Hollywood gals show their current lip rouging techniques in June 1930 – 1930s Lipstick tricks – Carolyn Van Wycks’s Beauty Shop from June 1930 Anita Page – scorns the use of tricky beauty aids in making up her lips, but screen loses nothing, as Anita has one of the most beautiful mouths in Hollywood we …
Exclusive to Glamourdaze – Besame Cosmetics founder and author of Classic beauty – The History of Makeup – Gabriela Hernandez shares some key secrets for achieving the classic 1920s makeup look. First – apply a thick layer of moisturising cream. Then, using a puff – dust over with plenty of powder, slightly lighter than your …
How to make up simple but accurate 1940s face! There are plenty of glossy retro 1940s video tutorials abounding on YouTube, but we found this simple and accurate guide by makeup artist Lauren Clark. You can visit her YouTube channel for other makeup era videos and the Lauren Clark website for lessons. Lauren quickly highlights …
Colleen Moore Manic Flapper Makeup Scene 1923 Colleen Moore plays up the flapper in this funny 1920s ‘makeup’ scene from the 1923 film Flaming Youth
The Decade of Red Lips – The 1940’s, despite a world war, saw a huge leap in women’s use of daily cosmetics. If ever there was a decade for lipsticks then this was it. With more and more women working on the home front and as army nurses, the convenience of the roll up lipstick …
Advice from a Society Dame in 1927 – Advice from a society Dame to women on the ‘art of making up’ for that ‘ special night out’ ! Adapted from ‘ Home beauty Course’ by Marjorie Oelrichs -1927. ( Excerpt from Make-up & Beauty – A 1920s Guide – available from vintagemakeupguide.com ). Darling – …
The Three Giants of Cosmetics During the early years of the 20th century, make-up became fashionable in the United States of America and Europe due to the huge influence of Ballet, Theatre and the Movie stars of Hollywood. Chief amongst the make-up wizards who helped develop cosmetics into a global mass market were Max Factor …
Lipstick Glamour – The History of Lip Makeup A little digging into the history of that popular makeup accessory. While lip rouging has been around for centuries, like the Japanese Komachi beni lip makeup. Lip makeup entered mass production after becoming widely popular when the Lipstick was invented (purportedly) by Maurice Levy in 1915 a …