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Secrets of Make-up According to Pathe News 1944

Posted on July 31, 2016 by vmg | 0 Comments

Quick makeup lesson in a clipped English ‘male’ accent – Here’s a man who knows all about making up faces to their best advantage – Gerry Fairbanks, whose job in life is to make film stars faces prettier than they really are. Are your eyebrows too heavy like this girls? if so then a few must come out ! Next he…

1950s Star Hints on Eye Glamour

Posted on May 21, 2016 by vmg | 0 Comments

How Movie actresses make their eyes look big – The tool-kit comprises of eye liner, eraser,pencil,mascara, false lashes. Eraser make-up: Left:Even glamour girls sometimes have smudges under their pretty eyes, and when a movie starlet comes up against this grooming problem she remedies it with a tiny bit of erasing make-up. This will be a luminescent flesh tinted cream applied lightly with a…

Vintage Lipstick and Rouge Chart – 1941

Posted on December 7, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

The Low-down to a 1940’s Hollywood Face – Firstly, you can cut out the chart above and use as a reference for all the beauty tips we discuss in this lesson. Below we examine in closer detail the key to correct use of rouge and lipstick. 1. How to Apply Lipstick and Rouge for your FACE. Oval face: Make up…

1930s Beauty School – Alluring Eyes

Posted on November 13, 2015 by vmg | 1 Comments

Francis Dee’s lovely eyes – A woman’s tresses may be her glory, but her eyes are the most magnetic, actively alluring charm she may possess!The “come hither” look in an eye is utterly irresistible if the ye is clear, sparkling, soft and properly made-up. Never before has this fact been so generally acknowledged. Never before have the eyes been so carefully…

Rosemary Lane’s 12 Steps to Glamour – 1940s Guide

Posted on September 24, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

From Make-up & Beauty – A 1940’s Guide – Yes this is Rosemary Lane ! Follow Miss Lane’s 12 step procedure below, concentrating on one feature at a time, and you too can probably achieve the amazing illusion of beauty pictured above. 1. A Properly cleansed face. 2. Applying foundation. 3. Distributing foundation. 4. Applying eye shadow. 5. Applying moist cheek…

Autumn Beauty Tricks from 1932

Posted on September 6, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

1930s beauty Tricks from Carolyn Van Wyck 1930s Eye Make-up. Ruth Hall takes us through the four steps in the magic of Fall eye make-up. With the days ahead getting shorter and darker, a girls eyes need to be more definite looking. 1. Placing shadow – usually this should cover the entire lid only for day use. The space between…

Kiss and Make Up – 1930s Beauty Guides

Posted on August 4, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Essential Beauty First Aids – 1931 – Let’s kiss and make up. or maybe we’d better make up first ! This is our chance to prove our artistry. Maybe we can’t paint a landscape or sculpt in marble, but how we can create new faces and carmine those lily cheeks ! We can make up our face to suit ourselves….

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1930s Housewives Emergency Make-up Kit

Posted on June 18, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Max Factor Make-up School – June 1935 – Your home is in a sense ..a stage – your own personal stage. Small or large, it should be the background for you, for the particular type of good looks that are yours. You know women – and so do I – who think beauty is for the street alone or for…

Wow! 1940s Style Cream mascara

Posted on March 26, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Besame Cosmetics does it again – Once again our favourite vintage style makeup brand Besame Cosmetics come up with something unique for your purse and just look at this delicious new product – 1940s Cream mascara !! In classic 1940s tube packaging, the squeeze tube design will certainly raise eyebrows when you pull it out to apply. It is very…

Mae West’s Make-up Tips

Posted on January 28, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Talking to Max Factor in 1934 – “It’s not Sex Appeal .. just Common Sense ! – Mae West 1934″ Leave no trace of rouge … for blondes, avoid dark brows …Vaseline over shadows … Hollywood has come to know it as the “Mae West MM-mmm” with plenty of accent on the first M …. Absolutely devastating, this “MM-mmm” – and twice…