Recent content by Frenchy56

Yay, let me know how you get on! :) I haven't tried Dubonnet, and I know little about 30s makeup- there are lots of threads on here that would surely help you on that, though. You could even try searching for 'Dubonnet' to see if anyone's already been discussing it. Googling beauty blogs can...

Have you tried Mac's Russian Red? I prefer Ruby Woo, personally, but it is very bright and very matte. Russian Red is creamier and is still a classic 'vintage' red, I know a lot of ladies who find Ruby Woo too bright prefer Russian Red. Both lipsticks are very good quality and well worth the price.

Original post deleted- I decided I'd better just quit whining about my lack of blogging mojo and just start a Tumblr instead. So, ladies, if you'd like regular helpings of mid-Century loveliness (plus some other things), find me here!

I'd love to try the Violet powder, but being in the UK makes it so expensive! 22 USD is a fair price, but all the US sites charge at least the price of the powder to ship, which is insane (it'd probably cost about ten bucks). And all the UK sites that stock it charge £22, which is a pretty big...

I use the satin-covered foam rollers with the plastic clip. I did try using the ones you're talking about and the elastic never held them tight enough in my hair :( Probably just my technique, or my hair! Thanks anyway!

Lolita, how do you manage to roll your hair only part way up (as with your side rollers, as far as I can see), without them slipping out? Whenever I try and do this the rollers just fall out of my hair. It sucks cause I really just want curl on the ends, and even if I do some mega brushing-out I...

I know someone mentioned Bourjois a while back, and I fell in love with their blusher all over again today! Years ago I used to wear their Little Round Pot blush in shade 48 (Cendre de Rose Brune). I don't really know why I stopped, but after reading about it on here I vowed to buy it again, and...

Bunny, would you mind sharing your link to that (so I can buy some :D)? I've been sneakily inspecting the Besame site and this thread and I would love to try the violet powder. I googled for the site you mentioned and it's a US site selling it for $22 with no indication of 25% off...

That's awesome! It's a very useful skill- my Dad's very similar, not sure I've inherited it though! I will try and post photos, if it's worthy! Since making that post I've done some research on how to work with veiling, and I've also decided to put the flowers in a different place and buy some...

Sheeplady to the rescue, again :D You do have some great ideas, I would not have thought of that! Thanks so much! Seems like I spoke a bit too soon- the reason why I was so eager to *sew* a hat was because I had assumed that milinery supplies would be too expensive and require special...

Wow! That's a lot. Their UK shipping is always very reasonable. Well, I'm sorry about that, sorry to have gotten your hopes up :( and about the tone of the email, they are always a bit curt on the phone, but I suppose they must get 100s of phone calls a day, and it can't be the most exciting...

Well, I suppose it depends what you're used to, and they do have a lot of tat, but as I said, everything I've ordered from their website has been great. Some of the supposedly 'heavier' fabrics that I've had samples of have not been up to scratch - their 'heavy jersey' was very thin and I ended...

Sewing a 50s half hat/headband? Sorry to double-post, but this is on a seperate topic to my last. I've been pondering- would it be possible to sew a 50s-style half-hat/headband? Not knit, or crochet, and with no special milinery supplies or knowledge. For reference this is the kind of thing...

Fantastic! :D so glad you were able to find something! I'm sure you can work something out if you email/call them. Let me know if you do order anything!

Wahine, I don't know if this helps you, cause this website is in the UK, but I have bought all my printed fabrics from www.fabricland.co.uk. They are a mail order service and I am sure they ship to Germany. In my experience shipping within the EU is not too expensive, certainly nothing like the...