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MCCULI RAe • PH OTOS BY BRANDON LUNDBY 3 − 5 & 44− 47

B e T T Ie BUTCH eR • PHOTOS BY S H ANNON BROOKe IM AGeRY • MUAH JeNNIFeR CORONA 12− 15

ANA PeRDUV • PH OTOS BY FILIP DIzDAR • L ISCA SeLeCTION LINGeRIe 16− 19

LeILA LIPST IqUe • PH OTOS BY DA MONA-ART • JeweLRY BY GLITTeR PARADISe • NOSTALGIC CARS 20−23

BONDI H OLLY • PHOTOS BY MIS S MIS SY PHOTOGRAPHY. 24

ANGeLA RYAN • PHOTOS BY KeNNY Lee PHOTOGRAPHY 25

COURT NeY CRAVe • PHOTOS BY KeNNY Lee PHOTOGRAPHY 25

T H e VINTAGe DOLL • PHOTOS BY VIVID eYeCANDY 26−27

MOx Ie VALeNT INe • PHOTOS BY VeSTIGe PHOTOGRAPHY

H AIR BY GINeRSY • M AKeUP BY ALYNe HALVAJIAN 28− 29

M ARANDA w eIS S • PHOTOS BY LION LADY PHOTOGRAPHY 30− 31

S ABINA K eLLeY • PHOTOS BY RILeY KeRN STUDIO 32−39

JeNNIFeR H UMPH ReY • PHOTOS BY GRINKIe GIRLS • MUA BeCKY JOYCe 40− 41

LILIT H VON DAH LIA • PH OTOS BY VeSTIGe PHOTOGRAPHY • MUAH LINDY SUe wALTeRS 42−43

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aspiring pin-up models & photographers to be featured

right here in our magazine! To be featured in our

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MEE T Bettie is known as one of the pioneer Pinup and Tattoo

Models in Australia, with ink by national and international

artists. Her trademarks are her curvy VAVAVOOM figure,

versatile style, a love of working on and showing her classic

Vw Beetle “evelyn” and bubbly persona.

Bettie grew up as a tomboy in Brisbane, Australia, working

on cars with her brother and father. Girly things were never

something she was interested in. Growing up in a lower

class suburb North of Brisbane, she left school early due

to constant bullying and being labeled an outcast. Bettie

never thought she would ever be anything close to a model,

but this all changed one day in 2005 at a Rockabilly show,

Greazefest, where she was photographed with a pickup truck

and was later published in national magazines, and nothing

has held her back since. Bettie has been heavily involved

in the Pinup and Rockabilly scene since 2005 and has

established a name not only in Australia but Internationally.

She had a brief roller derby career in 2007, which introduced

her to many beautiful tattooed ladies, giving her the

confidence to pursue her love of art and tattoos. The stigma

that you have to be a rough and intimidating chick to have

tattoos was now broken to Bettie as she learned that you can

have your favourite artwork with you all the time (in the form

of tattoos) and still be a proud, feminine, strong woman, even

a role model. This taught Bettie that you can still be a Pinup

with Tattoos and expanded her style from classic pinup into

more exciting genres such as fetish, horror, latex and tattoo

shoots. Bettie is lucky to have a supportive fiancé who has

been with her every step of her career. He (Rastra Lyall),

is also a Kustom Kulture artist and has designed jewellery,

robots and rayguns used in many of her shoots.

Bettie really hit the spotlight when she was crowned 1st

place winner of the National Deadbeat Pinup Pageant at The

Sydney Tattoo and Body Art expo 2010 (judged by Sabina

Kelley) and 1st place winner of National Miss Ink Australia

2010. This has also secured Bettie a position as a regular

model for the fashion shows at various Tattoo expos, Pinup

events, Fashion launches and more.

winning the title of Miss Pinup and Miss Ink Australia has

expanded her modeling career into regular trips around

Australia and even recently to the USA, where Bettie was

lucky enough to work with LA’s finest, Shannon Brooke

Imagery and AmaLea Pictures. Bettie is now the organiser,

judge and host of many Australian Pinup and Tattoo

pageants including Miss Ink, Miss Dirty Love, Miss Surf n Ink,

Miss Garterbelts and Gasoline, The Gangsters Ball and many

more. You’ll never know what Bettie will get up to next!

