Try something new

If you know me, you know that I have had an obsession with Marilyn Monroe pretty much since I was born.I am inspired not only by her, but by the entire time period in which she lived. For the last few years, I've been doing research, studying people who live a vintage lifestyle. I am so fascintaed by the fashion, and the manufactured beauty of the time period.

Bernie Dexter

Some of my modern day muses include Bernie Dexter, Dita Von Teese, and Ashley from the YouTube channel LisaFreemontStreet. Ashley's channel is devoted to teaching viewers how to achieve vintage looks with time-period inspired hair and makeup tutorials. She also does product reviews for everything from makeup to retro style clothing and websites, and family recipe videos where she does a little cooking show.

Dita Von Teese

As someone who is a lover of all things hair and makeup, I'm totally in love with the manufactured beauty of it all. The over done hair, the bright red lips and winged eye liner, the corsets and girdles; it's all so put on and I love that! These women embrace a lifestyle that takes dedication and effort, and that is so admirable.

I've been expiramenting with these looks lately, and I have to say that this is something I could do daily. I love how I feel when I'm all done up, how Quin looks at me when I'm all done up. I think I'm going to do some tutorials as well, taking inspiration from my favorite leading ladies, and perhaps some ideas of my own.

I hope you enjoyed this little glamorous peek into one of my favorite hobbys!