1970s
How to use makeup crayons to get a vintage ’70s look (1974)
Choose from a scandalous array of makeup pencil colors, and don’t be surprised if you produce a masterpiece. Here are six different ways to get an authentic vintage ’70s look!
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1940s
Fabulous ’40s hair styles for women (1948)
Choose from these nine new hair arrangements the one that will turn you into the prettiest girl at the holiday parties… and give you a brand new look for 1949!
1960s
Big-eyed, twig-limbed Twiggy is newest top model (1967)
Twiggy’s big, blue eyes, set in fantastic black lashes, brightened and she waved her hand on the world’s top model from London’s first morning in New York.
1960s
7 big pictures of the hottest 1967 hairstyles
The fashionable length is short, for hair as well as hems, and here are 7 ways to wear your hair short and look smart, Choose a full and curly style or a straight and sleek one — or both from one haircut!
1960s
Mary Tyler Moore models the hottest wigs of the sixties
Just about everyone knows Mary Tyler Moore. ‘Why, that’s Laura Petrie,’ they say of her role as a perfect wife and mother on the Dick Van Dyke Show. After celebrating five anniversaries on the series, she’s set out to find a new Her.
1980s
How to get hot eighties hair & makeup (1982)
Start 1982 with a to-the-minute layer hairstyles like the ones shown here for short, medium, and long hair – plus four new makeup looks!
1900s
How to create vintage hairstyles: The ornate hairdos from 1906
Not were the most fashionable vintage hairstyles from 1906 very high, built up of a succession of curls and wavelets galore, but they also held ornaments, combs, feathers, flowers, bows and other stylish additions.
1950s
Short cuts: How to create 3 vintage hairstyles from 1950
Looking for a vintage hairstyle? Check out some retro ‘dos from 1950: Here are three short haircuts that you can cut and perm yourself that are perfect for an easy, classy look this summer!
1910s
How women from 100 years ago got such beautiful hair (1918)
How did women from 100 years ago get such beautiful hair? Here are some classic tips the most gorgeous women used to use!
1950s
Jayne Mansfield: Broadway’s smartest dumb blonde (1956)
Jayne Mansfield has burst dazzlingly upon the theatrical world as a star of a Broadway comedy, and seems to be getting her name and photograph into more Broadway columns and movie magazines than any other actress alive.
1980s
109 colors of Revlon nail polish (1981)
109 colors of nail polish from 1981, from Super Platinum to Spunsugar Pink to Blackberry. The professional nail enamel you can use at home. Dries fast. Looks wet. Stubbornly resists chipping.
1950s
Open your eyes: Men DO make passes at women who wear glasses! Just look at Marilyn Monroe (1953)
The women who wear glasses are longer shunned. She is considered so attractive that the style-conscious women with 20-20 vision envy her! In certain areas, women with perfect vision buy frames and put clear glass in them.
1910s
Make yourself beautiful by thought (1912)
Any woman may make herself beautiful by thought — and here is the way to do it by Hereward Carrington Could you devote a little
1970s
Get a ’70s makeover: Step-by-step guide to a new you (1978)
From the scrubbed to the sensational look, here are some expert makeup and beauty tips on how to do your own ’70s-style makeover!
1980s
Pantene haircare: ‘Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful’ (1987)
“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.” “This was my perm two weeks ago.” “My hair was so dull and dry! And my conditioner made it
1910s
Bad idea department: Radium face cream & face powder (1919)
Radium face cream made its debut in 1905: ‘The radium in the cream energizes the cells of the skin so that they throw off impurities… producing the charming glow of delicate color.’
1980s
Get a prescription for the perfect haircut for you (1988)
Choose the style that suits your hair type — we’ll tell you how to make it work for you!
1960s
Dry it yourself: Vintage home hair dryers (1960s & 1970s)
General Electric Portable Hair Dryer (1962) Under these pink & pretty Sally Victor petals… is that marvelous new General Electric portable hair dryer. Lovely, isn’t it!
