Holly Golightly Fancy dress continued :)

So I finally have a picture of me as Holly Golightly. Not the best quality but all I can find.

To finish of the outfit of little black dress, pearl necklace and tiara, I did my hair in a high bun and make-up inspired by that worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film. Hope you like it! :)

Hair

The hair wasn't as hard as I originally thought it would be. I have long hair but it is very fine. So that the bun would be big enough I used a brown bun doughnut. First I put my hair into a high ponytail. The best way to do this is to tip your head and hair upside down, smoothing it into a ponytail with a comb. It is important that the ponytail is on top of your head for the bun to be most effective.

Next I put the ponytail through the doughnut and spread it out around it. Once it was all covered I then put another hair elastic around the hair around the doughnut to hold it in place. The remaining lengths I then wrapped around the base of the bun, securing with bobby pins! Bobby pins are very important and you'll probably need quite a few!. Then spray with hairspray to finish, add the tiara and ta da! :)

Make-up

The main idea is neutral make-up with big eyes. I used a light foundation base, blusher and highlighter to give shape, grey's and brown's for the eyes and black liquid eye-liner.

For the make-up I followed instructions in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-Ye52XDRA&noredirect=1

Breakfast at Tiffany's inspired nail art :)

To go with my Breakfast at Tiffany's, Holly Golightly outfit, I was unfortunately unable to find a pair of long black gloves in time, so instead decided to paint my nails with a design inspired by the film - as seen above!

To do this I used a white, turquoise and black nail polishes and gemstones.

I started using a clear base coat to protect my nails and give the lower section a shine. I started at the top with the black nail polish at the tip. To get the line I placed a piece of sellotape across the nail to the point I wanted to paint. Once painted I removed the sellotape leaving a straight edge.

Next came the turquoise stripe. To do this, as I don't yet have a nail art brush, I used the end of a bobby pin, stretched out to full length. I then dipped the tip in the nail polish and used this to dot a line across, underneath the black stripe. I repeated this process for the white stripe, and then coated the whole nail with a clear top coat.

I also decided to place a silver gemstone on each thumb nail to give it a bit more glitz, as Holly Golightly very much is :) I placed this on top of the wet top coat and once dried in place coated with a another layer of top coat to ensure fixed in place.

I love the results! What do you think? :)

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Holly Golightly Fancy Dress Outfit :)

I absolutely adore the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, (and well any Audrey Hepburn film, definitely my favourite actress). So when my friend decided to have a film character themed birthday party, I chose Holly Golightly!

Not only is when one of my favourite film characters and image so iconic, but its also a really simple outfit to put together :)

Practically every girl owns a simple little black dress, the main part of this outfit. Then all you need is black shoes, pearls, cigarette holder, long black gloves and a tiara. 

I used a pearl collar, which goes perfectly with the neckline on my dress and added a pearl brooch for extra impact. I already own a pair of black heels, as I'm sure most girls do :P  and a tiara!

Long black gloves are available in most fancy dress shops for a few quid and also cigarette holders, although these can be harder to find so I am going to make my own fake cigarette holder and fake cigarette :)

Post to follow on how made fake cigarette holder and how styled hair, and pictures of the finished outfit! Watch this space :D

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