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Style & Beauty from past decades - what would they ask?

29 replies

RevoltingPeasant · 06/12/2013 20:56

I was just pondering on how different the S&B board would look if it went back to the mid 90s, or the 50s, or even the Victorian period!

What S&B dilemmas would MNers of the past face, do you think?

OP posts:
dizhin79 · 07/12/2013 00:36

mid 90s does anyone know the best glow in the dark face paint that doesn't slip when raving?

50s which seeing lotion do u use at home to get that styled in salon look?

20s help I've got beading caught in my hair and it won't come out, I'm a flapper in a right flap! Shock
hee hee!

dizhin79 · 07/12/2013 00:37

n.b. setting lotion not seeing lotion!

Financeprincess · 07/12/2013 06:37

In the 18th century I might have been canvassing views on where to put my fake beauty spots. And how I should arrange my fake eyebrows made of mouse fur (I have not made this up).

FunnyLittleFrog · 07/12/2013 06:45

90s S&B

Can I wear trousers with a skirt over the top or will I look ridiculous?
Where can I get a good Rachel cut?
Lip liner - inside or outside the lip line?

Deathwatchbeetle · 07/12/2013 09:01

Would vanishing cream remove a certain problem (a bump if you know what I mean!!!). Apparently ladies and girls used it for exactly that problem. For those still scratching their heads -I mean an unwanted baby bump.

Mind you, Great Grandma used it on her face (Ponds Vanishing cream) and had lovely skin! Wish they still made it as it really mattifyed and left on for 5 mins was a great face mask.

Hollyandbooze · 07/12/2013 09:09

1989

Which hair mousse and diffuser to get my perm to look really crispy?
Bodies and jeans, best with a really thick belt?

Deathwatchbeetle · 07/12/2013 09:37

Speaking personally, I wish I never did the 'looking like David Bowie thing' - I shaved off my eyebrows. Oh yes I regret it now!!!!

Eve · 07/12/2013 09:40

Best bleach for getting that prefect frosted effect on my skin tight jeans?

Trills · 07/12/2013 09:41

80s Should I go for a spiral perm or just the bouffant look?

mrselgar · 07/12/2013 09:41

1970's

What is the best blue eyeshadow?
How do people keep their Farah Fawcett hair flicks in place all day?

Trills · 07/12/2013 09:41

90s - Do I have to buy real hair mascara or do you think my electric blue normal mascara would work?

NorthernLebkuchen · 07/12/2013 09:46

Mid 19th Century

HELP! I love my crinoline but can't fit through doors! How do you manage?

Post second world war

HELP! I love my new look dress but can't fit through doors! How do you manage?

TravelinColour · 07/12/2013 09:54

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NearTheWindmill · 07/12/2013 09:56

90's. "If I wear a long-line jumper with these tailored leggings, will it hide my bottom".

Today I am wearing dark grey leggings (with a zip and not skin tight just as before) and a long length burgundy coloured jumper with a cowl type neck.

The only difference is then I wore it with pixie boots and the leggings had a bit that went under the heel and now the leggings are just tailored to a narrow ankle and I wear them with long leather boots.

I've a lovely picture of my mum in capri pants, a lacy top and ballerinas in the late 1950's!

I makes you think. It all comes round again it seems just slightly updated. I even have a navy polka dot skirt reminiscent of the one I had in the early 80s along with every other Sloane in London.

NorthernLebkuchen · 07/12/2013 10:12

1582

My BF says the lead make up will make our noses fall off but I NEED to be dead white. Please tell me she's wrong!

dogrilla · 07/12/2013 11:33

Early noughties:

Help! How do I stop my kitten heels going through the frayed bottoms of my bootcut jeans?

Dawndonnaagain · 07/12/2013 12:08

1550s
Belladonna, Arsenic or both?

OvaryAction · 07/12/2013 12:31

18th Century

My complexion is terrible, even though I coat myself in all manner of lead based concoctions and am a pleasing ghostly white, I am unable to fully conceal these horrid blemishes which afflict me. I have started using decorative patches to cover them, but crescent moons and stars are just not cutting it. Would I look a bit OTT if I stuck a coach and horses patch over the worst of it?

Original poster
RevoltingPeasant · 07/12/2013 16:50

He he! These made me Grin

I was thinking late 90s - where can I buy some really brown neutral lippy?

And an ironic character tshirt??

OP posts:
Eastwickwitch · 07/12/2013 16:55

These are brill.

Me, 1985. Can you find me a frosted pink lipstick with a blue tinge?

What shoes with a ra ra skirt?

bettykt · 07/12/2013 17:16

Late 80s, how do you pronounce Anais Anais. Do you think Iron Lady lipstick from Miss Selfridge stays on all day?

Eastwickwitch · 07/12/2013 17:23

betty, are you answering my question? Grin also showing my age

Lavenderhoney · 07/12/2013 17:27

1980's - is it just me or do I look ridiculous with shoulder pads this big in my suits?

Also, can anyone recommend a bag strong and big enough to carry my mobile and Filofax? The one I have sags with the weight.

bettykt · 07/12/2013 17:27
Grin
MuppetsChristmasCorral · 07/12/2013 17:29

90's - I can't make my bindi stick. Any tips?

I have jelly bands all up my arms and can't actually bend them. I think I'm cutting off the circulation. Help! I never did this. Oh no

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