Like a year but who's counting? As Covid mandates are ending and the case counts in my area drop to the bottom of their charts, I'm starting to have a life again. That means I'm going out and doing things! More importantly, I have excuses to wear my dresses. I made a Lamour halter dress and wore it to a fundraising event. Took a trip to Florida and wore my Joan wiggle dress. Honestly, I think the only reason I go places is to wear the dresses I make. All Gertie patterns, believe it or not. I did a Lamour in cotton for my Tiki themed dress, a Stanwyck in some thrifted fabric for a wiggle dress, and the Ultimate Dress Book gave me the parts for the fantasy themed dress I'm making for an event. That pleated skirt was quite the event, it's massive. I can't wait to wear it out. Right now I'm doing the AllDressApril challenge where I'm wearing a dress every day to go along with the posted themes. It's been fun and getting me to wear outfits I lov
When people say 'hair like silk', it's generally meant as a compliment. As someone with hair like silk, it's a pain in the ass. It slips through combs and bobby pins almost instantly. It resists any change to it's shape such as, oh say, curling. When you do get it to curl, it rebels and turns to frizz and poodle hair before snapping back to straight. I've been working on convincing my hair to look glamorous and wavy for years. No exaggeration, years. Keeping it glamorous I went through all the iterations: hot rollers, wet sets, curling iron, every product known to humankind that might help my hair hold a wave. Some did nothing, some did too much, some left my hair a fried mess. I followed tons of YouTube videos that all had the same general idea: wet set for stubborn hair, brush out vigorously, magically have amazing vintage hair. I tried that and had a lot of different disasters. By trial and error, I found what works for my hair. 1. Wet Set - R