Girls, here's good news for you! How would you like to get a hundred dollars - just for being a flapper?
Also a chance to move to Hollywood and become an actress star !
Provided you are more of a flapper than any of the entrants in THE FLAPPER BEAUTY CONTEST !
You don't have to be beautiful to be a flapper, and if you're not a flapper, you wouldn't be considered beautiful !
The thing is - you must be a flapper.
WHAT DOES A FLAPPER LOOK LIKE ?
Well, thats hard to tell. A Chicago beauty column recently listed her characteristics as follows:
1. Hairstyle - Bobbed
2. Make-up - powder and rouge on face - use of lip stick
3. Face - plucked eyebrows
4. Dress - low cut sleeveless bodice, absence of corset, little underclothing, often only a teddy bear, high skirts and roll your own stockings.
If you're friends think you're a flapper, chances are - you are !
This beautiful 1930s color fim shows three Japanese women in traditional geisha style.
The history of the Geisha makeup
The apprentice geisha are called Maiko, and in the film, an excerpt from James Fitzpatricks famous 1930s travelogues, we see an older geisha being attended to by her Okasans or sisters.The heavy makeup was only applied to Maikos, and when she became a mature geisha, she was not expected to wear as much, as she was now considered beautiful in her maturity.
Ignoring the fad of instant geisha makeup videos on youtube, which followed the successful Memoirs of a Geisha film it is interesting to learn what a real Geisha had to endure in order to achieve the look. The application of geisha makeup is a long endurance test, very time consuming. First up is a special oil, melted in the hand and applied to the chest, neck,face and nape.This helps the white foundation to adhere. In the early days, many of the pastes contained lead and must have been poisonous to the young women, but modern geisha do not have this to worry about.
The method
White powder was mixed in water to a paste and brushed on. Once fully applied,and sponged down, the eyes are painted red and black. The red color was more dominant in the Maiko [ student geisha ] and disappears when she has become a full Geisha. Finally the lips are painted with a small brush, the original red was from sallflower. Sugar is dusted over top for a glistening effect. The lip is only partly covered in a manner that reminds me of the 1920's flapper cupid bow style. Again, the small lip effect was only for younger geisha, and eventually she will paint her full lips.
Vintage Style Compact Mirrors
Gabriela of Besame Cosmetics has added another little treat to her makeup bag of glamour goodies.
Handmade petite pocket mirrors for that on the go face touch up.
You get it delivered in a beautiful gold gift card with a choice of six different designs. A cute gift for your loved one.
That's all!
