Organised Chaos: The Art of The Messy Updo

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BabyLiss, Brigitte bardot, Goody, L'oreal, L'oreal Elnett Hair Spray, Nicole Richie, Remington

I have the most annoying kind of hair. It’s fine, frizzy and dry! Can’t overwhelm it with moisture, it’s susceptible to falling flat. It’s just a pain in the you know what. I found a way to look effortlessly chic and sexy (best combo) for the summer. I have made hot rollers my new bff! It’s soooo simple! Depending on length and thickness of hair choose your rollers. Remington and Baby Liss make great hot rollers. The finer the hair the  smaller they should be. A tighter curl will last longer. Poodle like at first but then loosens into sexy waves. First separate your hair into 6 to 8 sections, put on rollers after they’ve been heating for a good 20 minutes.  If you have bangs make sure you set them separately and in the direction you want the hair to lay. The crown is of the utmost importance. You want your face to be properly framed. Leave on for 30 minutes, remove gently. Make sure you do not stretch the curl. Spray hair with a light texturising spray or hairspray. I love L’oreal Elnett Hairspray. Run your fingers through hair to loosen the waves. Now, we have a plethora of options to have that “I’m always this sexy and disheveled like I had the sexiest make out session look.” Actually,  the you post make out session really wants to look like this. The simplest option, gather all hair into a loose chignon and secure with pins anand spray. If your hair is on the longer side the you can pull off the ever so popular top knot. Leave some wispy pieces on the nape of your neck or around your face. The next look is classic, twist you hair in a banana and leave the front hair loose. Very Brigitte Bardot which is one of my beauty icons and my inspiration for summer 2011. The third, is a look I do almost daily and look great as it ungathers throughout the  day.  Take the two strands of hair closest to your ears, pull behind the head, secure with pin. Take remaining hair from the bottom, twist the ends and fold loosely up towards middle of head. Secure hair with more pins. Place the front of your hair by leaving it loose or twisting it flat to  he head. I personally like leaving my overgrown bangs swept to the side in a layered cascade. Muy caliente! This looks great  under a great hat.  Spray, Spray, Spray! The goal is to have texture in the hair which creates volume in finer textured hair. Like the laws of the universe: It’s organised chaos.

Do it up Ladies!

Bises x

Ms.Lynn Beauty

Kate Moss is BB with a London Twist

(And Dieu crea la femme une seconde fois.)

When asked who their beauty icon is, most women will give the same and oh so boring answer: Marilyn Monroe. Eye roll!!! With at least a century of photography and film, this is propably the most recurring name. This is not a debate. Marilyn Monroe had serious sex appeal and… That was it! At least in my opinion.
Growing up, I was more fascinated by Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot.
Ah, Brigitte. Not another icy blond like a Catherine Deneuve or a Grace Kelly although I also happen love them but for different reasons. She had an earthy, warm sex appeal. She was beautiful and she knew it. She loved sex and we knew it. Beautiful without the fuss of primping. Always feminine but sexily disheveled like she got all done up, had sex and rolled right out of bed. Pouty baby pink lips with black liner on her bedroom eyes, finished off with voluminous hay colored hair. An air of nonchalant arrogance that is rare and very difficult to replicate and imitate. Part French Bohemian, part Coy Sex Kitten and part Rock & Roll Femme Fatale.
While reading this description, doesn’t it remind you of someone?
KATE MOSS!!!
Kate Moss is my new BB (Brigitte Bardot)but with a London twist. They even look alike. She’s everything like her predecessor: sexy gamine, rock chick, posh Brit and always disheveled. She has gotten even better with age. Not fair! The industry can’t get enough of her and I never tire of her either. She inspires art, fashion and music. She is a living muse. If I wrote a book she would be my heroine. If I were a designer, she would be my inspiration. And if I directed a movie, she would be my leading lady. Sounds like I’m a fan and I am!
Who is your Muse and why? I believe the answer to that question says a lot about a person. So think about it and please, try to think outside of the box. Although, all these women are conventionally different they all have something that is original and different. That is the point. Push yourself to find what makes you special and unorthodox and cultivate it. I guess this is an introduction of the women who influence my views on beauty and fashion.
So let’s toast to Kate Moss for being all of what makes her Kate Moss.

Cheerio!

Ms. Lynn

Image Of Perfection: Halle Berry

When is she ever not perfection? This photo made me stop dead in my tracks. In this moment, I want to look like her: the hair, the dress, the manicure. I love her whole look! I am talking about the new advertisement campaign for her second perfume Pure Orchid. Notes are of blackberry cream, Italian lemon and Masdevalia orchids. I was sold at blackberry but looks can be deceiving as I learn over and over in the perfume department. I will run to the nearest mass market retailer and sample this new juice. If I can’t look like her then I shall smell like her.

Bisous les cocottes xxx

Ms. Lynn