1950s Beauty Secrets from the Decade That Gave Us Marilyn Monroe
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- 1950s Beauty Secrets from the Decade That Gave Us Marilyn Monroe
In the 1950s, beauty was all about looking like Marilyn Monroe.
Women used a variety of techniques to achieve that look, and many of them are still popular today. In this video, we take a look back at some of the most popular 1950s beauty secrets.
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Imagine having the money to go to the salon weekly on one income for the family. We are getting screwed, kids.
My thoughts exactly!
Exactly.
Financial boom with everyone able to obtain a good paying job without a college degree.
The dream
Fr. My nana went to the salon for her beehive ever week. I don't remember if she worked at this particular time but my Gramps was a trucker. It was so much easier to afford to have an actual life back then. We most definitely are getting screwed...💚🖤
They really created LEGENDARY looks! I mean the 1980s were 40 years ago but even today when you think “vintage” you always think 1940-50s! 💜
Yes totally!!
i think 70s
Very true!
Gen X here, born in '72. Big Marilyn fan. To me vintage is 40s/50s. Retro is 60s/70s. 80s fashion was horrendous but I'm goth so I was cool af. 😜 Anything after 2000 feels like yesterday. 😄
@@thepickledpixie9052gen z here, born in '04 but funnily enough, feel the same way as you do. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that the early 2000s were 20 years ago and that i am an adult now.
In a lot of these movies women well into their sixties had model figures. I grew up listening to my mother describe her beauty hacks, dying legs, pencilling on seams, ironing hair with brown paper etc. She told me that she and her sisters would each buy one element of a smart outfit so that they would take it in turns to wear the complete outfit. Helped that they were all the same size but back then post war starvation helped a lot AND the lack of sugar in their diet. They used to dye kaki army blankets to make coats and when they could get hold of a parachute they made blouses and underwear.
There is a famous Italian novel, we study at school, where a soldier gives his broken parachute to his friend girl to make a shirt for her.
It was lack of sugar and lack of seed oils
My grandmother had blue face cream called "happy face". It was in a cute bottle. I was born in 1957. My grandparents lived only 2 houses away. It was great having 2 options for dinner! I adored Gramma. My dad was a lot like her. He was the best man I've ever known.
I was born in 1953, & loved seeing all the vintage makeup, hairdos, & clothes of that decade!! I always watch old movies, the actors & actresses were so glamorous & put together exquisitely, not like today. Love your videos, so interesting 💘
is tv back then black and white? if so, how do you guys even know the make up look good?
im always curious about this
@@jeanneann3545 some was black and white
@@jeanneann3545 all TVs were black n white in 1953.
@@jeanneann3545 Yes, tv 📺 was black and white but they had star magazines that were in color and interviews where they talked about what they were wearing.
@@jeanneann3545 color tvs came out the very next year
Every decade has notable fashion moments, but the mid 50's is just perfection. Dior's "New Look" was and still is my absolute favorite defined shape and clothing. I wish it would come back around instead of low rise jeans...
Late Victorian and Edwardian outfits are also right up there for me. 😍
Thank you for another fun video. 😉
I plan on doing every decade 💕
@@Laurajaneatelier That would be fantastic! You could talk about how Avon started as The California Perfume Company too. I would love that. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on their classic perfumes. 😍
Dior New Look is absolutely stunning, that’s a fact! But my guess is most people wore basic cotton dresses instead of high fashion. So you can only compare it to today’s Dior, Valentino etc.
Yes!!! I feel the same way!!!
Cassandra Lyris yeah I myself love the Victorian era and Edwardian-era fashion
I feel like the 1950s is really where the beauty industry as we know it today started off. Love the 1950s as a decade for fashion and beauty!! 😍
I think the Victorian time started that way earlier
@@vanaxeldongenwigs3553i’d even say the rococo era
I remember Tame creme rinse to de-tangle after washing. There was no wet-brush invented yet. Regarding the hundred strokes of hair brushing, the beauty tip was to use a natural boar-bristle brush, which was gentle to your hair, not a nylon brush. To make your hair shiny, you would put a cut-off nylon stocking or pantyhose over the natural bristle brush and brush your hair. Aqua-Net hair spray was an essential. My grandmother used Coty Airspun face powder and it is still popular today. They don't sell it any longer, but Hazel Bishop lipstick lasted all day and was like the mood lipstick of its time. These videos bring back memories.
