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Lets Make-up – 1950’s Style !

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Glamourdaze

1950s Makeup Retrospective by Naomi J. Shaw – for Glamourdaze. Poodle skirts, pin-up girls, and winged eyeliner! The 1950s were a time of retro fun and fashion that still drive undercurrents today with nostalgia for the “good old days” of American bandstand music at the local diner or drive-in movie theatre. Fifties fashion and makeup is classic and elegant, and many…

Pin Up! The Movie – The All American Girl

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Reclaiming the art of the Pin up – We all know the style! – pin curls, wiggle dresses, 1940s era bullet bras, seamed stockings, cat-eyed make-up and redder than red lips! The recent explosion of interest in vintage fashion – in particular the era spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s has brought with it a revival of the pin…

1930s Makeup Advice – Actress Sari Maritza

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Glamourdaze

English Actress gives advice from 1932 – Vintage Makeup Feature Sari Maritza, that fresh faced young English actress, has made a deep study of makeup and she has graciously agreed to tell us some of her secrets. ” You must know your face, before you can intelligently work out the individual make-up for you. While there too many girl ‘types’…

1930s Beauty – Joan Blondells Beauty Secrets

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Glamourdaze

So what’s this about cottage cheese Joan? – Ann Boyd 1930s beauty report for Glamourdaze. Joan Blondell, that delightful blonde, has some pretty original ideas on beauty and care of the skin. She certainly has that youtful pep and radiant beauty which we should all love to have! She believes beauty is more than just skin deep; that bodily health…

Vintage Makeup School – Eyebrow Tests 1932

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Glamourdaze

1930s Eyebrow Makeup tests – Vintage makeup report – Carolyn Van Wyck NOTHING will revive your interest in yourself like a change of eyebrows, but be sure of what you’re doing. For a safe home test equip yourself with a pointed eyebrow pencil and cold cream, not the liquefying kind. First emphasise the inner lines, up, down, straight. Study the effects…

1940s War fashion – Liquid Stockings

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Glamourdaze

New Leg makeup replaces nylon hosiery – 1940s fashion report for Glamourdaze The Girl in this picture has solved a problem. She has just completed a perfect make-up job on her bare legs. If she watches her step, keeps out of dirt and puddles, takes lukewarm showers ( but no baths ), these “liquid stockings in a bottle” she has…

1960s Makeup – Eight Steps to a Party Face

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Groovy 1967 chick makeup guide – A cute 1960s makeup tutorial from Teen Magazine in 1967 1.If your skin is greasy, or partially so, dab with mild tonic down the centre panel, let dry. if skin is dry, use moisturiser instead. 2.Put a little foundation cream into palm. of hand, let it warm before applying it lightly and evenly over the…

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Max Factor’s School of Make-up 1934.

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Hollywood beauty guru shares secrets – “Do you know”, asks Max Factor ” that you can change the very contour of your face?” That isn’t an idle dream. It’s a fact. All you have to do is to learn a few elementary principles of art. So – step into school girls. Let’s do what the artist would do if you…

1970’s Disco Queen Makeover in 14 Steps

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Glamourdaze

Vintage Make-up Guide – 1978 – It’s easy to get your own 1970s disco queen look with this 1970s makeup tutorial, but before you start, you need to study your face to decide which features to de-emphasise and which to enhance. Should you be playing up your cheekbones or lips; reshaping a round face, square jaw? 1. Shape brows – tweezing from…

Free Yardley 1970s makeup guide

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Glamourdaze

A Free Yardley Crash Course in Make-up – 1972 Over on out sister site Vintage Makeup Guides, download a cute little 1970s makeup guide from wayy back in sunny 1972, the era of sheen and lip gloss, and shimmering eye shadows, David Essex or David Cassidy posters, Jackie magazine for British girls and the likes of Seventeen magazine for US girls,…

Lets Make-up – 1950’s Style !

Pin Up! The Movie – The All American Girl

1930s Makeup Advice – Actress Sari Maritza

1930s Beauty – Joan Blondells Beauty Secrets

Vintage Makeup School – Eyebrow Tests 1932

1940s War fashion – Liquid Stockings

1960s Makeup – Eight Steps to a Party Face

Max Factor’s School of Make-up 1934.

1970’s Disco Queen Makeover in 14 Steps

Free Yardley 1970s makeup guide

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