The Classic Glamour Dolls

When you have a big event coming up and you are female, it’s inevitable that you want your hair and make-up professionally done. It just perfectly accents a night out on the town, a wedding, a red carpet ordeal, a high school reunion, or any situation where the goal is to shock and awe with your looks. One thing to consider is that when you hire hair and make-up people, they are in your house for a long time. I got my hair and make-up done for my wedding and spent a good 3 and a half hours bonding with my lady. She was nice, but there wasn’t anything unique about her and I found myself resorting to the ‘go to’ questions: Isn’t the weather nice? Where are you from? How long have you been doing make-up? We got through it, but there were a lot of moments when the concept of ‘silence is golden’ keep fluttering into my head.

I recently stumbled upon the perfect solution to my quest for make-up/hair artists with finesse, the Classic Glamour Dolls. Specializing in preparing you for everything from photo shoots, to performances, red carpet appearances, film, bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, and special events, the Classic Glamour Doll “Team” consists of a group of make-up and hair artists whose motto is to bring you “Make-up and hair with a Hollywood flair.” The gals live out the 1920’s to 1950’s glam eras and show up to get their clients event-ready fully decked out in an old school Hollywood get-up that Fergie would describe as the definition of G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. When I witnessed them in action, they explained to me that the look must always include: red lipstick, fake eyelashes, cat eyeliner, flowers or big jewels in the hair, very clean and shapely defined eyebrows, and a victory roll in their hair – obtained with hot rollers, curling irons, lots of hair spray and “thousands and thousands of bobby pins,” and of course fun rockabilly-inspired clothing.

“The Team” consists of Ana, Linette Vee, Ajay, Miss Chris and Launa Larae. The girls also call on a set of freelancers (Veronica Ibarra, Elizabeth Guiterrez, and Ester Valencia) to handle extra jobs that pop up when they have too much on their plate. Their service is in high demand and they get booked to do mainstream make-up and hair, but also get called upon by those looking to mimic their particular style. “We get asked to do brides in a 1940’s look and a lot of quincettas,” says Classic Glamour Dolls founder Ana Vergara. Ana started the dolls back in 1997 out of a love for the lifestyle, and has since hand picked her dream team of artists. All good friends and business partners, the Classic Glamour Dolls often go out together completely decked out, and drum up quite the reaction. “Most of the guys that we meet like out look, that is why we get their attention at first; but the guys have to understand that this is not a trend, it’s a lifestyle,” explains Ana who says the girls have been working towards some very exciting things that are on the horizon. Keep your eye out for a realty show set to film that will follow the girls around on the job. Also, September 24th in Anaheim, CA their new clothing line is being launched at the Hope in One charity fashion show.

The best event they’ve done? Ana says that the best events are the endless fundraisers and charities that are for good causes. “We have to admit that the most fun event was working for Pinups For Vets. We worked on an entire 2011 calendar in 2.5 days in Lake Arrowhead. It was hard work but a fun get away for some of the girls of the CGD Team. Gina the founder/owner of the non-profit organization is such an inspiration in giving that extra hand to hospitalized veterans and wounded troops.”

The worst? “Bridezillas (enough said).”