#makeup in hollywood

[cherriesandwinegirl]

Current Obsession: 60s eye makeup 💄🐈‍⬛🪄👜📿👢

[tuttle-did-it]

For some unknown reason, one of my secret delights is the way makeup was designed for film in the early days-- especially for television.

Because of the way colours showed up on camera, the colours used were not always the ones you might expect-- red, for example, often showed up more like black.

So, for example, green blusher and lipstick (or black) was often used on the actors (men and women). Shadows did not show up the same way, so there was some heavy contouring used.

Sometimes the pancake used for the full face had a green or blue tinge to it, so working on sets was very surreal!

1946 Jane Grant and Mary Wirt - film makeup

1939 - Makeup for Television - Elaine Shepard (with a very dated and distasteful subtitle explaining her makeup at the links below).

MaxFactor was instrumental in creating makeup that didn't terrify the talent and still looked great on screen.

[sadexecutivelove]

Ewa Aulin, 1960s

[perversion666]

can we bring back 1920s makeup please

[vintagehollywood1]

The beauty of Ava

[eroticlamb]

Anita Louise featured in a WINX advertisement, November 1933 ♡

[mylittlevintageworld]

Audrey Hepburn

[hollywoodlady]

Actress + Lipstick

Jean Harlow, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Williams, Paulette Goddard and Claudia Cardinale.

[aurora-doll-333]

[newwavesylviaplath]

today is the 55th anniversary of her passing

rest in peace, angel 💗

[cleopatragirlie]

❀ 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 '𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭' (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏) ❀

[graveyardfullofstars]

[fairycosmos]

idk i feel like women who don't conform to a conventionally feminine gender role or appearance get a lot of shit in their day to day lives and ignoring that is overlooking a huge facet of misogyny

[coquettebbyrose]

I love my Grandma’s vanity. 🤍

[sadexecutivelove]

Priscilla Presley

[vintage-tigre]

Rare photograph of Marilyn Monroe without makeup, 1955