Would you like to win a photo shoot?

Hello people, and welcome to my blog... but now with its own domain! To celebrate I'm having this incredible give away, just for you!!

I am SO excited about this.... I wish I could win it for myself.

The lovely Mr Simon Hunt from Alt. Studio Manchester has teamed up with me, and if you enter my competition you can win a photo shoot and make-over worth £175 in his studio in Manchester, England!

The photos in this blog post are all from Alt. Studios, and I must say they are pretty awesome. Here's their Facebook page as well, you should all like it :)

The competition is for UK people ONLY, unless you are rich and can afford the plane tickets!

Here's what Mr Hunt himself says about their make-over experiences:

This is our vintage make-over experience:

Alt. Studio is an alternative photography studio offering vintage make-over and photo shoots. Amongst the 1930s warehouses of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, they will transport you back in time to recreate an iconic look. They don’t do cheese or fake smiles (or fake tan for that matter!), but with the help of their make-up artist, you can decide on a look from an era of your choice, have your hair and make-up professionally styled and be photographed in your beautiful vintage clothes.

This is our tattoo showcase experience:

Alt. Studio is an alternative photography studio offering Tattoo Showcases. Set amongst the tattoo parlours, bars and galleries of the Northern Quarter, We will create portraits that do justice to your ink and body art. fresh stylish and bursting with ideas our team of stylists and photographers will work with you to leave you with images that you will love.

Here are some details about the competition and the prize!

- One person will win a photo shoot and make over worth £175.

This includes; a vintage make-over with a top make up artist, a photo shoot with an award winning photographer and 5 fully airbrushed images on a CD.

- 10 runners up (!!) will win a make-over and a a photo shoot worth £50.

- UK ONLY.

The studio is in Manchester, England

- The winners will be drawn at random using random.org.

I will have no personal involvement in this competition, it's all up to random.org.

-The competition ends at midnight (UK time) on Monday 26th of March.

How do I enter?

It's dead easy. You follow this blog and then you simply leave me a comment on this blog post saying "Enter me" (not in a rude way, hehe).

Remember: Leave your blog link, Twitter name or email address, so if you win I can easily contact you and pass on the information to Alt. Studio.

I wish you all good luck, and spread the word on Twitter or whatever social network you prefer.

Share this "Win a free photo shoot at @themissnextdoor 's blog" and link to this very blog post!

If you enter as "anonymous"... let me know how to contact you! Or else I can't count you in, I'm sorry.

As always

xxx

Miss K.

New video

Hello and good evening!

Here's my latest tutorial. If you read my blog post from earlier about how sucky the leopard print nail stickers were... I've found a way of using them!

I've made these leopard half moon nails, and I think they're super awesome. They're really rockabilly, different and fun.

I'm gonna leave you with a sad note. From tomorrow, March 1, GFC will no longer be around. So if you are following my blog through GFC, keep this in mind.. I'm hoping to find another way for you guys to follow my blog. I'm sad about it, it makes me so happy to see new followers every time I check in on my blog.. I was even planning a new giveaway at 300 (only 9 more!) but unfortunately that won't happen thanks to Google shutting down GFC. I hope you will still enjoy my blog, and please follow on Twitter and Facebook to get your updates from me!

Anyways... Here's the video! (Watch in HD!)

As always

xxx

Miss K.

Rockabilly Tuesday #4

Each Tuesday or every other Tuesday I will make a little post on how you can incorporate rockabilly items into your everyday you and maybe one day you'll be a total rockabilly chick! I'm gonna tip about everything from make up to jewellery, from music to models, this to that etc. Hopefully it'll be a success, I don't know, but you never know before you try right?

Today's topic is rockabilly style inspiration. We've previously read about cherry and leopard print when it comes to styling tips, and we've seen some examples of rockabilly music. I often get questions from aspiring rockabilly girls on what clothes they should wear, and how to style their hair. I think it's really important that you make the style suit you, not the other way around. Don't copy a rockabilly girl you googled, but take inspiration from her and work with it till you feel comfortable with it. If you're walking around like a copy you won't feel like yourself, and it might seem like you're either trying too hard or that you're insecure. My biggest tip is to work yourself into the rockabilly style, don't make the rockabilly style change you! I know that many of my readers are starting their journey towards rockabilly, and I really hope that this tip will make them happy with their new look!

Today I'll post some great pics that'll show you where to start! They are all (what I feel) qualified as rockabilly, but they are different from each other. Maybe you'll find a style that you really like, or maybe you'll get some new tips?

Attitude Rockabilly

Cat eye sunglasses, polka dot bikini top, Bettie bangs and a bandana. Spot on!

Girly and feminine rockabilly

Vintage sunglasses, bandana as a scarf, red lipstick, reversed faux bangs.

A different take to the style, very girly and elegant.

The worker

The ultimate rockabilly sweetheart, Bernie Dexter. Striped top, Bettie bangs, bandana and a denim overall.

Rosie the Riveter inspired.

The couple

This photo is sooo adorable. Teenage sweetheart rockabilly chick with victory rolls, red nails, red lipstick and a cute shirt. The guy's hair is combed back, he's tattoed and he's wearing a bowling kinda shirt. Adorable couple!

The crazy hair rockabilly girl

Fabulous green turquoise blue hair, big bouncy curls, small victory rolls and a quiffed (new word) fringe. Heavily tattooed, red lipstick and some leopard print going on.

I love this look, but I'm not brave enough to dye my hair green!

The down to Earth rockabilly

Being a rockabilly chick doesn't mean you have to wear the standard leopard prints, the bright red lippy and the huge heavily dyed hair. LOOK at this girl. A mix of vintage clothes with earthy brown tones, amazing cat sunglasses and a head scarf. I think she's amazing, and she's still very rockabilly even though she's different from the other we've seen so far. Love it!

The elegant housewife rockabilly

Victory rolls and a nice elegant black dress. Her make up isn't overboard crazy rockabilly, it's more simple and vintage looking. Gorgeous!

I believe this is the wonderful Fleur DeGuerre.

At the beach rockabilly

Cherry print (check!) swimming suit, red lipstick, huge curly hair and a scarf tied around her head forming a loose bow. Perfect for a beachy day!

All photos are taken from around the internet, but the links are shown in the pictures.

I hope this little inspirational post have helped you out if you're still finding your inner rockabilly. There's plenty of takes on the rockabilly style out there. Do some research, collect pictures of styles you like and work with them, have fun and play around with the different styles. You might learn that some styles are not for you, and that some styles you were just made for!

I happily answer questions about anything rockabilly (and other things for that sake) both here on my blog, on my Facebook page and on my Twitter. Come join me, it's fun!

As always

xxx

Miss K.