My mom is 89 and still gorgeous. I started doing her hair and her curled under short bob makes her look just like she did in college. She loves estee lauder has given her beautiful skin and her mother used ponds cold cream every night also had gorgeous skin.
My life was forever changed once I started using Vaseline at night after washing my face and applying classic Olay lotion (the pink one). I have seen better results from these budget-friendly and classic products than from any high-end products!
What results did you get?
I'm really curious how life changing
Girl I know you see these comments NOW! People asking for you’re results
@@ThatHonestPerson 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this tickled me
@@ebooty84 😭😂 Girl I was just irritated. Glad I could make you giggle
Marilyn's hair was only "pillow case white" from the late fifties onwards. Prior to that it changed blonde shades regularly, particularly early in her career.
She had a hairstylists who redid her dye job every 2 days, apparently
Washing your face with the coldest water you can get is really refreshing in the summer months!
I like 1950 'style!!! Red lipstick, curly hair or balloon gown, summer shoes . It's very modern style. Products still exist today. I noticed that hair was always curly, never straight why? Hi Laura 🤗🤗
My aunts would have been teenagers in the 50s and they used to save rain water to rinse their hair in to keep it soft. I've tried it and it does work
A cold water hair rinse works nicely too
I've always washed my face with Dove soap and moisturized with Nivea creme at night. I always wear spf during the day and I look great for my age.
Legendary styles!! I have so much empathy and admiration for Marilyn Monroe. Truly a star gone too soon!
Beautiful video Laura!
I remember we used Prell shampoo and I didn’t have to wash my hair often. It stayed clean for days with that shampoo.
I still use Prell. I learned this from my grandmother. Be careful though, it will strip out any dye
Thank you for this! We used it and I remember the smell!
Hairdressers used it to strip out color that was too dark/heavy. It was detergent like dish washing detergent.
i do the 100 strokes a day thing, and its works really well if you oil your hair, since it distributes the oils evenly from the scalp to the ends. if you don't use a hair oil tho, it can cause tearing and split ends.
Love the style of the 50s, 60s, 70s. I dont want to live in the 50s but the style is bam.
Hollywood is nothing today. Back then everything was so glamorous man I wish I could've lived during them days
Dry shampoo is just cornstarch, baby powder has the ingredients and it's much cheaper than dry shampoo
False eyelashes were more familiar than mascara, despite the fact tube existed. So homemade mascara was also the exception. Another common mascara was basically a palette with black compact and a portable brush that you wet and use.
I love it when you do these videos. Will the 1940's be next? I'd love that!
Thank you! Yes I will do every decade!
I actually just started sleeping with curlers in my hair because I am trying to stay away from heat styling due to hair fall out from an illness and some nights are easier than others 😆 I’ve used a satin pillowcase for several years and I think that helps. If my pillowcase is in the laundry and it’s bedtime, I have a satin head wrap, like a shower cap, which definitely helps keep things in place. I’d recommend at least trying this because it does so much less damage to the hair than hot tools.
I want to try using less heat too! Can you share where you bought the curlers you’re using to bed?
Do they still make those pink foam rollers? They were pretty comfortable, and easy to use. I never see them anymore.
@@roringusanda2837 they have the pink foam ones at dollar tree but I use a different kind because they are larger.
I love learning about beauty trends from the past!!
I've always been curious about the quality, texture, and ease of application of the cosmetics of that era. I started using makeup when I was in middle school, so around the late 90s. And just in that time I feel like the quality of makeup and skincare has improved quite a lot. Of course, people like Marilyn Monroe could afford the very best, along with the experts to tell them what to use and how to use it.
Film stars rarely did their own make up either. Photos were controlled by the film studios.
Yet she didn't buy the best.
@@barbarat5729she bought the best for her time whats available
The hair products I use were 99 cents until recently... now they're $1.25
I really enjoyed this video. I was born in 1950 and so many of the fashion styles are still my favorites; cigarette pants, pencil skirts, kind of think classic Audrey Hepburn. I always have a white button down.
😂 When I was about 14 those hard rollers were still around and doing my hair was a pain. Some nights I would sleep with my head on a wooden chair to make my style last. Oh brother.
Thank you for the video 😊
Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream is a great one
I remember talking to a lovely old lady who was at my previous doctor's office, and she told me that she and her friends back in the 50s would dye their hair with Easter egg dye tablets! They wanted colorful hair and though it killed their hair to do it (ammonia and all) they just loved it!
Love this!!!! You should continue this with the 60’s and 70’s!! 💖
I second this!
