Pick Me Up! Special

VINTAGE LUCY

Brushing out a lock of hair, I rolled it up into a tight pin curl.

Repeating the process until my whole head resembled a bobble brush, this wasn’t the final look.

A lover of vintage fashion and hair, I had a pin-up look to match.

And while my hair set, I picked out my outfit.

With pink my favourite colour, of course I went for a pastel hue, pulling on a vintage ‘40s tea dress.

Adding soft glam makeup and unrolling my hair, I looked like I’d stepped right off a vintage postcard.

But that was the whole idea.

I’d fallen in love with vintage styling as a teenager.

However I’d always been slightly alternative.

My mum

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