Australian Body Art Carnivale Day One

This weekend I was lucky enough to attend the Australian Body Art Carnivale. By definition, body art is and artistic genre, originating in the 1970s in which the actual body of the artist or model is integral to the work. This was my third year of attending and it truly is amazing, this year the theme was dreams and nightmares so there were a lot of interesting entries. I took a lot of photo's so here goes but first, what I wore/bought...

This first picture is a necklace that I bought from these two really cool hitch-hikers. They have been hitch-hiking across the country selling their hand-made jewellery and had an all-round cool vibe with awesome style (damn it, should've taken a photo...) Anyway, I have been wanting a necklace like this for some time and I haven't taken it off since I bought it!!

 Isn't it gorgy mc gorgeous??

This is what I wore. I don't have a functioning tripod at the moment mine is being a drama queen and won't be nice so the photos are somewhat dodgy, also they are taken in my room with limited space/light...

It's getting colder here which excites me because it means sweater weather and my layering game is pretty strong. I love chucking multiple things I love on instead of having the limited choice that Summer brings... Both the purple and blue tops are crotchet and I got them from a market as well as the tye-dye shorts and the groovey bag. The shoes are Dr Martens and the denim jacket is from Topshop.

Back to the carnivale, Day One featured both Body Art Competitions 'Sponge and Brush' and 'Airbrush' and below are some pics:

I took these before the show when the models were getting painted. I wish I could paint like that...

And here are some of my fav pictures from during the show:

Below is my favourite entry based on the Day of the Dead celebration. The skeleton painting and the flowers along with the killer heels just made for some awesomeness overload and me craving a good Day of the Dead themed party like How Two Live had. 

 (shoe appreciation)

 focus is on the tent not the person.... ooops : /

And that's a wrap for Day 1. I will post Day 2 shortly. I hope if there is anyone reading/viewing this that you liked it. Please comment your favourite... :)

P.s HAPPY STARWARS DAY!! May the Forth be with you :)