Lindsay Lane in KoffieTCacao magazine

I haven't received the magazine myself yet but thanks to my friend Mark Davids I can have a little peek on how my photo looks in the magazine. I was worried a little as I was feeling rubbish that day. Too many things on my path, but photographer Medea Huisman has done a good job!

So here for you all to see aswell, a little sneak peek and hopefully I'll find the magazine on my doormat myself aswell!

The Ziegfeld follie inspired photos

The photos are inspired by the Ziegfeld follie girl Jean Ackerman. Here are the results of my most recent photosession.

Photoshoot inspiration

A couple of days ago I had a photosession with the brilliant Spike Bakker and I am anxiously waiting for the results. They were inspired by the ziegfeld follies and in particular Jean Ackerman. Spike and I were surprised that the first shot was already dead on and the photos became better and more awesome as we progressed. I have really enjoyed the collaboration between Spike and me.

When I have the results they'll be displayed here aswell! My creativity has not been left behind in the 1920s, but was already brainstorming for a next concept for an upcoming photoshoot - also in Ziegfeld follie style. Namely in the line of The Ziegfeld girl movie from 1941, with the stunning Hedy Lamarr ( I am reading a book about her now and it's very interesting), Lana Turner and Judy Garland.

I have seen almost all of Hedy's films (that includes her famous nude movie Ecstasy from 1933 where you see sexual intercourse and a close up female orgasm before film censorship came in). However, I have also seen the stunning movie 'Ziegfeld girl' from 1941 with it's stunning costumes. I especially love that one Hedy wears and I enthusiastically started to make a costume and headpiece alike. (Lana Turner's outfit is just as great) It will be a stunning outfit for an upcoming photosession.

Hedy Lamarr

Lana Turner

Wow, stars galore haha!

Beauty tips and secrets of Hollywood starlets #4

Part 4. This was a very interesting research for the stars beauty tips and secrets. Ever since part 1, I was searching for the beauty secrets from one of my favorite foreign Hollywood stars: Danielle Darrieux (A rage in Paris). That was not so easy but I really wanted her in the list! After a long, long search, leaving through old newspapers, I finally found what I was looking for in a newspaper dating from 1938; the beauty secret of Danielle. I also had a hard time finding one single beauty tip from one of my favorite actresses: Anita Louise (A midsummer night's dream, Marie Antoinette), but seek and you shall find, is what I always say! So here they are! Hopefully you'll be enjoying part 4 as much as you did with the other three parts!

★ Danielle Darrieux

According to many, the French actress Danielle Darrieux (pronounced Dare you) had a body that was beautiful enough to make any woman jealous. Danielle disliked any form of a diët. To keep her body beautiful and fit she made daily walks and a weekly swim. Danielle was also convinced that a girl could never be truly happy without pretty clothes. "It isn't extravagance" she insisted.

Fashionable clothes were according to Danielle as necessary as good food and lots of sunlight. She preferred beautiful clothing above personality and charm because "when a woman is dowdily dressed, she gets no chance of displaying her charm of manner for the simple reason that men, although they refuse to admit it, would not be sufficiently attracted by her appearance to give her the opportunity of proving her natural attractions were adequate without good clothes". She also said: "Women must be charmingly dressed. It is necessary to the peace of mind".

As for glamour she said "Oh that's just being healthy". She also believed in a lot of sleep.

★Anita Louise

Anita had a hard time to get mature roles due to her very, very youthful look.

She had difficulties with looking older than 16 or 18. Anita's maternal grandmother always said:  If you eat what you enjoy, work enough, sleep enough and laugh enough you'll never grow old. Anita Louise undoubtedly inherited her grandmothers excellent health and high spirits.

However, Anita has a different idea as to what keeps one young. She believed it is keeping mentally and physically active and have some sort of artistic outlet. Anita: When we get away from all the little problems of living, away from the narrow view of ourselves and our surroundings, we glimpse a higher level of consciousness and look younger because we lose our sense of time.

To keep her body fit, Anita danced and play tennis alot.

★ Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan used a pore-cleansing mask made of oatmeal, shavings of a soap with an oil base and orris root for perfume. To four cups of the meal, Ann adds half a cake of the soap and one spoon full of perfume. The mixture moistened with warm water makes a quick-drying mask that Ann finds wonderful for cleansing and closing the pores and whitening the skin.

★ Olivia de Havilland

Olivia's number 1 beauty secret is learn to relax!

Her set pattern for relaxing is to have a cup of tea and a warm bath.

She also learned to drop right off to sleep by releasing the tension which has accumulated in her shoulders.

Olivia believed that appearance is very important and that it's good when you learn how to make something of yourself. The things you wear do not have to be expensive, but they should be chosen to look well together and to offset you.

Olivia said: "No matter how little you have to spend, you can always look fresh and neat so that your appearance will be a compliment to those around you by saying "I've tried to make myself a pleasure to your eyes".

★ June Haver

June Haver said that sleep is her beauty secret number 1.

Eight hours of sleep is according to her the best. She also believed that staying peaceful is a powerful beauty routine. She's also very careful with removing makeup. 

Her beauty routine: After taking off her makeup with oil she washes with a rough cloth and hot water and then splashes cold water in her face, plenty of it, to close the pores. June, being a natural blonde, says that blonde women should be extra careful with their skin, as it is thinner than a brunette's skin. She said that if a blonde neglects herself, her skin becomes dry and she looks old.

★ Betty Grable

Betty Grable:

“Glamour without the light from within is like a flower without perfume.”

★ Jane Russell

Mascara was Jane's most important cosmetic.

Jane: when it's applied it makes everybody's eyes more attractive, and I think the eyes are the most interesting part of any face.

Jane's tip for making eyelashes looks natural: Using a brush as dry as possible. When your brush is too moist, your lashes stick together, the mascara cakes and the effect is artificial.

Her favorite beauty secret is that she gets enough sleep; nine hours otherwise she doesn't feel well.

★ Mary Pickford

Mary ate the petals of a rose, in believe that they would make her more beautiful.

Mary Pickford other formula was 'feel friendly to people and establish a right line of thought. She believed that misshapen thoughts reflect on the face.

★Marion Davies

Marion Davies pinned her faith to plenty of soap and water; plenty of outdoor excersise, plenty of enthusiasm and interest in some particular occupation. Marion Davies: no amount of cosmetics can cover up a discontented expression.

★Madge Evans

Madge has an excersise she follows for keeping her mouth flexible and relaxed. A few exercises suffice

for this purpose, which Miss Evans follows by looking in a mirror pronouncing "Ah-aeiou-a e aw-ah oh oo". This enables her to keep her mouth lovely for close up shots before the camera.

★Leila Hyams

Leila keeps her eyebrows in the right line by simply combing them in an upward direction and then out in the curved, line she affects.

★Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan uses a bonnet cap at night to keep her ears as close to her head as she didn't wanted them to stick out prominently. At the same time she protects her marcel wave with this little bonnet.

★Greer Garson 

Greer Garson loved to rinse her hair with Californian champagne, brushed it 100 times and tied it up in a net.

10 things you did not know about me!

• I am a chilly person! I am almost always cold and I have the heater always a bit higher than most people. At home I always have blankets and cardigans within reach. Winter is a devastating season for me.
• I suffer from a lot of homesickness. Staying over at friends from primary school, when I was little, was a no go. When I was reaaally young, I was always brought home in the middle of the night - me dramatically crying. I still suffer homesickness though! And I still have difficulties with staying over at places other than my own home.
• It sounds weird but I don't really like being the centre of attention in real life. I love the attention online, but when I am the centre of attention in real life I always get shy!
• I was an enormous Spice girls fan when I was very young. There was camp Backstreet boys and camp Spice girls and I belonged to the latter. I was always Emma. Ofcourse.
• I haven't been a night out for a long time! When I was in school I did it almost every day with friends. And ofcourse I was bright and gay the next day! If I do that now, I feel like my maternal grandmother!
• In my life I never really had real good female friends. I was a gal that thought guys were much cooler to hang out with anyway. I wasn't a tomboy, but I just never understood girls! 
• I drink coffee, but not because it tastes so great! When I have my first sip in the morning I even shudder! I drink coffee since I was 17 and drank it because I worked nightshifts. I got addicted and get headaches when I haven't had a cup. I also have difficulties waking up due to my medication, and that's where cafeine steps in. I prefer the taste of coffee above headache! Obviously.
• I have difficulties with crying, especially in front of others. I do not show emotions much and because of that, people think I am an ice cold bitch!
• I have a macabre sense of humor. I am sarcastic, full of gallows humor and a healthy dose of self-deprecation.
• I always go to bed early. Well, mostly I do! I am not much of an evening person and I love mornings. I really need enough sleep, otherwise I am a wreck. I usually wake up between 7 - 9 in the morning.

