Miss Rockabilly: Dead Gorgeous Hair & Makeup Styling

Miss Rockabilly: Dead Gorgeous Hair & Makeup Styling: Hello fans! To kick off 2013 we have another wonderful interview for you ! Love pin up hair and make up? Well this post is for you . If y...


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Fake It 'Til You Makei It!

This style of fringe/bangs is so popular, and i get asked alot how to do it. So here's a lil tutorial for you gals :D

 

 

 

 

 

Here's what you need:

- Tail comb

- Bobby Pins

- Fringe/Bun Pins

- Hair Rat (I use a bun donut as pins go in easy)

 

 

You'll need to cut your bun donut into the length you want your rolled finge/bangs

 

 

Start by sectioning your hair. If you don't have a fringe/bangs, grab a section from the front of your hair roughly 2 or 3 inches back (I'm growing out my Betty Page fringe, so i'm just using that)

 

Place your newly made hair rat towards the end of your section, making sure the ends are tucked in

 Rolling under, keep rolling until you reach your hair line

 

 Secure with a couple bobby pins

 

Gently spread your hair along the rat to disguise the ends of it. (If you have black hair this is super easy if you're using a black rat, no one will even know it's in there). Secure with bun pins/fringe pins whatever you want to call them

 

Spray a little hairspray and smooth any fly aways, then spray again

 Almost done!

Add a cute scarf or bandana and VIOLA!!! You're finished :D 

 

 

I'll show you what to do with the back next time...my hair's still wet today, i only blow dried the front so i could do this tute ;P

Pretty Pinup Makeup

This time i decided to do my usual look, the vintage pinup style, all using Dead Gorgeous Cosmetics.

Never mind my hair, that's my next blog ;p

 

 

First i apply a mattifying primer to give me a true vintage feel...plus it helps to keep my makeup on longer!

Then i used concealer around my tired eyes, sides of my nose (i have shocking sinuses so it's always red) and a little on my chin.

Next, i apply my liquid foundation and set it with a powder. For day to day wear i usually wear only the powder as it has great coverage on it's own, but this tutorial i used a liquid, too.

 

 

Now it's time to add some colour. With vintage pinup makeup your colour comes from your lips and cheeks. I used Blush #13. Note: (You can use a coloured eyeshadow, but usually it's kept to a very neutral colouring.)

 

 

Now to fill in my brows...and take a cheeky photo of them :p

 

I use Boogie Woogie Brown along my crease and blend.

 

Then i put With A Wink And A Smile on my lids and over the top of the Boogie Woogie Brown.

 

Just under my brow i use Vanilla Malt to subtly highlight and blend down into the crease.

 

Add my wingtips...

 

...pop on some lashes (I'm wearing the Natural Lashes available from Dead Gorgeous Cosmetics)

 And a touch of mascara to bond my lashes to the falsies.

 

Next i line my lips...

 

And fill them in. I used Ruby Slippers (my FAVE red) but you could also use a pink. 

 

This is a soft and sweet look, perfect for everyday wear.

 

Stay tuned for my next post, i'll be doing a rolled/faux fringe :D

Out Of The Blue 'Shadow

 

 



To create this look I used these 4 Dead Gorgeous Cosmetics mineral eyeshadows:

 

1. Mint Julip 2. Blue Belle
3. 09sl 4. 08sl

  

Start by prepping your eyes using primer, concealer and the foundation

Next fill in your eyebrows (I've used Brow Dust #00)

 

Apply Mint Julip to the inner corner of your eyelid and then out toward the middle

 

 

Next apply Blue Belle to the outer corner and then inwards, blending as they meet

 

 

Now apply a little 09sl to the outer corner and blend into the Blue Belle

 

 

I've put 08sl ontop to deepen the colour

 

Under the brow bone apply Bare Wolf and blend downwards

 

Use a liquid liner to line along your top lashes

 

Now you can apply false lashes if you want, i used Thick Lashes (avail from Dead Gorgeous Cosmetics $5 for 10 pairs)

 

Finally, pop on some mascara and viola! You're done!

 

*Tip: For a gorgeous summery feel team this look with a pale pink lipstick or gloss

 

 

 

Want Perfect Brows???

Our eyebrows frame our face and give expression, letting everyone know if we're angry, sad, surprised etc. Unless you've had Botox then it's anyone's guess.

So, we need to give our eyebrows a lil help and enhance them by filling them in. I find pencils are way too harsh, and because our eyebrows aren't perfectly symmetrical, pencils tend to exaggerate this. I use a brow dust on myself and all my clients to create a much more natural look. This allows me more control as i can start with just a little powder on my brush, apply it and if i think the brow needs more, i can easily build up the colour.

Start by having your eyebrows professionally waxed, this will give you a fabulous shape to follow. Not everyone has an arch in the middle, some people have pretty straight eyebrows, some have a very noticeable arch. Go with what God gave you, there's no point trying to apply makeup to something that isn't there. As long as your eyebrows are neat, well groomed and filled in you'll be good to go.

You may also want to get your beautician to tint your eyebrows. If you have dark hair but naturally light eyebrows, you need to match the colour. You'll still need to fill them in, the tint will only dye the hair, filling them in colours the skin behind the hair giving a much more even colouring...especially if your brow hairs are sparce.