Due to her extensive knowledge and experience as a Pinup

model, Bettie is now the Vintage Styling Tutor and Hair and

Makeup Stylist with the Bombshell Burlesque and Beauty

Academy in Brisbane, teaching everyday women the finer

points of Vintage Hair, Makeup and styling. Bettie is also

sponsored and an Australian sale representative for Besame

Cosmetics and Uppercut Deluxe Pomade. This gives Bettie

the opportunity to give back to the Pinup community in

Australia and to help every woman to bring out their inner

pinup!

Bettie has modeled for various National and International

designers such as Iron Fist Clothing, Kiss Me quick Lingerie,

Doll Deluxe Clothing, Suzi Homemaker, 50ft queenie, Beserk

Clothing, Route 66, Bernie Dexter Clothing/Miskonduct.

Betties Hot tips

educate yourself! “Information is power”, and you want

to get an appreciation and understanding of the Vintage

era, knowing the different clothing styles, the importance of

foundation garments and petticoats.

Meet Bettie Butcher, Model,

teacher, pageant coordinator and

Mentor.

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A general understanding of hair and makeup trends. Books

like Vintage Hairstyling and Retro Make-up are a great start

to learn your own pinup style, or attend a class to get a

hands on approach to styling. Youtube also has some

great tutorials which can help you get started.

You don’t have to spend a fortune on an “authentic vintage”

wardrobe, there are a ton of companies out there that do

reproduction pinup clothing and accessories which are a

fraction of the cost of real vintage, but still beautiful designs

in quality materials. If you do want vintage garments then

I suggest regularly checking out your local charity shops

because not only could you find that one amazing dress

at a bargain price, but you’re also doing a good thing by

helping charities to raise much needed funding.

Stand out from the pack! Understand that YeS! you can

have tattoos, piercing, crazy hair colors, be ANY age, ANY

size! Don’t every let anyone tell you that you cannot be a

pinup because you have your lip pierced, or because your

hair is bright green! Being a pinup is not about labels,

its about being a confident, strong woman with a love of

the bygone eras. And lets be honest, it's not the 1950s

anymore so realistically we’re all “Modern Pinups”.

Don’t get caught up in the drama. If you want to enter

pageants or competitions, always remember it's just for

FUN and experience. Trash talk and being nasty will only

ruin your reputation and chances for further opportunities

down the track, plus its not in the good spirit of being a

pinup. Pageants can be great to meet likeminded ladies,

get lots of photos, improve your confidence, share tips and

tricks, and just have a good time. You never know, you may

make some new lifelong friends.

Confidence. I really think this is the main aspect pulling off

the pinup look. Confidence will improve your posture for

posing, make you more relaxed and put a smile on your face

to brighten everything around you. You are BeAUTIFUL, so

remember that and let it show not only on the outside, but

also on the inside.

Be everywhere! And always dress up! Get out and go to

every event that you can, be it car, bike, tattoo, rockabilly

or pinup shows, someone once said to “always dress

as if you may run into your worst enemy”. There will be

photographers at all of the shows, so make sure you have

practiced your posing at home in a mirror, so you can pop

out a few signature poses for the cameras, you never know

where the photos may show up (eg, magazines, websites

etc)!

If you wish to see more of Bettie's work, or have any

questions, check out www.BettieButcher.com

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"The Confidence of a Pinup, and a

True Pinup Heart" by The Vintage Doll.

In today's world it seems like

everyone likes to think they get to

decide what makes a person beautiful

and what they should change about

themselves to fit into what things like

social media, Hollywood, magazines

and television say what makes a

person visual beautiful. I find this to

be absolutely absurd! No one should

be able to define another person's

beauty especially only judging them

by their outer appearance. Which

is why I decided to jump back into

a different time in the world and

embrace the pinup lifestyle!!

