9 Vintage Beauty Tricks Used Back in the Day That We Should Use More Often ...

By Heather

Certain beauty icons such as Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and Aubrey Hepburn just to name a few, are some of my favorite inspirations to learn the best vintage beauty tricks from. These women had an appeal to them that many women today don’t have; a certain kind of beauty that’s rare, unique and to each her own. If you’re looking to achieve a classic and vintage look in your beauty routine, try some of these simple vintage beauty tricks that come from the best. After all, these women weren’t idolized for just anything. Their looks are what set them apart and they didn’t try to conform to one certain look, but instead wore their best features in a beautiful way.

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The Perfect Pout

Past beauty icons all used one of my favorite vintage beauty tricks of all. Developing the perfect pout on your lips is key to achieving a face that gets noticed. Whether you apply a bold or neutral color, be sure to select both lipcolor and gloss. Lipliner is a little outdated, unless it’s neutral and blends in with your lip shade. Spread lipcolor all over your entire lip and place a plumping lip gloss over it. No more heading out the door with clear gloss or Chapstick girls! If you’re going to the gym it’s one thing, but if you’re going somewhere special, try perfecting your pout with this simple trick.

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Vintage beauty tricks have been used for centuries to enhance beauty and make women look their best. One of the most iconic and timeless tricks is the perfect pout. This trick involves using both lip color and gloss to achieve a full, luscious lip. A bold lip color is recommended, but if that’s too daring for your taste, a neutral color can be used. Lipliner is also an option, but it should be used sparingly and only if it blends in with the lip color.

Once you’ve selected the perfect lip color and gloss, apply the lip color all over your lips and then top it off with the gloss. This will help to plump up your lips and make them look fuller and more kissable.

The perfect pout is a great way to make a statement and draw attention to your face. Whether you’re going to a special event or just to the gym, this vintage beauty trick is a great way to make sure you look your best.

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Bedroom Eyes

Every man out there seems to like this look, but it’s also one of my favorite looks for myself! Bedroom eyes are nothing more than sultry eyes. This is easily achieved with a lighter color eyeshadow base and a darker color in the crease, along with dark eyeliner and mascara. It gives your eyes depth and dimension that you won’t get from anything else. Also be sure you select a volumizing mascara for more dramatic effects. I like Loreal Voluminous and Hard Candy Ginormous, which make your eyes look larger, your lashes look longer, and they don’t flake off.

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Bedroom eyes have been a popular look since the 1950s. This sultry look is achieved by using a light eyeshadow base with a darker color in the crease to give your eyes depth and dimension. Add dark eyeliner and mascara to complete the look. For more dramatic effects, use a volumizing mascara such as Loreal Voluminous or Hard Candy Ginormous. These mascaras make your eyes look larger, your lashes look longer, and they don’t flake off.

In the 1950s, women would often curl their eyelashes with a heated eyelash curler to give them a more dramatic look. They would also use a cotton swab to apply a light shade of eyeshadow to the inner corner of the eyes and a darker shade to the outer corner. This was followed by applying black eyeliner and mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

In the 1960s, women would often use false eyelashes to give their eyes a more dramatic look. They would also use a light shade of eyeshadow to the inner corner of the eyes and a darker shade to the outer corner. This was followed by applying black eyeliner and mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

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Curves

This vintage beauty trick might not have anything to do with your face, but it’s one to pay attention to girls! Curves are pretty on a woman. Repeat that! Curves are pretty on a woman! If you already have them, great! If not, just add some calories to your diet and start doing squats and lunges. In no time, you’ll have shapely hips and a great looking bottom, the natural way. No diets, no calorie counting! Curves are found on all beauty icons, and are one of the qualities that made them so desirable. It was actually said that Marilyn Monroe ate certain fats each day just to maintain her curves. That’s right girls, she ate fat on purpose!

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Curly Locks

Do you ever notice that vintage beauty icons had curly hair? It could have been loose or tighter curls, but either way, they knew curled hair was a sign of beauty and force. It showed elegance, collectivity, and beauty in a way that straight hair never could. All you need to achieve that look are some hot rollers, which give you a more elegant look than a curling iron does, plus all you do is put your hair up, do your makeup and take down your rollers. Finger brush your hair, and you’re done. No more burning your hair with a curling iron or a straightening iron anymore!

