Be Your Own Makeup Artist: Jerome Alexander’s Complete Makeup Workbook
Alexander
1983
Submitter: Not sure why this cover is giving me such Robert Palmer vibes… This was found languishing on the shelf and no wonder – time to replace this with some from this century.
Holly: They do look like Robert Palmer girls!!
Beauty and Hair Fashions
Richardson
1968
Relive the 1960s with some seriously interesting hair styles. The book is pretty low substance and the pencil drawings that illustrate the styles barely qualify as illustrations, not to mention look a bit creepy. For the most part, this book is really a bunch of promotions wrapped up with some hair styles.
If you are of a certain age, you might remember those days when you shellacked your hair into place. (Aqua Net and Dippity-Do were the tools of the time.) My mother sported a bouffant style from the late 1960s through most of the 1970s. A once a week hair appointment required hair rollers, sitting under a bonnet hair drier, and having her hair teased into submission. Every night she would carefully wrap that hair in toilet paper to hold the style in place. She integrated some wigs and hair pieces into her life because the work required to maintain a style like that was way too much.
The Fragrance Of Beauty Landorf 1975 For the Christian woman, beauty is less about your appearance and more about inner beauty. The author talks about how fear can destroy a woman’s appearance. Self-esteem issues, depression, and ambivalence are hurting your
Hot Tips 1000 Fashion & Beauty Tricks Stein 1981 Aside from the fact the fashion is way out of date, and the illustrations are not great, this kind of book is a great idea. Dressing professionally was a big deal
Debbie Drake’s Easy Way to a Perfect Figure and Glowing Health Drake 1961 Debbie Drake was featured on our site back in 2011 with this exact book. The book’s condition was pretty sad and my scans weren’t very good. It
How to be attractive Bennett 1951, 2d ed., rev. and enl. Submitter: The original edition was from 1948. Our copy does not have the cover shown – the library assistant who discovered this brilliant work (and read it cover to cover)
Always Ask a Man the key to femininity Dahl 1965 (paperback: 1967) Ladies! Your wait is over! Arlene Dahl is here to tell you all the insider secrets of catching and keeping a man. Inside you will find tons of
How to Set and Style Your Own Wig Stevens 1971 Submitter: Found on the shelf of a big, urban, central public library while weeding the 600s. I don’t really know what to say about this one. It speaks for itself.
