What-I-Thought-Wednesday: Heyday!

Squee! I have been waiting to purchase this little beauty for ages now, and it's finally here! It actually arrived on Monday and try as I might to conceal it, you keen eyed readers still noticed it in my picture.! Its the beautiful Olivia Blouse in Deco Circles in Blue by the glorious repro clothes company, Heyday! Here I am sporting the blouse, along with my aforementioned Tara Starlet shorts and some trusty Topshop pumps.

I can absolutely vouch for Heyday after purchasing this blouse. I am absolutely sold and really hope to be able to buy more lovely clothes from them soon. I was won over from the start really, when I was having some difficulty even paying for my blouse, lovely Shona was so prompt and helpful. The second delight came when postie turned up on my doorstep and I discovered my new blouse was wrapped in crisp tissue paper and came with a sweet little note, from Helen. (Shona, if you're reading this, who's Helen? I feel Helen probably deserves some credit. Thankyou Helen!)

What officially sold it for me was just the quality of the fabric. It has such a light, feedsack-y feel in 100% Cotton and the colours were rich and vibrant. The print itself is adorable and very authentic. I have yet to wash it, so I can't comment on how it fares, although I will let you know if I have any problems. As for the price, obviously I love a good bargain as much as the next person and this isn't the cheapest blouse i've ever bought, but it certainly isn't expensive. I feel like it is an investment. It'll go with virtually anything, and is much more resilient than a real vintage blouse - and I'd be far more confident about washing this one! I'm really looking forward to wearing this with everything, haha! I feel like it really 30s/40s a potentially 'modern' outfit up. Overall I think we can summarise: Go Heyday! If I ever get a job I want a Fleur dress in every colour and a load of their beautiful trousers for when I go back to school. Ah well, we can dream can't we! ;)

I now leave you with lots of pictures of me posing in my new blouse!

Have a great evening/day!

Love, Miss P 

xxx

Work the Working Girl... Wherever You Work!

So after yesterday's rant and this morning's desperate need for a new hair set, I created a very simple but authentic 'Working Girl' Makeup Look. I went for a very natural but civilised look - much like Rosie the Riveter (although, hopefully, a little less butch). I strolled aroung the highstreet like this today and I would totally wear it to work (providing I had a job - *fume* - and the dress code accomodated). First I moisturised and popped on a thin coat of lip balm to soothe my poor cracked lips. Then I applied a light layer of foundation with my fingers, applying the product to the middle of my face and blending outwards. Instead of concealer I used some of the foundation that collects around the bottle neck. It's like a more concentrated version of my foundation and works wonderfully for concealing. 

I then dusted a layer of PURENaturalMineral's  Loose Powder over the top to set it all, followed my a streak of Benefit's Benetint blended into the apples of both cheeks. Benetint is great for a natural look and I popped a layer of it on my lips instead of applying lipstick to give them a bit of colour without irritating them. I then used a thin brush and some dark eyeshadow to fill in my brows and brushed them out with a clean Mascara Spoolie. 

Finally, I crayoned a little of Benefit's 'Gilded' onto my lids and finished with a slick of Mascara. The reason this look is so work-friendly, whether you're labouring in a hot classroom or checking aeroplane parts, is that it's discrete (apart from the brightly coloured headscarf... obviously..) and dignified and it holds. Benetint and Gilded are two products which stay really well during the day, so when you've rubbed your face in frustration for the 267th time that day, your cheeks will remain as rosy as a Pink Lady Apple! ;)

 See you soon,

Miss P xxx

What-I-Thought-Wednesday: Tara Starlet

Most of my lovely readers will have probably heard of Tara Starlet. I've mentioned them enough times on this blog, sung their praises for Lottie Loves. If I had lots of money, I would already own about 90% of the stuff in their shop. How I would love to live in London and go to the Sample Sales they hold, but alas, I don't and the Train Fare is horrendous! I've been considering reviewing them for some time, and finally got around to it this week!

Being my lowly, teenagery self, I haven't the funds to buy whole outfits from repro shops or ebay or etsy. I generally get to treat myself to one item of vintage or repro per month. Two if I'm lucky. I have to sell stuff on ebay or etsy if I want more than that. As it stands, I only have two pieces from Tara Starlet's beautiful shop. I had to make a painful decision, but decide I did.

I love Tara Starlet for many reasons. First, that it suits me. I sometimes find 'The Forties' is a bit ageing on someone as young as me, but everything from Tara Starlet is light and youthful yet still sophisticated. Secondly because they're ethical: "On top of this, all of our clothes are made locally in London, to keep our carbon footprint dainty. These ecological techniques help to make our collection authentic, unique and exclusive, and at the same time, keep our conscience clear as crystal!" 


I myself own the Sailor Shorts and a blouse that they are no longer selling. I'll review the shorts as you can actually still purchase them! When my sailor shorts first arrived I was pleased by the colour. Just as vivid as the pictures suggests and the buttons were beautifully shiny and new. After a good wash in the machine, I can report that the shorts are still red and the buttons are still shiny!


For the most part, I love the fit of these shorts. The waist sits in the right place (even for my high waist) and skims just over your hips and your bum, not too tightly but not too baggily. One thing that can get annoying is that these shorts easily ride up. I'm not sure if it's because of my body shape or just the fit of the shorts but I did find myself repeatedly pulling the legs down! another thing, although I assume that is to be expected, is that the legs wrinkle up a lot on the inside of the thigh, however, it was solved with a quick ironing. 


They ironed pretty well apart from one alarming moment when I put the iron to the shorts and the fabric turned darker and shiny! All was well when they cooled though, and returned to their original colour.


I love these shorts because they don't look too typically like 'reproduction vintage' - which is often what puts me off repro - and they go with loads of stuff. I've worn stripy t-shirts tucked in for a nautical look, the same shirts tied under my bust for a pin-up look, with peasant blouses and even my other Tara Starlet purchase. I love these shorts and despite the occasional wrenching-down they require I can see me wearing them all through the summer!*


*Providing we see a bit more than a weeks worth of sun this summer!

Hope this helps, Lots of Love

Miss Pancake

xxx

My Mini Middy

So The Catch-Up Begins! First: my new haircut. I had the hairdresser cut it into a Middy shape so I took along a Middy diagram and pictures of Liz Taylor and Dita. From my mumblings and hand gestures she seemed to understand what I wanted and despite being a relatively modern hairdresser, cut me exactly what I wanted!

Here It is after just a blowdry. You can clearly see the 'U' shape of the Middy. 

Before popping it into heated rollers...

Et Voila!

Then trying it in dry pincurls...

I love it!

More posts coming soon! :) 

Miss P xx

Finds!

Yesterday I attended my local May Day festival, and snapped up some goodies from the stalls along the highstreet. Gigantic bowl of cereal anyone? I also found this signed Lauren Bacall picture for only £8, which I am most puzzled by, as well as a lovely little handmade hair flower from a local little company, What The Puck?

I wanted to let you know that due to intensive revision sessions, I may not be posting regularly from now on, as spare time is spent working on something very exciting!

Lots of love,

hope you miss me ;)

Miss P xxx

The Art of Hair

Okay, so maybe I'm not all that great at the setting part, but I sure do love adorning my barnet, and today, adorned it I did! All I did was pop it up into a Betty Grable updo, and pin in every flower, bow and brooch I could think of! 

Enjoy!

Love ,

Ms P ;) xxxxxxx