Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Books on Vintage/Retro Hairstyles and Makeup

Hello Lovelies!
 
I don't know about you, but I am the type of person that likes to have thorough instructions and pictures to help teach me something new. So, I would love to share some links with you for a couple books on vintage, retro hairstyles that may strike your fancy as they have mine.
 
 

 
Vintage Hairstyling happens to be my absolute favorite book out of the bunch. This full color 200 page book shares with its readers precise directions complimeted with great pictures and wonderful tips
Retro-do's is a 76 page book filled with high quality photos and illustrations for vintage hairstyles with a modern twist.
This book focuses on makeup from the 20's to the 60's, and gives you step-by-step instructions on how to achieve glamorous looks inspired by famous women such as Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow.

 
 

On another note, I will be beginning the filming for my victory rolls series of tutorials this week, I planned on already having it done, but my lovely boyfriend left my camera charger at a friend's house after using it to film at one of his concerts.
 
-Bri Grim




Sunday, January 27, 2013

Fashion Editorial: Inbetween Days






  • Layers, Layers, Layers 
  • Wooly hat (the saviour of bad hair days) 
  • Trainers (so comfy = so cool)


Dress by Miss Selfridge, Vintage Shirt, Denim Jacket by Primark, Trainers by Pull & Bear, Beanie by Primark


  • Revamp last summers clothes
  • Don’t be scared to wear bright colours head to toe
  • Keep hair and makeup simple 
  • Don't want to sport a full metallic outfit, accessorize with metallic instead


Pink Jumper by H&M, Kaleidoscope Pencil Skirt by Topshop, Sliver Clutch by H&M





  • Accessories make loungewear outwear
  • Dress up even when you’re just at home 
  • New outfit with one change (trainers to heels then right back to trainers)


Trousers by Warehouse, Tshirt by H&M, Necklace by Anna Dello Russo for H&M, Vintage Sunglasses 






  • Bra on show? Make visible straps part of the outfit 
  • Let them use their imagination 
  • Sheer cut outs make boyish shapes womanly  


Shirt by Asos, Jeans models own, Heels by Topshop, Vintage beanie




Wendy x
P.S.
My SS13 Song

Saturday, January 26, 2013

SS13 HIGH STREET PREVIEW: High Street my First Love

One of my favourite things about each new fashion season is seeing how the high street translate catwalk trends for the everyday girl, yes I know am a fashion geek you don’t have to tell me.

Firstly River Island, their collection makes reference to several shows from this season. A 60’s vibe with seen at Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton shows, with the classic 60’s shift shape, monochrome and strips in every kind of direction. We can see this in a few of River Island pieces. I particularly love this super quirky black and white vertical strip leatherette shift dress.

River Island SS13

Also this white shirt reminded me the Alexander Wang show, with its sheer cut out sections; it’s a twist on the classic and wearable white shirt.
River Island SS13


Now, Miss Selfridge should be called Miss Bohemian this season. Their design department have for sure overdosed on everything 70’s related. The 70’s is up there at the top of maybe being my favourite fashion era (it’s too hard to decide on one). I love the little purple number with all my heart, it’s on my Spring Summer 2013 wish list. I also love this dungaree dress, it’s probably the easiest thing to change from casual to dressy then right back to casual.

Miss Selfridge SS13


H&M!  This is probably the on high street shop I can put all my trust in each season to always get it right, I think about 40% of my wardrobe is H&M, each season when their new lookbook comes out my love for them grows a little bit stronger. If you didn’t know H&M have a few different lines, which includes their Divided line, their main line (this is the stuff that is updated the most often) and finally my favourite their designer inspired collection (this is what I get giddy about).

H&M SS13

Each season they get better and better. Firstly this leather jacket and skirt *drool* it is so Christopher Kane. Now these jeans, word on the street these bad boys are £35, and I think they are available in a few different colours. SO COOL! I could ramble on about how much I love bomber jackets for donkeys but I will restrain myself, one thing, they are the easiest way to update any outfit. There are so many different styles from super tomboyish deigns to sexy sheer ones, there is a bomber jacket for everyone out there.
H&M SS13



Each season these guys provide as all with the widest and most varied selection of trends to experiment with. 
Even though I love all the other high street stores I’ve talked about in this post I always love walking down my virtual high street and logging onto Asos. 
ASOS SS13


I have some sort of crazy addiction to this website. I plan on starting up some sort of support group for people in the same situation as me, Asosers Anonymous. The photos I’ve selected from their lookbook speak for themselves showing us so many trends for this season. I could ramble on about how much I love every piece but I will save that for my next AA meeting.

