If these people were my real parents

Clara Bow's hair + Albert Brooks' hair = my hair

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Today, I have reentered the Land of Curly Hair.

I feel a little bit more like Shirley...

... but I'm working my way towards sexy Biba-dom.

I have to take the curly fabulousness in stages. The Boy is so confused. Right now I told him I'm entering my Gypsy/bohemian stage. He didn't know about that either. He keeps telling me that he's had the same hairstyle his whole life, ever since he started growing hair. He doesn't know anything about girls and their stages, even now.

I left the house early this morning with straight hair and came home looking like a moppet. He keeps asking me what I did to my hair, but I can't give away all of my beauty secrets. I told him I had a lot of curly fries for lunch and that's what did it, but he's not buying it.

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And then I was compelled to dress up like this.

Tell me you do this sort of thing too when you get a new 'do. I just happened to have those rainbow glasses lying about from a walk down Haight Street.

Peace out, babies, peace out.
And pass the curly fries!

xoxo

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Because I can't take all the credit: Clara Bow photo, Biba photo and Shirley Temple photo. I can't remember where I got the Albert Brooks photo from. I love him, though.

And because I really can't take all the credit, my beauty secret for today is

Angie and Martha's Hair Salon
524 Geary Street
(between Shannon St & Taylor St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 359-9375

Thank you, dutchbaby, you were right about these ladies. They are awesome!
Thank you Angie and Martha!

(insert more kisses here.)

Slightly Hyperventillating

We just got this auction catalog in the mail.
I really don't collect things, but if I did, I'd (try to) own some of these incredible photographs:

Louise Brooks

Carole Lombard

Merle Oberon

Joan Crawford

Jean Harlow (in Dinner at Eight, no less!)

Norma Shearer


Clara Bow
(okay, now I am crying a little bit)

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(I'm just putting it out there, but my birthday is in November.)

I have to stop looking at these photos now. I'm getting all shaky.

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PS. One of my favorite things to do is study the makeup of these gorgeous women. It's fun to recreate the styles and see how you do. You might just wake up one morning and decide you want Clara Bow's lips or Joan Crawford's smoky eyes. (I do.)

Another good resource for experimenting and learning more about makeup artistry are the books of the late, great Kevyn Aucoin. His books, especially Making Faces and Face Forward, are wonderful for reference.

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UPDATE, 6:18p.m.: When makeup artists get bored and inspired, and we have no one to practice on except for ourselves.