Beauty secrets and tips from Hollywood starlets #3

It's that time again! I finally have a couple of free days. It's still early in the morning, boyfriend is still sleeping as is the cat. So I grabbed myself a cup of coffee and decided to write part 3.

Here you can find Part 1 & Part two for if you have missed those.

★ Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr has been named the most beautiful woman in films. And one doesn't disagree.

Hedy Lamarr was, beside being very beautiful, also very gifted with an inventors brain! She namely invented frequency hopping and sped spectrum radio. That means that we have to be thankful to Hedy as she made it possible that we have Wi-Fi, cellphones and Bluetooth!

Hedy Lamarr didn't give much about beauty. According to her any girl can be glamorous. Just stand still and look stupid. However, she does says "All a woman needs is is a good bath, clean clothes and for her hair to be combed".

★ Irene Dunne

Irene won many roles for Motion Pictures as she had the ability to look from 18 to 70 years old in pictures.

Irene's tips for looking young are first of all: Think beautifully. Drink plenty of water and get excersise. She drinks a lot of her "own medicine" water. She feels that both do much good for her complexion.

Irene uses a powder foundation, lipstick, a gray-blue eyeshadow and darkbrown mascara for eye highlight. She also does an eye wash to keep her eyes bright and shiney. She deeply massages olive oil in her hair before every shampoo to keep that healthful sheen in her brunette hair. To keep her figure as slim, she takes very little sugar or starches.

★Claire Trevor

The beauty secret of Claire Trevor says "Water within and without". A dip in a pool or ocean is a daily routine for Claire. Her pet beauty secret is, as you've guessed, water. Claire drinks 8 to 10 glasses of water and ofcourse takes a bath daily.

Relaxation is another beauty secret of her. She endeavors to relax completely and then a warm bath.

When she has been dancing, she rubs her feet with witch-hazel. Before bathing, she cleanses her face and neck thoroughly with cold cream.

Another Claire believes in, are early-to-bed routines and whenever possible: fresh air. Another of her beauty secrets are plenty of sun, fruits, fresh vegetables and a good healthy outlook on life.

Claire never leaves cream on for too long. The skin, she feels, should be able to breathe and function normally.

Once a week she pats ordinairy sweet milk or cream on her face and leaves it overnight. It acts as a combination softener, skinfood and bleach. Also once a week she alternates with an old-fashioned egg-white facial which she recommends before an important engagement. It leaves the skin clean, closes the pores, and stimulates the circulation. Her usual nightly routine consists of thorough cleaning with cream, followed with skin freshener and then nourishing cream. This is left on for 10 minutes and then the surplus is removed with soft tissue. In the morning she cleanses with cream again, followed by skin refresher and finally a bit of her favorite handlotion used on her face and neck that acts as powder base. She wipes off the surplus and applies powder.

★Dorothy Dell

Her beauty secrets were: eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Also drink plenty of milk, she says, and go easy on pastries and candy.

Another tip of her is: take plenty of excersise, like swimming and dancing.

Avoid late hours and and make sure you'll get alot of sleep.

Dorothy also advises to stay away from cigarettes and alcohol.

★ Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll's beauty secret is rather simple and sane.

"Live healthy, regulated life with plenty of outdoor activity. That will assure eight hours of peaceful beautifying slumber. Arrange for mealtimes at the same hours and do not overeat or overdiët."

