Miss Lucy Honeychurch

         
   Helena Bonham Carter, one  of my most favorite actresses, is stunning as Gibson Girl "Lucy Honeychurch".

                            

Res·o·lu·tion

                 Dreams for 2013     

•         Grow my hair to classic length - by July
•      Continue to study Irish Music and practise my tinwhistle
•     Start my online business
•            Make a Youtube video
•   Write more often
•    Learn Bookbinding
•     Take Dance lessons- maybe swing dance?

                                              These are just a few dreams I have for the new year... some of which are rather frivolous . I do however think the chances of  achieving these goals has just tripled by writing it down. 

Merry Merry Christmas

 
    " Christmas morning broke on a beautiful white world"  

       After a few months I am returning with lots of new plans and information to share. I can hardly wait but until then I wish you a Blessed holiday season.
 

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The Christy Girl Visits

By Howard Chandler Christy

Gibson Girl Hair: Low Hair Dressing

The Swirl Coiffure with Braid 



     I found this lovely hairstyle in a reproduction copy of "Hair Dressing and Tinting".  I would wear this with a white maxi dress on a summer afternoon picnic.











Step One- Make a middle parting, then ,starting from behind the ears, seperate the hair that falls on both sides of the face from the back hair.      











Step Two-     Pin the back hair at the nape then gently tug on the top to fluff it up. You want to get volume on the round section so you could also tease your hair before pinning it down.       




Step Three-  Fluff up the 2 sections you separated earlier and draping them low across your forehead pin them at  the nape with the rest of your hair.


Step Four- Braid all of your hair in a loose three strand braid.


Step Five- Widen the braid by gently tugging the sections then simply wrap the braid around your head and pin the ends at the nape.                                                         






I like to spend a few seconds ruffing it up a bit to get more of a wind blown look.


          

 

I hope you found this helpful or inspiring. 

yours truly,

Gibson Girl Hair: Oiling for Hair Growth

 

    To get the fullness of the Gibson Girl hairstyle you must have either very thick or decently long hair. I have mentioned before how my hair is on the thin side so I needed to grow my hair out.
   One of the most effective techniques I have tried is oiling my hair. I have been oiling my hair for about three years now.


  There are so many oils you can use: olive, Castor, jojoba, almond, coconut, grapeseed, and so many more. It really just depends on your hair needs. I highly recommend checking out "The Long Hair Community". I can not tell you how much useful information I learned over there that has helped me to grow healthy hair.

  I oil my hair the night before I wash it- every Friday night. I just make a parting on my scalp, rub the oil in, then make a parting a little farther down and rub some oil in there. I continue this until my scalp is completely covered. I then lightly oil the length of  my hair. I wash it out the next afternoon.

 It has done wonders for my hair, increasing shine and decreasing falling hair.

 The Gibson Girls knew the value of oil for healthy hair and it is recommend in many beauty books from the time.

Thick, long, curly hair = Anne's perfect Gibson Girl look.

Gibson Girls

 



This is one of the only Gibson Girl hairstyles I
 have scene with fringe.



 



My younger sister Sarah