As women we all know what it is

like to have someone judge us, tell us

what's not good enough about us and

just down right have our confidence

stolen from us by others opinions of

what they think could make us more

beautiful. Who are they to say what

we need to change about ourselves

just because it's what "they think."

We can all relate to these feelings

of insecurities about our bodies, self-

esteem issues, and extreme drops in

our self-confidence. But for what?

Why should we be so hard on who

we are and how we look just because

damaged people who have their

own insecurities think it's ok to overly

give their opinions about how they

think we should change ourselves

entirely just to fit the "beauty mold"

of today's world. If I have to change

everything about myself and how I

was created to fit into some kind of

mold, then I don't think that's a mold

I want to fit into anyways? I say we

break the mold of today's beauty

stereotypes and bring to light a style

that all women can feel beautiful and

confident in just the way they are

without changing everything that

makes them beautiful already! Let's

put some pinup colored glasses on

the world and watch the confidence

and strength in all women rise!!

Getting involved in the pinup lifestyle

has been the most positive thing for

me as a woman. Most people see me

now and think I'm the most confident

woman they have seen and how

easy life must have been. I'm here to

tell you that's not the case. Before

I decided to take the pinup road I

had just as many struggles with my

self-confidence and finding beauty

in myself as the next girl. Always

too skinny to fit clothes that made

me feel good about myself. I had to

safety pin all my jeans up because

if they were long enough in the legs,

they were to big in the waste. I guess

you can say that's where my "pinup

days" started when I was literally

pinning up my clothes! So having the

empowering feeling a woman can

get from a great outfit was never an

option for me. Being very fair skinned

that I was insecure about wearing

shorts because I had skinny white

legs. I had my insecurities about

myself just like every other girl in the

world, and why was that? Because

the world said I had to be a certain

size and I didn't fit that look. I was my

own look and I needed a style that

I could embrace "myself" and not

have to try and change things that

are impossible to change! You can

always change your hair style to fit

into something, but you can't really

change your body type if you're

made to be a certain way and I was

made very petite and small framed

and try as I may I couldn't change

that. It was time to embrace it!

I discovered the pinup style and life

that carried it when I was 16. I fell so

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The confidence of a pinup, and a true pinup heart.

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in love with it but my own insecurities

told me there was no way for me to

look like that. "No way Emily, you

can't be that bold, you can't be that

strong and sexy and confident,

don't even try" my mind told me. So

I didn't. I instead stayed myself and

just stayed on the sidelines studying

pinup history and style instead, which

in the end served a great purpose.

After five years of hiding my passion

for the pinup life and jumping from

one style to the next just trying to find

something that gave me a place to

feel strong in who I was as I woman,

and becoming a wife and a mother

I finally decided to step out of my

comfort zone, stop being so down

on myself and doubting myself and I

jumped feet first into the pinup life. I

have now been a full-time pinup for

three years and I think back on where

I came from and the mind-set I had

and I laugh at myself. Why? Because

the confidence and strength in who I

am now can see how silly I was then

to think the way I did. I didn't have to

change who I was to be a pinup I just

had to embrace what I was meant to

be. I think that's the difference in

true beauty. Being able to see

who you are already and

embracing that and wing

able to shine will always

be truer than changing

everything you

are and

maybe sacrificing your best qualities

to fit a mold that's less than appealing

anyways. Being yourself will always

be more beautiful than a dulled down

version of how the world thinks you

should be.

