Pincurls and Pout

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With over 20 years experience of West End theatre we are passionate about sharing our skills with other vintage enthusiasts.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Thursday 29 December 2011

2011

What a year we have had.  
In June we dipped our toes in to the world of Vintage and were welcomed by one and all.  
From vintage fairs, birthday and hen parties, photo shoots and musicals we have painted our way through 2011.  We have made some lovely friends along the way and would like to thank so many of you for making our 2011 such a special year.


Just a few of our favourite things from 2011.

We look forward to a busy 2012 with weddings, proms, fairs and lots more. Watch this space!
Happy New Year to you all. 


Betsy and Jeanie x

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Cinderella

It's been a while since I have blogged and that's because Betsy and I have been working hard in rehearsals with Chickenshed.  Chickenshed is an inclusive theatre company based in Southgate. This year they are producing an original piece loosely based on the traditional story of Cinderella.
Graham Hollick is Chickenshed's resident designer and along with his brilliant wardrobe department  has designed a show that links to the late 1950's and early 1960's. Circle skirts, rolled up jeans, snoods and quiffs all play a part in making Cinderella  an original yet vintage production.
Betsy's first challenge was to create a makeup for the ugly sisters, Daphne and Hilda. Betsy worked with a lovely student Alisha and together they designed a look that worked with the 50's inspired costume and wigs.  Daniel and Micheal  apply their own make up each night so Alisha and Betsy taught the boys how to apply powder, lashings of eye colour, painted lips and eyelashes.  My job was to style wigs in to  blonde bombshells.

The Evil Stepmother is played by the lovely and talented Belinda McGuirk. Belinda has been at Chickenshed since she was a child and is a key member of the core company. We began by creating a rolled fringe on to her forehead but during technical rehearsals we discovered that under the lighting the fringe overshadowed Belinda's face and expressions.  I quickly changed the fringe and rolled it backwards, I then used a snood to catch her hair up at the back. Betsy designed a 1950's make up that was easy for Belinda to recreate for every show.
In the second act for the Bollywood Ball Belinda swaps her white snood for a gold one and the boys swap their wigs for a Jedward inspired look (don't ask just go with it).

Then of course we have Cinderella played by the beautiful Georgie. She starts the show with a Mary Ann front roll and we catch up the sides in victory rolls. She wears rags in the back of her hair. For the transformation.....well I wont spoil it, you will have to go and see the show.
Here she is in the first act meeting her Fairy Godfather played by Jonny Morton.

Chickenshed never fail to produce exciting and original shows which are always an honour to be part of. A talented cast, fantastic band, brilliant technical staff and an enthusiastic ensemble of children and youth theatre students make this a Christmas show worth seeing.


Cinderella opens on the 30th November at Chickenshed Theatre, Chase Side, Southgate, N14 4PE  Box Office: 020 8292 9222

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Thirty Days Have Movember

Hi,  We are in the middle of "Movember" and the time has come when some of you boys will be finding the itchy growth on your top lip new, exciting and strange. I am sure some of the testosterone filled gentleman will be showing off a full shocker.
In support of the boys growing their "Mo,"  and raising the profile of men's health, Pincurls and Pout have been showcasing our favorite "Mo" from the past one hundred years. From Einstien to Magnum we have highlighted the different ways of styling and growing the hairy caterpillar of the upper lip.

In support of the Movember crew.
  

For those of you who have difficulty in providing the quality tash we have in our stock, a small supply of facial hair for you to buy.  Facial hair is traditionally made from yak hair but you can also have them made of human hair. A pattern is made for the individual face then, hair is carefully knotted in to every whole of the wig lace.

Cleaned Yak Hair
Knotting
Unsuspecting Yak
The finished Article
Can you guess which one of these lovely gents from the 1992 production of Sunset Boulevard is wearing a yak hair mo?

Sunset Boulevard
If you would like to see our full 30 Days Have Movember Album follow us on Facebook. If you would like to purchase a lovely moustache from us we will be at The Vintage Tea Party and Gift Fair on the 3rd December and at the Pop Up Vintage Fair on the 4th December. 
Hope to see you there x

Sunday 30 October 2011

On the town

Hello, I'm Invisible Eavie! I've been asked (well, admittedly I asked. Um, requested. OK, begged) to write the Pincurls and Pout blog this week. Hope it's OK!

When we heard that Betsy Pout, notorious glitter magnet and lipstick addict, had not yet frequented Charles Fox in Covent Garden, we decided that we needed to take immediate action. So this week, I found myself dancing up to London (notice the film reference- I even said it in the title!) with Pincurls and Pout on a make up mission.
Charles Fox was like a little treasure trove, especially as it was full of friendly staff sporting various burns, welts and cuts (for Halloween, not because they are blood crazed maniacs). After a small incident involving an over enthusiastic copper body mousse (which resulted in Betsy Pout's new copper highlights), and lots of make up induced self harm jokes, we settled on a little bit of sparkle (Jeanie Pincurl said that this purchase was due to the liberal amounts of the aforementioned glitter about Betsy's person) and some matte colours. We then set off to ScreenFace, despite the fact that Betsy resembled an over excited child's Christmas tree due to various testers and glitter related accidents.
However, Betsy and co made a short trip into Lush en route, where they were pounced on by an over zealous west end wendy with far too much knowledge and love for things that explode in baths.
Once they had detached themselves from this sticky situation, they emerged smelling like a perfume counter in a department store, and feeling more than a little bit terrified.
Anyway, ScreenFace was also full of zombies and witches, but by this point we were so "traumatized" (to use Betsy Pout's favorite phrase), that makeup wasn't registering on our radar at all. Whilst not entirely Gene Kelly, it was still a successful trip and lots of fun was had by all.





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Love from Invisible Eavie 
xxx