This Doll is a Looker!

A couple of nights ago Jessica had the opportunity to participate in a Vintage Fashion Show for our stake Relief Society. They found her a pink knitted dress and a hat from the 1930's; all we had to do was fix her makeup and hair.

My girls' friend, Amanda, came over to help in that department; she loves to play hair and makeup—which was kind of a relief for me and my silly elbow. I imagined her trying out a classic 30's hairstyle like one of these:

And makeup kind of like this:

In fact, this hairstyle is pretty great too.

Amanda thought that Jessica's hat would hide her hair anyway, so she didn't try anything fancy. I was a little disappointed when I saw what she'd done, but resolved to change the hairstyle after she left. (Yeah, I'm rude like that.)

There you see the  finished hairdo Amanda gave Jessica, and Amanda talking to her about makeup. In the upper right-hand corner you can see a picture of 30's makeup that my bossy self pulled up on the laptop so Amanda could copy it.

I wasn't too happy with the makeup job either (which, to me, seemed very heavy for Jessica, and very 80's), but I didn't really have the colors I needed to start over. In the end, we just wiped a lot of it off and then added a little white-ish eyeshadow.

There I am, fabulous arm-brace and all, putting the last touches on Jessica's hair.

Here she is, post-hairdo, but still with the original makeup:

And, finally, here are some pics of the finished look:

the hairdo with the hat on

all dolled up

sweet patootie

 

 I love this pic in black and white.

After the show we pulled all the bobby-pins out of her hair and ended up with this look:

Cute!

So it was a fun time. I think Jessica liked all the attention she got, I liked playing with her, and she looked really great.

What a doll!
Jessica is one pretty, young lady!