I'm aware that not every woman

wants to look like a pinup or dress the

way we do on a daily basis and you

don't have to do that to have "pinup

confidence". It's not the clothing that

makes a pinup who she is but the

strength inside her soul. Pinup girls

hold a strength and confidence inside

them and that's why people are drawn

to them. Sure the clothes are beautiful

and embrace all types of bodies and

shapes and truly can make a woman

feel amazing! But it's a pinup's spirit

that makes her who she is. Having a

pinup spirit allows all women to feel

beautiful. It shows them they can

be strong, sexy, classy and feminine

and it's ok! They can embrace being

a woman and feel proud. Even more

so they can embrace who they are

already and who they were meant

to be and love themselves with out

having to change all of their beautiful

qualities to fit a mold that might hide

their true beauty in the end anyways.

Who wants to lose them self to fit into

a world that can't appreciate who

they were born to be? Not me! That's

why I decided to go back in time to a

world that let women be women and

who they are and embrace the pin up

lifestyle. I wear it on the outside every

day, but it's what the pinup lifestyle

gives my heart and soul that makes

me strong and confident in who I am

as a woman, who I was born to be.

I encourage every woman to not

change your outward style or give

up the style you love but to turn your

hearts pinup, and you will begin to

see how strong and confident you

are and that your beautiful the way

you were created and if you change

yourself to fit into the molds others

try and put you in, you will only

miss out on all of the amazing

things you were meant to do

and be. Never let anyone

steal you're beauty because

you are amazing and the

world needs more true

beauty in it.

– Xoxo The Vintage Doll

Submit questions for The Vintage doll to contact@pinkbowcity.com

Or mail her a letter at:po box 1096 venice, ca, 90294

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Hair by His Vintage Touch • Makeup Artist

Jennifer Corona • Assistant Genevieve Davis

Judge on Season 3 of the Oxygen TV Show

"Best Ink" with celebrity judge Pete wentz.

Internationally published model, featured on the

covers of: Inked, Tattoo Magazine, Pin Up America,

Skin Deep Tattoo Magazine & more! Sabina is

a driven entrepreneur, pin-up model, mother &

burlesque dancer. She pretty much does it all!

SabinaKELLEY

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It’s not easy balancing my life, but I don’t really have a choice.  Honestly I wouldn't change my life or situation for anything.  I’m pretty blessed to have such amazing kids and supportive friends and fans. That’s not even a question, lol!  Obviously giving birth hurts

more.  How about getting tattooed while giving birth.  Now that would hurt even more.

HoW do you balanCE youR busy liFE WHilE bEing a MoM? silly RElatEd quEstion: in youR oPinion WHiCH HuRt MoRE: gEtting tattooEd, oR giving biRtH?

I have always been a big fan of the 40s and 50s Pinups and collected old pictures and calendars, vintage lingerie, and dresses. I just started dressing that style and shooting images like that and got asked to shoot a few magazine covers and it just snow balled.

HoW did you gEt involvEd in tHE Pin-uP WoRld?

My Pinup idols are Bettie Page and Bunny Yeager. They are huge influences to me because their work is sexy, yet classy. I have met Bunny Yeager and shot with her twice. It was such a great honor and I learned a lot. I made a good friend and feel pretty special that I got

that opportunity to work with a legend that I have always admired.

WHo aRE youR PinuP idols & WHy?HavE you MEt any oF tHEM? iF so, WHat Was it likE?

I definitely have my own unique style. I started a fashion blog to answer all of those questions for my fans and to tell them all my beauty secrets and favorite items and places to buy my style of clothes, lingerie, and bikinis. www.sabinakelleysfashionblog.wordpress.

youR stylE MixEs ClassiC Pin uP WitH a sExy ModERn FlaiR. WHat FasHion / bEauty tiPs do you HavE FoR ModERn-day Pin uPs?

I just followed my dreams and focused on everything I love.  I don’t have time to mess around since I have kids, so I bust my butt to be a good mom and kill it on my career.

you aRE a dRivEn danCER ModEl and EntREPREnEuR. WHat did you do to bECoME so suCCEssFul? any adviCE?

