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The Onion Asks : Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized? Has Halloween candy and frivolous costumes distracted us from the TRUE meaning of Halloween? Pumpkinrot dot com : This is a collection of Halloween Images based on projects, yards, and is a GREAT way to get in the mood for Halloween! Pumpkinrot Blog Pumpkinrot Projects Website Halloween Forum : … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween : Top Internets of Halloweenie →

Semi-Halloween With Lumi Lee by yours truly: Auntie Luminaton This blog is inspired by the fantastic Sandra Lee of Semi Homemade. If you haven’t seen it, do it now! She is working very hard to liberate women from never ever getting to enjoy holidays, due to every moment being spent in the kitchen getting ready … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween : Semi-Halloween With Lumi Lee! →

The Ghost in the Grounds: A Sherlock Wicked & Dr. Lumi Mystery by the Aunties Deux Dr. Lumi & Sherlock Wicked were snooping around the local drugstore…when they heard a most perplexing story, “The local Pizza Man’s coffee maker is HAUNTED!” Each customer twittered on about a different version of the story. “A ghost came … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween Feature-ette : The Ghost in the Grounds →

Out of the Closet :Auntie Wicked’s DIY Costumes.(Fabulous, Easy, Halloween.) by A.Wicked I can only remember a handful of times when I had a store-bought costume. The first time I was SO exited to have one! It was like a treasure box that had taunted me, character masks staring empty eyed, nothing but rolls waiting … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween : Out of the Closet, Auntie Wicked’s DIY Costumes. →

Lumi’s Haunted Things and Stuff: The HAUNTED TOOTHBRUSH I thought I was kidding by a.Illumi What you need to know is that Lumi totally said, “What I will do for the 30 days of Halloween is — you know Wicked – like uhmm haunted things and stuff …like silly things though… like a… “haunted toothbrush!” … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween : The Haunted Toothbrush →

Wicked Loves Katy Towell Ode to Artist Katy Towell by A. Wicked Once upon a time, Auntie Wicked was a fresh newb on Deviant Art. Lost in the sea of things for ages. One day, while tripping through the dark Forest of Furries and Anime Fan art, she came across a wondrous Garden of dark … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween : Katy Towell Rockin’ Socks! →

Hullo! I’m Auntie Wicked, and this is Auntie Wicked’s Sanctuary. Auntie Wicked is one of two internet monikers of mine, Auntie Wicked’s Sanctuary is the blog I run with the help of the Fair and Glittery Auntie Illumination. We are seekers of Culture, examiners of Subculture, and lovers of Scholarship, no matter how lowly. The … Continue reading Who are you? →

Hummus comes from hummus beans? a true story by A.illumi I really had no idea what Hummus was made of until assigned myself this blog! The thought never crossed my mind as I was shoveling it onto pita chips, veggie crackers, and various shovel like food items. I knew it was a dip – i … Continue reading Hummus →

No Makeup Week The Aunties Face themselves, Unmasked. By Wicked & Illumi No Make-Up Week is an exploration of our relationship with Make-up, This is a very huge issue for Auntie Illumination and myself both, we discuss on an every-other day basis our relationship with makeup. We love the concept of No Make-Up week, its a fantastic way to open … Continue reading No Makeup Week : The Aunties Face themselves, Unmasked. →

Making Food the Enemy: An Investigation by Aunties Wicked and Lumi ..This blog has taken about a month to write. When I told Wicked I was frozen in terror and mixed up hateful and confused emotions about this article she was so kind as to have a google wave with me about it…I learned something… … Continue reading Making Food the Enemy : Our Bodies, Our Food, Ourselves. →

Open Letters : Editorial Debates by Two Aunties Dear Britney… Did you ever want to sit a celebrity down and have a long talk with them? Not like YOU, me, or other ordinary mortals know what its like to be constantly in the spotlight, but admittedly, there are sometimes I just want to feed someone … Continue reading Open Letters : Dear Britney →

On the Cheap, Good Makeup on a Budget : Powder Perfect by: A.illumi Since Victorian times powder has been an available choice for full face makeup(crazily the elizabethian makeup seems to have been kind of a liquid made of the well known white lead and VINEGAR – eww) anyway, Lumi has always considered POWDER – … Continue reading On the Cheap, Good Makeup on a Budget : Powder Perfect →

Mad Science @ Home Dry Shampoo by A.Wicked As a part of our Experiments in Makeup-Mad Science series, I have endeavored to explore the world of ‘dry’ methods of shampooing. You can of course buy VERY expensive brands of ‘dry shampoo’, who’s basic ingredient is almost always cornstarch. I once even saw a neo-regency style … Continue reading Mad Science at Home : Dry Shampoo →

3 Reads 2 u From Me by: a.illumi There is something you should know about Lumi….she is OBSESSED with reading! In fact, it is the one consistent hobby of her little sparkly life thus far! As you might expect, because of this 25 year bookish compulsion I have read some rather good books! And since … Continue reading 3 Reads 2 U from Me : Illumination’s Book Reviews →

Fearless Wearing of Shorts by: A. Illumi As the title states, Ms. A. Illumi, fearlessly wore shorts all day! Well almost.. Maybe – More like slightly jittery somewhat uncomfortable wearing of shorts? Which got Lumi to wondering, Why is it so hard to wear shorts? and Do other people have short phobias? Upon a quick … Continue reading The Fearless Wearing of Shorts by A. Illumination →

The UNwedding: Remaking the Personal Fairy Tale by A. Wicked Once Upon A Time, there was a little girl. Despite her hideous bowl cut, lackluster thrift store clothing, and love of mud-puddles, she was, as many little girls are, a Princess. The little Princess’s ears were filled with fairy-tales, and stories from adults about a … Continue reading The Unwedding : Remaking the Personal Fairy Tale →

Now That’s a Fucking Deity: Pele Edition (watch out kids lumi’s go her potty mouth on today) by: a.illumi There are so many terrible books, blogs, songs, and other badly written bits of nonsense out there regarding the idea of goddesses. The creators of this poo-poo fail us much like feminism often does: they fail … Continue reading Now That’s A Fucking Deity : Pele Edition →

Top Internets by A. Wicked The Tyranny of the Esthetic: Surgery’s Most Intimate Violation by Martha Coventry This is not a comfortable read. This will make you squirm.However it is worth reading into, considering we think, NOT in our time, NOT in OUR country? Women and men are still being marred by Doctors who convince … Continue reading Wicked Presents : Top 3 1/2 Internet’s of the Fortnight →

Lost Beauty Secrets: ROLLERS dug up by: A.Illumi Here at Auntie Wicked’s Sanctuary we are continually mulling over the idea of beauty, acts of beautification, and whether those things are the same as objectification. In our search to discover the answers to the these huge questions, we have come along the idea of trying out … Continue reading Lumi Does it so You don’t have to : Lost Beauty Secrets, ROLLERS! →

Zen and the Art of Being a Bitch : Boundaries, Friendships, and Helping those who help themselvesBy A. Wicked(Illustrated by Katherine Gray)I already know what you are thinking, ZEN and Bitch? Auntie, surely you have lost your mind this time. There are no two concepts so different than being a Bitch, and becoming a Zen-Master. This article … Continue reading Wicked’s Modern Rants : Zen and the Art of Being a Bitch →