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  1. bombshell_librarian

    What is your favorite red lipstick brand/shade?

    I've recently discovered Revlon's Lip Butters. I like Candy Apple Red. It's a nice, cheerful, damn-that-is-RED-red. Their Raspberry Pie is nice, too, for a more toned-down red. It looks good with purple. I'm also a fan of Benefit's Benetint Lip Balm in the little pot.
  2. bombshell_librarian

    What makeup are you wearing today?

    Today's Makeup: Benefit Some Kind-a Gorgeous My Perfect Match (foundation), the 2 lightest beiges from Kat Von D's Ludwig eye palette, and Great Lash mascara. I think I'm trying to get sick. But I actually DID the hair today, so I'm trying to not get sick.
  3. bombshell_librarian

    What makeup are you wearing today?

    Ooooooooo, Besame! Greenw ith envy, me! OK! I'm wearing: Primer (oh heavens, bad skin day!) Benefit's My Perfect Match Some cheapie-eyeshadow from Dollar Tree Revlon Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie (wearing purple today) Great Lash Mascara black eyeliner on TOP lid ONLY I so <3 this thread!
  4. bombshell_librarian

    What draws you to the vintage eras?

    Ibid et. al. to what everyone else has said. I like things that are classy and well-made, especially the clothing. I'm a small gal who often cannot wear (or, more to the point, will not wear) a lot of the newer styles, simply because I have trouble finding what I like in my size. I also...
  5. bombshell_librarian

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    Wow. . . . that is truly obnoxious! I'm terribly sorry to hear that. . . Yes, a LOT of this comes from parents who act the same way. Sometimes a kid who is rude I can sort of look past. . . adults should know better. Kids don't know they are being rude until someone points it out to them...
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    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    Throwing in 2 more cents--is it just me, or does it seem as if there is quite a lack of basic etiquette that is missing in our modern society? Maybe it's because I work with teenagers all day, but most of mine (MOST) are rather well-mannered. The adults, on the other hand. . . .
  7. bombshell_librarian

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    Oh, no, one can NEVER spend too much time with their grandparents!
  8. bombshell_librarian

    Brooches

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Delightfully sweet, sweetly delightful linkage! :D Thanks for enabling! This is wonderful!
  9. bombshell_librarian

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    HOP UP, count me in as the "like the way you think" people! LOVE the Art Deco stuff! The opulence of all the gilding and the clean, crisp lines are wonderful! They just don't make "stuff" like that anymore, and I think it's a cryin' shame. :)
  10. bombshell_librarian

    What sparked your fascination with the "Golden Era"?

    My grandparents! My maternal grandmother had a Japanese pen pal right before WWII broke out, and then lost contact with her during the war. My dad's dad was a Hungarian immigrant who learned English really quickly, and my dad's mom was the daughter of Polish/German immigrants. Both sets of...
  11. bombshell_librarian

    Brooches

    @ Juliet--I've seen that look, too, with the brooches on the fascinators! I'm boring and wear mine on lapels of jackets. I do wear Christmas brooches on my coat. A lot of mine were part of a jewelry inheritence from various dead relatives (both grandmothers, a couple of aunts). Oooo, just...
  12. bombshell_librarian

    What are you listening to?

    Have had Brian Setzer Orchestra's Jump Jive & Wail stuck in my head for the past week as well as Buddy Holly's Holly Hop:D Every once in a while, when I get a free (read: no kids in the library during 8th period) moment at work I'll pop Anita Baker from my happy li'l droid device onto my...
  13. bombshell_librarian

    Show us your hair do's....

    I DIG the blonde, Isis! Well done! That shirt also really brings out your eyes! How delightful!
  14. bombshell_librarian

    Show us your hair do's....

    Amy Jeanne--you mentioned a hot set for this one--did you use setting lotion? Gel? Pomade? Spill it, sister! My hair needs help! LOVE the bangs! :D
  15. bombshell_librarian

    Show us your vintage patterns!

    Wow! Seeing lots and lots of sewing patterns, and thrilled to pieces that there are patterns for neckties for the fellas, but I'm curious--does anyone on here knit, or is that a different thread I haven't found yet? I'll have to post my one vintage sweater pattern booklet, translated from the...
  16. bombshell_librarian

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    Amy Jeanne, this is a great pic! The outhouse sounds about right too--lots of rural folks all up and down the Coast and even parts of the Midwest had 'em. I even dated a guy in high school who had one--parents were these back-to-the-earth types. Nice folks, though!
  17. bombshell_librarian

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    Ooooooooooo, I love this! I won't be heading back up home until sometime after Christmas, but when I do, I'll try and get pics posted of my grandmother from her senior year of high school (Class of '38 or '39, but she may have graduated sooner than that) and various pictures of great-aunts and...
  18. bombshell_librarian

    Show us your hair do's....

    LOVE the glasses! BEE-YOO-TEE-FUL! :)
  19. bombshell_librarian

    Show us your hair do's....

    Thanks, all, for the delightful piccies! Right now I have a bob with bangs, and the bangs are growing out. I'll keep trying hot sets with a curling iron/rollers, and when I get paid again I'd like to get some rag rollers for sleeping in. I'll post pics as soon as I can. Now--about pin...
  20. bombshell_librarian

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I don't get "Where are you going?" so much as, "Where did you get that?" I often have to explain that I either found it online or it's something I've made myself. I don't sew, but I do knit. Many of the comments I receive are compliments. Men never fail to tell me they love what I'm wearing...

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