Know your decades....

Now.....Lady G

Noughties neutral glamour....with Scarlett J

90s no-make-up make-up...Natalie I

80s...COLOUR!!! Toyah!

70s ....Farrah.....those legendary flicks..

60s....Vidal and eyelines galore....

50s glam.....love the beauty spot

40s femme fatale.....strong brows, strong lips by Ms. Bacall

30s dolly glam with Jean Harlow

Louise Brooks...loving the 20s bob!

Monday's class in the fat mu academy was looking at the history of make-up and focussing on the last century in particular. We started at 1900 and went right through to 2010.....Lillian Gish to Lady Gaga! Know your Gaga but not your Gish?....get reading my darlings.....you should be able to identify your decades at the bat of an eye......as Madonna said...."Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and Dimaggio, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean...on the cover of a magazine.....Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean, picture of a beauty queen, Gene Kelly, Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers dance on air....they had style, they had grace...Rita Rayworth gave good face...Lauren, Katherine, Lana too, Bette Davis we love you..."......if you don't know any of the names above start google-ing!!!!

There is much to learn.....eyebrow shapes, lip shapes, eyelines, smoke, glitter, shimmer, gloss! Know your designers, artists, films of the time.....Who invented gloss? Who gave us mascara? When did Disco arrive?...know your stuff my friends...it'll make you a much more exciting and creative artist!

Off to the Make-up Forever launch my darlings.....will let you know how the MUs get on...we are uber excited at having such a great brand in Bombay....

M x