This series of articles, Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones, blossomed from a blog reader request I received last year. It came from a vintage lover who was having a lot of trouble finding vintage and historic printed material with makeup colors and advice for
Here is an interesting makeup style from the 1954 book, Top Secrets of Hair Styling by Victor Vito. Vito also wrote another great book called Be Your Own Hair Stylist in 1950. The Mandarin Eyebrow The Mandarin style eyebrow made its way to America in
Ways women wore false eyelashes in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s… I have seen what I would call an explosion in the use of false eyelashes by everyday women in the last 10 years. What use to be a special occasion splurge has
Fall! It’s here! The leaves are starting to change here in the Northern Hemisphere. That means Halloween is right around the corner. Then we get to eat gobs of Thanksgiving dinner. Then we get to go shopping and spend way more money than we do
Many people know the story of Maybelline and it being the first commercially advertised eyelash dressing. A pharmacist saw his sister mixing kohl and vaseline to apply to her lashes. Her name was Maybel. Get it? Maybel… vaseline. Maybelline. All kidding side, this is a
Some girls are born with a beauty mark. Other women have the freedom to draw them on where they see fit…like Jean Harlow. Something to consider when choosing a space for a mark…the beauty mark is essentially a “spot” on your face. It is often
I’m in a colorful mood today. Summer is sticking around and before Fall takes root, I thought we should celebrate bright summer colors a little longer. Did you know, makeup companies changed their advertising strategies regularly on how you should choose your correct face powder
I am a collector. There, I said it. What is a collector? Someone who is so obsessed with items from a certain genre that they are incapable of passing by an item available for purchase. My obsession, as you can probably guess, is very specific. It
How much can you really say about 1940s nail polish and shape? It turns out… quite a lot. As I dug into my magazines, I found more than I expected. So let’s get into it! The common 1940s Nail Polish styles The common nail polish
1950s Vintage Beauty Magazine…1,000 Hints. We all scour antique malls, thrift stores, and the internet for clothes and such to put together that perfect vintage head-to-toe look. But there is probably something you collect way to much of. For some ladies, novelty print dresses might be
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