Which 1950s shade are you picking... pink, coral, peach or orange red? 💋 The 1950s lipstick counter was SO much more colorful than we sometimes give it credit for. 💄 Classic red was absolutely still around, but women were also reaching for warm pinks, watermelon shades, corals, peaches, tangerines and orange reds. By the end of the decade, you even start seeing those lighter and frosted pinks that would become huge in the 1960s. And the shade names were fabulous. Some of the big brands and colors you would have seen advertised during the decade included: 💗 Revlon: Love That Pink, Crazy Pink, Kissing Pink, Pink Heaven and Butterfly Pink 🍉 Revlon: Fire & Ice, Persian Melon, Cherries in the Snow 🧡 Revlon: Hot Coral, Orange Flip, Baby Tangerine and Orange Sherbert 🍊 Max Factor: Pink ’N Orange, along with pink and coral shades throughout their lipstick ranges 💋 Hazel Bishop: Pink, Light Pink and Red Orange in her famous long lasting lipstick And here’s the REALLY fun part... a few genuine 1950s Revlon shades can still be bought today, including Love That Pink, Fire & Ice and Cherries in the Snow. So you can actually put on a lipstick shade women were buying more than 70 years ago. 🎥 WHAT TO WATCH: Carolina Pinglo has a fun video testing vintage Revlon lipstick shades that are still being sold today. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojIoogc5IQ8 Here's a link to Revlon's Fire & Ice - still made today 💯 https://amzn.to/4wLlm6J Which 1950s shade are you picking... pink, coral, peach or orange red? 💋

Did I do ok for a 40s look? I didn't have a red handy, so I went with a dark pink lip.

Do you own a fascinator... and where would you actually wear yours?👒 The fascinator as we know it today came later, but its vintage cousins were everywhere in the 1940s and 50s. Women wore tiny doll hats, cocktail hats, half hats and little decorative headpieces perched at an angle instead of covering the entire head. And they could get FUN. Think little veils over the eyes, feathers, velvet bows, flowers, pearls and netting. They were basically jewelry for your hair... and the perfect finishing touch when a dress needed a little something extra. By the 1950s, tiny cocktail hats could be incredibly glamorous and were designed to work WITH those beautifully styled curls and updos instead of hiding them. Today we call many of these little statement headpieces fascinators, and honestly... they're one of the easiest vintage accessories to bring into a modern wardrobe. Wear one to a wedding, tea, church, the races or anytime you feel like being just a little extra. 😂 🛍️ WHAT TO SHOP: Try a little veiled fascinator with your next vintage look. They're especially cute with a 1940s or 1950s hairstyle. Do you own a fascinator... and where would you actually wear yours?

Would you bring this rule back... and would you actually wear a little hat to lunch today? 👒 Here’s an etiquette rule that has almost completely disappeared for women... when you should and shouldn’t remove your hat. 👒 Traditionally, a woman could actually keep her dress hat on indoors in many situations, including restaurants, luncheons, weddings and church. Her hat was considered part of her complete outfit, not simply outerwear. BUT there was an important difference. A true fashion hat could stay on, while practical hats like rain hats, winter hats and sporting caps were removed indoors. And once you were in your own home, that beautiful little hat generally came off too. This is why you’ll see so many old photographs of beautifully dressed women sitting at restaurant tables in full dresses, gloves and hats. They weren’t forgetting to take them off... they were following the etiquette of the day. 📚 WHAT TO READ: Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette was originally published in 1952 and is such a fun look at the social rules women were actually expected to know during the era. Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cTCsrK Would you bring this rule back... and would you actually wear a little hat to lunch today? 👒

I am so interested in living the vintage way! I am going to be asking so many questions, you’re going to get sick of me! Anyways, how Can I do my hair if I don’t use a curling iron or straightener or any heat tools besides a blow dryer?