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When You Have A Truly Rad Hair Day

Posted by John Sundoro Jumat, 11 Oktober 2013 0 comments

Hello??? Look at my fantabulous hair today!

I crimped it! Which means super HUGE Victory Rolls.

Would you believe only 2 bobby pins per roll?

This early 60's dress I picked up on Ebay recently for about $15 delivered from the USA and I've wearing it to death the last 2 weeks. It looks especially nice with my bright yellow cardi.

60's Dress: eBay
Shoes: Irregular Choice
Cardi: 90's Thrifted
Hair Flower: Dynamite-darling, eBay

A HUGE Thrifty Bargain Week!

Posted by John Sundoro Rabu, 09 Oktober 2013 0 comments

Last weekend saw a vintage fair being held in the next town over so we all jumped in the car and got there bright and early to snag these bargains!

Assorted 40's and 50's jewellery, nothing was over $8.

An armful of purses for $5 each.

Detailed bead work!

A scrummy yummy floral 50's hat for $5

A 60's floor length rhinestoned evening gown for $5

A couple of headscarves for $2. A lady cannot ever have enough headscarves!

A gorgeous 40's cooking book, $2.

A set of 4 china trios for $10

Another ridiculously floral bright pink hat that I'll be daring enough to wear with the exact right dress someday.

2 fox fur collars, $5 each.

A 50's dress for Miss 12. $25

A modern 50's style Howard Showers dress with the $300 price tag still attached, $5.

A late 30's house dress for me, $25

A 50's faux fur coat, $7.50

And even tho it's much too big and bulky for little old me, a 60's coat for $8.

2 rather racy deep scooped backed halter 70's maxi dresses, $5 each.

A cropped 50's faux lambs wool jacket for $10.

A sterling silver clothes brush, $5

And this arrived in the mail, a 40's Western celluloid necklace for $35.

What bargains have you guys scored this week??

Dorothy Meets Bernie Dexter

Posted by John Sundoro Senin, 07 Oktober 2013 0 comments

My Wizard of Oz shoes in red sparkling sequins. They make a rare appearance but always generate a lot of comments.

And then mere hours later I looked like this...........

I hate renovating.

Dress: Bernie Dexter

Cardi: Living Dead Souls

Shoes: Payless

Scottie Dog Necklace: Made by Me

Hair flower: Dynamite-darling, eBay

Chiffon Headscarf: Vintage

What I've Been Wearing

Posted by John Sundoro Minggu, 06 Oktober 2013 0 comments

MAC Wonder Woman Obey Me and Essence Off To Miami

Color Club Wham Pow! over White.

a-England Iseult, Dance Legend Harbour and Femme Fatale Eventide (glitter).

OPI Red My Fortune Cookie

Shimmer Polish Candice.

Lilypad Lacquer True Blood and Revlon Ruby Ribbon

Emily de Molly Muted Madness

Chanel Taboo. I hated it...anyone wanna buy mine??

Senorita Dress, Lace Cleavage and A Floral Purse

Posted by John Sundoro Kamis, 03 Oktober 2013 0 comments

I have a very pretty dress. It has Senoritas dancing on it and everything.

It arrived in poor condition and needed a lot of work at my dressmakers. But it was worth restoring as I love it to pieces......literally. My beautiful purse is also a favourite and is a vintage JR of Miami.

The Sexy Man kept saying Stay RIGHT There...that's it. I realised why when I looked at my phone later on. Typical boy.

50's Novelty Dress: eBay
Purse: eBay
Shoes: Miss L Fire

OMG Nail Strips Review

Posted by John Sundoro Rabu, 02 Oktober 2013 0 comments

I have previously been sent nail strips for review before and elected not to post about them. Probably because I truly suck at putting them on....and partly also because I can achieve the same look with Konad stamping, so it's not worth the time or effort putting on stickers.

But these rad looking things arrived so I took myself out of my comfort zone and took them for a spin. Application was pretty easy; Just find the strip that fits your nail, peel it off and stick it on. Take off the protective top layer and trim to fit your nail edge. File gently to get a smooth finish.

The top photos are immediately after application. I wished I had known that a good tip for these is to run a slightly nail polish remover wet cotton ball over them before top coat, to rid of wrinkles and seal onto the sides. I think they would have looked even nicer if I had done that, but overall I was pretty impressed with my amateur application!

Day 2

In this time I washed my hair and sanded down 4 Bakelite bangles. Sanding down plastic is hard work and tough on the hands so I am impressed they lasted this well!

Day 5.

This is the result after 5 days of washing dishes several times a day, 2 hair washes, sanding down jewellery, melting glass several times and making beads and general day to day wear. Altho looking slightly worn this close up, at a reasonable distance away they still looked perfectly fine. I removed them at the end of Day 5 as I was just chomping at the bit for new nails and not because they needed it.

Needless to say I am very surprised that nail stickers can survive so long and I am looking forward to testing out my second pack OMG sent me.

OMG Nail Strips have a FACEBOOK page and the full range of their nail products can be found on their website HERE.
They even have a special running on their strips..... Get 4 for $20 promotion with coupon code “4pack” and a 10 for $45 with coupon code “10pack”.