Preen Cosmetics

Mae West

Something I’ve been looking at lately, and if I’m honest, getting a little obsessed with, is the make-up used by the glamorous Hollywood stars of the 1930’s.

Mainly because they are so cool, and even though I know it took ages to achieve the look, the starlets of the time make it somehow look effortless.

At the close of the 1920’s there was a crash in the stock market and a huge financial crisis (sound familiar, anyone?) so the ladies changed their attitudes towards hair and make-up.

Up till then it had all been flapper girls and rebellious Read more