Well, hello.
Yes, I am looking a little different to normal.
What do you think?
Now, it's been mentioned that I haven't recently done enough
hair and beauty and fashion-related videos.
Also, as you may know, I am incredibly obsessed
with playing games on my phone, and have a terrible memory.
So, three birds with one stone: I thought that I would be inspired
by my newest game/app obsession -
June's Journey, which is a hidden mystery--hidden object mystery game.
Wow, that's how bad my memory is.
But I've been using it to try and improve my memory.
Basically, you find stuff.
It's set in the 1920s and it's all rather glamorous.
So, I thought I'd use that to challenge myself to create a 1920s look.
(As you know, I'm normally 40s and 50s.)
I've tried to be as authentic as I can
going through.
So, I hope you really enjoy watching this look take place.
I've sprinkled in some facts as well, as you know I love to do.
If you want to reproduce this look for a 1920s party
or for Halloween
or anything like that,
please, please, please let me know if you do; I should be very excited if you use this video
for such a purpose.
After decades of secretive make-up use,
the women's suffrage movement brought forth the flapper girl of the 1920s.
Fashionable and fun-loving women who rejected convention.
Their distinctive look is the one most people associate with the 1920s.
Pale skin, dark eyes, and a Cupid's bow mouth.
For the first time, women cut their hair short,
displaying their newfound freedom.
The main character of the game, June, has a stylish bob,
but I'm particularly inspired by her niece Virginia's finger waves.
I have even put a bow on my dress to match.
I'd like to begin by letting you know that I have really sparkly nails!
They're really sparkly!
I need to tell you that because I've put three different types of nail varnish on here,
including a top coat that says it's gonna make it last for seven whole days!
And yet...
somehow, in the making of this video, they will inevitably become damaged.
Every time I make a video, I just destroy my nails.
Let's begin with hair.
So, I have hair much longer than the 1920s bob,
obviously,
so what we're going to try and do with that is take this hair at the back
and put it into a little bun.
Just pin it up and then get some lovely finger waves out of the front here.
To start with, I've done a rolling pattern here that is forwards and then backwards.
So my partings along here, I've gone backwards and then forwards
and on the side, backwards; forwards; backwards; forwards,
and hopefully that is gonna help us a lot when it comes to making our waves.
So, let's take them out and see.
[Cheery music]
I use sponge rollers rather than pin curling, because my nerve disability means I can't feel the ends of my fingers
so pins are fiddly, and I also can't tell when things are wet or dry very well
[Music continues]
If you're a pin curler rather than a sponge roller,
simply curl your hair in directional rows of backwards and forwards.
[Cheery music]
So, I've taken a lot at the back of my hair
and put it into a cute little bun at the back
but this - these bouffants -
either side of my face -
we're going to make some beautiful Marcel finger waves
and then pin towards the back, because clearly I'm not going to actually cut my hair for this.
We're going to be doing that using some strong hold fixing styling mousse,
which will probably make my hair terrible for the next few days, but we're doing it!
Dedication to the bit.
You will need: a lot of clips (thanks to vintagehairstyling.com for mine);
a comb and a lot of firm hold mousse.
Pro tip: you're basically going to need to use so much that your hair will be disgusting to touch.
Oh, yeah. Let's put even more on there!
Using your comb in a firm hand, drag the hair backwards; pin into place; and drag forwards.
[Faster tempo cheery music]
OK, now we're given lovely swoops here
and I haven't thought this through, because I'm gonna have to do my make-up around this
[Cymbals clash]
Yeah. It's gonna be fine.
It's gonna be fine.
So I've left this a little bit here at the end and I'm just gonna twist it
and add it into the bun at the back.
[Slower cheery music]
And then we just do this lovely process all over again
on the other side.
[Music continues]
Now liberally spray your entire head in hairspray
until you've pretty much filled the room with fumes and are beginning to think that this was a bad idea.
Take a moment to get your breath back and play the awesome new phone game you're addicted to.
June's Journey follows the eponymous June,
who returns to her family home after her sister's murder to care for her niece
AND find out if the killer really WAS her brother-in-law.
You play by helping June to discover clues to the crime
and uncover family secrets in time [inaudible] object scenes.
Here's a super sneaky thing: but if you watch an ad it means that you can pay for just ten energy,
rather than fifteen energy,
which I do all the time because...I'm addicted
and I need to play as many times as I can,
regardless.
You can also renovate and decorate the family estate,
so if you're a fan of games where you get to design pretty gardens,
this is definitely something you'll enjoy.
I've also, thanks to this game,
learnt the real names for many building tools.
I'm not entirely sure when that will come in handy, but...
it could.
If you sign in with Facebook, you can play on your desktop as well.
In fact, you can play anywhere in the world you want.
There are little side games, too, like putting torn up family photos together that will then boost your energy.
Basically, it's free; it's great; and I can't stop playing it.
So, now we have done our hair
(my hair),
let's attempt to do make-up UNDER the hair!
Why didn't I think this through?
I don't know.
Don't do it in this order; it's probably not a good idea.
The first thing we're going to apply is a liquid or cream foundation.
Authentically, this would have been done with a foundation brush.
I have a sponge, because...2018, OK?
You're going to need to use the absolute lightest foundation that you can get away with
because a good 1920s lady would not be getting anywhere near the sun.
So whatever works for your skin tone (obviously),
but...
very light.
You need to look radiant.
[Faster tempo cheery music]
Next thing we need to do is our powder.
Should be a very translucent powder.
Mine is...called Perfect Light Translucent - I'm not sure how it's both light and translucent, but...
The idea is not to add too much colour to your face.
Colour - they don't like it.
They don't like colour in the face.
