Vintage Makeup

Makeup and Beauty Lessons of the 1930s and 1940s

This rare beauty book, called Make-Up & Live!, is your guide to makeup and other beauty lesson of the 1930s ...
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Fall into Winter Makeup Trend for post war 1940s – Jewel Tones

Beauty magazines love to talk about beauty trends for the season. It's been the same for many decades. Just look ...

Vintage Lips and those High Arched Eyebrows from Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado, born in 1924 in Guadalajara, was a prolific actress. She started her acting career at the age of ...
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Red Lipstick and Suffragists’ fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote

Red Lipstick is a bold makeup statement, so of course suffragist women of the early 1900s wore it as a ...

Drug Store Longwear Lipsticks Reviews

Drug store longwear lipsticks are so important to the wearer of red lipstick. The sad day came when I ran ...
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Vintage Makeup for darker skin tones during the Atomic Age of the 1950s

For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the Atomic Age, ...

Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones in the 1940s Part 2

1940s Makeup rule #1: Wear it. Rule #2: Do not wear too much Welcome to Part 2 of the Vintage ...
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Vintage Makeup for darker skin tones during the 1930s

For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the 1930s. To ...

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