Vintage Hair Lounge visit Harlem Hair, Hove

On Monday, I joined the girls for an afternoon being models for a training session run by the amazingly talented Gloria and Sharon of Vintage Hair Lounge, at Harlem Hair in Hove.

The team spent a busy afternoon curling our hair into beautiful vintage styles, some of us receiving 1940's pin curls, 50's victory rolls or 60's beehives. I had no idea how many layers went into making these styles the proper way, it was incredible to watch them all slowly building up. Now I truely understand why girls used to say they couldn't come out, they had to do their hair! 4 hours later, with make up done and hair perfetly in place, we went downstairs for a little photoshoot with photographer Scott Chalmers.

Here's the first picture they've posted up so far :)

As soon as they've finished loading all the other girls, I will share them all with you, you have to see their hair!! Jaw dropping stuff I tell you!

Hair - Anna Lewis

Make-Up - Molly Dickie

Dress - Oh! So Vintage, Isle of Wight

Cardi - Made by Me!

Bracelet - Antiques Fair, Rottingdean

Harlem Hair will be offering Vintage hair styling in the future, so next time you are planning a night out in Brighton, I would thoroughly recommend you go pay them a visit. I have been waiting for somewhere in town to start doing this, and my prayers have finally been answered! I'm sure I'll be visiting them again, can't wait to see next time's creation :)

Jenny Mearns of Frantic about Frances was also having her hair done on the day and she had THE most amazing Beehive. Being all dressed up at 5pm and nothing to do, we had to go for cocktails with the boys after! It would have been silly not to ;) hehe. Naughty Naughty, drinking on a school night!

 

I even managed to sleep with a headscarf on and keep the front up the next day! That hair was rrock solid, perfect for a windy day at the seaside.

Much Love from Brighton,

L.J.

xxx

1930's Boudoir Shoot

 I'm trying to get back into the world of Burlseque again, so when my lovely photographer friend Kristy Hobden got in touch with me to do a shoot, of course I said yes!

Kristy has been working on a collection of portraits for her recent exhibition, all of lovely tattooed ladies in various stages of undress, and I was lucky enough to be one of them. Thank you Kristy! If you've been following my blog for a little while, you'll have noticed a couple of shoots we've done together, and I have to say, I have never felt so comfortable pretty much stark naked, bar a carefully placed nipple tassle or two and a vintage (see through) dressing gown, with anyone other than my Mister. She definitely knows how to put you at ease, and if you're honest with her about which bits of you you feel self concious about, she knows the exact angle to make it all better again :)

So without further ado, here are my boobiloos, tattoos et all:

 (look away now if you don't wish to see them!)

Hair and Make-up by Moi

Outfit (what outift?!):

Nipple tassles and match fascinator: Goth Fox Designs

Dressing gown - Beyond Retro, Brighton

Much Love from Brighton,

L.J.

xxxx

KRISTY HOBDEN
Freelance Live Music & Portrait Photographer

www.kristyhobden.com

www.twitter.com/kristy_hobden

1930's Hair Style

I recently met up with my old college chum Kristy Hobden last week to have another mini-shoot at mine. As it's been quite some time since I've had any proper photos taken, I actually made the effort to set my hair properly for the first time this year (I have been very very lazy in that department) and actually ended up going into work the day of the shoot with curlers still in, hair pins holding it all in place, and a big head scarf to wrap it up...and nobody even noticed! Good news for me, because it means I might actually do this a bit more often.

Anyway, on to the results. Kristy kindly took one or two hair shots for the blogs, and has promised to send me a few of the final ones later this week, can't wait to see what they've turned out like :)

I was quite chuffed with this, haven't done finger waves in the front before. What do you think? ny tips for future adventures in hair setting?



All curled up at the back:

And the wave at the front:

Look forward to posting up some of the finals in the next few days.

Much Love from Brighton,

L.J.

xxx

KRISTY HOBDEN
Freelance Live Music & Portrait Photographer

www.kristyhobden.com

www.twitter.com/kristy_hobden

Brighton 1st SmugMug Event

I was asked to attend Brighton's very 1st SMUG photographic meet-up, and to play around being the model for the very talented Mr Ian Pack.

The SMUG meet-ups are designed to be an open-forum for photographers looking to learn new skills, and also as a networking event.

The 1st one was based on the idea of having a tutorial for studio lighting and using different lights and equipment. We started off with NO added lighting, and Ian gradually introduced a range of effects, gels and light positions to demonstrate their effect.

I really enjoyed myself, and picked up lots of hints and tips as well as meeting many many photographers and making new connections too!

I'm rather pleased with Ian's skills, and having seen how he managed to create them with just white, and later black backdrops, and the changes in mood depending on the colour of the gels.

Ian is hatching some plans for some collaborations in the not so distant future, and so far we have a pile of different shoots to get through, but we'll get there! What with house hunting and work, things have been rather hectic, but he is being ever patient with me and I trust in the coming weeks, once everything has settled again, that we will be able to crack on with it. Cannot wait to show you!

Looking forward to joining in future SMUG meets! If you are a photographer of any experience, professional or a hobbiest, get in touch with them. They hold meetings all over the world, and SMUG is actually also a very VERY useful tool for those who have a huge collection of digital photo's, as they offer unlimited storage for the fraction of other professional providers!

Thanks again to Ian and Kirstie Black over at Eclectia Studios in the Marina, who organised and hosted the event!

Much Love from Brighton

L.J.

xxx

Kristy Devine Photography - Part 2

Popped down to the beach with Kristy the other day as promised. More drinking and chatting was done than photo's, but she's been kind enough to send me this as a little taster:

Dress - Beyond Retro, Brighton

Parasol - Lewes Flea Market

Flower - some car show 3 years ago

Sunnies - Primark

Still resting up so this has to be all for now.

Much love from Brighton and hope to be back in action soon

L.J.

xxx

Kristy Devine Photography

I've been trying to get back in contact with some long neglected friends, and recently met up with my old college buddy Kristy.

Now, unlike myself, she has kept up with her photography, and my word, I wished I'd done too, judging but her blossoming talents.

I invited her round to my place last week to do a couple of test shots for her recent project, and below are the outcomes!

I love them and cannot wait to head down to the beach with her when the sun decides to come back out again (pray for the weekend!). No idea what she has in stall next but lets find out!

It was so good to finally have a catch up, although I suspect the beach will be even more fun, fuelled by a drink or two, or three!

If you want to check out some more of her work, she has a flickr account HERE. I'm trying to persuade her to have a go at take some pics of Tilly too, and I hear she may be doing a spot of Burlesque portraits in the coming future too! Yes Please!

Looking forward to seeing her again for more than just a cup of tea this time! So if you see a couple of giggling girlies on the beach this Sunday, you know who it is ; )

Much Love from grizzly Brighton,

L.J.

xxx