Man, that sounds really racist.
It's 1920s, to be fair; everyone was racist.
You should use a powder poof for this,
but I don't have one of those.
I don't like them; I find they always just get really dirty.
So, instead, I'm going to be using this little brush
and I'm gonna brush away the excess with this poofier brush
Achieving a beautiful complexion was considered to be of the utmost importance
in the early years of the 20th century,
but they did also sell alcohol-based face whitening liquids, so take that with a pinch of salt.
We're next going to apply some blusher.
This should be in quite a deep red carmine shade.
It's not deep red, but we work with what we're given, OK?
Now apply just to the apples of your cheeks.
If you don't know what that is, just smile.
Your face turns up.
Next up: brows
As you can see, I'm not a person who is exactly blessed with an abundance of brow,
I think it's fair to say.
And if you were wondering - no, I don't, like, wax them or shave them off past this point.
They just stop.
I just have mini brows.
I think I do know - I think it's just genetic.
By the time I was born, my grandmother had about three hairs on her eyebrows.
But for now, let's work with what we've got.
1920s brows were extreme
to mirror the silent film stars of the day
with little to no attempts to make them look natural.
Eyebrows were plucked or shaved away,
and new pencil-thin brow lines drawn on.
These extended down to the temples in a severe arch,
lending a mournful appearance.
If you don't want to lose your eyebrows forever,
then stick them down with a paste made from a hard block of soap
and camouflage with foundation.
I personally have too little an eyebrow to bother with such a thing.
Now, when it comes to 1920s eyeshadow,
the most popular shades
were sort of the light blue;
dark green;
dark blue;
and black.
I mean, sure - why go natural?
For day-time, a little dab of Vaseline on your eyelids was also incredibly popular.
Probably also somehow helped their make-up stick?
So I'm gonna go for kind of a dark blue-y/grey-ish shadow
on my lids - and the important thing also is to keep in the half-moon shape of your actual eyelid.
Don't wing anything up at all
and cover it fully, rather than just [uncertainly] con--contouring
using eyeshadow.
What's the word for that?
When you put darker shadow at the corners.
IS there a word for that? Is there a term?
I'm not sure.
Let's just get on with what we're doing.
Excuse my epic mono-lids, by the way.
You probably don't have eyes like this.
So, you'll actually be able to see your own eyeshadow.
[Cheery music continues]
Taking that very pale grey shadow,
I'm just gonna go under the eyes;
under the root of the lashes, giving your eyes that nice widened doleful look of the silent film stars.
Probably work better if you have bigger eyes than me, but...we're gonna work with it
[Music continues]
I'm adding a darker shadow to the line of my lid, because I can't quite cope without eyeliner
and then blending it out.
They did also smudge with a pencil at the lash line,
but, again, this blended into the eyeshadow,
rather than featuring prominently by itself, as it does now.
[Music continues]
And next up: not eyeliner!
I know. I'm as shocked as you are.
Don't know how I'm gonna cope.
Instead, we move straight on to mascara
and I shall be using this credibly authentic Besame Mascara Cake.
And inside, it has...a mascara brush!
I actually have to put water on this; create a little powder paste,
and then somehow get this on my eyelashes, without getting it everywhere.
Wish me well.
Let's get ready to make a mess!
Just gonna cover up my dress.
Make a mess with normal mascara, clearly I'm gonna make a mess with cake mascara.
By the way, I should like to add: you can just use regular mascara; you don't need to do this at all.
Although, to be fair, it does give you a really nice look.
I'm not gonna lie - I do highly recommend cake mascara.
Also, I'm not that precious - I do use regular tap water on my face.
This is regular tap water in a bottle.
See, it's I think way prettier than regular mascara.
I think it just looks nice.
It has a nice touch to it.
Mascara was invented in 1915
and credited to a man named Tom Lyle Williams, who founded Maybelline;
naming it after his sister Mabel,
who coated her lashes with Vaseline and cork ash.
Really, I guess it was Mabel who deserves the credit.
And then the bit that ties the entire look together, of course:
[sing-song voice] lipstick!
Again, I'm using from Besame; this is a
very authentic, true-to-the-era shade called Blood Red.
It's dark.
Small lips with a prominent Cupid's bow were the fashion.
Dark lip colours exaggerated this trend,
making lips appear smaller and neat.
Foundation was used at the corners of the mouth to make them appear smaller.
[Slower cheery music]
Draw in the outline using a lip pencil of the same shade
or a small lipstick brush.
Then, apply lipstick to the inner shape.
At the time, lip stencils were available to help get the perfect shape
but, really, faces are so different.
Has any commercially made stencil ever worked for anyone?
Please do let me know if it has.
[Slower cheery music continues]
And here we come to the final look.
[Cheery music continues]
Almost done!
Now we just need to take the pins out.
Possibly with a lot of hairspray as well, hang on.
Let's be prepared.
[Slower cheery music]
So, there you go: the full look!
I hope you've enjoyed watching this video
and if you'd like to see some more kind of hair and make-up tutorials,
and fashion as well,
then please do subscribe to my channel,
although do note: this is the only 1920s thing I've ever done.
Most of it's 40s and 50s,
but there we go.
Also, other amusing videos;
some about disability and LGBT stuff, as well.
If you'd like to download June's Journey for free,
there is a link in the description down below.
Definitely do go and check it out; it is highly addictive.
I can very much recommend it.
I mean, I just can't stop now.
Also, until the 15th of October,
there is a special one-year anniversary of June's Journey giveaway-type thing going on in the game.
You can click on the link, get into the game, and you will receive a free decoration
to put on your pretty little island.
I'm gonna get really into decorating my island, I can just tell.
Ooh.
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