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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,”…

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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….

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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…

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Besame Cosmetics – Lipstick Application

Posted on July 14, 2014 by vmg | 1 Comments

Besame Girl and a quick demo on Besame Lipstick application-

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1940s Hair and Make-up Secrets for your Face Type

Posted on May 22, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

Simple 1940’s bombshell hair and make-up looks to try from 1942 – Modern Screens beauty expert Carol Carter reports for Vintage Makeup Guide.com and shows you how to match your given face with a glamorous Hollywood star in 1940’s make-up and hairstyle. Perfect. 1942 Hair and Make-up – Oval Face – Linda Darnell Wear your hair this way: For daytime –…

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Makeup Timeline – 1900 to 1960s

Posted on April 8, 2014 by vmgpost | 0 Comments

A Handy Guide for Makeup Looks from 1900 to 1960s. These looks were created for the film documentary The Powder and the Glory – which is based on the book WAR PAINT by Lindy Woodhead, telling the story of two of the biggest names in cosmetics in the early 20th Century – Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. Makeup artist David…

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Makeup for African American Women in the 1930s and 1940s.

Posted on April 3, 2014 by vmg | 1 Comments

Early ‘racist’ marketing of makeup toward women of color – Until as recently as the 1960s, in the USA, to be beautiful – you had to be ‘white’ – The Motown movement of the 1960s and later the blaxploitation film genre of the 1970s helped cement a new beauty image of African American women, that was a far cry from…

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Timeless Inspiration for Vintage Makeup Fans.

Posted on February 12, 2014 by vmg | 0 Comments

– A peek inside the world of Besame Cosmetics – – the vintage makeup line used in shows such as Mad Men and the 2013 film of The Great Gatsby. Glamourdaze.com report for Vintage Makeup Guides. If ever a cosmetics store embodied the classic Hollywood era of the 1920, 1930s and 1940s, then Besame Cosmetics on West Magnolia Blvd in…

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1940’s Makeup – 9 Steps to the Correct Look.

Posted on August 12, 2013 by vmgpost | 2 Comments

The Correct way to apply 1940s style makeup – from Makeup & Beauty – 1940’s Vintage Guides. 1. Cleansing: First remove all old makeup with cleansing cream which should be applied in an upward and outward circular movement. Remove cleansing cream, first with cleansing tissue and then with soap and water. Failure to remove all trace of cleansing cream will…

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1940S Fashion Film – Tutorial – How to apply makeup.

Posted on May 3, 2013 by vmgpost | 2 Comments

1940S Fashion Film – Tutorial – How to apply makeup. This video of ours has been extremely popular and was even featured recently by the UK Daily Mail – Glamourdaze 1940’s makeup . Miss Ratherly Stern ( our pet name for the prim tutor) instructs her girls on the correct method of applying makeup.A big part of the daily routine…

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