“You shouldn’t care what guys think.” It is the proportion of caring that matters. I hate being told falsehoods to comfort. It’s dismissive of my feelings and reality and can actually reinforce the perception or opinion since it makes me feel that since they dismiss my opinion they can’t actually answer my opinion, that what… Continue reading Should I Care About My Beauty or Lack Thereof?
Category: Beauty and Fashion
Potatoes, Parents, and Past Styles of Beauty
I mentioned in my last post about parents and grandparents and some of their friends opinion’s on mine and my sisters’ beauty. One sister said we must have been very beautiful back in their day (rather than now) seeing as the compliments people are grandparents’ ages gave us. I wrote such comments on our intelligence*… Continue reading Potatoes, Parents, and Past Styles of Beauty
More Beauty Stuff and the Pseudoscience of “Green” or “Clean” Beauty
I feel like a few years ago I mentioned this channel, but I’m not sure. I highly recommend Lab Muffin beauty for most sunscreen stuff (and for all the fallacies regarding “natural beauty” hint, its a marketing thing, its not science, please watch this!!!!! This was one of the main things to knock some sense… Continue reading More Beauty Stuff and the Pseudoscience of “Green” or “Clean” Beauty
Straight Hair, Wavy Hair, Curly Hair
Three beauty category posts in a week? Wow, I’m actually using this category more! I’d not really been inspired much until this week. I was watching this video. I’ve heard for years about the curly girl method, about how lots of girls who thought they had straight hair might be wavy, and I’ve wondered, but it… Continue reading Straight Hair, Wavy Hair, Curly Hair
Sunscreen Hoopla
So I’ve been using Korean sunscreens for a couple years, they made wearing sunscreen everyday not disgusting. However, I heard briefly at the beginning of the year that Purito failed miserably to meet the SPF claims it made. I’d tried that brand once and didn’t love it (not sure it was the exact same formulation… Continue reading Sunscreen Hoopla
Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 4 Regency Accessories and Festival Wrap-Up
I’m on Instagram now, so I’ve been searching #JaneAustenFestival and finding lots of new costumers/historical fashion sewists to follow as well as some of the vendors. I will probably be featuring lots of articles here. I’ve been pinning tons of historical fashions lately too if you want to see my Pinterest board. Also, this blog… Continue reading Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 4 Regency Accessories and Festival Wrap-Up
Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 3, Regency Patterns and Planning for Next Year
I’ve always loved historical fashion mainly pioneer (or prairie) girl with some Victorian and Colonial as a child; my knowledge stemmed from Little House and the American Girls, so the Regency period was an unknown time until I was introduced to Jane Austen. I sewed quite a bit for a child, but struggled to progress… Continue reading Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 3, Regency Patterns and Planning for Next Year
Link Love: Historical Fashion
I think that a post on historical fashion goes well with the month of Halloween. This is often the route for those of us not interested in ghoulish costumes. Last year my sisters and I dressed in the fashion of a decade of the last century for Halloween. My love of historical fashion began with… Continue reading Link Love: Historical Fashion
Beauty and Style Books, Part Three: Hair and Nails
I don’t own any books on nail care, but I still have Braids and Bows and Hair: A Book of Braiding and Styles from my childhood. I only have a few more on my library list. DIY Braids Nail Care Tips and Tricks Nail It! Pro Nail Care
Easter Outfit Take 2
I was working on my dress and remembered an idea from Pinterest. I would have loved to have a polka dot, but I found a lace top too late for Easter which ended up being fine as I finished the dress too late as well. I used Simplicity 1607. I had to alter the princess… Continue reading Easter Outfit Take 2
Easter Outfit Take 1
This was plan B. I had a polka dot strapless dress. I thought I needed to buy fabric, but, when moving projects, I found I could use pieces from a linen skirt I bought for a dollar years ago. I had to do quite a bit of rethinking, and I had to hand sew the… Continue reading Easter Outfit Take 1
Style Icons
I read and see so many people trying to imitate a few of Audrey Hepburn’s looks. All of the ones I can remember do not have the Winter coloring necessary for wearing black; read color experts, not everyone can wear black. Most do not have her body shape. Style icons look good oftentimes because at… Continue reading Style Icons