following along, you'll recognize these bathing suits from an older post.

I'll need to figure out outerwear, probably just a light jacket, which likely won't be a huge deal with the great weather we're expected to have. I'm also bringing a small purse for evening outings and an extra duffle bag in my luggage for all my SDCC purchases and swag that won't fit on the trip back.

Pro-tip: Always bring extra luggage for your trip home from SDCC. You never know what you're going to buy or get.

With that last bit of advice, hope you enjoyed my edition of "What's in my suitecase?" and let me know if you have any questions about where I acquired any of the stuff I talked about above. If you're going to SDCC this year, I'LL SEE YOU THERE! LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO GO!