Lately, I find myself obsessing about the 40's. The hair, the make-up, the clothes, and of course the shoes! I've been craving more and more knowledge about that decade. I have always been fascinated with those years: life before, during and after the war, the glamourous men and women of the movies, etc.. But more so than lately. I only want to watch movies set in or of that time and I just bought a book about vintage hairstyling. I'm so excited! In cosmetology school, once I got the hang of it, I rocked the fingerwaves and pin curls. Looking through this book though kind of overwhelms me but practice makes perfect so I'm going to try them! Now if only I could find a pair of 40s-esque Spectator Pumps (size 10 please) that would make my life!
Whatever movie I watch, I'm always curious as to how they did the make-up. Sometimes I stare and stare and wonder about the techniques that I have to rewind large parts of the movie because I wasn't really paying attention to the plot. The same goes with hairstyles, especially in movies of the '30s, '40s and '50s. I'm glad I found a how-to book... That ought to keep me busy.
I'm off to watch a movie. Maybe Leave Her to Heaven with the insanely beautiful Gene Tierney? Or Since You Went Away? Or The Palm Beach Story? Or Gilda? Okay this could go on and on...
Me too! I love that! I love that women actually cared how they looked in took pride in their appearance. You have to do my hair soon! I want a Gene Tierney (Laura era) style and a Jacqueline Kennedy (c. 1961) rollerset. Go!
ReplyDeleteRoller sets used to piss me off with I did them but the end results are usually hilarious! I love to buffant 'em up and laugh at the helmut head. Good fun. Makes me miss cosmetology a little bit. Yeah, it'd be great if everybody took that much pride in their appearance again. Then you'd have the people going "it's not all about how you look." I agree but life is short, might as well look good for it! :)
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