@@Iamyl4 yes ma’am!! ( or sir)!
Marilyn wearing just a little Chanel to sleep at night - I love it!❤
My mom called it "creme/cream rinse" too.
I was born in the late 60s and have such great memories of going through my mom's and step ~ grandmother's vintage things especially the makeup 💄❣️ I wish I'd kept it over the years for my daughters ya know..but ya awesome memories ‼️🥰
Ponds cold crème is something I came to find out recently. It works better than mineral water.
It's hard to only wash your hair once per week if your doing outdoor work sweating in the Summer !
they did a lot of work as well haha my grandma did loads and loads of outside work in the sun in a tropical country and still washed her hair once a week. its more about them being used to it, I guess!
but wash ur hair as u see fit!
Today’s more natural look? Literally every beauty influencer (men and women alike) are using foundation, contour and lashes. Great video though. Youve really done your research here. Thank you!
Not me I’m pretty natural but I get you. I’m into my the no makeup look in my everyday life
Well so did they in the past. What's your definition of natural?
Like JD with Tik Tok and Gen Z the trend is a really natural look. Barely their eyeshadow and mascara. Softly tinted lips and flushed cheeks. The emphasis is on extremely dewy skin and brushed up fluffy brows.
These days my definition of natural is people without fillers, botox etc. Make up is art... clever techniques that can alter any face without invasive procedures.
don't forget all the filler and plastic surgery
Erin Parsons tries a lot of these old tricks on her channel. It's truly fascinating!
I love how in depth this hair skin and beauty video was! 👏
Thank you so much for sharing it Laura I have wearing my 1950's vintage outfits and Marilyn Monroe Makeup Today
I love to hear about history
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My late mother loved Elizabeth arden products even though they were expensive.
Thank you for another great vintage beauty video 😊💋💖
This video is so interresting and relaxing at the same time.
REALLY well done!
Lot's of LOVE!
💋
Thank you 🙏
I love your videos, something so soothing about them. And of course informative.
Thank you
I still do pin curls
Favorite YT Channel! Its both very interesting and stress reducing. Thanks Laura!
My neighbor still wears rollers all the time 🙂
This video is as great and well researched! I especially loved the ASMR sound effects that when with the treatments you were describing
Girl. Those dolls. I'm obsessed.
This makeup colouring suits you really well!
You always do such good videos. They are so much fun to watch. I also wash my hair once a week and use dry shampoo as well. It's a must!
My great great grandma used those mini grape juice cans as hair curlers, and she said she slept with them on. I'm was thinking ouch! But its neat to know what women did in those days.
It had to be annoying to sleep like that. Hmmm probably as annoying to sleep with coconut oil in hair with a shower cap over to make sure you don't get oil all over the place ekkk the thing's we do for beauty🙈🤣☕
Lol true 😂
in the early 60's for 'big' hair we used the metal lemonade cans for rollers but I never slept with them.
Fantastic video I really enjoyed this! 💕
The second picture you used of Marilyn in cat eye glasses is actually world famous Marilyn impersonator Jimmy James ... this picture gets mistaken for Monroe all the time ❤️
You’re correct!
Very well done , really enjoyed this one ! 💄👓
Does any one remember using beer to set pin curls with. My mom used flat beer and it worked well
Dippity Do
😮that must've smelled lovely...😦
I’m just gonna say it, the women looked so elegant being so thin framed.
It's true. Even if you don't have a voluptuous figure, clothes just sit better on a thinner frame
I have used pond's cold cream since I was 13 years old. Plus I have used Chanel 5 since my husband bought it as a gift for me when we were first married. Plus I had really long hair and washed it every other day during winter and everyday in the summer. Never wore makeup since I am allergic and I get big blotches on my face.
My mom and grandma always called it creme rinse too!😄
I can't thank you enough for your content💖💖💖
Several of these things I did as a child or teenager and I was born in 1974 lol 😆 😂 but i learned them from my mom who grew up in the 50s lol 🤣 I used curlers overnight when I wanted a real curly look (although they were soft curlers lol) and I used Noxema to wash my face and take off makeup lol I used baby powder after bathing, i laid out in the sun usiing baby oil lol 😆
Who could ever forget the smell of Noxema?!!
@@marilyn6556 lol I know it was a strange medicine smell 🤣 lmao 😂
@@marilyn6556 I'm 60 and still love it!
I enjoyed this soooo much!!! Thank you! I’ve always wondered why women back then would say I can’t go out on Friday (or whatever day of the week it was) when they were trying to avoid doing something because they were “washing their hair” that day. It must’ve been a long process.
