I’m in the midst of wedding planning, which amazingly is going quite well, thanks to the fact that I am not worrying one bit about where people are going to sit, and whether the napkins will match the flower girls’ dresses. Oh, and having a wonderful sister who is an experienced event planner helps! There […]
Category: Beauty and Charm
Beauty and charm tips.
1922: A Love for Beautiful Things
Here’s another sort of love described: a love for beautiful things! Let’s read what Mabel Hale, in her 1922 book Beautiful Girlhood, had to say in a chapter which focuses on “A Few Faults Discussed”: ~~Another fault is an inordinate love for pretty things. I say “inordinate,” for there is a proper appreciation for those […]
Your Nighttime Beauty Routine
A reader wrote this week to ask if I could share the “nighttime beauty routine” from Constance Hart’s Handbook of Beauty. I featured the one-night-a-week beauty routine and the morning beauty routine years ago on the website, from this 1955 beauty paperback. All of these refer back to other sections of the book; if you’d […]
Wedding Fashion
Readers of this site might enjoy this exhibit from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Wedding Fashion. Some beautiful images here! And sorted by “fashion period,” so you can read about wedding advice from the past then go look up some pictures, to get a well-rounded experience.
Update on Sears Charm School
In case you missed it in the comments of this earlier post about the Sears Charm School, reader Stacye just sent along a great link to a recording of “interview” about the Sears School for Young Charmers from 1967…listen to it here. They mention a tote bag to “carry your shoes” (heels), and anything else […]
Sears Discovery Charm School – ring any bells?
Kelly, a fan of this site, wrote recently with a question about a book from her childhood that she’s been desperately looking for –The Sears Make the Most of You Discovery Book (described a bit but without working links here. It was from a charm school that Sears ran back in the early 1970s; Kelly […]
1929: Beautiful Breasts
This being the first day of 2008 (hard to believe) I thought I would find something to help you with your latest new year’s resolutions. I’m sure most of you have resolved to spend more time with family and friends, excercise more, eat better, to earn more money and perhaps travel to exotic locales this […]
1929: Personal Hygiene
Wooweee is the D.C. area hot this weekend! Even with the mid-afternoon hours wasted away napping in the central air conditioning (not even the dogs want to go outside), it’s been pretty unbearable. And in the short time I did spend outside, well, I’ll be honest, I’ve been perspiring quite a bit. What’s a girl […]
1919: Cheerfulness
Since today is mother’s day, I thought I’d bring you a little something from the parenting side of advice books. The following is from one called The Mother’s Book. My own mom has raised me with a cheerful outlook on life, I think, so this one seemed fitting as a way to honor her and […]
1961: Eyeglasses
I did a stupid thing this weekend–I lost my glasses! I had my sunglasses on at the time, and my regular frames somehow fell out of my pocket while I was out walking the dogs. I retraced my steps and looked high and low for them but they are gone gone gone. So since Saturday […]