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Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany
Iam a German 40s/50s/60s Pin up Girl, Retro Addict and Weirdo. I love make up, to craft, do photoshootings and collect vintage clothes/ lingerie. In my blog you can read all about it, mashed up with my thoughts about fashion/styling.

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Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2012

It´s all a fake dear. Eyeliner and lip transfers


 Hello everyone,

no shooting this weekend so I played with some make up novelties instead :-)

On the right you see a lip transfer, on the left eye sticker transfers. So what are those and what do they do?

Do you know those faux tattoos that little kids stick on? They are printed on paper, you stick it to your skin, wet them a little, pull off the paper and BAZINGA you have a fake tattoo. This is the same system and I played with it.

The eyeliner transfer worked way better on one eye that the other. Overall it is not quicker than to just apply eyeliner. You first need to cut the eyeliner out (I chose the one at the bottom, so you get an idea). There was a visible gasp between lashes and eyeliner but that could be cause Iam all thumbs.

I fixed the eyeliner gasp and the uneven eyeliner wing with some liquid eye liner. So I can spare you the illusion it is less effort to stick it on. It is not. And by the time I was done the eyeliner on the left eye CRACKED. Darn. Meanwhile I applied the lip transfer as well. You have to cut it to fit your lips. I have tiny lips. Kind people say it´s bee stung lips or doll lips. Not so kind people say "Damn are your lips thin". Went on ok, not perfect. But with some practice it could work better. However your lips feel like they are very dry and I didn´t dare putting gloss on top because I was scared it would kill the transfer. So now let´s go and see whether it lasts...

I went to the super market, did my sports program on the Xbox and than I took a shower. 

After doing my sports program. 
After I took my shower








After sports program
After shower







Conclusion: No, this won´t solve all your eyeliner problems. Your eyelinerwings won´t be more symetric than usual, you probably have to do fix up with liquid eyeliner, it might crack, but it LASTS. If you intend to face a Tsunami your eyeliner will stay and stay and stay (apart from the crack). Same goes for your lips. That one did not crack at all though. Apart from your lips feeling dry you can drink with it, kiss, smile and it stays on forever. The only real problem........ How do I get it OFF completely now???

Freitag, 22. Juni 2012

Artdeco Dita von Teese Classics Review

Hello everyone,

(just) in case and still space for more...
off the case
last weekend I went to the city to buy new panties. Originally. I got home with (indeed) new panties, a new dress and several pieces of the Artdeco Dita von Teese limited edition. I just figured I go to Douglas and see whether they have it. Beeing there I fell in love with the make up case and badly needed things to fill it with. So I bought some eyeshadow (not of the Dita von Teese collection though because those were eye shadows I have from other brands) but some from the regular Artdeco range, one of the Dita blushes and the eye liner (come on, Dita is the queen of eye liner. ;-) 
full make up

my hair-do looks more
interesting on top
eye shadow and blush close up





The blush: a lovely peachy color (yay!). Nice for every day. Invisible for photos (nay!). Not a must buy, there are better ones.
The gel eyeliner: Outstanding! Easy to apply. A little goes a looong way! Absolutely yay! Not very gel-y - rather hard. Must buy!
The non-Dita eye shadow: absolutely yay! Great pigments, nicely blendable. Need more of them! Must buy.

And I won one of the Dita von Teese lip sticks! Once I get it I will post a review, too!

Donnerstag, 14. Juli 2011

Rockabilly Ruhrpott - The Press Round up

Little did I know when two years ago I was approached to do an interview for a documentary about Rockabilly in Ruhrpott. Ir was done by two movie students and their aim was to do this documentary and maybe show it on some movie festivals...


Two years later one of my Facebook friends wrote me "Hey, I saw you in a documentary on 3Sat yesterday!!!" It turned out that "Rockabilly Ruhrpott" made it into the program "Kulturzeit" AND is beeing shown in selected cinemas. This is more than the makers ever expected and more that I expected as well. I have yet to see the TV version as I just saw some sort of "Directors Cut" a year ago, so I have no idea what of my interview remained... I ordered the DVD from the tv station, but they told me it can take up to two months till I get it... buhu... I bet everybody but me saw it....

Me. I was bigger two years ago, but definately me :-)
Here´s the trailer of the directors cut, made about 1,5 years ago.


And I was just as amazed to find there is a huuuuge load of movie reviews!!! A selected few of many, many ones (in German, but well, you can use the google translator if you wanna read it anyway). Congrats to Christin and Claudia who made the movie and all the interviews! Your vision took a completely different turn, but a lot of people will see your hard work!
http://kino-zeit.de/filme/rockabilly-ruhrpott
http://www.cinema.de/film/rockabilly-ruhrpott,4574810.html
http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/kulturzeit/tips/155425/index.html
http://www.cinefacts.de/kino/2405/rockabilly_ruhrpott/filmreview.html
http://www.kinofilme.co/rockabilly-ruhrpott/
http://www.zitty.de/rockabilly-ruhrpott.html
http://www.blacksins.de/news/bald-im-kino-rockabilly-ruhrpott/20116
Something to listen to: http://gffstream-9.vo.llnwd.net/c1/m/1309263786/radio/scala/wdr5_scala_20110628.mp3 (starting at about 15 Minutes)