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Glamour_ologist: April Round up

A monthly round up of my favourite blog posts, articles and tweets covering appearance glamour, history, vintage, style and women Women who write about sex a great list of women throughout history...

Apr 30, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Women's Relationship with beauty: Joan Collins on "Glamour"

On Glamour: Which Never Sleeps Glamour is an almost mythical quality that I find difficult to accurately describe- and nor can anybody else, it seems. The dictionary defines it as "sophisticated;...

Apr 20, 2013 Like

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1950s: Summer Tips by Max Factor

A few weeks ago I posted Max Factor's Winter Tips: Protecting Beauty in Extreme Weather and it only seems fair, now we have had a glimpse of the sun to give their tips for the hotter days. Max...

Apr 11, 2013 Like

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Historical Sauces 60s Chic Masterclass

Max Factor, 1966 I work with the Historical Sauces at least once a month to bring a little vintage glamour to Norwich. The next one, on Sunday 30th June, will be a 60s Chic Masterclass. c.1960s...

Apr 9, 2013 Like

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Vintage Hair: Emergency Measures

We all want tips on how to keep less than clean hair looking good especially when you don't have time to shower. Clairol Instant Shampoo, 1975 The Historical Sauces always recommend dry shampoo as...

Apr 7, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Glamour_ologist March Round up

A monthly round up of my favourite blog posts, articles and tweets covering appearance, glamour, history, vintage, style and women. A brief history of the Bra via Glamourdaze How many tradespeople...

Mar 30, 2013 Like

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Jean Harlow's Beauty regime, 1933

High, narrow and very arched are Jean's eyebrows. She uses a finely pointed eyebrow pencil. The high brow enlarges the eye, gives clarity, an appealing quality. Jean Harlow for Max Factor, 1933...

Mar 28, 2013 Like

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1902: Slaves to the Peroxide bottle

If poets and prose writers and painters and everyday men had not from the beginning of the world sung and written and painted and praised golden haired beauties, there would be no occasion for...

Mar 26, 2013 Like

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1950s: Protecting Beauty in Extreme Weather by Max Factor

Published in the 1950s this handbook from Max Factor is full of "up to the minute beauty hints and tips on the quickest, easiest, most effective way for you to use make-up to the best possible...

Mar 25, 2013 Like

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1940s beauty: Women Save on Your Beauty Aids

Rationing and shortages were a big part of every day life for the 1940s woman but there were lots of tips to help them look their best no matter what the circumstances. I recently looked at Home...

Mar 23, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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An Old Beauty Secret

I mostly concentrate on cosmetic products but there are a whole raft of other consumer items that claim to be the way to achieve beauty. An interesting example of this is the 1930s beauty campaign...

Mar 20, 2013 Like

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Vintage Hair: New ways to make waves

USE SCOTCH TAPE for a finger wave, 'Thirties style. Press damp hair into finger waves, and use Scotch tape to anchor each one in place. When the style is dry, hold hair and gently ease the tape...

Mar 17, 2013 Like

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Adverts showing women participating in sporting activities (or perhaps just in a swimming pool....) Palmolive, 1923 Maybelline, 1980 Cutex, 1946 Lip Quencher, 1981 For more check out my Facebook album

Mar 14, 2013 Like

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Home Front Beauty: In the Kitchen

I have been doing quite a bit of reading recently on Home Front Beauty - the tips and tricks that women used during the Second World War when cosmetic products were in short supply and have had...

Mar 12, 2013 Like

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The Sane Way to Slim Part Two: The Slimming Madness

copyright, 1959 In 1926 a new craze in women's fashions burst upon the community. They called it 'slimming' but many who practised it succeeded in resembling famine victims- those who could become...

Mar 6, 2013 Like

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Glamourologist - February Round Up

Round up of the best blog posts, articles and tweets covering appearance, glamour, history, style and women. The Continuing Problem of Women's Appearance via Moments in Study Max Factor, 1942...

Mar 1, 2013 Like

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The Business of Looking your Best, 1937

I'm sorry the right hand edge of this has been cut off - my scanner wasn't up to the job. Full transcript below and adverts from the same year: THE BUSINESS OF LOOKING YOUR BEST Spring sunshine...

