1940's make-up, simple and effective

When we think of 1940's make up we assume everyone wandered round looking like starletts of the era.

Make up was often scarce and a lot more simple than the eye flick, fake lashes, beauty spot, rouge, base and red lip that we emulate now.

In the same way we don't rock out looking like Kim Kardashian or Lady Gaga when we pop to the shops the same is true of everyday women of the WWII era.

Here is a video that outlines the simplicity of a good base and some well chosen lipstick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75TwRLgxMXo

Uploaded by glamourdaze.

The new wave

My new obsession is 1920's. What a roaring time and bloody great style.

I am sad to say the whole drop waist dress thing doesnt work for me and neither does peach but the hair, that I can totally get on board with!

I like that starletts of this time had a totally different beauty about them from today with large features and often handsome rather than pretty faces. I personally find this an inspiration for those who are not of the elite, doe eye, collagen lip and monroe nose group.

Micol Fontana- My Italian grandmother

Recently I went to Rome with the Uni, it is now my favourite city. Having overtaken Barcelona I look to move there in my lifetime.

You don't need the ins and outs of all the fabulous times I had and all the fabulous things I saw the most important thing for me was meeting a true fashion renegade.

Micol Fontana is 96 years old and strolls into the room with us ragamuffin students and sits down in her slippers and a fur collared green suit and proclaims 'what's new?' And I believe she wants to know. One thing I learned in Rome from listening to those who speak another language is you look at the person talking and not the interpreter and her spirit shone through any language barrier.

I told her she was fabulous and could I have a picture to which she replied 'why do you have all this in your face' CLASSIC grandmother line and what my lovely catholic grandmother demands to know of me!

It's hard to explain why when as she said her idea of beauty is simplicity and elegance, how do you explain the generations and why we do this? But we saw the beauty in eachother and she invited me to have a photo with her and held my hand with her very small cold ones. These hands created masterpieces and the respect I had for her is a reflection to my brilliant relationship with my grandmother and her sisters and brothers.

It was so lovely to have a connection with someone from a different time, country and culture and yet we did.

Rightly so I have been incredibly inspired by the blogs out there.

I hope my blog does not turn into personal ramblings which I fear it will but that's really for the twitter pages!

Person of the day is Bjork. It's nice to think my tutors are interested in what I have to contribute in way of who inspires me because there are so many people who do. A great flattery came in the way of someone actually asking if the above picture was me! Yes Please!

It's hard to explain her in terms of a person because she is a mother earth alien. She first started singing (making noises) on her way home from school in the snow storms in iceland. Her ideas are from the cosmos and this inspires both Michael Gondry and Nick Knight. Both men that I admire greatly.

As with many of my heroes her small stature and cute face does not convy the pure power she commands both on stage and in terms of her monstrous creativity.

Here are some of my favourite pictures of this fabulous freak of nature

Lastly is a picture of me and Bjork a picture in picture