Hollywood Beauty

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A stylish and informative guide to beauty from the golden age of Hollywood glamour, "Vintage Secrets: Hollywood Beauty" teaches readers how to recreate a wide variety of iconic looks -- from the pencil-thin, arched eyebrows and kohl-rimmed eyes made famous by silent-film starlet Clara Bow, to Rita Hayworth's luxuriant locks and Marilyn Monroe's 'blonde all over' glow. In "Vintage Secrets: Hollywood Beauty, " readers find a wealth of tips and tricks used by icons of the silver screen -- and learn just how far some of them were prepared to go to obtain their famous looks. Packed with instructions, illustrations and classic photographs, as well as timeless advice from fashion figureheads such as legendary "Vogue" editor Diana Vreeland and iconic designer Coco Chanel, "Vintage Secrets: Hollywood Beauty" is the go-to beauty guide for film fans and fashionistas alike. The book includes step-by-step tutorials to recreate vintage hairstyles with minimum effort -- from a Brigitte Bardot bouffant to a Veronica Lake peek-a-boo. Discover simple make-up tricks from the days before plastic surgery -- from Carole Lombard's non-surgical nose-job to Marilyn Monroe's pre-collagen pout, how Rita Hayworth and Sophia Loren used olive oil to enhance their looks, and much more.