1940s wavy hair.

I made my first attempt yesterday at doing a 1940s classic wave hairstyle. 

This isn't really a tutorial, I'm still learning how to do it but I was impressed with the outcome, I thought I'd blog my process. Maybe it's not that good - maybe I just have low standards! haha

For this I washed my hair, towel dried it and ran setting lotion throughout my hair. I picked up the setting lotion from Superdrug. 

I divided my hair into sections and used bendy rollers, which I picked up from Poundland. There is literally no point spending any more money on this as the Poundland ones are perfect. 

(Note: the picture below I've taken tonight with my hair dry as I've re-set my hair, I forgot to take a picture when I wet set my hair)

As you can see I've used LOADS of bendy rollers - this is because I have extremely thick hair. I think I've used about 3 packets on my hair alone. 

Sadly, I don't look classy AT ALL with my bandana on. I have so many rollers in, it struggles to protect them all. Nevertheless, the bandana is essential for me in protecting my rollers all night. I've found I've woken up and all rolls are still perfectly intact - as silly as I might look.

Next morning - result

When I took the rollers out the next day - this was the result! As you can see, the rollers create really tight curls. 

I brushed out these curls, until they became waves. The setting lotion I put in the night before really helped to style my hair so it fell in place. When you first brush out the curls, it goes into this big FRIZZY MESS. That's normal. Just keep brushing and styling with your hands until it eventually falls into waves/ 

So TA-DA! that's my attempt at creating old-hollywood style style waves. 

Clearly not perfect but I'm SO CHUFFED for my first attempt. 

Guys, YouTube is incredible. I got this tutorial from Alice In Retrospect who does fantastic YouTube videos. 

Retro winter fashion selection.

Looking for some retro and pin up clothes for the winter? Here are my top choices. 

There are some incredible vintage reproduction brands out there and they are doing excellent bits for the winter season. My particular favourites are from Collectif Clothing, who are consistently brilliant. 

I've been really surprised with Miss Selfridge's winter collection this year too. They've had some excellent retro and pin up style coats and knitwear, a surprise for me to find on the high street. 

1. Pippa cardigan by Voodoo Vixen

2. Phyliss velvet pencil dress by Collectif Clothing

3. Camel faux fur collar cardigan by Miss Selfridge

4. Pearl coat by Collectif Clothing

5. Florence Noelle check skirt by Collectif Clothing

6. Retro seamed stockings by What Katie Did

Sarah does make up...sometimes.

I got a little bored after coming in from work this afternoon and I decided to try out some make up looks. I'm not very good at doing eye shadow, I find it quite complicated sometimes and I end up looking like a bit of a mess; but I recently purchased some new make up and I've been keen to try it

This is the first time using the brand Revolution; I've heard some good things about them and with this palette at only £6, there couldn't be any harm in trying it out. 

The palette I picked up is called Salvation Palette: What You Waiting For? I picked this one up as the light and rosy tones of the shimmer shadows appealed to me. I quite like lighter, shimmery eye shadow; however, it also comes with more brown and earthy tones too if I also wanted to create a smoky eye effect.

So I used the Scary Conversation shadow for the base. For just £6, I am incredibly impressed by how pigmented the shadow is. I lightly went over the shade with my brush and it came out so well on my eyes. It's worth mentioning that beforehand, I did use the Benefit - Stay Don't Stray primer on my eyelids and just below my eyes. This is an amazing product in itself, it always keeps my shadow on all day. I also sometimes use the MUA Pro-Base version which is incredibly cheap and also does a good job.

I then added the shade "Moving Car" to the outside of my eyes, I added MAC mascara for my lashes and also MAC lipstick in Heroine..the eye shadow looks more purple in person so I thought this would be a good lipstick to pair it with. I finished with a touch of the matte shade from the palette called "Brand New Fans" in my eyebrows and went over it with my Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow pomade in Blonde. I'm also not great with my eyebrows yet. 

