Vintage hair success and contemporary fashion rant

As anybody who has a love for vintage knows, getting your hair right is a MUST. Of course sometimes it's alright for it to be covered up or a bit 'bed-head', but in my opinion it is one of the major things that makes girls like us glam.
I can't count how many hours I spent trying to do so many different things with my hair- pin curls being THE hardest, and something I still am yet to get the hang of (I think for now the curling irons will have to remain out for quite some time!). I have successfully put my hair into roller girl bangs, and reverse roller girl bangs... but when I was trying to do it the day before yesterday... it just did NOT want to happen! So I gave up after quarter of an hour, and moved onto another style I had attempted and failed at- victory rolls.
Now I'm not going to lie- I was so stressed standing in front of that mirror trying to get my hair into place for it to fall back in front of my face over and over again, but with a bit of teasing- and a LOT of hairspray- they willingly stayed with a couple of bobby pins... and there they stayed all day! I didn't take them out till 11pm!
I am so happy they worked, and will be very disappointed if they refuse to go in again, but I guess it's all about teasing your hair just right ;)

Yesterday I went to the cinema and saw 'Whip It!'- that rollerskating movie with Ellen Page in it. I have to admit it was quite good- kind of what you'd expect from that kind of film. In the movie the woman who plays her mother is (what us Brits seem to see as a stereotype from tv) a typical Texan mum who makes her daughters do peagants. There's a bit in the movie where Ellen Page tells her to stop shoving her 1950s ideal of womanhood down her throat (the mother in this hates tattoos etc also)... and it got me thinking where the modern 1950s style girl fits into all this. I mean, obviously there are loads of rockabilly girls we see nowadays with tons of tattoos and piercings, with the 'overdone' but still 50s makeup, and dress sense, and then there's the girls whose blogs I read who are truly Golden Era authentic.
I think what makes me different is that I had all these Golden Era ideals and values way before I even dreamed of having any style, let alone an individual one. I have always known what I wanted out of life and am heading toward 'homeliness', and the style just came after... when I realised that just because it didn't fit in with society didn't mean it wasn't something I shouldn't do- because I loved it. But I also don't disagree with 'new age' fashion (well, some parts). I, as you can see above, have a lip piercing, which is nearly 4 years old now... but I couldn't imagine myself without it, and yes, I plan on getting tattooed.
I think the key thing in our society is acceptance for people looking how they feel inside- I'm sure many authentic beautiful Golden Era girls get criticised just for not fitting the norm, but that happens to some 'alternative' styles like heavily tattooed people today.
When I have the money to look the way I want to- I'm gonna go out glammed up to the nines with my head up high.

Acting Housewife today

well what a weekend it's been!
we've had glorious sunshine here, which means it's now warm enough to go out in a lovely vintage dress and cardie- yay!

yesterday, my honey and I were invited to my Uncle's house for dinner along with my Mummy and Nan. They have the most adorable 19th Century cottage which they have decorated to perfection, and it's all the more joyous since they had their baby boy, who's now a year and a half!
I haven't really revealed my 'vintage self' to anyone but a couple of friends and my Nan yet, but yesterday I took the leap. I dyed my hair a darker red yesterday morning (I have gone from dyed postbox red to a morello cherry), curled it and did my make-up to the nines. I then slipped myself into a cream A-line ruffled skirt, black vest, and salmon pink cardie- all finished off with my red ray-ban sunglasses, of course!
we had a wonderful day sitting in the courtyard with the wee man and having a full roast dinner, followed by apple pie (made by moi!) and eton mess. We even walked down to the river and let the dogs have a swim, which ended in me tearing my skirt- boo! (though it was old and tatty) and in order to do so my Aunty lended me some wellies, to which she took great delight in telling me I looked every bit the vintage country housewife in, and flung an apron on me to finish the look! :D



when I got back in the evening, my boy and I curled up on the sofa and watched some telly with a glass of vino :)

Today my boy has an interview with a very up-market department store, so when I awoke in glorious sunshine feeling very refreshed and lovely in bed, he was already showered and doing his hair. My hair also, looked lovely as my curls from yesterday have loosened and positioned themselves in a dissheveled 'bed-head' and cute look.
So my guy's gone for two hours (a very formal interview!) and I'm about to do my housewifery! Which of course involves cleaning the bedroom, living room and kitchen up, and baking him a great big cake in order to celebrate or comfort eat!

I've also been slipped a tenner by my lovely Nan so maybe I'll have to get on the old ebay and see what vintageness I can rustle up!

much love,
Tsuki's Girl xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

revisualising the golden era

so, since forever I have been obsessed with the 1950s.
I'm 19, and yet my ideals have always been the total opposite of everyone else. I grew up in an area which had many chavs/neds whatever you call them and a high rate of teen pregnancy, yet ever since I can remember I've thought it's, well not vile, but not what I thought was right.
I'm not religious, I'm a very strong athiest, yet I've always believed in the old-fasioned style of things- you fall in love, get married, have children. Yet that seems to oppose the 'norm' these days, which I simply don't understand.
I don't stand in the way of feminism, yet I have never and will never call myself a feminist. I told a female this who shot me down and said that in saying such I was against everything that women had fought for since suffrage, which simply isn't true. To me the clue is in the name- feminism- not 'equalism' [an absurd but only word I could make up to illustrate my point]. There are many feminist acts I do agree with, but I think now it is starting to go against the whole point of equality. For example, the fact that I am shot down for my views- that I want to be a housewife and mother above all things and to serve my husband. That is my choice.
But back to my original point.... recently I have become far more active in my obsession- that I now dress the part, and I'm loving it :)
I found one fabulous forum (www.thefedoralounge.com) and an amazing blog with a gorgeous blogger (vavoomvintage.blogspot.com) which has led to me not just drooling through the windows of Cath Kidston or admiring beautiful pin-ups online, but actually planning the things I want to buy- starting to clear my clothes for something more vintage, and actually taking up sewing. There are also the numerous hours I've spent researching to get my hair right but we need not mention that because glamour happens naturally, right? ;)

So hopefully this blog will turn into something. Not just me mumbling on about my stupid life.
I guess I might post some pics or whatever :)

Ciao! xxxxxxx