Vintage beauty

I've always loved all things vintage and how old beauty/fashion books talk about being ladylike and keeping up appearances, so when i found a whole row of dusty vintage beauty and fashion books under the stairs at a relatives house i couldn't help but have a look. It was a tough choice but the photo above is the book i chose to take home with me, It tells you everything from how to mix your own skin care products to the perfect bath! I'll leave you with the Rose Essence recipe from the Fragrance section, i haven't tried it yet, i just like the image it cunjers up of an old fashioned rose garden.. 

3 handfuls of dried rose petals

sweet almond oil as needed

In a glass bowl or jar, or put dried rose petals and cover with the oil. Put the pot in a pan of simmering water, heat until the oil has removed all the colour of the petals. Strain; keep tightly lidded.

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Final Major Project 'Body As A Canvas'

So i finished my art foundation last month and i've only just realised i hadn't written anything on here about my fmp so here goes.. 
I decided to develop/continue on from my last project of wrap/unwrap because i felt i wanted to explore it further using the idea of body paint as a layer/wrap. After lots of research and deliberation i decided my theme was going to be vintage wallpapers because i found it interesting and thought it might be fun to play with and combine different colours, patterns and fashions.

I tried out lots of different simple camouflage designs on my hand including stripes, spots, floral, lace and papier mache. My first practice was just a simple spot design which i tried both on my hand and on a friend. I moved on to using wallpapers from certain eras to look like fashion ideas from those eras, these are the 3 main body part looks i created -

      

The first one is 40's style Laura Ashley wallpaper with a painted on 40's style stocking, the second is Sandersons 50's style wallpaper with a painted on 50's inspired glove and the third is 60's style Laura Ashley wallpaper painted onto the face with 'Twiggy' style lashes. They aren't perfect but i was pleased with how they went, although they took a longgg time! 

They led me to my final piece of a whole body paint in a 50's theme, I was very inspired by Emma Hack's work (have a look at her work if you haven't already, its amazingg!) at this point because she had done a similar thing/idea to what i wanted to achieve. I had to make sure the pose, shape of the dress, accessories, props, make up, hair and of course wallpaper were all 50's inspired to make the look complete and effective.. After about 6 hours of posing, painting, adjusting and more painting i finished my fmp look and it was finally ready to be photographed! (big thanks to my models, they stayed still for so long!) 

Hope you like it :)

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