Makeup Monday gets a Fresh Start

[AlleyKat's]

Welcome to Makeup Mondays! Here you will find a weekly guide to retro makeup, with application guides and my favorite product recommendations.

I’ll start by introducing myself—my name is Amanda Lee, and I am a makeup-aholic! My obsession started at an early age, and I have to say that it has grown over the years—

To start our application series, I will begin with a brief guide to foundation—after all, foundation prepares and perfects your canvas for the flawless application of color products! Period looks have one thing in common—smooth, creamy skin. The soft matte look that was so popular in our favorite eras was achieved with a few different products. Many women applied a powder base of vanishing cream, and topped this with an application of powder. Cream/stick, liquid, and water-activated cake makeups (Max Factor’s Pan-cake made it’s debut in 1937) were also on the market, and the desired coloring varied by era: Cream or ivory in the 20s, “Gardenia” or “Tea Rose” in the 1930s, a slight rosy glow in the 40s. Nowadays, we have a wide range of foundation choices, and one can choose the best formulation and color to suit her skin, and the preferred look is to match your natural skin tone as closely as possible.

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~AlleyKat Guest Author, Miss Amanda Lee~