1920s Fashion – Autumn Wardrobe and Beauty Makeover 1928.

Time traveling beauty consultant Carolyn Van Wyck – dishes out 1920s wardobe and beauty advice to a girl in 1928. That all important day when you have to consider your winter beauty regime, put those summer skirts away, fold up your swimsuits and consider what to keep from last years wardrobe and what to add …

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The 1940s Face – Seven Makeup Secrets

An updated post to Gabriela Hernandez’s Seven 1940s makeup secrets  – for achieving the ideal 1940’s Makeup face. More content and more images. So click on the links and enjoy. Taken from her popular book Classic Beauty – The History of Makeup and these excerpts are kindly made available to Glamourdaze by Gabriela. Drool over …

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1930s Makeup – The Jean Harlow Look

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An exclusive 1933 beauty session –  with Hollywood screen goddess Jean Harlow from our time traveling beauty consultant Carolyn Van Wycks.  Sadly Ms Harlow died so very young just four years after this feature in 1937. This 1930s makeup session is rare. JEAN HARLOW is representative of an extreme, erotic type of beauty. Her platinum …

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Iconic Bob hairstyles of the 1920’s

It’s 1926 and Hollywood’s Photoplay looks at the current crop of 1920s hairstyles, in particular the bob hairstyles which have turned heads, as well as the new rage from Paris – side whiskers! Bob haircuts are ruled by shear beauty. The scissors menace the last few hairs of the Edwardians. Famous Bob Hairstyles of 1926 …

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9 Steps to the Correct 1940’s Face.

A simple but revealing guide on how to create the perfect 1940’s look, taken from from Makeup & Beauty – A 1940’s guide, published free on our sister channel Vintage Makeup GuidesWomen of this glamorous era really took pains to achieve the prefect feminine countenance, and while some steps are now part of the lexicon …

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Yale student attempts suicide over Clara Bow.

Hollywood Gossip 1926 – She plays the reckless younger generation – on and off screen. Little Clara Bow got her name in the papers recently when Robert Savage, untamed Yale student, tried to kill himself because Clara wouldn’t marry him. In the subsequent trial – everything seems to go to court these days- Robert testified …

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