Hair & Beauty

Staying Blonde – Review of Fudge Blonde Products

11 June 2013

mousse

When I started going blonde what I was really after was platinum. However, I soon discovered that whatever colour hair the woman on the front of the box has, your hair will be yellow when you dye it. The only way to knock that yellow out is with toners and shampoos and all sorts of [...]

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Retro Chick Presents: How to Tie a 1940s Headscarf

10 June 2013

headscarf1

2 years without a video and then 2 in 2 months, I know! I seem to be on a roll, so if there’s anything you’d like to see in a video, tutorial or otherwise, feel free to let me know in the comments! This video is on how to tie a 1940s headscarf, Land Girl [...]

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Style Advice Clinic – Hair

6 June 2013

poodle

I often get asked for advice on style things. Hair, make up, frocks, shoes. Most of what I know about any of these things has been learnt through years of experimentation, reading and talking to people. But if you don’t pass on what you know how does anyone learn? So I decided it was time [...]

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Curling the UnCurlable – Your Complete Guide to Wet Setting Hair

29 May 2013

Dita

I was once the owner of the worlds most resolutely straight hair. I have quite a lot of hair, but it is fine and thin and very, very straight. I would spend hours with tongs, mousse, heated rollers and any number of other promised miracle products, and always within 2 hours I had straight hair [...]

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Retro Chick Presents: A Quick & Easy 30s Hair Tutorial

3 May 2013

30shairvideo

Look video! I’ve been being asked for a tutorial for this 20s/30s inspired pin curl hair do for a very long time, at least since this post from Paris in 2011! When I had longer hair and did this style at the front I used to pin my hair under at the back into a [...]

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