You’ve Got Geek On Your Face

You might not think about it, but being a chic geek isn’t restricted to clothing or home décor. As our highlight post on makeup artist Siyrn illustrated, makeup is a fascinating corner of the geek chic world that I believe is still a bit unfamiliar to some, if not most, of us.

I’m a bit skittish when it comes to makeup, so I’m always looking for advice and tips from magazines. I love the pieces that cover what a certain star wore, especially when they’re geek related. Nothing sells me faster on an item than being told it’s recommended if you want to look like Cersei from Game of Thrones, or is THE thing to get if you want to have those amazing red lips like Anne Hathaway did as Catwoman.

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It’s a Girl’s World at Her Universe

As long as there have been geek guys around, there have been geek girls, but it’s taken a long time, a lot of work, and a lot of voices from the geek girl community for them to finally get noticed when it comes to merchandise. Welcome, Her Universe. The first, but hopefully not the last, of its kind, Her Universe is a company started and run by a geek girl, whose passion is to make merchandise geek girls WANT. And it’s been a resounding success since it’s launch in 2010.

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