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Nudity does not bother me at all, especially if it is tasteful. what bothers me is when

photographers take advantage of newer and younger models and push them to do nudity

to make money off of them, and then later on, the models usually regret it. Yes, you can

make a lot of money fast doing nude shoots, but if you ever decide as a model to futher

your career huge companies will not hire you if you have done nude shoots. You will not

find one completely nude pic of me on the internet. I shoot implied nudity, but that is as

far as I go, unless I get a Playboy cover! I think it is sexier to tease than to just show it all.

WHat is youR oPinion on nudity in Pin-uP sHoots?

My 2014 calendar will be out at the end of October. I am working on opening up some more

Bombshell Tattoo Removal shops, and possibly my own tattoo shop. I am still modeling full-time and

we just finished filming third season of 'Best Ink' and it will begin airing in December. Yes, I am still

planning on doing a burlesque show.

WHat PRoJECts aRE you CuRREntly WoRking on? aRE you still Planning to do a buRlEsquE sHoW?

No, not right now. I am just trying to finish my back right now.

do you HavE any nEW tattoos PlannEd FoR tHE nEaR FutuRE?

Season 3 of, “Best Ink” begins airing in December on Oxygen. Pete wentz is the host of the show. The

show is definitely full of drama. It’s 14 artists going head to head to see who has the Best Ink. They do

flash challenges and ink challenges and since it’s a competition show people get eliminated and you

see all the drama. we had a great crew of artists 3rd season and I feel this season we had a very even

playing field, so it’s really hard to guess from the beginning who is going to win. It will for sure keep you

on the edge of your seat.

sEason 3 oF 'bEst ink' aiRs tHis MontH! Can you tEll us anytHing about tHis sEason?

Shooting for the cover of Italian Vogue in a retro-looking high fashion outfit with Ellen Von

Unwerth as the photographer. That would be a dream come true!

WHat Would youR dREaM PHoto sHoot look likE?

Jennifer Humphrey • MUA Becky Joyce ¬ Grinkie Girls Photography

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Lindy Sue Walters • Cars by Lucky's Speed

Shop Sydney • Clothing by Pandora Deluxe

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My name is McCuli Rae. I live in Las

Vegas, Nevada. At 18 I started to have

multiple erratic symptoms, starting

with the right side of my body going

completely numb for 9 days. I went to

the eR, and they told me it was just a

pinched nerve and sent me home. A

week or so later, the entire left side of

my face lost function and completely

hung low to one side, I again went to

an urgent care and was sent home.

I started to have random bouts of

extreme intense panic, followed by

numbness and tingling jumping back

and forth from finger to finger and

slowly creeping up my arm. After 3+

trips to the emergency room, My entire

arm went numb, and I made one last

trip to the emergency room. I finally

had a CT scan to bring in ordered

by my primary care doctor. when I

arrived, they played the CT scan and

what they found was alarming, giant

white spots all over my brain. They

thought I had a brain infection, or

tumors all over my brain. I was then

admitted. They ran multiple tests daily

in the seven days I was there the last

of which being an unmedicated spinal

tap, to which the results confirmed,

at just 18, I had Multiple Sclerosis.

After diagnosis and release, I face a

few of the hardest months of my life. I

completely lost vision in one eye, had

this horrifyingly relentless squeezing

pain across my abdomen known as the

“MS hug,” and had to embarrassingly

attend one of my best friends high

school graduation parties with a cane.

I’ve now been fighting this beast two

years. I have regained vision in my eye,

and my symptom list has been reduced

to the occasional loss of balance and

dizziness, food sensitivity, memory

problems and extreme fatigue. These

trials have made me realize none of

us are invincible, although at a young

age, we all feel it. It has made me a

healthier and more compassionate

human being. Above all, it has taught

be to follow every dream I’ve ever had.

Don’t wait for something unfortunate

to happen to follow yours.

F i g H t F o R Your d R E a M s

written by

McCuli Rae

Photos by

Brandon Lundby

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I met Nathalie through a good friend of mine, Revecka. 

Rev owns a company called Delicious Dames, (a body

positive website for women) and Nathalie had drawn a

beautiful logo of Revecka based on one of my photos.  I

was stunned with the quality and attention to detail.

