Lilac Blooms and a New Velvet Hat
Well, this does feel strange sitting down to type out a new blog post. It’s been ages since the last one. . . and these pictures are about 2 months old now as well- oops! Oh well. Even though it has been so long since I last blogged, I did want to post these images, because they turned out rather nicely, and I was pretty happy with this outfit too. And, I do love lilacs, so don’t mind looking at them again in July 🙂
I picked this little green velvet hat up at an antique store a few months ago, and was very happy to discover that it matched the green of this sundress perfectly. The hat is a bit squashed, and the netting is torn, but it isn’t unwearable, and I rather like the shape of it. It does look nice with my straight hair (an absolute must for hat purchases these days) but I decided to be extra special and curl my hair (my sister did it for me!) for the hat’s first outing. I used to curl my hair almost every day, a few years ago, but now I don’t bother as my hair doesn’t hold a curl for very long and it is so much work!
On to the rest of the outfit- you’ve probably seen this Vogue 1044 dress before, so there’s nothing new there. . .
As for the makeup in these photos, and why it is a bit out of the ordinary for me, I have been thinking of getting a Suva Beauty Hydra Liner, so I decided to try out my sister’s to see how I like it. However, she has a white one, so I decided to get her to do some crazy makeup for this shoot to coordinate with the lilacs. It’s hard to see, but she did green and purple eyeshadow, and a white winged liner. To be honest, I don’t like the white eyeliner on me. On her it looks amazing, and she is the sort of person who can do any kind of makeup and it looks great. And, when I do it. . . I just think it looks weird! Well, it was fun for this photoshoot, but you certainly won’t find me walking around with it in the future 😉 (also- if you aren’t following my sister’s instagram account @therougedgirl you should definitely go and check it out!)
Anyways, I don’t really have anything else to say. . . if I did have anything else to say about the photos, it’s been so long that I have since forgotten it!.
Happy Friday everyone, and hopefully I won’t be waiting a month in between the next post this time!
July 14, 2018 @ 9:21 am
Great pictures!
July 18, 2018 @ 12:44 pm
Thank-you Sheila!
July 15, 2018 @ 6:52 am
You hair sounds like mine. It’ll take 30 minutes to curl it and in 15 minutes it’s straight as an arrow again.
I really thought this dress was vintage. It’s stunning! The hat does work perfectly with it. I find if you use a steamer you can normally get bent-out-of-shape hats back in good condition.
Suzanne
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July 18, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
Thanks Suzanne- it is almost a vintage dress as the bodice was made out of vintage fabric, and it was from a vintage pattern 😉
I was thinking I might be able to use a steamer on the hat too- but wanted to wear it before I got around to doing it. I think I will give that a try soon.
And, yep- not all hair curls well. Mine doesn’t go straight again, but it never ceases fighting to get out of the style I have curled it into. I could use an entire can of hairspray and it would still end up uncurling and going fuzzy and wonky within an hour! You have lovely straight hair though- so definitely embrace it!
July 18, 2018 @ 11:58 am
These photos are beautiful and despite all your doubts I think this is a smashing look!
July 18, 2018 @ 12:48 pm
Aww- thank-you so much Nora for your lovely comment!
July 28, 2018 @ 8:25 pm
These photos are darling! And I love the neckline of the dress!!
I love bloggers who really commit to posting photos are that months old. It showcases they aren’t afraid of timelines. It took me a long time to get around posting content that was older than three days!
xoxo
-Janey
July 30, 2018 @ 11:08 pm
Thanks so much Janey. I’ve just not had the oomph to get photos posted lately, and have been so late. . . so I’m glad to hear you don’t mind seeing old photos!