November 24, 2024
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Fashion & Beauty

Christmas is Coming!

It’s the 1st December. As far as I’m concerned that officially means I can witter on about Christmas as much as I like! I have an incredibly cheap advent calendar, bought last minute yesterday as everyone I know inexplicably failed to take the hint about the Fortnum & Mason Advent calendar. If you’d like a

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Fashion & Beauty

Vintage Hair and a New Hat

Monday morning meets us with a blanket of snow over Norwich. The snow started with a vengeance on Friday last week, which was typical as it was the evening of the Vintage Hair event at Flint Salon and last years event in December was beset by the same weather based traumas. Despite the dodgy weather

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love – Vintage Looks on the High Street

Searching for the perfect vintage party dress can be a time consuming business. Searching eBay, etsy, vintage fairs and shops all for the perfect dress in the perfect size at the perfect price can take hours, days, weeks even. If you have a party to go to and you need a dress there’s plenty of

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

10 Question Style Snapshot – Modern Vintage Girl

Modern Vintage Girl interviewed me back in June, and now it’s my turn to repay her! Modern Vintage Girl, otherwise known as Angel, lives in Tel a Viv, though she’s from the UK, and I got to meet her in Reading in October for coffee (and a quick trip to boots for hair grips, witch

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Dear Diary

Event Alert: Free Vintage Hair Styling Evening

Is it an alert, or a reminder? Either way this Friday evening (26th November), at 6:30pm, get yourself down to Flint Hair at 16, Bridewell Alley in Norwich for some warming free drinks and a demonstration of vintage hairstyling techniques by Flamingo Amy. I am going to be one of the hair models for the

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Fashion & Beauty

Toasty Winter Vintage Feet

Seeing as “they” are predicting Snow this weekend it’s time for an emergency reassessment of the footwear situation. You have a nice smart coat, a hat or two and a selection of gloves to complete your vintage winter ensemble. But what about your poor chilly tootsies? Your sensible Autumn footwear will see you through a

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Dear Diary

A Moment of Reflection

Yesterday marked the 3 year anniversary of the day I finally walked out on my full time job for good. It was a scary thing to do, but I’ve not regretted it for a second since. I won’t repeat myself as I went a bit soppy last year thanking you for your support, but sometimes

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Fashion & Beauty

Countdown to *cough* Christmas

I’m so sorry, but it had to be done. It’s mid November, and Christmas is creeping inexorably closer. It might be slightly too early for decorations just yet (though when I spot my first domestic outdoor lights it’s always a momentous moment) but the Starbucks Red Cups are here *dribbles slightly thinking about Egg Nog

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? An Outfit Inspired By…..

This outfit has been a long time in the making. One of the things about being permanently on a budget of zero is you have to be patient. If there’s something you really want you can’t just pop to the shops and buy a £50 jumper, you need to hunt it down as cheap as

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