we were discussing this over in Playalicious Playwear and agent orange had the good idea to bring it here. :)
Scenario:
You're on the playa or at a regional and you suddenly find that you the sun has gone down, and yikes! you still need to do your costume hair and makeup. Maybe you need to put a wig on, maybe you have some elaborate headpiece thing, maybe you want to paint your whole face, maybe you just want to do some quick eye makeup. Whatever the case, it's now dark and you need:
(a) a mirror of some type,
(b) a light source that's both bright enough and positioned well so it doesn't cast shadows on your face,
(c) some kind of setup to hold them both steady and free up your hands.
Here are some of the ideas so far, maybe you want to elaborate on them or come up with something else entirely:
1) Lighted make up mirror, inverter, alligator clipped to a 12v battery, solar charger for the battery during the daytime
2) a good make-up mirror with built-in light and a portable power pack, or a battery-powered illuminated mirror
3) get in the car and hang up a head lamp
4) A battery operated lighted make up mirror that you can clip somewhere in your tent, like a car visor mirror
5) a little TV-dinner folding table for makeup, a cheap full-length mirror, overhead light and a battery-operated lantern or two
6) some battery operated twinkle lights as a frame around a regular mirror
7) make your self a little LED lit make up mirror, using 8 or so white or cream led in sequence, run it of a 12v dolfin battery
8) an eight inch, 5x mirror wth sucky cups on the back, clip on a two pack of cool put anywhere LED lights with high and low settings, stack a couple of containers as a table
Questions to consider:
- how does one affix an overhead light? what kind of light do you use?
- how long can you power the lights or lightup mirror like that without needing a new battery or recharge?
- what's the smallest, most portable solution?
- what's the best or most elaborate setup?
So what do you brainiacs suggest? What sounds best to you? ready, get set, go!
Scenario:
You're on the playa or at a regional and you suddenly find that you the sun has gone down, and yikes! you still need to do your costume hair and makeup. Maybe you need to put a wig on, maybe you have some elaborate headpiece thing, maybe you want to paint your whole face, maybe you just want to do some quick eye makeup. Whatever the case, it's now dark and you need:
(a) a mirror of some type,
(b) a light source that's both bright enough and positioned well so it doesn't cast shadows on your face,
(c) some kind of setup to hold them both steady and free up your hands.
Here are some of the ideas so far, maybe you want to elaborate on them or come up with something else entirely:
1) Lighted make up mirror, inverter, alligator clipped to a 12v battery, solar charger for the battery during the daytime
2) a good make-up mirror with built-in light and a portable power pack, or a battery-powered illuminated mirror
3) get in the car and hang up a head lamp
4) A battery operated lighted make up mirror that you can clip somewhere in your tent, like a car visor mirror
5) a little TV-dinner folding table for makeup, a cheap full-length mirror, overhead light and a battery-operated lantern or two
6) some battery operated twinkle lights as a frame around a regular mirror
7) make your self a little LED lit make up mirror, using 8 or so white or cream led in sequence, run it of a 12v dolfin battery
8) an eight inch, 5x mirror wth sucky cups on the back, clip on a two pack of cool put anywhere LED lights with high and low settings, stack a couple of containers as a table
Questions to consider:
- how does one affix an overhead light? what kind of light do you use?
- how long can you power the lights or lightup mirror like that without needing a new battery or recharge?
- what's the smallest, most portable solution?
- what's the best or most elaborate setup?
So what do you brainiacs suggest? What sounds best to you? ready, get set, go!
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Fri, March 7, 2008 - 12:23 PMI bought a number of these last year for my camp, and for my tent as well and LOVE them: tinyurl.com/26dfzy
They use 3 AA batteries, and not one of them exhausted their charge all week on the playa.
I used a Costco car barn as my personal shelter, ran ropes crosswise inside, and hung the UFO lights from them so I could reposition them at will. It's helpful to have the UFOs suspended with carabiners so I could reposition them easily.
I liked having a full-length mirror in my tent - I could just push my chair up to it with a UFO light overhead and do my face, then my costume. To avoid the severe overhead shadow, I suppose you could mount the UFO onto the mirror... Duct tape is your friend. -
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Fri, March 7, 2008 - 7:34 PMI am a HUGE fan of this:
www.target.com/gp/detail....689-6491320
A full-length mirror is also a blessing to have, although I've never had the foresight to bring one.
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Mon, March 10, 2008 - 3:18 PMagent orange,
I remember seeing those circular lights last year. great idea to affix them to a mirror. :) I don't always bring a full length mirror. It depends on if I feel like struggling with it in the car packing. but something in between might work.
nurse Lisa,
I'm unclear how the magnetic lights work. how do they affix to the tent? do you need to have another magnet on the outside of the fabric? or are you suggesting gluing a piece of metal to the mirror for the magnet to stick to?
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Mon, March 10, 2008 - 2:48 PMAwesome suggestion for fixing some LEDs to a mirror...i have a full length one that i used last year that was perfect and putting lights on it would make things easier. though, i have a battery powered lantern that i can hang from a bungy cord on the roof of my tent which worked great last year too.
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Mon, March 10, 2008 - 5:21 PMThe light itself has a magnet attached, and it comes with a metal piece (with blunted edges :-)). The metal piece affixes to the outside of the tent, with the magnet and light on the inside. You need to be careful, though, when putting it up, as that magnet is really strong, and the metal piece moves toward it really quickly. -
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Sun, March 30, 2008 - 4:43 PMI built a light last year using surplus parts. It consists of two 13 inch cold cathodes pulled from dead laptops. (you can find find these cheep online). Using transparent glue they were fix against a triangular piece of acrylic. The acrylic was mirrored on one side so that it would reflect the most light (acrylic came from TAP plastics). I sealed the front with clear plastic to protect from playa dust. It will run off a small motor cycle batter for a couple days continuously. Used only when needed it lasted 3.5 weeks on the playa last year. The output was a nice even white light and was used it inside my structure. Easily portable it also served inside our kitchen.
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Re: lighting challenge: stylng in the dark, playa vanity table
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 7:14 PMDanger Girl, I need to have you come over to my place and kit out my mirrors. ;)
what do you mean when you say you sealed the front with clear plastic? was there an adhesive or something involved?
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