At the start of my pin-up career, I was lucky enough to find

some wonderful photographers who allowed me to use

their photos as references and inspiration for my pieces.

Once I found my style and artistic voice, I knew it was time

to have my own source material shot for me and bring the

concepts I had simmering in my head to life. Shannon has

such an amazing eye and talent for capturing the best out

of every girl that steps in front of her camera, and I have

been following her work for years. One night, I sent her an

email, not knowing if shooting figure studies for an artist

would be at all interesting to her, but to my delight she

said yes and, as they say, the rest is history. My life and

work changed for the better when Shannon came into my

world, and I count myself extremely lucky to be able to

collaborate with her.  She’s very supportive, is always up

for my crazy ideas and is a consummate professional.

WHo Would bE youR dREaM Pin-uP

to dRaW / PHotogRaPH and WHy?

onE living and onE FRoM HistoRy.

Living, I have to say Drew Barrymore.  She’s so fun and

carefree, I think she would make such an amazing pin-

up, her smile and body…she’s a gem…a dream model! 

Deceased, I would have to say Bettie Page.  As cliché as

that sounds, she inspires me more than any other model I

have ever studied.  Her posing, her sense of adventure in

her expression, her wardrobe! Nobody has a body like her,

it’s simply the most unique shape I have ever seen.

For a living model, it’s a toss-up between singer Ivy Levan and

Carmen Dell’orefice. Carmen is one of most exquisite women

alive and, like a fine wine, has only become better with time.

I’ve always thought Ivy would be a perfect modern day

pin-up model.  I love working with singers, as I’ve found

that they’re very talented at embodying any emotion or

character that is needed.

For a historical model, I would have to choose Mitzi

Gaynor.  She always looks like she’s having a lot of fun

and that, combined with her dance talent and those legs,

would just make her a dream to draw.Model Jolee Blon' • MUAH Natasha Marcelina • Wardrobe Madame Pomp

Model Masuimi MaxWardrobe Madame Pomp

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WHat attRaCts you to tHE Pin-uP aEstHEtiC? 

I like to see girls with confidence, loving the way they

were made, enjoying life.  I think every woman is beautiful,

uniqueness is so sexy to me.  every shape, every color,

every age.  I think pin-up celebrates a woman’s happiness

and beauty on the inside and out.

It’s a little slice of fun and beauty to get lost in, and it’s a

style that all women, regardless of size, race or age, can

see themselves in. I love that it’s such an inclusive a style

and that both men and women can appreciate it and

share it with each other.

natHaliE, WHat MEdiuM do you usE FoR youR

WoRk and HoW long doEs a PiECE noRMally

takE you to CoMPlEtE? 

I use a mixture of pastel (mainly Pan Pastels) watercolor,

gouache, ink and occasionally charcoal. Depending upon

the complexity of a piece, it can take up to a few months to

create, from the initial idea, figure study shoot, sketches,

drawings, studies, and test pieces to the finished product. 

However, sometimes things just fall into place quite fast

and I can finish a piece in a few weeks, which is always nice.

sHannon, you PHotogRaPH soME PREtty WEll-

knoWn CElEbRitiEs & Pin-uPs FRoM sabina kEllEy

(ouR CovER ModEl), avRil lavignE, REnEE olstEad,

MasuiMi Max & MoRE. WHat do you tHink is tHE

kEy to youR suCCEss as a PHotogRaPHER? 

I think that being a woman and a photographer works

for me.  I truly can see the beauty in every woman I meet,

and I know how to accentuate that in my photography. 

Treating everyone with respect is very important to me,

and remembering that every girl has their insecurities…I

try to pay special attention to that.

you botH HavE a ModERn FlaiR to youR aRt,

HoW Would you dEFinE “Pin-uP” and WHat

insPiREs you to inCoRPoRatE a ModERn tWist? 

