New Colours

I have always had a soft spot for Katy Perry's style as its just the right mix of stunning makeup and quirky outfits.  Sure not all of her clothing is suitable for walking to the supermarket to pick up some milk but I love the risk of what she wears. 

So as the red in my hair dye starts to fade I have been looking for a new color, partly because of the fading but mostly as I seem to see every second person with the exact same color.  This started me searching for some inspiration.  Sure I could follow the cosplay path and go pink, green or something just as out there but the color has to be one I can also wear to work.  Which is why when sent a link to Katy Perry's wide awake clip the suggestion of dark blue/purple seemed to speak volumes to me.  I'm currently researching what it all entails and most likely I'll end up at Wildlocks in the city as they are amazing when it comes to colors like this.  So right now its all about watching Youtube clips to find out the good, the bad and the mistakes I can learn by.  And who knows the next pic of me may be with my new color.

And now for the clip that is inspiring the color change....enjoy

Vintage Vixens Hair Workshop by Sideshow Annie

Have you ever fancied looking like Betty Grable or Betty Page well if your in melbourne I may have just the thing for you. The Amazing Sideshow Annie's Costume parlour is holding a Vintage Vixens Hair Workshop on Sunday November 27th from 10am till 1pm.

To help you get inspired I have listed some information for you so you can let your inner bombshell out.

"Come and enjoy some vintage tunes, meet new people and learn the difference between pin curls, victory rolls, pompadours and bee hives whilst surrounded by the gorgeous costumes and vintage accessories at Sideshow Annie Costume Parlour! You will need to bring with you some bobby pins, a rat tail comb and hairspray.

Sideshow Annie Costume Parlour
735 Nicholson Street, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Cost: $50 per person
Deposit required upon booking of $25

Only 12 places available.
Email sideshowannie@gmail.com to book,
or call on (03) 9380 5889 during our opening hours to book your place

details from Sideshow Annie website

Make Me Up

Tiki and Mistress Kim

Often when I am out and about doing the fashion things I have 'oh my' moments, meaning for some reason the beauty Gods are not looking after me. This is when I call on a team of seasoned professionals to help me out of my bad hair day dramas.

Tiki and Mistress Kim

It is great to have a team of ladies like the Mistress' of the Lindy Charm School to help out, hence my Wintersun moment a few months ago. Not just because the stress levels dropped in an instance, but because you often get to see someone's skill in this area. Not to mention be pleasantly surprised at the results.

The Result

You can also increase your own skill set by asking questions while being 'prepared'. You never know what secrets and tips you can pick up. For instance being given shortcuts for doing my 'victory rolls' from the Lindy Charm ladies has been fantastic, and reduced my stress.

Miss Carly & Wintersun Model

Smoke and Mirrors

Ok so in all honesty the world of modeling isn’t that glamorous hence this is what I looked like at breakfast before my photoshoot last weekend. Just for the record I hadn’t had much sleep the last two nights before this as well as a very late and long plane flight; however with the wonders of makeup and hair dressers all would be fixed.

As with any good make-over here is a bit of a photo-montage from very tired travelling pinup to vamp waiting for her outfits to arrive. The first part of the day was spent doing my hair which involved a lot of time curling little strands to get a nice bouncy curl. And as my hair doesn’t really hold a curl a large amount of hairspray and setting sprays were used, as this style had to last from midday (when we finally finished it) all the way through to the wee hours of the next morning as we were all going out on the town afterwards. Its always a rather nice bonus when you can get your hair done for ‘work’ and play.

Next the make up, and boy do I mean make up. Due the rather harsh lighting which does a) wash you out and b) make the makeup melt there had to be a rather large amount applied. We actually tried 3 different lots of colors for eyes and in the end decided for a smoky grey and brown combination with just a touch of silver. This transformation was a funny one as you can see from the photo before without the eye and lip color’s I was looking very pale.

So with eye color done the addition of false eyelashes began, and then the gluing of 5 individual diamonds on each set to add some glamour. So by the end of this process I did start to feel a little bit like a disco ball as I was also wearing sparkling body lotion to help add some ‘healthy glow’ all over in the shots. Thankfully the photos are less disco ball then I expected.

Final result…not bad for 3 hours work. Why all this you may ask? I won’t spoil the surprise but I was asked to do a photo shoot for one of my favorite designers and their new release of stock, so of course I said yes. Watch this space and hopefully I can put some photos up for you all.

Also a big thanks to Ms Cass, Lu, Evil Mark, Kitty and co, Good Mark and my long time friend DM Michael for a great weekend and catch up. I’ll see you all in 5 weeks for swimsuits and more photos.