Hello! Today I am talking vintage beauty. There are few beauty products out there that can claim to be as truly vintage as Vaseline. Except maybe lead and belladonna, and thankfully, we stopped using those on our skin a long time ago. I’ve been a genuine, lifelong user of the wonder-grease, from my very earliest…
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New video tutorial! 1940s Eyebrows
So! I often get requests for new video tutorials, but I do find them hard work to film as it invariably goes like this. Film it, realise I’ve ballsed something up, refilm it again, refilm another bit, cobble the good bits from the 3 takes together, faff about with transitions and music…you get the picture….
Atrixo the Trade
Sorry for the weak pun in the title, guys (I’m not really sorry). Last week, I was privileged enough to be invited to a lovely event held by Atrixo. Tubs of this distinctive yellow and green handcream have been around since the dawn of time, by which I mean ever since I can remember looking…
Keeping your vintage cool
Huzzah, an informative post for once! This is the full version of a short article recently published in Milkcow Magazine. Much of it is probably teaching vintage girls how to suck eggs, but newbies on the scene might find it of interest. Either way, enjoy! We’re currently in the height of summer (or so the…
How to have luminous skin – the vintage way
This is the first in a series of vintage beauty and style related articles I shall be writing for Queens of Vintage. Do pop over to read it, and many more, there! ***** I am so often asked how I get such perfect skin and so I have decided to let you all in on…