Here's what you need:

- Mirror
- Flat Angled Brush
- Brow Dust to match your hair colour (I've used Dead Gorgeous Cosmetics Brow Dust #00)



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Sundae's School Pinup Classes

Want to know how to create gorgeous vintage hair and makeup on a budget? How about learning how to do perfect victory rolls and symetrical wingtips? Yeah, i did too about 6yrs ago. But after hours and hours of researching online, and practicing and practicing, i now know all that and more.

When i first began to embrace my inner pinup, i immediately wanted to have perfect hair and makeup. I wanted victory rolls, wingtips, and a perfect red pout. But i had no idea how to do any of it...well except the red pout, red lips
are pretty easy as long as you have a steady hand. But i couldn't do a victory roll to save my life! I tried using a velcro roller and leaving it in, thinking this was how those gorgeous gals acheived the perfect, smooth rolls that stayed put all day long. But, sadly, this wasn't right, you could see the velcro roller. Hhhmmm???? Maybe they use a toilet roll a
nd leave THAT in? Nope. Didn't work either. GGRRRR!!! I began getting so incredibly frustrated, and as i'm pretty sure i have some form of OCD, i wasn't going to rest 'til i had these things down pat.

So, i jumped onto Amazon and grabbed myself a copy of a fabulous booked called "Vintage Hairstyling" and for some bizzare reason, the way the step-by-step guide has been written, it all just made sense to me. So, i spent a few more hours infront of the mirror and slowly, step-by-step learnt how to do victory rolls. Now, i can do them in my sleep! In fact, they're the most commonly asked for hairstyle from my clients...that and the Dita Von Tease loose fingerwave and curls.

I also needed those eyecatching wingtips. I tried applying the eyeliner (pencil mind you) a little longer than my eyelid line and then using the side of my finger to sweep it out and up. Yep, it looked pretty bad. Ok, so that's not how they do it. maybe you just follow your lash line then when you get to the outer edge you just flick your wrist? Nope. Couldn't get both side the same coz my wrist didn't ''flick" the same way both sides. Then one afternoon i came accross a YouTube tutorial that showed how to achieve the perfect wingtip. And low and behold it worked! I tried this technique several times and each time it resulted in perfectly symmetrical wingtips. HAZZAH!!!

There's was a lot of other 'vintage know how' i was eager to learn, and through alot of time spent researching and practicing, i can now proudly say i know how to do with ease.

My beautiful Nan also plays a HUGE part in my ever growing love affair with all things vintage. We spent alot of time together while i was growing up, watching old movies and early TV shows like 'I Love Lucy' and 'Bewitched'. She'd then tell me about how she used to dress and style her hair 'back in the old days'. She told me how they'd use lipstick as rouge when they ran out or couldn't afford it. I thought they literally drew circles on their cheeks like clowns with the lipstick...i know, not too bright. And she also taught me how to pincurl my hair. Granted i'd go to my room and retrace my steps Nan had just taught me and then secure my pincurl with one of my hair clips, you know the ones that snap closed. This left a fabulous unwanted crease through my curl, that was if i had enough patience to let the hair dry still pinned. Needless to say, now i know better.

So, with all this new found knowledge i vowed to help other women struggling to perfect their pinup look. I wanted to show others that with a few helpful hints (and possibly a couple cheats) they too wouldn't have to attempt wearing toilet rolls in their hair, or walk around with smudged eyeliner to pass it off as wingtips.

I've been a hair and makeup artist now for 2yrs, and have close to 10yrs experience in the beauty industry. I've been fortunate enough to work with some of the Gold Coast's best pinup and boudior photographers, filling my portfolio with amazing images of some of Australia's most beautiful women. And i'm not talking about professional models. Everyday women. And through meeting these women i learnt that i wasn't the only one trying ridiculous things to achieve a vintage look. So i created Sundae's School Pinup Class.

Sundae's School Pinup Classes are a great way to not only learn how to look like a vintage vixen without even styling your hair, but as a way of meeting other like minded women, share a laugh and have some very valuable "me" time.

 I absolutely love teaching my classes, i get so much fulfillment out of each class that i drive home on a high. I hear the girls say "oh thankyou so much, i've been wanting to know how to do this for ages but had no idea where to start" and i'm like "YES that was me all those years ago!". I also get told i've help women come out of their shell and that because they now know how to do their hair and/or makeup they've got so much more self confidence, and that alone makes my job all worth while.

I also love being able to pass on some very interesting, and perhaps not very useful, trivia about how and why women did things during WWII. Like did you know that the poster we call Rosie The Riveter ISN'T in fact miss Rosie at all? It was miss quoted in a newspaper article in the 70s and from then on everyone just went with it. The REAL Rosie is a rather masculan looking red haired woman with feminine facial features, sitting holding a sandwich. She wears overalls and on her lap is a riveting gun and beside her sits her lunch pale that says "Rosie". See, interesting yet completely useless. 

So if you too are struggling to with your pincurls, have lopsided wingtips or don't know your eyebrow brush from your elbow, then why not come along to the next Sundae's School Pinup Class There are two separate classes, makeup and hair. Both cost only $30/pp (or book in for both and it's just $50/pp) and go for 2.5hrs each. They are run in both Brisbane and on the lower Gold Coast. For more details check out the website www.deadgorgeouscosmetics.com

Thanks for reading and i hope to see you at my next class!