Here is another one simple dress

To not disapear in bright extravagant dress you have to possess a special talent (which is very rare, to be honest) and accessorise it very carefully.

That’s why I’m a big fan of “plain” dresses like Escot Dress by Katherine Hooker. Silver Nepalese - Amazing Turquoise Cuff and Bracelet Nepalese - Turquoise Drop Earrings by Australian brand Shantique Designs, red The Mini Hepburn Bag by Aspinal of London and red Stila Patent Leather Court pumps by L.K.Bennett will fashionable with this simple wool dress, I guess.

Still consider your heavy eyelids a problem?

Here is another inspiration for you: French belle Anouk Aimee in The Appointmet movie. Of course, comparing to Charlotte Rampling Anouk Aimee's eyes are not hooded at all, but outer corners of her upper eyelids are quite heavy, so makeup artists lifted them using contouring technique.

It will be easy to recreate Anouk Aimee's makeup with Limited Edition Greige Eye Palette by Bobbi Brown. And 275 Medium Angled Shading Brush by M.A.C or budget version Studio Angled Contour Brush от e.l.f will help you to contour your eyelids and blend eyeshadows properly.

Few words about hooded eyes

Brilliant makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin wrote in his Face Forward book: "If you read or hear the words “never” or “always” in a makeup book or at cosmetic counter, run in opposite direction. Makeup should be fun, not fascist". Unfortunately not all of his colleagues share his point of view. For example, some of makeup artists advise girls with hooded eyes to forget about eyeliners, dark eyeshadows, use pale eyeshadows and mascara only and concentrate on their lips (girls with hooded eyes and small lips should vanish, I suppose).

What can I say about this?

Just look at Charlotte Rampling's portrait made for NARS Audacious Lipstick compain and forget all that jazz.

Charlotte has very hooded eyes indeed. You can see it clearly at the shot from Luchino Visconti's movie La caduta degli day / The Damned.

Another Charlotte's shot from  La caduta degli day / The Damned shows you how to contour heavy eyelids.

Austrian beauty Romi Schneider had heavy eyelids too, but, as you can see at these shots from Max et les ferrailleurs, they don't hide eyeliner and eyeshadows completely.

Of course, Romi Schneider's makeup from Max et les ferrailleurs is not a good example to follow (Romi played a prostitute in this movie), but you can adjust it applying eyeshadows not till eyebrows but till the eye crease.

Many Asian girl have hooded eyelids but see how elegant eyeliner looks on Maggie Cheung's eyes in Kar Wai Wong's In the Mood for Love movie.

Lovely cat on green coat

Pretty Moon Gazing Cat Brooch by British brand Pia will look cute on Esteban Coat made by Italian label Pinko. American blanket-scarf Donni Comfy by Donni Charm and Crusader f boots by German brand Trippen will look stylish with these puss and coat, I guess.

And for sure French bags by Tiffany & Fred - brown Style 1501 and golden Style 3811 won't spoil this international outfit.

How Elsa Schiaparelli made Mae West look thiner and taller

Mae West - the best proof that sex appeal is more about personality, self-confidence and wit than pretty face and tits and hips measurements - was only 5 feet tall and for sure has few extra kg. Elsa Schiaparelli created for Mae West beautiful costumes which made actress look slimmer and taller in comedy Every Day's a Holiday.
Legendary designer used simple tricks (most effective tricks are usually very simple): contrasting vertical lines and patterns on clothes helps you to get rid of 1 or 2 kg and add to your height few inches (only visually) unfortunately.

Right hat can make look taller too.

Chic feathers on extravagant actress who's playing extravagant heroine.

By the way all those tricks work very well on Lady Gaga, who's not tall too (her height is only 155 cm) and not in her best shape at the moment.

White cape for sunny autumn-springs days

Melton Cape with buffalo horn toggles and leather loops fastening by Gloverall will look even more fashionable with Carrot Trousers by Paule Ka, elegant Martha brogue by Grenson and Leo Clutch by Rebecca Minkoff.

Extremely stylish

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac created very beautiful collection for Petit Bateau. This cute Women’s JC de Castelbajac Paris X Petit Bateau Sweatshirt will look fashionable with Flared Pants – Joni by Scotch & Soda, Zizi Oxford Shoe and Arabesque 2 Shopping Bag by Repetto.

I’m sure these T-shirts designed by Castelbajac will look stylish forever and ever.

Knitwear in Norwegian style

Cold weather and sweaters with colourful patterns are made for each other. Dutch brand Gaastra made a couple pretty models in this style.

Jumper Careen will look quite fashionable with Isadora Tweed Pencil Skirt by Joules, Ryder Flat Boots by French designers brand Etienne Aigner and Small Pilgrim Day Bag by Roger Vivier.