I'm in no shape particularly great at make up. I just thought it'd be interesting to write down my process!

I curled my hair and completed my look! I love it here.

I changed out of my work clothes and into a little outfit I threw together.

Top - Collectif

Belt - Primark

Skirt- Primark

I NEED A FRINGE CUT ASAP!

xo

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October wishlist: Voodoo Vixen!

If I had the money, I would a 1000% buy the entire contents of this website, in my size, and wear nothing else ever again (okay and Collectif Clothing too).

My mind has been pre-occupied with staring at the clothes on the Collectif website really, that I'd forgotten about other vintage reproduction sites.

The first items that made me internally scream "I must have this now, right now" are the Isabella and Marietta cardigans.

They're so pretty and would make an amazing addition to a lovely flowing skirt. 

Keeping on the theme of red and black, this Connie dress is so beautiful and I don't have anything like this at all in my wardrobe. I am so in love with the kitsch glasses design, and I love a dress that covers the shoulders as I'm not a fan of mine at all. Essentially, I'm all about dresses that you can nip in at the waist with a lovely little black belt.

Finally, the final item on this wishlist is the prettiest and summery (alright I know it's October but it still feels like summer outside) Finley dress. The colours are incredible, yellow and purple work so well together. I feel like I don't own enough clothes with colour - this is starting to change - as I mostly feel more comfortable with navy, black, light blues and so on...this dress would be perfect for bringing me out of my comfort zone.

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love

A lovely walk around Greenwich Park

I went for a lovely walk around Greenwich Park on Sunday as I had a day off and we decided to take my brother's dog for a walk...this babe:

She's a Miniature Schnauzer and just about the best thing in the world to me. 

In the top left photo is my crop top and skirt set that I bought in the Tara Starlet sale. It's absolutely gorgeous and I was planning on just saving it until I went on holiday. However, on Sunday the weather was just so nice, it seemed like the perfect outfit to walk around in London's best park (not biased, it's beautiful).  I'm wearing my beautiful pink patent shoes I got in the ASOS sale, the outfit is just cute as pie. I didn't have time to do my hair so I just stuck it up in a simple ponytail for good measure. The belt is just a simple Primark one, only costing £3 but really added to the outfit and helped nip in my waist, just a tad. 

I later added a white cardigan, which I may or may not have stolen from my mum on a temporary basis. I really feel like my vintage and pin up style outfits are really coming together and I love seeing the transformation I've been making over the past few weeks. Writing these blogs have certainly helped with that as well, so my self esteem is on the up! yay.

Ooooh and now my baby; the bottom right hand corner is a photo of my new coat from Miss Selfridge. I have a beautiful mum who surprised me with this coat by ordering it for me!! It arrived today and was waiting for me as I arrived in the door from work. Obviously, I look a little worse for wear, but the coat is magnificent. The faux fur lining is to absolutely die for and the belt at the waist accentuates your figure, and so to me, is the perfect winter coat.

The question is now; do I order the pink one and be greedy and have both colours? I just love both colours so much but I'm not sure if this would make me irresponsible or not, ha. 

Finally, I must apologise for the poor quality phone pictures. I will start taking pictures of my outfits on a high quality DSLR soon :)

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love

Lindy Bop - 'Deanna'

I think I might actually be stuck in this dress forever!

They're definitely not the greatest photos in the world of this dress but I am not really feeling up to taking decent photos as I haven't really been well today. 

This dress does everything I hoped it would for me; it totally accentuates my curves and makes me feel sexy. It took a little time getting into the dress, this is my first wiggle dress so I should have expected it really! 

It's so glamorous and tight, all I really need to add is a pair Louboutins (I can only dream) and I will feel like the sexiest girl alive! No really, I think the dress looks much better on in person, I don't really think these photos do it much justice. 

The best part of it all though? With delivery, it cost me a total of £25. What a bargain! I absolutely love Lindy Bop, such gorgeous dresses for such good prices and the quality is fantastic. This is my first dress from Lindy Bop and it certainly will not be my last..I'm now eyeing up their gorgeous 'Ophelia' dress range. 

