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Q: Okay Well I'm African American And I'm Really Into The "goth, emo, scene, visual kei" type thing. I Love The Stuff And Thats My Style. However, Everytime I Look Up How To's ANd STuff Its Focused On People Of Lighter Color. I'm A Milk CHocolatey Tone And The Type Of Makeup They FOcus On Just Doesnt Go With It. It Always Says "Make Your SKin Pale ANd Use Bloody Mary Powder" and things Like That, But I Cant Do That. Can Anybody Tell me Makeup I Can Do To Go With My Goth Style, And Not Require Making Myself Pale And Wierd Looking Because Of My COlor? Thanx :]
You don't have to be traditional goth. Like the person below me said, you can use colored mascara (they are really cool and can make your eyelashes any color like bright purple) or eyeshadows to make your eyes pop. Plus, I personally think you can still make the goth look work, even with color. I've seen like bright green and black stripes work. Orange and purple too. Neon colors are good. You don't need the pale aspect. It's way cooler that you are creating your own style.

Check this:

Colorgoth--wear color, such as burgundy, purple, red and/or blue, more often than the typical all black attire

^ from here:
http://www.odk.com/wilson/goth/150.html

Haha kewl. i actually pull of goth pretty well with: punk goth, cyber goth,loli goth and geeky goth. thanks for that link wow! i didnt know there were that manY! haha thanx so much :] no i can explore other types :]

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