Beauty Flashback: 1950′s Beauty Fads

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Remember that one time when you wanted to lose weight, so you decided to coat your body in paraffin wax? And then you had a suction cup massage, followed by hooking up electrical cords to your face and ankles? *Laughs* Those were the days, weren’t they?

But seriously folks, if you were a dolly in the 1950s that wanted to razz your date’s berries, you’d totally go all out on the beauty front, or else risk faking out with a greaser. Which in 1950s slang means: “if you were a cute girl back in the day, and wanted to impress your man, you’d do that crazy shiz otherwise you’d end up going on a dud date with a dude that has greasy hair.”

For more beauty madness, watch the clip below. It’s called “The Way to Beauty” and was filmed in 1959 to document some of the erm…crazier, shall we say, beauty methods of that decade. And don’t forget to have a giggle at the beauty advertisements further down.

 

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lara.heaton 2 months ago wow, what?
britters 3 months ago That is so fantasise, the only thing that has changed is how its marketed
angelwings 4 months ago Love the hair style advert. Today we do it with an app. Just shows you that nothing much as changed.
lanalang
lanalang 7 months ago Lololol loved that video!
KNY 8 months ago very interesting read
ellej 10 months ago loved the maybelline ad! - 'preferred by really smart women'
violetflower61230
violetflower61230 10 months ago Hahaha "preferred by really smart women", couldn't stop loling at that!
fizzybubbles 11 months ago bahahahahaha! the poodle's worried it's his turn next! love it!
godsaur 11 months ago Adorable
thugsy 11 months ago beautiful
doogs 11 months ago Love
bardie 11 months ago cool
jarjar 11 months ago wow
becci19 11 months ago love the pre-computer way to see what different hairstyles looked like :)
Jane Hollier
whatjanedid 11 months ago Amen to that!
philliponi 11 months ago But at least Brazilian waxes were still a torture technique and not grooming back then!
aimzybabe
aimzybabe 11 months ago My gosh, it is crazy what the women did!! Especially when the woman was covered in wax. I would never do that!! The seaweed bath doesn't look very effective. I really enjoyed reading this article!
EliseA 11 months ago Oh Audrey!
Luci 11 months ago Wow! how things have changed...
Jane Hollier
whatjanedid 11 months ago Facial peels! They'll be wondering why anyone would do that to their face.
Jane Hollier
whatjanedid 11 months ago I agree!
Cinthia 11 months ago love this!
spunkx
spunkx 11 months ago agreed!!
stacii8 11 months ago amazing
sommy7
sommy7 11 months ago Omg, the steps to being beautiful!:)
Raquel24 11 months ago love the exotic eye makeup!
ichigolove01 11 months ago That's amazing. Love the flashback
tanoshiiki 11 months ago These are great ads. Always love looking at how we have changed over the years and in some cases not at all!
Misskate 11 months ago Amaaaazing!!!
stephvel 11 months ago LOL love the way you can see different hair styles wtf lol
paperplane__x 11 months ago lolol
Zerotolove 11 months ago LOVE these! So funny! xx
MsKimo 11 months ago They looked so beautiful back then, more natural beauty, I reckon.
Telishabeattie
Telishabeattie 11 months ago very interesting
Jenna 11 months ago haha cool
nat98 11 months ago wow funny
cadam 11 months ago Ha classic
jreilly 11 months ago womens are all the same..
Catherine 11 months ago thanks for the laugh, thank god i didnt grow up back then!
srslyalex 11 months ago Hahahha, the hair cut out is hilarious!
KNY 11 months ago Interesting read!
fifi73 11 months ago Lol, I love the Maybelline ad..... Preferred by really smart women the world over..... Just too funny really.... ;)
newbie
newbie 11 months ago lol
newbie
newbie 11 months ago agreeeed
newbie
newbie 11 months ago would love that maybelline ad as a poster
stels 11 months ago definitely :D
stels 11 months ago exactly!
stels 11 months ago ahaha oh man!
LenoreP 11 months ago Love Audrey....classic beauty!
teekendall 11 months ago interesting, i wonder what exactly they'll be laughing about us in 50 years!
Discomilk
Discomilk 11 months ago omg, that is crazy!
RachelMoon 11 months ago Audrey=stunning!
dj23249 11 months ago Informative and truly was a defining era
leckytomato 11 months ago cool!
punkemohardcore 11 months ago lolol that suction cup massage looks uncomfortable.
Claireo 11 months ago Interesting
smurfette
smurfette 11 months ago classic
kelgri
kelgri 11 months ago and still looked even more soo beautiful
lanalang
lanalang 11 months ago 50's rule!
anitae 11 months ago hahaha very much enjoyed! love a good flashback to era most of us never got to experience other than in old films and seems like it belongs in another place much older than 60 yrs ago!
julzjulzz 11 months ago interesting :)
maggielyly 11 months ago cool
Ange 11 months ago haha classic
Whatthe
Whatthe 11 months ago Loved seeing the way they are the same mentally as us today. How funny!
cindyhu_1234 11 months ago this is so cool!
sbooth29
sbooth29 11 months ago stunning
AmberB 11 months ago Love the Audrey shot! Gorgeous!
cindyfeng92 11 months ago so gorgeous!
jodyxo
jodyxo 11 months ago ahaha wow, those are some pretty drastic methods! although the face steamer looks pretty good! x
T1NA 11 months ago wow the ideas definitely haven't changed but the technology has