The Belle Époque ushered in a new era of optimism, modernity and indulgence and beauty culture blossomed accordingly. If the Second Empire prized ethereal delicacy, the Belle Époque celebrated radiance, vitality and cosmopolitan glamour. Paris became the global capital of beauty innovation with perfumers, hairdressers and cosmetic houses transforming the city into a laboratory ofContinue reading “Belle Époque Beauty (1870s–1914): French Beauty History”
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Part 1: Early 1960s Beauty + Fashion: The Last Breath of Elegance
By the time the early 1960s rolled around as it had transitioned from the 1950’s carrying with it the trends from the previous decade before settling into what trends and innovations that would define the decade ahead. As it so often happens the delicateness of Old Hollywood glamour, the Golden Age of Hollywood would beContinue reading “Part 1: Early 1960s Beauty + Fashion: The Last Breath of Elegance”
1970s Beauty: The Era of Tanning + Dieting
The 1970s marked a dramatic shift in American beauty culture. Gone were the powdered faces and sculpted bouffants of the 1960s. In their place emerged a new ideal: sun‑kissed skin, athletic bodies and a lifestyle built around tanning, dieting and California‑coast vitality. Beauty was no longer something applied — it was something lived. This decadeContinue reading “1970s Beauty: The Era of Tanning + Dieting”
Second Empire Beauty + Empress Eugénie (1850s–1870s): French Beauty History
French beauty during the Second Empire was defined by spectacle — a world where appearance became a form of political theatre. No figure embodied this more fully than Empress Eugénie, whose influence shaped beauty culture across Europe. Her signature look — the luminous complexion, the smooth centre‑parted hair, the soft oval silhouette — became theContinue reading “Second Empire Beauty + Empress Eugénie (1850s–1870s): French Beauty History”
Elizabeth Taylor: Beauty Icon Who Originated the Modern Cat‑Eye
Elizabeth Taylor didn’t just wear the cat eye; she defined it. Long before the look became a 1960s beauty staple, Taylor’s almond‑shaped, violet eyes were framed by a dramatic, elongated liner that became her signature. While the cat eye make-up look existed in Hollywood before her, Taylor transformed it from a make-up technique into aContinue reading “Elizabeth Taylor: Beauty Icon Who Originated the Modern Cat‑Eye”
Get the Look: Elizabeth Taylor’s Double‑Layer Mascara Trick
The secret behind Elizabeth Taylor’s double-layer mascara trick simply lies on what her and her make-up artists already knew, which was they didn’t rely on genetics alone. They amplified what God gave her with a mascara technique that became one of her most iconic beauty secrets: the double layer mascara trick. Elizabeth Taylor’s mascara trickContinue reading “Get the Look: Elizabeth Taylor’s Double‑Layer Mascara Trick”