ASOS SS13
ASOS SS13


Remember it’s not all about being “on trend”, it’s about being inspired and seeing creations you love and making them your own, wearing stuff how you want to wear it. We can all be over influenced at times by fashion media and by what everyone else is doing, it’s great to step back and go right back to basics being creative with your own original ideas. Just remember, have fun.



Wendy x


Friday, January 25, 2013

Pompadour (Poof) and High Ponytail Video Tutorial

Hello Lovelies!
 
As promised I created a hair tutorial, not the victory roll tutorial I expected to make tonight, but this one is for a pompadour (poof) and high ponytail hairstyle with either a bandana or flower option. I was planning on not only filming this tutorial, but doing the first edition of my victory rolls tutorials, but my camera began to die and my battery charger is on a little road trip with my boyfriend, so for now this one will just have to do. I hope you guys love it, if you have any questions feel free to comment or email me at brianngrim@gmail.com





Sunday, January 20, 2013

January Beauty Army Box and Ipsy Bag

Hello Lovelies!
This month seems to be going by very quickly and it is time to review my monthly subscriptions and give you guys an update on what's going on at the moment and what will be coming next. Before I begin my little review I would like to share some information with everyone. Lately I have been working on revamping my blog to make it more appealing for everyone, and hopefully within the month I should have some wonderful new custom graphics. If you have any suggestions at all feel free to comment or email me at briannagrim@gmail.com.
 
Do you like the hairstyles pictured above? If so then you will love the tutorials I am about to begin filming, I will be working on a couple different hairstyle tutorials all including a lovely victory roll so stay tuned.
Ipsy Bag
This month's theme was "Super Star" and was filled with quite the variety of products. The bag itself is a dark blue with a star print on the inside of the bag, it's nice, but I am getting quite bored with getting plain bags, I'm ready for a lovely print. (I am crossing my fingers for something vintage inspired.)
When I opened the package my first thought was, Yay! another makeup brush from SOHO! I received a SoHo Smudge Brush back in September 2012 from Ipsy and absolutely love it and use it on nearly a daily basis, so to add an eyeliner brush from them to my collection is quite exciting. This brush's shape includes a wonderful grip for klutzy women like me whom happen to drop their brushes a lot.
I myself feel that the right hairspray can make or break a hairstyle, and Big Sexy Hair's hairspray is wonderful, a little pricey for my taste considering I go through hairspray very quickly but it works very well. It is quite easy to go overboard with this spray and make your hair very stiff, so remember just a little goes a long way.
Since I am a "pin up girl" red lipstick and red nail polish are staples in my signature look and I am always on the lookout for better products to test and this month I received a lovely red nail polish from Tini Beauty called Bloody Mary. Now, the last polish I received from Tini Beauty that I reviewed I was not a fan of, it was a glittery polish in green and gold, but this one is wonderful. This polish only requires one application for a solid red color, and it dries quickly. I typically use a top coat when doing my nails but I wanted to test it's durability without one and it lasted three days with no chips. This nail polish definitely improves my outlook on Tini Beauty.
Like most people at this point I am definitely ready for spring and summer to come, and this Tuscan Blood Orange Body Butter from Pacifica makes me even more impatient. Typically I am not a fan of orange scented items, but I absolutely adore the scent of this lotion, it has notes of orange which is offset with scents of strawberry and raspberry. I am very picky when it comes to lotions because I do have sensitive skin but my skin had no issue with this lotion and it doesn't leave that nasty greasy feeling some scented lotions leave behind.
 
Obviously, oils such as this argan oil from Josie Maran Cosmetics have been trending in the past year or so and I have received a lot of them with my subscriptions. This argan oil has many different uses which include skin moisturizer, skin treatment, split end treatment, and cuticle softener. I have yet to test all of it's uses but I did test it on my freshly dyed Ruby Rush hair and it did make my hair very soft yet a little greasy. I have yet to notice any difference in my split ends but I do like how soft this oil makes it and that my hair is a little less frizzy on its bad days.

