Hollywood Hairstyles – Change your Coiffure

1930s Hairstyle Report from Carolyn Van Wyck There are two schools of thought on Hollywood hairstyles. If you’ve had success with a characteristic coiffure, you should hold on to it for dear life. If you haven’t cracked it, keep changing your hairstyle till you do. The modern theory is for constant change. This gets my …

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1930s Beauty – When Winter Comes

1930s Tips to guard your skin against the elements – “O Wind, if winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” I suppose that Shelley, being a poet and romantic, could visualize budding blossoms, even while still facing the cold blasts of winter. But us ordinary mortals find it harder. Now that the biting cold and …

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1930 Hollywood Beauty Tricks – Oct 1932

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All the beauty tricks of the stars – 1930s Beauty report by Caroline Van Wyck 1. Fall Coiffures. Joan Bennett presents the Riviera bob, her first distinct departure in coiffures in three years. Heretofore her bob has been long. This new coiffure emphasises three important trends. The bob is short. The ends are curled. The …

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1930s Beauty – Joan Blondells Beauty Secrets

So what’s this about cottage cheese Joan? – Ann Boyd 1930s beauty report for Glamourdaze. Joan Blondell, that delightful blonde, has some pretty original ideas on beauty and care of the skin. She certainly has that youtful pep and radiant beauty which we should all love to have! She believes beauty is more than just …

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1930s Beauty Tricks in the Sun

Linda Parker

Hollywood Beauty report by Carolyn Van Wycks – July 1934 – SUMMER ought to mean the happiest season for us all. But there’s a darker side. And it’s spelled in three words – sunburn, freckles and tan ! A few minutes of protection as demonstrated by these lovelies will save you hours of correction. Linda Parker is …

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