Gypsyland - part two

Gypsyland revisited, my own make up this time, and a general look that I am rather pleased with if I may say so myself.

Sharing today yet another Romica Puceanu song, "Saraiman", and for this one I found a translation of the lyrics on schmoukiz's blog:

"If the love I have inside,
Would trace your steps and haunt your nights,
Would trace your steps and haunt your nights,
Turn around and round around,
Hardly you would get much sleep,
Nor for other, further weep,
Aaaa, aaah.

For a love as big as mine,
You may never find alike,
You may never find alike,
Turn around and round around,
And my tenderness is such,
There’s no other soul to match,
Aaaa, aaah.

If I only knew you came,
I would gladly pave your way,
I would gladly pave your way,
Turn around and round around,
Paved in flowers and in gems,
So you don’t show up too late,
Aaaa, aaah."

You can not not love this song.

Gypsyland - part one

So I went for a make over a couple of days ago. I took with me several photos from that era - "gypsy" and non gypsy - and explained the make up artist I wanted a 1920s look with a gypsy flair to it. This is the result.


It looks kind of...not quite there. At the time I thought it was ok, so perhaps it's just me taking bad pics and not really going for the whole look other than make up wise.
I also did grin all the time, so you can't see the shape of the lips - I insisted on the bow shape, which was somewhat achieved although the sides of my mouth weren't concealed.


While the shape of the eyebrows is very nice, it doesn't manage to be a 20's eyebrow, and that is a very important detail for the overall success of the look. Still, a rather nice brow.


And this is the reason I never use under eye concealer! It just makes things worse, settling in all the creases and showing off all the wrinkles.


All make up used was by Benefit. I particularly liked the Dandelion brightening powder, which I know is popular with a range of vintage looks, used as that or just as a blush.
For an actual blush Benetint lip and cheek blush was used, blended in, rather than applied straight on the under eyes section of the cheek in a round shape, as in the vintage fashion.
I liked this one too, in spite of being told afterwards by my lovely husband that my face looked rather too red...
Oh well,to see my own efforts next stay tuned for part two of Gypsyland!

And now sharing another favorite from Romica Puceanu:

Oh, dear...

At the Primrose Hill Fair I visited in June they were very nice and complimentary about my outfit, which they wanted to take a picture of, for their website. Flattered, I agreed, but I should have worn them what a hard job is to get a good pic of me (my husband knows it all too well).
Now there it is on their website, the best of the bunch taken by lovely Maureen, and I surely look how I felt: sad (no more money to spend), tired (I had woken at 5:30 on my day off for that 3 hour trip to London), with my hair savaged after trying on too many dresses, lipstickless (how unforgivable!), suffering from bad cramps, and on top of it all, wearing some terrible 90 den tights to fight the cold bad weather which had been forecasted. What a fiasco! Here is the same outfit on a better day...




"Nu stiu cu ce ti-am gresit" ("I don't know how I wronged you") is the song I'm sharing with you today, in the interpretation of Romica Puceanu.
Romica Puceanu is a Gypsy singer from Romania who started to sing professionally when she was 14 with the "Brothers Gore taraf", one of the most famous tarafuri of the time.
Highly appreciated for her unique voice and for the sensibility of her singing, being compared to Billie Holiday and Cesaria Evora, she is sadly no longer with us, having perished in a car accident in 1996.
This is a great songs of hers, and hopefully not the only one to be featured on this blog.