Giveaway - 1940s Hairstyles by Daniela Turudich

I bought a copy of this book a while a go and it's been both interesting and useful. However I took it to an event along with some other books and thought I'd lost it there. Annoying to say the least, but because it had been a good resource I decided to buy a replacement copy. Then last week in the middle of quite a long and taxing day, I decided to take a break from the computer and found myself pondering the bookshelves. 

What started off as a ten minute reading break, turned into a little bit of shelf rearrangement. I moved some cameras from the top of the piano and arranged them on a shelf, you know how it goes, you have these little move arounds and think it won't take long....

Well it did take much longer than planned, but that's mainly because the books I'd moved to another shelf to make way for my beloved vintage cameras took on a life of their own and within minutes were flying off the shelf, taking the fairy lights with them, which in turn snaked around more books and took those down too! Fear not the cameras were fine, but my lounge was a mess! 

During operation 'I wish I'd never touched those books' I found what was my lost copy of 1940s hairstyles. So I now have a spare copy, which I thought would be of more use to you vintage lovers. 

It's a great little book, and it is little, I was expecting something more substantial in size when I first bought it, but whilst it may be petite, it is FULL of details and facts, from hair cuts of the decade, to  styles and setting patterns. It's full of amazing photographs and illustrations. It's a great look at the history of hair with step by steps to help you get your own forties inspired looks.

For your chance to win you just need to follow Missy Vintage in at least one of the following ways. You can sign to follow via Google Friend Connect, 'like' the Missy Vintage Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@Missy_Vintage) 

Each method counts as one entry, so that's a potential 3 chances to be the winner. I'm using

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I'll post this worldwide so feel free to enter where ever you are! The give away closes at midnight 25/05/2013 (UK time) entrants must be 18 years of over. The winner will be selected at random using rafflecopter. 

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Busy Bee and Knicker Talk

Apologies May has been a slightly quieter month than planned on the blog. It's been all go with styling work and photography projects so time has been flying past, but it's all exciting stuff so I'm not complaining.

The Missy Vintage Stylist website is coming along nicely, thanks to Ms. Chick Media for taking my ideas and creating something I can continue to build on. One thing I need to get better at is taking more photos of my styling work (yes I do get the irony giving that I do photography too!) I tend to style and then let my clients go jump around to get ready to go out or go hang out with their friends, so my new thing to work on is taking a quick pic before they leave the chair! 

The other thing of course is that some people simply don't want their heads and faces, or weddings on the internet, which is absolutely fine, so if you are styled by Missy Vintage, rest assured that it doesn't mean you have to have the final result on the internet! Anyway if you fancy popping over to my stylist website, please feel free to click here and take a perusal. 

Photo by Antony Kelly

One of the photoshoots I worked on recently was with Joe Black Photography. The idea was sparked by my thoughts on Facebook that I'd like to style and shoot a picture inspired by Mario Testino. I was planning on photographing it myself, but Joe offered and as I like his work, I thought it would be nice to collaborate and make it a team effort, and what a day we had! 

Here's the Mario Testino shot that sparked the idea. Goegeous non?  If you love fashion photography, Testino's work is both amazing and inspiring. Here's a link to his official website

Picture: Mario Testino

Aren't those 'big' knickers just so sexy? It could be the fact that I'm now getting older, but I think that these 'Bridget Jones knickers' are pretty damn hot!

For our shoot I used heated rollers and some back combing to create a bit of a sixties sex kitten vibe. The makeup was smoky eyes using colours from the Urban Decay Naked and Crown Brush palettes  and a slightly darker than nude pink lip, very lightly applied for just a hint of colour  (I used the Besame Dusty Rose) 

Note the essential cup of coffee nestled amongst the kit!

Photo by Joe Black

Photo by Joe Black

Not content with just shooting in the kitchen we decided to dodge the showers and headed out into some local woods....I'll always try and get some behind the scenes shots on photoshoots............

Joe hasn't released all the pictures yet, so we'll have to wait and see the rest, but having looked through them on his camera, I'm very excited. You can visit his Facebook page and see his shots from the day so far. If you follow me on Instagram though you may have seen a pic from the day, which looked amazing - can't wait to see what the final shots look like. For these final shots we vamped up the makeup up changing to a Besame red balm (review of this coming soon)

So back to the big knickers debate, sexy yes or sexy no?! If they make you feel more confident then you'll feel sexier, yes? And they do have that vintage appeal to them too.

If you are in any doubt and fancy investigating some new big knickerage yourselves, then here's what the high street and the internet has to offer..... 

What Katie Did £27.50

BHS £15

BHS £16

Debenhams £18

Debenhams £24

Matalan £2.50

If you won the lottery at the weekend and have decided to treat yourself to some new knickers then these monochrome ones are rather gorgeous and if you're a millionaire then I suppose paying just under £400 for a pair of knickers isn't such a splurge..... or maybe it is.... pretty though, I think you'll agree. 

Carine Gilson at Net- A - Porter £390

Of course if you won the lottery at the weekend and are feeling generous, then feel free to buy me a pair of these too ;)