Recent content by Grant Fan

So just skin care I use 9 or 10 depending on the day and season. If I include makeup about 29. Also I am American so I am I guess the odd man out here with all my stuff. I have naturally curly hair that I am pretty intense about that is about 5-10 products a day depending on how it is styled...

Sort of I do. I have a few 1940s peices that were empty or mostly so and I have put my modern make up in them so I can use them at reenactments and look more authentic. I took the lipstick tube apart, cleaned and sanitized it, as well the airspun blush, the compact had never been used ro I just...

Yes please, I like hearing men's opinions they can often be very helpful

Original hbt coveralls, never issued, dated 1938 and my reproduction A-2 with Fifinella, and AAF leather patch. WASP uniforms outside of flight gear can be hard to find

Waves uniforms are difficult to find reproduction. Try Sharons Creative sewing on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/vintageseamstress/ a few ladies I know who portray flight nurses have used her and she she and I are talking about a Santiago Blue WASP uniform for me. You there are a few...

P-52 Mustang for and F4U Corsair, but as a reenact as a WASP ans they flew mustangs probably the mustang

Women in the 40s didn't get their hair permed every 2 or 3 weeks they had it professionally set every couple of weeks. Set meaning they had a professional pin curl set and hood dry their hair. They did perm their hair of it was straight to help their website hold. I have naturally cvery curly...

I have two new favorites both are long wear in tube format, not liquid, they don't dry out my lips but they do leave a bit behind on cups. I reenact so I need my red to stay on for hours and both of these do. HUDA Beauty power bullet lipstick in Cinco De Mayo, it is a true scarlet red, and Too...

Trying to revive this once again, I am looking for some good cotton seamed stocking, with Cuban heels. They are for ww2 reenacting so the more authentic the better. They need to be fully fashioned and because my whole unit will need them vintage isn't going to work. The picture is from a book of...

I styled a 1940s comb look yesterday using my natural curl instead of pin curling or using a curling iron, so the curls aren’t as soft but I think it was successful.

1940s look from yesterday

The directions were wonderful and I did a muslin first. I draw and paint to me the muslin on an intimidating pattern is like a sketch for painting or drawing. You know work out the issues before anything is permanent

The P51 Mustang with invasion stripes. Or a F4U Corsair

I did a wet set for the first time in ages last weekend and while it wasn’t perfect ( I am out of practice) but it’s hot and setting my hair with heat sounds awful. It held up really well for s couple of days and then I went to the gym and it was over.

I tried making these when I started sewing they looked so simple. What can I say I was new and silly and it ended poorly, I swore off pants unless they were pajamas. After some size merging and a muslin mock up, I made them my Rosie the Riveter overalls. They are a chambray linen blend with...