Btw, my mom and grandmother always called it crème rinse too. I didn’t know they were two different things until this video. Very interesting.
Love to listen to you speak💖 relaxing, interesting, thx so much!
Thank you so much,very informative and sweet
Fantastic video!!! 🙏🌹
I wash my hair once a week and it always looks great but back when I was convinced to wash it daily, it was always greasy and I had dandruff so I went back to my old routine. For years I cleansed with either baby lotion of cold cream then ice water dunking, then drying off then a thick layer of moisturiser ( anything ) then after an hour I took it off with a hot cloth and again a cold splash then a lighter cream if the day or heavier at night. I use Pears soap on my body or Savon de Marseilles ( I live in France ). I have always been fanatical about my elbows, knees and heels so I took extra care with them. I was ( and still am ) complimented on my good skin. I also don't drink or smoke which helps.
I love the 50s fashion and makeup. The look was so stylish. I love my 50s magazines. Thank uou for this vid.
Well made video thank you
Lovely and well researched video dear.🌹
Love it ~
Loved every second of this video ~
Thank you Lovely ~
Warmly and respectfully yours,
~ Jackie 💞🌟💯🌻🌷😊
I’m pretty certain my mom and grandma couldn’t afford any of the “beauty treatments “ back then.
Thank you very much Nice video
I grew up in Hawaii so my feet didn’t adjust to shoes and I now have what’s called luau feet. If I could water ski I wouldn’t need skies on my feet to surf the water 🤭
I love the fashion of the fifties!!
Angel face powder, the Best👍
The dolls in the background of your video, are so pretty- are they named something specific, as i'd love to find them x
Thank you! They are Brady dolls
@@Laurajaneatelier Thank you so much x
I love this video! Going to put my little bar bells by my bed and try just lifting every morning get the blood flowing.
Where did you find the article you are reading through most of this video? Do you have a collection of vintage magazines or did you find it online?
Love this, great stuff
Thank you! I wrote everything myself. It’s not an article I just sourced different articles for my research
Marilyn seems to have gone back and forth from a very light strawberry blonde, light champagne blonde and more of an ashy platinum blonde.
Although these styles/looks are very pretty and I appreciate them artistically, I totally get why a counter culture happened! It must have been SO very freeing once people finally broke out of all these rigid routines & rituals & went back to nature. Yay hippies! Lol
Can you do videos for the 60s to the 90s?
Those hourglass figures were in part to Dior who brought back the hourglass silhouette and a very feminine look with full skirts and a defined waist. This was a definite change from the 1940s war era and the remnants of dress from that time.
I don’t know I would call today “natural” compared to the ‘50’s…
There’s a lot of filler used today.
Make-up used to be more colorful
None of it on the 50s was natural either
@@c1rcl3s nope
@@FC-hj9ub it was more colourful, and eye-catching, but nowadays people shape-shift lol
So interesting. All these ladies were/are gorgeous!! 💕
When we went into stores we were dressed in the 50's. Today you see people dressed like they are going to bed or the beach or appear to wear underwear. So forget the makeup. I be happy if they dressed in decent clothes.
Hello - Actually she said two drops of Chanel No.5. One of our Miss South Africa's also stated this, but Marilyn in fact meant one under each ear. Thank you.
I don’t think it has to do with vintage, it’s generational wearing hair curlers. My Gram grew up in the 40’s and she and her sisters rolled their hair every night b4 bed and she did it with my hair and I’m in my 20’s of course I don’t wear hard curlers only soft lol
What dry shampoo do you recommend?
Can I request a video about Nancy Kwan and her hair/ style/ makeup? Thank you!
Marilyn ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Please make a video about Carolyn Kennedy!!
Pink Pink Pink 💗
I only shampoo once a week, but I rinse and condition daily or every other day because I have dry coarse, curly hair. .
I always wonder if Max Factor has kept their formulations or are just a glorified Cover Girl formula in Max Factor packaging. I miss the original Max Factor products immensely.
Brushing your hair a lot would help distribute your natural scalp oils down the hair shaft and keep it from building up at the root, which might be why they didn't need to shampoo as often
Always mentioning the same movie stars. Where is Rita Hayward, Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney, Jennifer Jones, Susan Hayward, Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams…..etc.
Always the same examples, Marilyn, Elizabeth and Audrey.
A lot of research !
An ice bath sounds miserable haha