If you can dream it, you can do it
I made my first ever pocket hoops! A while back I decided to make a black robe a l’anglaise for winter and bought some fabric for it but it took me months to start this project. At first I wanted to make an anglaise with one of my patterns but in the meantime I decided […]
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Hair powders. They are extremley important for styling 18th century hair and still was important in the 19th century. If you want to make historical accurate hairstyles you start with using pomade to make your hair thicker (A series on pomades is in the making!). But If you use only pomade your hair will be […]
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I already mentioned in my American Duchess – Beauty review, that there are many rouge recipes out there and since I personally cannot recommend the recipe they shared in the book, I wanted to share an alternative with you. All of the ingredients I used are safe to use on your face but the recipe […]
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As we all know, American Duchess have released a new book in early july! I was super excited for the release because the first one was great. I did experiment with 19th century beauty recipes in the past year and I always struggled with pomade to dress the hair properly. I pre-ordered my book on […]
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This year, on february 2nd, I attended my first historical ball ever. The ball was hosted by a historical dance club based in Vienna. It is called ‘Zeitentanz’ and they also hold dance classes. If you’re from Vienna and interested visit their website! The ticket itself did cost €50,- but I only had to pay […]
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