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The Right Way to Face Rouge in 1937

Posted on November 7, 2017 by vmg | 0 Comments

1930s makeup booklet – If your own natural coloring were always at its best, you wouldn’t need rouge. But with the stress and strain of modern life, even the loveliest complexion usually requires a bit of discreet touching up. Start your rouge at the high point of the cheek muscle and follow its natural curve toward your nose. Your cheek…

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Lipstick Lore from the 1930s

Posted on October 13, 2017 by vmg | 0 Comments

Richard Hudnut Beauty Booklet 1937 – Remember the days – long long ago when many a woman had a secret way of biting her lips to bring the blood to the surface when she wanted to look her prettiest? Today women everywhere rely on lipstick to strengthen and accent the most natural coloring of one of their loveliest most expressive…

1930s Beauty School – Alluring Eyes

Posted on November 13, 2015 by vmg | 1 Comments

Francis Dee’s 1930s Eye Makeup Tips 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 eye is clear, sparkling, soft and properly made-up. Never before has this fact been so generally acknowledged. Never before have the eyes been so…

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….

1930s Beauty Class – Summer Sun Secrets

Posted on July 16, 2015 by vmg | 1 Comments

Safe skin tips from Helen Twelvetrees – July 1932 – 1930’s beauty report from Ann Boyd – To prevent windburn and roughness from the dry hot breezes of summer, Miss Twelvetrees always rubs a thin cold cream over her face as a last minute touch before facing the outdoors. To the fair skinned – it was once the aches and…

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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…

1930s Hair and Make-up Tricks of the Stars

Posted on May 22, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Hollywood Beauty School – June 1933 Vintage Make-up report by Carolyn Van Wycks Hollywood Coiffures for 1933 The extreme sophistication of Carole Lombard‘s latest coiffure created for “The eagle and the Hawk” convinces us that one need not be bobbed to look chic any more. That engaging bang contrasts charmingly with the braid at the neck. Significant these long screen coiffures….

1935 Makeup Guide for Older Women

Posted on May 19, 2015 by vmg | 2 Comments

Vintage Makeup advice from the 1930s – My favorite decade bar none when it comes to vintage makeup and beauty. It was the era of Hollywood and the huge explosion in beauty consumerism. Despite the global depression, women chose to be colorful. Silver threads among the gold – and her delicate complexion is losing its wild-rose pink, becoming a little washed…

100 Years of Beauty – Ebony and Ivory comparison

Posted on February 27, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Side by Side Time lapse of 100 Years in makeup and Hairstyles – Following on the viral success of their first video 100 Years of Beauty in One Minute – Cut Video return with a second interpretation of a century of beauty styles – this time comparing dark and light skinned complexions. For my money the Marshay is the Empress…

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…

Joan Crawford’s Beauty Tricks – by Max Factor 1934

Posted on December 30, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

Famous Make-up Expert reveals the stars beauty secrets – By Max Factor – 1934 Joan Crawford has travelled a long way up the path to beauty. She didn’t arrive suddenly. I’ve watched Joan struggle and work and strive for it with all that splendid energy of hers. To me, it is one of the most inspiring “success” stories ever to come…

100 Years of Beauty in 1 Minute

Posted on December 17, 2014 by vmg | 2 Comments

Vintage Beauty Video goes Viral – Its a wonder no one thought of doing a time lapse of hair and makeup styles -before ( well I did – but I never got a round to it … har har ) but this very entertaining video of a woman being coiffed and made-up and posed to suit the looks of every…

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How to apply 1930s Cake Mascara

Posted on October 18, 2014 by vmg | 1 Comments

The 30’s Hollywood Eye look / where to buy it now – Beauty Expert – Alison Alden reports from 1935 for Glamourdaze.com. Makeup by Besame Cosmetics. Scroll down to find out where you can buy 1930s cake mascara or 1940s cream mascara. Hollywood has done for womens eyes, what Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart have done for aviation. When Joan Crawford was still…