Beauty Army Box
As you can see from this picture this month was Beauty Army's birthday so they included an extra choice this month and I decided to go with the Mark scanda-lash mascara in brown. I rarely purchase brown mascara, but I do like it for more natural looks so I decided to go with brown this time. This mascara separates the lashes wonderfully and is perfect for a more subtle natural look.
Apparently products from Mark have been a favorite for Beauty Army, last month I received this red Mark glow baby glow gloss and this month I not only received the mascara but this pink gloss called Honey, which nicely hook together. This gloss is another product great for a subtle natural look or a colorful eye and nude lip combination. Just like the red glow baby glow this gloss is wonderfully pigmented, non-sticky and quite long lasting.
The past couple months have been quite hectic in my household and honestly I do not make enough money to really have a true spa day so products like these firming eye gels from Skyn Iceland  are very welcomed as samples. Now I did find these soothing for about a total of ten minutes and my eyes felt a little refreshed after, but they are definitely not worth $30 for only eight in a pack. They are suppose to tone de-puff under eye skin within ten minutes, but honestly I didn't even notice a physical difference.
Like I have stated many of times in my posts I am not a fan of small foil samples such as this serum and moisturizer from Enspri Skincare because there is not enough in them to really make a judgement on the product. I did test them but within one application I seen no difference between them and any other average serums and moisturizers.

As you can probably see from my other posts I am a HUGE fan of the Yes to...   products, so I was excited to be able to try something new from them. Now once again back to the foil packet issue, but I did feel refreshed after using this eye treatment and noticed a slight difference, and I have full faith in all of the products from their arsenal. This company is known for their wonderful, hard working, natural products that have rave reviews from customers.
Simple enough this Lash Card  is meant to prevent clumping and smudging of mascara and it is nice to have on hand, but I honestly do not see the point of wasting money on the product unless you absolutely can not apply mascara without causing a disaster.
Yet another small sample of Whip Hand Cosmetics  Camo Collection eyeshadow, this shadow is a beige shade called Air Force. Like explained before this shadow blends well and works well for natural looks, but I really would like a better selection of makeup products then what Beauty Army has been offering lately.
Now, this picture is of a simple subtle two minute look I created using the Mark Scanda-Lash Brown Mascara, the Air Force shadow from Whip Hand Cosmetics, and the Mark Glow Baby Glow Lipgloss in the shade of  Honey.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

2013 be nice to us, please

I'm beyond excited about Rihanna for River Island. At first I must admit I was a tad cynical about the approach Rihanna and River Island would take, in my head I was thinking they could get it so wrong or so right. However a couple of months back Rihanna gave us a sneak preview of a piece from the collection, this super chic suede navy boiler suit. LOVE IT! This is the moment I became a tad giddy (understatement) about the rest of the collection, I know for sure I will spend all my pennies on this collection and I haven't even seen all of it yet. In this months issue of Complex magazine Rihanna gave us a second sneak peak at a piece from the collection, a black and white jacket, kind of hard to see exactly the shape of it but it looks very nice to say the least.



All together I think the collection is going to encapsulate the thing most of us love about Rihannas' style, the effortless chicness (unsure if this is a word) of everything she wears and most importantly the way she wears it. I plan to be the first in the queue at River Island, and to warn you all I can be an aggressive shopper if I have to be.



I think I may have a little obsession with high street designer and celebrity collaborations. I'm very intrigued by who will be collaborating with H&M this year, 2012 with truly epic with Marni, Anna Dello Russo (my favourite) and Maison Martin Margiela. There were rumours Givenchy would be collaborating with H&M, when I heard this I nearly passed out from the shock and happiness. However with great sadness the fashion house denied rumours they would be collaborating with H&M.  I pray to god this happens one day because I can only imagine how fudging cool it would be.
H&M are the pros at designer collaborations, they make it so affordable for poor gals like me to purchase, however the quality is still amazing and the whole shopping experience is an event to be talked about, this making it really fun to be part of and just makes you want to buy EVERYTHING!


I feel it in my bones that 2013 is going to be a very good year indeed.

Wendy x

Saturday, January 5, 2013

My favorite CHEAP Beauty Products




Hello!
Like I stated in my last post I will be sharing with you a list of my favorite cheap beauty products, most can be purchased at drugstores. I absolutely adore doing my hair and makeup and it's important to me to look good, but I feel so much better doing that with products I don't have to break the bank on.

Skincare-
Skincare Products


Face-
Face Products for Blog








Eyes-

Lips-