In my mind, a Pin-Up is a glorified version of oneself. 

whenever I photograph a woman, I hope that the end

result is a fantasy version of them.  The modern twist is

there to embrace who that model really is.  women have

tattoos now, as well as rainbow colored hair (etc) and I

have modern lights to play with! 

To me, pin-up is a style that shows all the different sides of

women: sassy, classy, strong, vulnerable, witty, intelligent,

and adventurous.

The modern twist in my work isn’t a conscious thing that

I think about when creating each piece.  My style and

creative process just seem to have naturally evolved that

way.  I’m influenced by many different styles and eras, and

I think my art just reflects that diversity.

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Model Renee olstead • Mua Jennifer Corona • Wardrobe Madame Pomp

Model Ruby Mae Collins

Model shayna Rae • Mua Jennifer Corona • lingerie by lucy b

Model lauren luck • Wardrobe Madame Pomp • Mua Jennifer Corona

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K r i s t e n L e a n n e

Photographer Robert Alvarado

Make up & Hair Natalie Rose

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J o i e S u n S h i n e

MUAH by Cherry Dame

Photo by Marilee Caruso

D i n a h D e R o s a

Photo by Hollywood Breeze

J a c l y n V a n H e a r s e

StudioMUAH by Bombshell Pinups

Photo by Maria Qualtieri

a N N a M E I Photo by Mike Gleeson

Giltwood Photographic

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Photo by Jem Shoots Frames

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Model - Andrea Gladso HiltonPhotography - Nancy Dolls PhotographyMUAH by Glam by Shirley

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P H o t o s b y n a n C y d o l l s P H o t o g R a P H y

M a k E u P a n d H a i R b y g l a M b y s H i R l E y

A N D R E AG L A D S OH I L T O N

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b E t t i E P a g E b a n g s N O S I S S O R S

R E Q U I R E D

WHat you Will nEEd:

Hairspray

Bobby pins

A rat tail comb

Heated bendy rollers

Your favorite mousse or setting lotion

stEP onE Start by brushing

your hair forwards and sectioning

off the hair in a circular shape.

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stEP tWo Apply setting lotion

(or mousse) down the length of

your hair. Then place the heated

bendy roller at the tip of your hair

and start rolling towards your

head, making sure the ends don’t

stray and keeping your hair tight.

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stEP tHREE Roll to the scalp then

ease the bendy roller upwards

to create a C shape keeping the

section of hair tight at all times.

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stEP FivE Partition your hair

into a centre part and using

the same method as we did on

the bangs apply bendy rollers

section by section, in rows.

stEP six Once all your hair

has been curled, spray lightly

with hairspray and let the

rollers cool down completely.

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stEP FouR Leave this to cool

completely. You can also use a

thin sponge roller if you prefer to

curl without heat, you’ll just have

to leave it in for longer to set.

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stEP tEn Once you have your

bangs just right, spray them with

hairspray.

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stEP ElEvEn Pop a few more clips

in if you feel it needs securing in

place and finish the whole hairstyle

with a light spritz of hairspray! You

now have an adorable pin-up look

complete with your new bettie bangs!

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stEP ninE Once you're happy with

the position of the roll, use your

bobby pins to pin in place. Once

the roll feels secure you can start to

gently pull the roll upwards to create

a wider, more curved bangs.

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stEP sEvEn Once cooled, remove all the heated bendy

rollers (minus your bangs) by straightening each roller out

and unravelling the hair. Brush through the curls gently

with your fingers to keep them tight.

 

Begin to backcomb the roots, avoiding the top of the hair

to keep it smooth. Backcomb the to section of your hair to

your desired look, spray with hairspray.

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stEP EigHt Using a bristle brush smooth over the top of

the hair, brushing backwards to keep the height. Once you're

happy with your style, you can remove the bendy roller in

you're bangs.

After you remove the roller, brush through the curl you have

created. Then take the tip of the section and make a pin

curl by rolling the end of the hair towards your forehead,

keeping the curl fairly tight and upright.

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