And Cardigan Carrach by Gaastra, Lorendenim Classic Skinny Jeans by Joules, Nicla Brown boots Ballin and Sullivan Hobo - Bordeaux Patch bag by Rag & Bone will make a stylish outfit together, I suppose.
By the way, all these clothes mix very well with each other.

Lady in hat

Right hat look so sexy on girl's head, especially when girl wears nothing else.

Romi Schneider in Max et les ferrailleurs.

Janessa Leone's black Malachite hat with lambskin leather band or Joan (Cranberry color) by Betmar would look nice with Basler's beige woolen coat and nothing underneath it.

Playing Boho girl

Arcadia Braid Swing Top (made of pure silk, by the way) + Rhythm High Waisted Pants + Tie Mary Jane shoes, all by Australian label Zimmermann would look pretty well with Pink Tones Mix Vegetable Ivori Statement Necklace by LeJu and Sullivan Hobo bag by Rag & Bone.

Here is a bright lipstick on small lips

Guilietta Masina's makeup from Federico Fellini's Giulietta degli spiriti is a good inspiration for girls with small lips who afraid of bright lipstick.

Because of the lightening Guilietta Masina's lips look even brighter, but they don't look vulgar, funny or ugly, that's for sure.

I think Mother Nature created miss Masina perfectly: big lips would destract our attention from here soulful beautiful eyes. Guilietta Masina always inspires me to appreciate my own features and take most of them, to be yourself not somebody else. By the way I can't imagine this ingenious Italian actress going to a beauty clinic and asking to enchance her pout, though I have nothing against fillers, botox and plastic surgery. It's a big challenge to make people love you for who you really are but at the end it's the best gift you can make for yourself.
If you prefer more natural makeup look another shot from Giulietta degli spiriti.

Pale pink lipstick is smudged thoroughly on Guilietta's lips.

Makeup created by talented Otello Fava for Giulietta degli spiriti is trully wonderful: it perfectly reflects the characters of each heroine of this film.
Look at Suzy (played by curvaceous Sandra Milo) - Guilietta's alter-ego, who embodies all qualities and desires, which Guilietta hides deep inside.

And yes, thin eyeliner can look even more dramatic than thick.

Girls and cigarettes

I know smoking is very harmful to our health, but if I said beautiful woman with cigarette doesn't look attractive I would be hypocrite.

Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai

Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Amazing Marlene Dietrich in The Devil Is a Woman

Silvana Mangano in Gruppo di famiglia in un interno

Lauren Bacall

Gloria Swanson is wearing finger cigarette ring in Sunset Blvd.

Vivien Leigh is holding table lighter in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. By the way table lighter is a very charming home decoration element.

Natalie Wood in Sex and the Single Girls

Lady with pipe looks striking too. Very talented and very stylish Russian actress Alla Demidova as Laura Lyons in The Hound of the Baskervilles episode in Soviet Sherlock Holms TV series.

Ideas for Halloween makeup or from Russia with horror

Halloween is on the way, so It'll be a lot sculls and bones around but I believe that quite simple makeup with right accessories can make your appearence more striking and even scary than all that anatomical theatre's stuff.
And here is the proof - the shot from mystique, mesmerizing and very stylish Russian movie Gospodin oformitel (I would translate the title as The Decorator).

This film tells about talented artist who created waxen dummy-girl and how later on his creature managed to enchant people around her and made them believe she's a real human being. The story happens in Saint-Petersburg at the beginning of the XX century, few years before Revolution of 1917, the time when Russian Decadence art blossomed.
This makeup doesn't require a lot of makeup stuff - just black eyeshadows and eyeliner, red lipstick and face powder. It's all about harsh contrasts: black eyes, very pale skin and bloody red lips.

Black scarf and hat will add a lot of drama to your look.

Effect of melted vax looks great for Halloween party but to recreate it you need a help of professional makeup artist. You can try to do it yourself using few layers of peel-off mask (like Cucumber Peel-Off Mask by Freeman or any others of this kind) but there is no garantee that result will worth all your efforts.

Doll's face with blood streaks looks pretty scary too (dolls and dummies often look scary, don't they). You can try to recreate this look using theatrical makeup (you can check and buy it here and there) or you can paint those streaks using waterproof red lipstick, red lip liner and different makeup brushes. By the way applying fantasy makeup you learn a lot about your face structure and at the end of the day you will see how your daily makeup routine benefits of this knowledge and experience.

Looking smart in Marc Cain’s clothes

Blouse in a light-weight crepe fabric + Tweeded skirt with fringe +Decorated tweed jacket by Marc Cain + Ruby Dry booties, Russell & Bromley + Munich Mini bag by German luxury brand MCM.