Ten essential vintage beauty products
March 11, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
There are thousands of brilliant cosmetics out there if you’re after the essential vintage feel, and more importantly, look. Martha Hayes has chosen ten of the best, so treat yourself!
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Make-up guide: how to re-create a Forties look
February 28, 2010 by Lena · 8 Comments
Creating a vintage face is a definite art form, and getting just the right look takes practice and care. Amanda Newsum from Jitterbug Doll is often asked about her favorite make-up products and application tips and is sharing her best on how to re-create a Forties look with us.
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The end of Max Factor – the end of an era
February 24, 2010 by Lena · 6 Comments
It’s sad news for vintage lovers and beauty addicts alike: legendary make-up brand Max Factor will cease trading in the US – but continues selling make-up elsewhere. We take a look back at the man behind the brand, a true cosmetics pioneer who helped found and continuously innovated a whole industry.
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Add some glamour to your dressing table with vintage vanity items
Vintage vanity items such as mirror and brush sets, lipstick holders, compacts, perfume bottles or vanity cases are a simple and easy way to add some old-fashioned glamour to a modern day dressing table or bathroom. Here’s our quick guide to these beautiful collectibles.
Kings of Vintage: Scrubbing up with Soap & Glory’s new men’s range.
February 19, 2010 by George · Leave a Comment
Vintage- inspired cosmetics range Soap & Glory has been a hit among many retro ladies for a while now, but can their new men’s range impress a true vintage gent? After a few days shaving, scrubbing and styling, George Walker reveals whether this range can really make you Vintage Kings any more dapper (if that’s possible). Read more
Tried and Tested: Soap & Glory
February 10, 2010 by Lena · 4 Comments
Yes, retro-inspired beauty products can be both beautifully packaged and cheap. Proof comes in the shape of Soap & Glory, a vintage-inspired beauty product range and the brain child of Bliss spa founder Marcia Kilgore. With prices ranging between £5 and £20, Soap & Glory is positively wallet-friendly, but is it value for money? Lena Weber reports.
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Get hair like Veronica Lake: do the peek-a-boo!
January 14, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Veronica Lake was known for her long blonde tresses, which she wore slightly curled covering half of her face. The look became known as the peek-a-boo, and was so famous that Lake had to publicly change her look during the Forties as the hair style was a health hazard for women working for the war effort. We’ve found this great wet-wave tutorial, which should make achieving the peek-a-boo a piece of cake.
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How to guide: Forties-style make up on darker skin tones
January 7, 2010 by Lena · 5 Comments
From Katherine Hepburn to Ava Gardner the vintage siren look calls for the palest foundation and alabaster skin. If you’re looking to recreate that Forties look on olive to dark skins help is at hand as make up artist Amanda Moorhouse of Lipstick & Curls, shares some tricks of the trade. Anita Bhagwandas reports.
Winter beauty special: how to get great skin
January 2, 2010 by Lena · 9 Comments
The fabulous Issidora, make-up artist to the stars at Nina’s Hair Parlour, knows the secret to great, luminous skin, despite the irritations winter weather can bring. Here she shares some top tips on how to look fab the vintage way. Read more
Flappers: The Beautiful and the Damned
December 18, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
The Roaring Twenties heralded liberation for the fairer sex, from the abandonment of the corset to the celebration of the pillar-box red pout – so if you want to revamp your look, the fresh faces of the flapper age are the only way to go. Leigh Morrow shows us how.