Rich desserts are taboo for Nancy, and she eats mostly vegetables and salads. She likes alot of fresh air and sunshine. Nancy Carroll does not choose a rouge that matches the lipstick, but a rouge that matches her hair!

Nancy shampood her hair once a week. But, the night before she applies warm olive oil in her hair and massages it into the scalp briskly and covering her head with an oil skin shower hood. She lets the oil seep in at night.

★Binnie Barnes

Also Binnie Barnes is a huge fan of the sun and takes sunbaths whenever the sun shines.

(N.B: sunbathing was not as damaging as it is now, as the ozone has become thinner these days)

To keep her skin fresh, she scrubs her face with a round, short bristled complexion brush and milkweed soap. A little bit of coldcream is also part of her routine, but she emphasizes the soap and water scrubbing.

She doesn't drink anything more potent than tea and she does keep early hours. In the daytime Binnie uses very little make up and never uses rouge. She does only use natural nailpolish as she has difficulties with finding a red or pink shade that does not fight with her red hair. Every night before she tolerates the sandman, Binnie rubs some castor oil into her lashes.

★Rosalind Russell

"Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic."

★Veronica Lake

The tiny (4'11) Veronica Lake was such an inspiration for many women in the 1940s due to her peek-a-boo hairstyle.Her hair was thát popular that the US government even asked her to pin back her hair, as female factory workers got their hair stuck in machinery.

According to Veronica herself, she was the cleanest obits of any actress as she had never done cheesecake, but just used her hair. Veronica was also the inspiration for Jessica Rabbit.

Veronica's tip?

Just keep doing what your doing. At some point it will come back in style.

★Shirley Temple

As an energy builder, Shirley Temple drank alot of orange juice combined with milk, raw eggs,  honey and wheat germ. She usually has salads for lunch. To stay slim, she loves to bicycle and ride a great deal. She also golfs and swims. As for her skin, Shirley admitted that she is only a water and soap girl.

★Esther Williams

Esther Williams ... Hollywoods finest mermaid. She sadly passed away this week on the age of 91.

Esther Williams grew old beautifully, so let's find out what her beauty secrets where.

Esther was an athlete with great respect for her body. And she always believed that when you take care of your body, your body takes care of you. Esther swam a quarter of a mile every morning before breakfast.

Her slogan for her meals were: Vitality with taste! Esther never over ate. She always consumed small portions. Esther was all for making yourself as attractive as you can. Esther's tip: especially rouge should look natural. If you don't know how to blend it well; it's better to use none at all. Esther herself used a pale shade that gives just a suggestion of a healthy glow.

★Constance Bennett

Constance used a cold cream for clearance of the face. She then applies a 'stimulant' cream. Constance claimed that providing stimulation was the foundation of her beauty. She then applied a facial mask for circulation, left on while having a bath or breakfast. The next she applied was a 'glow base'. Then some rouge and then some light application of powder and at last a lipstick.

★Anita Page

To keep her eyes pretty, Anita Page's routine was first to drop some eye drops into her eyes to make them sparkle. She then wiped off the excess of liquid with bits of cotton. She then curled her lashes with a lash curler and then applied mascara with a fine brush and took special care to darken the tips of the lashes, as these are usually lighter than the rest of the eyelashes. This will make lashes appear much longer. She then massaged some cream into her eyebrows to soften the skin and make it easier for tweezing.

★Joan Bennett

To increase bust measurement, Joan placed the palms of her hands together, holding elbows out. She spread her fingers apart and pushed them firmly together and repeated this 20 times.

Joan's tips on finding a man she said that glamour girls are usually the most lonely girls. According to her, a man likes to look at a pretty face but far from falling for it. Joan says that you can attract a man by being a woman as good-looking as her native equipment plus reasonable care and upkeep will allow, as gentle and kind as women are meant to be, as concerned as he is with the world you live in.

★Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner, the woman Frank Sinatra was obsessively in love with, has little beauty secrets! She was just a water and soap girl! She used water and soap before going to bed, and cold water in the morning!

Yes! A part 4 is on it's way!