Beauty magazines love to talk about beauty trends for the season. It’s been the same for many decades. Just look at this 1940s Modern Beauty Shop. Today I am sharing this post WWII beauty magazine with the article titled Jewels of the Orient laying out
Katy Jurado, born in 1924 in Guadalajara, was a prolific actress. She started her acting career at the age of 16, against her parent’s wishes. her talent made her the first Mexican actress nominated for an Oscar, as Best Supporting Actress for her work in Broken Lance (1954),
Drug store longwear lipsticks are so important to the wearer of red lipstick. The sad day came when I ran out of my favorite stay-all-day red lipstick color and of course it is now discontinued. So I tried out some new red longwear lipsticks from
For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the Atomic Age, mostly taking place during the 1950s. To know more about this series, please read my disclaimer. Style in the Atomic Age The Atomic Age, or Atomic Era, began in 1945
For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the Jazz Age. To know more about this series, please read my disclaimer. Finding Makeup Information from the 1920s Finding printed information, tips, and colors for makeup that originates from the
Welcome to the first post in the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series! Please read my disclaimer here to learn more about where this all came from and what this is all about. I’m beginning with face powders and foundations to work into the rest
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
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