Vintage Adverts: Miners are out to shock you

1970s, Hair and make-up, Honey Magazine, Jo Wood, Make-up, Miners, Vintage Adverts

Featuring a very young Jo Wood, unless I’m very much mistaken.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, December 1972

Guy Day: When a man dreams of lips…

1970s, cosmopolitan, Make-up, Mensday, Vintage Adverts

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, June 1972

I’m ignoring the filthy overtones of this advert – and his moustache – to enjoy the shagpile carpet and general interior decor amazingness…

p.s Thank you all for your amazing feedback and comments on the Ossie/Debenhams post the other day. I feel like I used my last vestiges of energy in writing it, and I haven’t really recovered enough to respond to comments yet. But please know that it means a lot to me, and you’re all very lovely.

Inspirational Illustrations: Lipsticks are a girl’s best friend

1970s, Hair and make-up, Illustrations, Make-up, philip castle, Vintage Adverts

Boots 17 cosmetics advert. Scanned from 19 Magazine, June 1973.

Illustrator sadly uncredited but it certainly has the Philip Castle look.

Vintage Adverts: Now another New Look chez Christian Dior

1960s, christian dior, Hair and make-up, Make-up, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Vogue, June 1969

Vintage Adverts: Act natural with Miners

1970s, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, Miners, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Honey, April 1970

Vintage Adverts: Carnival, 1972

1970s, glam rock, Inspirational Images, Make-up, platforms, shoes, Vintage Adverts

'Carnival' shoes advert from the Co-op. Scanned from Vogue, April 1972.

I will definitely be attempting to recreate that make-up at some point in the future, how incredible!

Inspirational Images: Beauty Studies by James Wedge

1970s, clowns, hand tinting, Inspirational Images, james wedge, Make-up, pierrot

Hauntingly beautiful. I can never, ever resist a photoshoot inspired by clowns. (Indeed, Mr Wedge seems to have made them something of a trademark!) That make-up, that neck ruff…

Scanned from Painted Ladies: Art of Hand Colouring in Photography by James Wedge.

Random Ossies in Adverts: California by Max Factor

1970s, Make-up, nova magazine, ossie clark, Random Ossies in Adverts, Vintage Adverts

It’s been a while since I’ve done a ‘Random Ossies in Adverts’ post, so it was high time I found another one. Bottom left, definitely one of my holy grail pieces.