Vintage Vegas

Last week marked my good friend Lorraine's 30th Birthday and for the occasion she held a Vintage Vegas themed birthday party.

The Vegas theme is something we are no stranger to ... Vegas comes in the form of a club night up here in Scotland, mostly taking place in Glasgow and Edinburgh. It's not your usual club night with swing hits from days gone by, Vegas girls dancing on stage and alongside the revellers as well as a mini casino. It has also been known to play host to many burlesque acts. It's such a fun and unique night out, it was no surprise that Lorraine chose a similar theme for her party.

We bought Lorraine a very special cake and cupcakes for her birthday, all Vegas themed of course ... FYI, they were delicious!
Being Vintage Vegas themed, this meant we all got the chance to dress up, we had Vegas girls, flapper girls, Elvis, Dean Martin, Gangsters and even a cowboy ... from outta town obv!?
I wore a short black sequinned dress with suspender tights by Henry Holland with lots of pearls and a fascinator.... unfortunately the only photos taken of me were from behind so nothing to show and tell i'm afraid other than my attempt at vegas nail art ...

Sorry for the blurry photos ... I did want each nail to look like a playing card but painting on these shapes were hard enough although i did try it out on my thumb. As usual, i used a kebab stick to paint on the shapes and a tooth pick for more delicate characters.

Oh and here is one of the only photos of me from the night, yes it was from behind but it's rather fitting for me ...

... re-applying the slap! Beauty bloggers are never off duty! ;)

x

Burlesque Fun - High Tease & Vegas!

You may remember I told you about a Burlesque show, High Tease that I went to back in August? Well, last Saturday, High Tease arrived in Glasgow at the Old Fruitmarket for an evening of Burlesque and Cabaret followed by the ever popular club night - Vegas!

High Tease' theme for the night was 'A Christmas Carol Cabaret' and was hosted by the wonderfully intriguing Des O'Connor in the guise of Desmorphia. He played an Ebeneezer Scrooge type character and therefore was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who usually turned up as can-can dancers, a gay choir or a burlesque strip-tease popping out of a bow wrapped box! As usual the night was full of fun and titillation. My highlights were the Edinburgh Gay Chorus who sang 'I'm dreaming of a Shite Christmas' among other 'twisted' Christmas favourites! The Kitsch Kats also entertained with their perfectly timed yet hilarious dance routines! I love these guys and found out that night they were husband and wife - love it! I've already got Garrath practising routines with me - just need to think of a name for us now ;p

Vegas followed afterwards where the showgirls strutted their stuff in feathers and frills handing out Elvis style notes for us to gamble at the fake casino upstairs. The dancefloor was packed with people dancing to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Vegas! followers know the dress code is 50's retro as is the playlist however when you add High Tease into the mix, it's time to up the ante! Some of the outfits on display were fantastic, sequins, feathers, leather, corsets - it was wonderful. Everyone made such an effort! Here are our efforts - note, the classy toilet shots!! Cos thats the way we roll!! ;)My outfit consisted of a black sequinned dress with a veiled fascinator, Henry Holland suspender tights, lots of pearls and red lippie! In the end it turned out a l'il bit 1920's flapperish! I liked it. Lorraine was looking gorgeous in her fishnets, highwaisted skirt, feather fascinator and pearls.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Sunday Blue, the gorgeous lady behind Ministry of Burlesque. I hope my tipsy exterior wasn't too off-putting but I couldn't leave without saying Hello and thank her for putting such a great show together.