Feb 23, 2013 Like

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Risque Flapper

Continuing on the 1920s theme I found this on Ruby Lane today. So far just a simple mirror with a depiction of a flapper looking into a mirror. If you are of a prudish disposition look away...

Feb 19, 2013 Like

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A ?bob? doesn't go far here

The vintage guru that is Retro Chick posted a wonderful History of the Bob last week which is really worth a read. What is really interesting about the hair style is the way that it was discussed...

Feb 18, 2013 Like

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The Big V

I seem to be a bit sentimental this year with not one but TWO posts for celebrating Valentines. See the other one here. In Ancient Greek Mythology they have Eros, the son of Aphrodite Goddess of...

Feb 13, 2013 Like

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A little pink for Valentines

Cutex Schiaperelli, 1945 Lipsmackers by Bonne Bell, 1983 Hot Strawberry, Cutex, 1958 Camay Elizabeth Arden Ardena Range c1950s Elizabeth Arden Face Moulder for SALE via eBay Maybelline color...

Feb 9, 2013 Like

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The Sane Way to Slim Part One

Feb 6, 2013 Like

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Glamourologist Round Up - January

via aslipofagirl.net Sexier than Silk: The Irresistible Allure of the Nylon Slip via Collectors Weekly Mercredi: The Art of Beauty via HoodooQ (and another) Victorian Public Baths and Cleanliness...

Feb 3, 2013 Like

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Come join us...

I really cannot settle on a decade that is my favourite - mostly it is 30s or 50s but often this changes to 40s and 20s. However what I really do love is the opportunity to immerse myself in a...

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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40s Forces Sweetheart Workshop

Sunday 27th January sees me, along with the other two Historical Sauces (aka Missy Vintage and Retro Chick), running a 1940s workshop in Norwich. This workshop takes place over 2 hours and we are...

Jan 18, 2013 Like

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Christmas Ads through the decades part two

Cutex, 1940 Charles of the Ritz, 1941 Max Factor, 1943 Schiaparelli, 1943 Elizabeth Arden, 1943 Max Factor, 1944 Cutex, 1947 Dorothy Gray, 1950 Max Factor, 1953 Elizabeth Arden Christmas Wishes...

Dec 19, 2012 Like

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Christmas Ads through the decades

Gillette, 1915 Armand, 1923 Cutex, 1924 Cutex Advert 1925 Elizabeth Arden, 1924 4711 Eau de Cologne, 1926 Elizabeth Arden, 1927 Revlon, 1937 Cutex, 1938 Elizabeth Arden, 1934 Helena Rubinstein,...

Dec 15, 2012 Like

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Beautiful Radium

I think, well I know, that I have bored you all on many occasions with my slight (massive) obsession with radium in beauty products. It is part of a study I am doing on all the nasty things that...

Dec 5, 2012 Like

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The 1920s Look

The last Sunday of every month is a regular date in my diary and one that is always dedicated to running a workshop as part of The Historical Sauces. Last Sunday was no exception but the event we...

Dec 1, 2012 Like

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Glamour_ologist: April Round up

Women's Relationship with beauty: Joan Collins on "Glamour"

1950s: Summer Tips by Max Factor

Historical Sauces 60s Chic Masterclass

Vintage Hair: Emergency Measures

Glamour_ologist March Round up

Jean Harlow's Beauty regime, 1933

1902: Slaves to the Peroxide bottle

1950s: Protecting Beauty in Extreme Weather by Max Factor

1940s beauty: Women Save on Your Beauty Aids

An Old Beauty Secret

Vintage Hair: New ways to make waves

Sport & Adverts

Home Front Beauty: In the Kitchen

The Sane Way to Slim Part Two: The Slimming Madness

Glamourologist - February Round Up

The Business of Looking your Best, 1937

Risque Flapper

A ?bob? doesn't go far here

The Big V

A little pink for Valentines

The Sane Way to Slim Part One

Glamourologist Round Up - January

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40s Forces Sweetheart Workshop

Christmas Ads through the decades part two

Christmas Ads through the decades

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The 1920s Look

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