The Icing on the Cake

Hello again, my wonderful readers! I hope you enjoyed last weeks article about brows and liner; this week we’ll be discussing the icing on the cake, if you will: Lipstick!

Lip color and shape are perhaps the easiest, most memorable ways to achieve a vintage look. Mouths were very defined, painted in luscious, eye-catching [...]

By Declaration of the Queen!

“The Queen of Vintage hereby declares the 15th of November thru the 25th of November AlleyKat week. Go now and save money, or heads will roll!!!”

Everything in the online AlleyKat’s shop is NOW on SALE for ALL Queens of Vintage members. If you love vintage and are not a Queens of Vintage member than you [...]

Vintage Road Trips

Road Trips well what can I say other then my boyfriend and I are the kind of obsessed with them. In the last year we have driven to the Finger Lakes in New Year State where we drank some great local wine, made our way to Providence, R.I. for a nice weekend get [...]

The Eyes Have It – Part II

Hello again, lovely readers! As you’ll recall, last week we covered eye shadow, so this week we’ll delve into brow and eye liner products and application.

Perhaps the single most defining feature of the period face (aside from the quintessential red mouth, of course) is the brows, and rightfully so, as the brows frame one’s face [...]

“Tis the Season”

First things first! I would like to say thank you! to AlleyKat’s for the lovely welcome and introduction to their blog. I am so excited and thrilled to be a part of the creative team. Since we are coming into the holiday season at full force speed. I decided that my first few fashion posts [...]

Vintage Sewing

This past weekend apart from being Halloween where my boyfriend and I sat and watched scary movies and ate to much candy!  I also took a sewing class from a local upcycle artist in Montreal.  Which needless to say was amazing!  We made throw pillows, now I know it is not the most complex thing [...]

Ambassador of Vintage

November is an exciting month this year. Although it is a busy month every year, this year has some extra special events to anticipate. Tons of new great movies are coming out this month and one of the most highly anticipated ones is “New Moon”, the sequel to the ever popular Twilight series. The leading [...]

November Challenge

Here we are in the first week of a new month. It is time for the November Challenge.

For those of you that are new to our little game the rules are simple. We throw something at you..don’t worry we won’t just throw whatever is handy. Like a cat, or a hand full of Skittles.
Usually it’s [...]

Hear Ye…Hear Ye

Pay attention this is important stuff. We are pleased to announce a new addition to the AlleyKat Clan. The ever so lovely Syd Divine has signed on to bring us invaluable vintage information just in time for the upcoming holidays. We can’t wait to see her top picks!!

The Golden Girl of the West

Ms. Divine [...]

The Eyes Have It

Hello again, lovely readers! Last week we covered blush and contouring, and this week we’ll move to the eyes. I’ll break up this topic into two parts: eye shadow, and liner/brows.

Popular shades of the day run the gamut from clean and neutral, to soft pastels, including blues, greens, and orchids. The look [...]