Max Factor’s School of Make-up 1934.

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Hollywood beauty guru shares secrets – “Do you know”, asks Max Factor ” that you can change the very contour of your face?” That isn’t an idle dream. It’s a fact. All you have to do is to learn a few elementary principles of art. So – step into school girls. Let’s do what the …

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1930’s Inspired Bridal Hair and Makeup

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Be a 1930’s Bride on your big day – 1930s Fashion report – by Cassie Brewer – Makeup Artist If you’re thinking of channeling your inner 1930’s starlet for your big day–Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Mae West, and Carole Lombard–you’ve come to the right place. The iconic and attainable looks of these women–a mixture of soft features, …

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1930’s Fashion – Hollywood Beauty Tricks 1

The Hollywood Beauty Shop – by Carolyn Von Wyck. The latest 1930s makeup and hairstyle tricks of the stars from June 1932. Florine McKinney, exponent of brushing the hair for beauty, shows you the proper brush to use. The left brush has deep, flexible bristles that will penetrate the hair, cleanse it, polish it. A …

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Street fashion in the 1930’s – Archive film

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The 1930’s Sartorialist – Ivan Besse Did New York’s Scott Schuman – better known as The sartorialist – perfect the art of time travel?This rare film showing the vintage dress and hairstyles of ordinary women on the street in the 1930’s certainly qualifies as a sartorial. Filmed by Ivan Besse in the small South Dakota …

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