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No Tan

One thing I adore about vintage beauty icons is they had perfectly clear, and almost porcelain skin, like Snow White. Their pale color isn’t found in most women today, but that clear, porcelain skin isn’t too hard to achieve. Eat healthy, unprocessed foods, avoid greasy foods, stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water-rich beverages. Your skin will clear up in no time. If you can, add fish, almonds and roobios tea to your diet. Each of these have different anti-wrinkle, and anti-acne effects to your skin that you’ll notice just in one week. Stay away from sugar, the sun, alcohol and processed foods. Your skin will look great and you’ll probably feel a lot better too!

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One of the most iconic beauty looks of the past was the porcelain complexion of Snow White. To achieve this look today, it is important to watch what you eat. Eating a healthy, unprocessed diet is key for clear skin. Avoiding greasy foods, limiting sugar and processed foods, and drinking plenty of water-rich beverages can help you achieve that perfect porcelain complexion. Adding fish, almonds, and roobios tea to your diet can also have anti-wrinkle and anti-acne effects. It is also important to protect your skin from the sun's harmful rays, so make sure to wear sunscreen.

Aside from diet, there are also a few other tricks that were used by vintage beauty icons. For example, many of them used cold cream to help remove makeup and cleanse their skin. Cold cream is gentle and can be used on all skin types, so it is a great choice for a cleanser. Additionally, vintage beauty icons used to use a mixture of honey and oatmeal as a face mask. This combination is great for soothing and calming skin.

Famous Quotes

To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

Confucius
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Glowing Skin

Another vintage beauty trick to achieve beautiful skin is to achieve that glowing look and not from a suntan. Dry skin isn’t appealing, but is very easy to fix. All you need is a good moisturizer, illuminating cream and be sure to use a body oil, or a lotion with light reflective emollients. I like coconut oil for my body oil and light reflective face creams such as L’Occitane products, Oil of Olay and Garnier which all make great skin care items.

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Big Hair

Another favorite vintage beauty trick that’s still popular today is big hair. Women embraced their big hair back in the day, and this look has a certain amount of glamour to it that straight stick hair never will. Big hair is bold, it’s feminine and it makes a statement.

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Black Eyeliner

As I mentioned, bedroom eyes are best achieved with black eyeliner, but even as a stand alone trick, black eyeliner is one to replicate for a truly vintage look. Most beauty icons embraced eyeliner with full force, and usually in black. Even if applied lightly, black eyeliner makes a gorgeous beauty statement that draws attention to the eyes and adds depth.

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Contouring

Chiseled cheekbones don’t come naturally to everyone, and that’s okay! You can easily achieve that contoured look just through your makeup. By using contour creams and powders, you can easily achieve a chiseled cheekbone that most beauty icons embraced and adorned. This adds definition to your face and adds dramatic appeal.

With a few vintage beauty tricks like these, any of us can be ready for a night out in just a few minutes! Do you have a favorite vintage beauty icon?

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I think the article is meant to encourage women with pale skin to embrace their look instead of damaging their skin trying to tan. Also it's good for some women to embrace their natural curves as vintage beauty instead of focusing on trying to be like today's skinny role models. I personally would love more curves but like in some of the comments above I have trouble gaining weight. But the part about eating certain fats is good advise. My Integrative MD Mom advises to eat as much coconut oil as possible (she even puts it in her coffee!), also good are organic grass fed butter and organic bacon grease.

I don't think she meant to offend anyone with natural darker skin types, I'm sure she meant in these days, lighter skin girls liked to be pale whereas now, everyone seems to be fake tanned.

All of these photos shows lips that definitely have been enhanced with lip liner. It's passé to have lipstick wear off to show liner, but lip liner makes anyone's lips look more voluptuous. Get one that matches your lips...even if you just wear Chapstick they'll look amazing,

i love these look my favorite !<3

I actually have that kinda skin, but guys are sooo not interested in it.

I think that "clear, smooth, glowing skin" would have been perhaps a better choice of words. I don't like knee-jerk "THAT'S RACIST OMG" responses, because those come all different kinds of people, regarding all different types of situations....can we get back to focusing on beauty tricks? Ladies- each of us, no matter what we look like, is beautiful. Let us behave in a graceful manner.

People take pills over seas, especially in Asian countries, to get that type of skin. They do many facials, too, in order to tone down their skin color. It's just a fact. I try to do this as well! I love white skin. The tan look that people achieve in tanning salons, personally, is so out of date now. Maybe it will come back in. Fashion is always changing. It's not racism, it's whatever is brilliant looking at the time. Tanning salons soared for years. The fashion industry is always changing. What's popular now or then, won't be popular soon enough. That's all. No racism here. I love tan skin, dark black skin, olive skin and super pale skin, but I used to be a tanner, had an amazing tan for years, I'm half Spaniard, and now I'm strutting the pale look. Or trying to at least ;) have fun with it!

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