November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

Vintage Feminism

I can’t quite believe I haven’t written about this already! But it seems I haven’t. Whilst I’ve written about other aspects of the construction of an identity of “vintage” I’ve never actually talked about its relation to feminism and my feelings about it. Lena from Style High Club has written an excellent post about a

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Red Lipsticks Vintage

Retro Chick Reviews – MAC Ruby Woo

It’s time for another red lipstick review. I’ve been putting off reviewing this lipstick for a long time, as although it’s a really popular one, I just don’t like it! However, I thought it was time that it got it’s place on the chart so we can see how I find it compares to the

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Thrifty Vintage Winter Skin Care

Today I thought I’d tell you about my Skin Care routine. One of the things I love about learning about the past, and vintage glamour, is finding all those forgotten wonder products that our grandmothers and great grandmothers used for generations, and somehow we forgot. The thing I love about living right now is that

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Lingerie Love – The Modern Panty Girdle

It’s Party Season. I know this because every single magazine cover, TV advert and advertising email I receive tells me it is.Christmas seems to be the most irritating season of people virtually pushing yummy food on you, then expecting you to look hawt in a sechsy frock for a night out. And that’s where shapewear

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Dear Diary Vintage

The Lazy Girls Guide to Winter Dressing

Don’t you just love Summer? You leap out of bed in the morning, add a dusting of make up, sling on a pretty summer frock and wedge heel shoes and you’re out of the door looking like getting ready took you hours, not minutes. Well tough. Most of you reading live in the UK and

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

3 Ways to Wear a Beret

I LOVE Berets. I think they’re the best hat in the world and I’ll have one in every colour please. Thanks. They’re essentially about 8 hats in one. A slight change in the tilt, how you tuck the brim and how poufy you make it creates a whole new hat. They also don’t blow off

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

What is "Vintage" Anyway?

I’m confused. This happens easily. Sometimes the answer is just not to think about things too much, but it’s too late, I already have. I think this has been floating aimlessly around in the back of my head for some time, as a kind of amorphous, shapeless half formed question. But now I finally have

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Retro Chick Reviews: Style Me Vintage Make Up

You may remember last year I reviewed Style Me Vintage Hair. Well it seems this is now a series of books, and at the beginning of August Style Me Vintage: Make Up: Easy Step-by-step Techniques for Creating Classic Looks was released. I’d intended to review it earlier than this, but despite the fact that I

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

A Week in the Life of Hair

Following on from a conversation with Landgirl1980 on twitter I decided it was time for a hair post. The most frequent questions I get asked are about my hair. The answer to the MOST frequently asked question is “Live Colour XXL in Red Passion”. Hopefully this post should answer some others, as well as provided

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