Hair & Beauty

Vintage Hairdresser Found!

Posted on by The Girl

Living hidden away in Somerset (UK) I love browsing the web to find hairdressers that specialise in vintage haircuts and styling. There are some I’d love to frequent in London, if I lived there. Which I don’t. Hence the struggle to find a suitable hairdresser locally.

Maybe it’s a cheat, but my friend has started in the vintage line hairwise, so after my first cut and style, I’m sure I’ve found My Hairdresser. Even better, Kate Eliza does home visits, so I don’t even have to leave the house!

Below are the two cuts Kate Eliza did at my house, including guest model, my Mum.

The short style is a Fifties Italian cut, which model Dovima and Elizabeth Taylor sported.

Short Fifties hairstyle
Short Fifties hairstyle
Rita Hayworth as Gilda
Fifties Italian cut

My hair is inspired by Rita Hayworth, epitomised in the Forties film noir Gilda.

Forties Rita Hayworth/ Gilda hairstyle
Forties Rita Hayworth/ Gilda hairstyle

http://www.kateelizahair.co.uk

Vintage Compact Refill

Posted on by The Girl

To follow up on my hunt for a powder compact refill, I have successfully fitted a Tunnel pressed powder cake into one of the bigger round compacts.

Pressed powder and powder puff replacement
Powder puff fits!

To fit it in, you need to remove the plastic casing, while leaving the metal inner tray and powder as undamaged as possible.

I used a variety of tiny metal tools to Jimmy it out round the edges. Also, if you Peel the label off the back, there is a tiny hole you can push something strong through to lift the tin  out. The tin is glued in the centre to the plastic, so it takes a patience to get it loose.

I measured the compact tray before shopping around for a refill, so I was able to just slip it into the compact tray. As this compact doesn’t have a mesh sieve to sit over the powder and protect the mirror, the powder puff (from H&M) fits perfectly over the top.