Lavishly illustrated history of vintage makeup guides, tutorials and tips for women
1930s Make-up Application Techniques – Original guides for download Two extremely rare 1930s beauty and makeup guides spanning from 1932 and 1938 , found in the famous Oxford vintage market in England. Lovingly restored for you to enjoy. Make-up by Virginia Vincent and The Art of 1930s Make-up by the great Max Factor. The makeup …
1920s Make-up Application Techniques – Original guide for download. A rare vintage 1920s beauty guide with instructions on the makeup application techniques of the flapper era. You’ll adore it. It’s a beautifully illustrated and restored e-book from an original beauty guide for women from 1925 by wealth socialite Marjorie Oelrichs.Packed with feminine advice for young …
1940s Style Make-up Application – Vintage guides to download Become the 1940s glamour pinup of your dreams! The famous Westmore’s were Hollywood beauty kings in their day and when they published their make-up secrets in magazines across the US – women eagerly scanned them to pick up the latest Hollywood trade secret! The classic 1940s …
1950s Style Make-up Application – What is beauty, glamour and charm? This was a question that many women in the 1950s asked themselves. Make-up & Beauty – 1950s guides contains two entertaining and beautifully restored and illustrated make-up and beauty manuals from the early 1950s. As in the 1940s, the magic word was Glamour. Learn …
1930s Makeup Techniques – The Platinum Blonde Look. Excerpt from Makeup & Beauty – 1930s Makeup guides The “platinum blonde” is an artificial blonde. She is the delicate type and her hair, through treatment, has a bluish white color that Hollywood stars have made famous. Dark brunettes, as well as ash blondes, have become light …
A charming 1960’s eye make-up commercial from Maybelline – the creator of mascara. The original formula was invented by New York chemist T.L. Williams in 1915. He gave it its name after his sister Maybel – who had shown him how she concocted her own basic lash make-up from mixing charcoal and Vaseline. When sold …
Make-up History – Hazel Bishops Stay-on Lipstick . The First Permanent lipstick invented by a forgotten genius. When you think of make-up innovations, you immediately call to mind Max Factor, and rightly so. He did after all invent lip gloss. Lip make-up was until after World War Two, still considered a beauty accessory, rather than …
Face Contouring Secrets of the 1940’s. Simple hairstyles for face shapes and makeup contouring ideas. Original 1940’s Hair and Make-up secrets from Vintage Make-up Guides. All 1940’s hairstyles, were generally swept away from the forehead. The correct make-up contour to match this look is imperative. So let’s look at the four female face shapes [ …
Study your face closely …analyze your every feature deliberately, and then classify it as an asset or a liability. When you have done this, you need only an everyday knowledge of cosmetics, and a basic understanding of face types to achieve the 1940’s make-up effect which is most becoming to you. You cannot actually change …
Nine Steps to achieving the Perfect 1940’s Pout – Excerpt from Make-up & Beauty – A 1940’s Guide. 1. Never allow the lips to appear painted, irregular or poorly defined. 2. Never moisten the lips before the application of lip rouge, as this causes the rouge to roll and gives it a caked appearance. 3. …