Vintage beauty tutorials and tips for women
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 …
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 …
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. …
A summarised excerpt from Make-up & Beauty – A 1940s Guide. The full book is available for instant download from Vintage Make-up Guide. For a detailed and informative blog on 1940’s Fashion – visit these links: 1940s Women’s Fashion during the war 1940’s Women’s Fashion after the war Also for a more detailed blog on …
Courtesy of Pathe’s Vintage Fashion channel. Until the late 1940s, all newsreels had to be voiced by a male voice-over. And if the subject was aimed at women, by a condescending male voice over ! Still – the film is charming and the vintage 1930s make-up styles of British ladies are great to look at. …
We present an edited version of our popular vintage 1940s makeup tutorial video, with clear guides for face shape, hairstyle and makeup looks to achieve an accurate 1940s look . Enjoy girls! Don’t forget our fabulous vintage 1940s makeup guides. Also beautiful restored beauty manuals from the 1920s, 1930s and 1950s !
Many thanks to Richard Jeffs of the Harold Baim Collection for giving us permission to feature a minute extract of the Michael Winner directed 1960’s fashion feature Girls Girls Girls. The Baim Film collection really is a lost archive of 1950’s and 1960’s Britain and you can view some wonderful clips on the archive and …
Definitely the video of Christmas for vintage fashion lovers ! Put together by Atomic Age Pictures and starring the amazingly gorgeous Amanda Lee aka Jitterbug Doll, along with her glamorous pin-up pals Veronica Kelly, and Lana Flynn. the plot ? When Matilda locks up her Vintage Closet shop for the night, her mannequins come alive …
Want to get the vintage 1950s make-up looks of Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn ? Two entertaining and lusciously restored and illustrated make-up and beauty manuals from the early 1950s. As in the previous 1940s decade, the operative word for beauty was Glamour ! Learn the tips and tricks of 1950s makeup style as taught …
1940’s Makeup and Beauty guides. Want to be a 1940’s bombshell beauty ? Then this fabulous and beautifully restored 1940s make-up and beauty book by famous Hollywood make-up artists, is the answer. No better way to achieve the 1940s pin-up girl look of this glamorous decade, than to learn from the masters. Beautiful and inspiring. …