1910's Makeup

The 50s were all about looking glamorous, while brightly-colored eyeshadow was popular in the 80s.

1910s makeup advertisement - pale skin

A Handy Guide for Makeup Looks from 1900 to 1960s. These looks were created for the film documentary The Powder ... Read more

Victorian magazines, newspapers, advertisements, and the like continuously echoed that a lady should never let herself go. She must always maintain her beauty in order to find and keep her husband happy. A pretty face was also a welcome sight by men, and it was very important to keep their spirits up -- especially during

Woman with long brown-black hair, looking right out at the reader; background is a red sunburst

Edwardian makeup styles employed by women were beginning to refelct a gradual shift from a conservative era to a post Titanic era

1910s makeup use corresponded with the emergence of lipsticks and mascara by the first 'makeup only' brands like Maybelline and Max Factor

Concise illustrated history of 1920s Women's Makeup styles and cosmetics. Find out how the flapper look of the Roaring 1920's evolved.