I have a lot of vintage beauty and women’s magazines. It is a bit of an obsession of mine. The photographs are lovely and they are full of inspiration. April brought my home town some snow showers… and I am hoping the snow did not
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
I’m in the middle of several new content projects right now and my shelves of vintage women’s magazines, as usual, are here to inspire me. Flipping through and reading these great magazine masterpieces is a tremendous experience! The wealth of material you find is both
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
Are you considering cutting your hair short? Did you recently cut your hair short wanting a major change and now you are left wondering, “Now how do I style this and not age myself or make myself look older that I’d like to look?” There
I work best when I am organized. The same goes for when I am doing my hair. Organization helps me stay focused on the task and keeps me from getting overwhelmed by it. So I was so excited when I picked this vintage hair curler
In my earlier blog post, Late Beatnik Cool (and their hairstyles) of the early 1960s, I shared pictures of a number of style-inspiring female celebrities taken around 1960, 1961, and 1962. There was a very specific reason for it too. A few years ago, my
In all of these images, the actresses, singers, and artists embody what I think of as early-60s cool; heavily influenced by the ease of Beatnik style mixed with feminine fashion. I have the early 1960s on the brain for several reasons. I thought I would get
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
Daring bright alternative hair colors were more common than you thought in the 1950s and 1960s. We forget that sometimes. Blue hair, pink hair, lavender hair, aqua hair…They were all represented in the 1950s and 1960s. A Very COLORFUL Era The prim and proper ideal
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