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Avon Daily Skin Beauty Routine 1945

Posted on June 25, 2018 by vmg | 0 Comments

A Morning and Night Guide for a flawless complexion – Though Nature pays big dividends in skin health and beauty when proper diet and exercise are observed, Nature cannot wash your face for you! That is why a most important factor in 1940s skin beauty is correct, scrupulous cleansing and massaging, twice daily. Although failure to cleanse the skin thoroughly…

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…

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…

Cosmetics Shopping Guide 1948

Posted on September 30, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

Popular cosmetics in the late 1940s – For the college or career girl, September brings new adventures in beauty. A touch of fragrance for her hair ! Like an invisible halo of flowers, “The finishing touch,” by Lentheric, scents her hair and adds lovely lustre. The bottle is equipped with a fingertip atomosier, lentheric’s alone. In Tweed, Miracle, Shanghai…

12 Steps to 1940s Glamour

Posted on September 24, 2015 by vmg | 0 Comments

A 12 Step Guide to 1940s Glamour – For that 1940s glamour look, 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 rouge….

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…

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…

The Magic of Eye Makeup – 1940s Beauty

Posted on February 16, 2015 by vmg | 1 Comments

Actress Risë Stevens with Eddie Senz – Being first lady of the Metropolitan Opera, a successful recording artist and star alongside Bing Crosby in Going My Way – Hollywood beautician Eddie Senz considers Risë Stevens to be one of America’s great beauties. Eddie makes pretty faces for other stars, potential stars, models, and many everyday women who seek his expert advice. he says…

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…

1940s Makeup – How to be as Glamorous as a Star !

Posted on July 18, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

Bonny Granville explains her make-up secrets in 1946 – 1940s MAKEUP, new and gay and dashing, is the magic that gives a girl an extra sweetness to your lips, your cheeks, your eyes; that gives you glamour. “And,” says Bonita Granville, ” if you have makeup know-how you needn’t spend a long time each day at it.” “Of course,”…

1940s American Dental Beauty Tips

Posted on July 18, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

Simple time honoured teeth tips from 1940 – Tip1 Brush your teeth frequently during the day with a firm bristled brush and your favourite dentrifice. Tip1 Use dental floss carefully every day to clean hard to get at spaces between your teeth. Tip3. keep your mouth and breath fresh and clean by using a mouth wash after every meal. Tip4….

1940s Makeup – Elegance is the Last Word

Posted on July 14, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

Actress Jeanne Crain on the 1946 look – Josephine Felts 1940s makeup report for Vintage Makeup Guides. Makeup today is as different as your 1945 clothes are from the ones you are getting to usher in 1946. Fashions are taking on a new elegance and your makeup has to do the same. How are you going to do it? Well…