1960s
Vintage workout & diet: It’s time to slim for summer (1964)
Exercises to take off inches, and diet to drop off pounds – this program was planned for the readers of Woman’s Day by the famous beauty expert Elizabeth Arden.
1950s
The newest beach clothes & bathing suits (1955)
These flouncy playsuits and bathing suits pose a considerable amount of skin, but are demurely decorated with pinafore necklines, little girl skirts, ruffles and bustles and bows.
1920s
Fashion lessons from the ’20s: How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes (1926)
How to spoil the effect of beautiful clothes: It isn’t what you wear, it’s how you wear it No doubt you have heard the epigram about
1950s
Etiquette for teens: How gals can be dainty misses (1953)
Daintiness means a number of things. It calls for head-to-toe cleanliness. Clothes and lingerie must be spotless. Soiled white collars, gloves or other accessories detract considerably from a girl’s appearance.
1920s
Why grow old? Plastic surgery in the 1920s
Based on the state of plastic surgery in the 1920s, and with regular improvements in science, one journalist suggested in 1922 that soon women wouldn’t have to age – ‘I mean shriveled or waddling old and all that.’
1900s
Her crowning glory: Tips for more beautiful hair (1902)
Pretty hair should be fluffy, it should be glossy, it should be sufficiently abundant to clothe the head nicely, and it should be even in color.
1940s
Swimsuits to be pretty at seashore and pool (1948)
This year’s crop of bathing suits demands the utmost decorum on the part of the wearer. If you must coat yourself with grease from forehead to toes, please don’t stretch out like a starfish.
1900s
Vintage hairstyles: Victorian curls (1902)
Milady’s winsome curl In a variety of new forms, it again holds sway “The beauty of a silken lock turned like a perfect rhyme” Where
1910s
Wrinkles: Why American women look older than their years (1911)
Wrinkles come to the American woman at a much earlier age than they come to her European sister. And the pitiable things about it is that they are not wrinkles of age. Here is why Why American women look older than their years.
1910s
The secret of a beautiful neck (1918)
In her heart of hearts, any woman would rather have a beautiful neck than anything else in the world except, perhaps, a beautiful face, said soprano and actress Lina Cavalieri.
1980s
Miss USA 1981’s winning new look (1982)
Winning new look When Kim Seelbrede, Miss USA 1981, asked us to give her a glamorous new look that would be easy to manage, versatile
1920s
120+ gorgeous, glamorous actresses of the 1920s
A new age of cinema celebrities While fame itself was nothing new in the 1920s, the recent introduction of moving pictures had transformed the very
1930s
Beauty tips for an ugly duckling (1939)
Photoplay’s own Beauty Shop Radio’s “Dr. Susan” (Eleanor Phelps) undertakes to remodel an “ugly duckling” — with results that will help you, too The
1910s
Makeup secrets from actress Blanche Bates (1913)
This highly-misunderstood process of applying make involves a lot more than just putting “a dab o’ powder” on your nose. Here, a top stage star from 1913 gives you her makeup secrets.
1910s
The cutest curly vintage hairstyles: The Grecian, Gainsborough & waterfall from 1910
It is the day of the curly hairstyle, and nature never planted enough curls on anybody’s head, except perhaps on Medusa’s, to meet the requirements of the present fashions.
1910s
How even office girls can look like fashion models (1913)
Office girls as shapely as models Is the working girl to be barred from the Venus contest now in progress, and which has already reached
1950s
A real vintage guide to ’50s eye makeup, with tips from the pros
Get unforgettable ’50s eye makeup with these vintage beauty tips straight from the fifties! Find out the best ways to use eyeshadow, liner, mascara & more.
1980s
Actress Linda Evans for Ultress hair color (1985 & 1986)
“Even Europe never made shades more beautiful than lustrous, luminous Ultress.” – Linda Evans
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