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I wish you all a fabulous summer holiday.

Monroe Monday

Summer Nails

I've collected my summer nails for you in this post, but we start with my Easter nails, which I didn't like that much:

The light yellow is Sally Hansen's Go Bananas, which I have stamped with my new Bundle Monster Holiday Collection stamping plates. I just don't think it looks much like Easter egs, and my tape-chicken is not very good either - ough. Well, the good thing is that it is easy to remove. ;)

I am playing with stereotypes, that is styles many loves but which I never wear myself, e.g. flowers, red and pink. Here I have stamped roses on top of Misa's Fleeting Hibiscus:

It was not bad at all.

Back to my favourite colour, green - here R de L's Precious Metal:

The polish is a gift from a dear colleague, which I have dotted flowers onto, very easy.

I had bought some new tape which I wanted to try. I made this holographic texture manicure:

The holographic polish is my favourite from MakeupStore named Siw and the texture is IsaDora's Ocean Crush. I have added a matching rhinestone on each nail.

Summer calls for holo polishes, because they are so beautiful in the sunshine:

An old orange polish from Gosh Funky Orange:

I'm not especially fond of orange, but this one looks so lovely in the sunshine. I've made a simple dotted pattern with red on top of it.

Here I've done my nails at my summer cottage and painted them with the only polish I have there, a really boring light pink shimmer polish. I spiced it up with turquoise checks when I came home:

The turquoise is Sally Hansen's Blue Me Away.

Another stereotype, pink nails, which I never wear anymore:

But I did love these. The polish is L'Oreals Shocking Pink, which I would never have called it. I have dotted simple flowers at the tips. I think I will make these again one day.

And the last stereotype for now - butterfly nails:

I love the mint green colour, which is from Oriflame named Mint Pear, but the butterflies do not impress me. The one at my ring finger is good, but the others are just annoying.

Monroe Monday

ALT for Damerne, No. 27, 1955

Well, is that a summery cover page or what? Wow, I love that bathing suit. I've scanned from ALT for Damerne (Everything for the Ladies), number 27, 1955 for you. It is the first magazine published in July 1955. Remember that all scans can be clicked into larger formats. Although it is a Danish magazine, I hope my foreign readers will have fun reading my small recaps and get inspiration from the photos.

In the Binocular is a lovely mix of this and that. This time there is advice on stewed fruit and how to make your own necklace of shells:

Bettina wonders - this time she writes about the weather:

The weather is something we Danes always talk about, perhaps because it is so changing and unpredictable.

Does Kinsey forget love? Perhaps, because it is not just all about sex:

And the article features a photo of my idol, Marilyn Monroe:

How many not so fortunately equipped girls might have envied her? I think back then like now, we admired the stars for their big breasts, lovely curled hair or long legs.

The last part of the article:

Let's move on to fashion , because now it is 25C degrees in the shadow:

I want the check patterned in the middle.

And Pattern on Fabric offered a model for the Mrs and Miss:

You could also send in a coupon to buy these three lovely patterns:

Again the check patterned is my favourit. I really need a check patterned dress in my collection.

Needlework of the week is a pillow with a Chinese man:

I think it will look nice at your summer cottage or in the garden swing.

Within four walls, here you are presented to lovely arrangements if you only had one room:

Here is a colourful and festive collection of recipes for a summer buffet - The Party for the Little New One:

The buffet might of course be great for at lot of other parties than a Christening party.

On to the ads - I have as always scanned a different mix. We have seen Dandy before, but I thought this one with the vaccinated boy was charming:

Here are two ads about how to stay fresh at each end, so to speak:

Don't waste 5 years of your life - use Tampax! And below is Odol mouth water, which I don't think is still available. I think it is funny how much the bottle and the name reminds me of toilet cleaner.

Smelling fresh ... with Sno-Mist powder:

I wonder if a powder deodorant really worked?

A holiday tip:

OB for internal use, to rescue your holiday. OB was also back then the greatest compitor to Tampax.

I love Tosca's ads, they are so stylish and beautiful:

I wish I could still buy the creams. I used them as a teenager and remember them as being really lovely.

Delicious as summer food, OTA's corn flakes:

And here Oxford has conjured ALT for Damernes logo into their own ad, which was all over the last page of the magazine:

 

I wish you all a fabulous summer.

Monroe Monday

New Versus Old

I collect clear lucite shoes from the fifties. Yep, I am crazy. You can see my collection here.

I have wanted this pair from Miss L Fire for long:

They are made exactly like the old ones, but since they are new, they are not brittle and fragile, so I can in fact use them daily. But they were very expensive, about 180 dollars, which is a bit over my budget. But suddenly I was lucky to get a discount code to WhatKatieDid, a British site, so no customs and VAT trouble there. I hurried in and ordered, and the shoes are even more lovely in real life than in the photos.

Let's compare new versus old lucite:

One of my vintage pairs at the left and the brand new ones from Miss L Fire at the right.

The old ones yellow over the years and therefore the new ones are very clear compared to the old ones:

I really think Miss L Fire has done a great job. And I already look forward to packing them in my holiday suitcase, because now I only need to pack one pair of high heels since they literally match everything. :)