Hello everyone! I have some crazy things going on at the moment so I'm not creating any new content for the blog for a little while. Instead I thought I'd share some of my older content that you might not have seen before. It will only be for a short while until I get back to normality, and then I have several new posts that will be coming, including some new vintage and vintage-style outfits, and some new content for my Steampunk Saturdays feature.

Until then I hope you enjoy seeing some of my posts you may have missed, and I will see you when I get back!

For the first of these posts, I'll be sharing some of my hair, makeup and beauty related articles. Just click on the links below each picture to be taken to the original post!

How I apply @besamecosmetics lipstick from the bullet, no need for a lip brush. Just a quick video as I know sometimes people struggle with this. 1) line and fill in my lips using a lip liner of the same colour as the lipstick. This helps the lipstick last much longer and gives a nice crisp line to work with. 2) use the point and straight edge of the lipstick to line and help create a clean edge to the lipstick before filling in with the flat side. I line and fill on the top first and then on the bottom lip. Using American Beauty, still my favourite Besame colour that I've tried. Very easy and I do think the point/straight edge of the lipstick helps create a beautiful neat lip line compared to a modern lipstick. 💋💄 #besamecosmetics #vintage #vintagestyle #vintageblogger #redlips #redlipstick #sharesies

A post shared by @helenmaegreen on Jan 1, 2017 at 4:22am PST

I am going to my cousin's wedding in just under two weeks time. I have my outfit sorted; I am going 50s style and I would like my hair to match, in order to complete the look.

If you have read anything on my blog before, you probably will have noticed that I complain about my hair with an alarming degree of regularity. I have very fine, very straight hair which is ridiculously difficult to curl. Of course, I would like my hair to look as good as possible for the wedding, but I am just not sure how to achieve that.

Recently I have been using a set which, on a good day, seems to produce nice results. On the other hand, the results are very hit and miss, and seem to look different every time even though my hair has been curled exactly the same way. These results were all achieved using the same set:

I made a second attempt at the victory rolls/snood combination today.