I've had my eye on this particular one for a while now:

http://www.lindybop.co.uk/

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My Tara Starlet shop :-)

So my very first purchase from Tara Starlet arrived today and I only noticed the package just before I was leaving for work; however, I couldnt wait to try the sets on so I could take some very rushed selfies, hehe. 

Both sets are absolutely wonderful; they feel so perfect and they are such good quality so they are very much worth the money. 

I feel I should have ordered up on the floral set as the shorts were a tight fit, but I think thats more on my end as I probably don't realise how much weight I've put on recently. However, I won't change them as I'm in the process of losing weight. Again, the bralet on the second set, I should have ordered the smaller size as it was probably intended for women with a much larger chest than mine and as I'm only teeny tiny in the chest department, I probably could have gotten away with a smaller size. 

Both sets make me feel like an absolute queen, though! It's such a pleasure to be able to start buying from beautiful brands such as Tara Starlet, it's doing wonders for my self confidence as I feel beautiful!

I've tucked these both away in the wardrobe now as I won't want to wear them until Mexico!

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love

Tara Starlet.

So I'm going to Mexico in under two months with my boyfriend, so I thought I'd treat myself to some new clothes! I am a first time buyer from Tara Starlet. 

I was bored and searching on the usual sites pinupgirlclothing/collectif clothing/lindy bop and then I saw someone post to Tara Starlet! I've previously seen other women post photos of themselves wearing Tara's mix and match high waisted shorts and crop top sets and they are just so gorgeous! I was so happy when I clicked on the Tara Starlet site and found these two sets in the sale! 

The Floral Knot top is only £15 which is an absolute bargain and the matching shorts are £20. I love a good pair of high waisted shorts as I'm not a fan of my stomach and "love handles" so they make me feel really cute and flirty, especially matched with a crop top! The shorts and the knot top both come in a variety of different patterns, I love this as it gives you the option to mix and match and find a style that you prefer.

The Stripe Lucia Bralet is only £10 ad the Strip Lucia Skirt is only £20. I am absolutely loving this sale. This set comes in navy stripes and red stripes and I went for the red. They look so cool, cute and flirty to wear, especially on holiday. 

The only problem is is that between now and October I am going to have to restrain myself from wearing them as I want to wear them away, fresh. This is going to prove hard though.

I will most definitely be posting photos of them on when they arrive though!

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love

Well.

Firstly, I thought a lot before I decided the create this blog. I mean, I'm aware I don't look like a pin up girl so I wasn't sure what to do as I've seen so many absolutely incredible ladies who blog who I could never ever compare myself to! Alas, I am doing what I want. 

So my love for 50s and vintage fashion has been lying pretty dormant for years. I have always had low self esteem and have struggled, and still am struggling, to come to terms with the fact that I am not and have never been a stick thin girl. So, I've never really had the confidence to dress like pin up girl out of fear of not looking right, or looking ridiculous. I suffer from general anxiety disorder so...you see where I'm coming from. 

More recently, I've been coming into my own shell when it comes to vintage fashion. I've been experimenting with clothes that fit my figure and show off my curves. I'm coming to terms with the fact that vintage fashion accentuates girls with figures like mine, shows off the curves! I'm in love with the pin up world as it doesn't make me feel bad for not being stick thin, it makes me feel beautiful and sexy! 

Over the next coming months, I'm kind of hoping my look becomes more transformed. I've bought new clothes and shoes and I'm really coming into my own with it. I'm going to get my hair cut next month and I'm actually going to be daring to get bettie bangs and dye my hair ginger (I'm going to mexico in October though so the hair dying will have to wait until after then). I'm going to experiment with curls and try and perfect my victory rolls and different hairstyles. 

I guess I'm just really happy as I know who I am and for once, I am taking care of myself and my happiness and who I want to be! 

This will be a sort of documentation of my journey and progress and experimentations!