Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts

Monday, 9 July 2012

Cheap Beauty

A few weeks ago Ally invited the girls over for a spa night. Ally is a genius at finding home recipes and affordable all-natural alternatives to the overpriced drugstore cleansers/moisturizers/exfoliaters etc. One of my favourite things we did as a jojoba oil and sugar scrub. There's only two ingredients, it is so easy to do. I bought a bottle of jojoba oil from a health supply store near my apartment, it was $13.99 for 118mL.

Just combine the jojoba oil and sugar in a bowl, scrub your face with it. Ta- da! The oil has a mild smell and you can add a couple drops of essential oil such as lavender if you'd like a more fragrant scrub. Use the scrub before bed for optimal results. It's best not to put on make-up right after using this as your make-up won't stay.




Saturday, 21 April 2012

Beauty History- 1940s Part 2

Some more beauty history because I just love this stuff! Here are some girlies from 1943- beauty pageant contestants from the General Engineering Company (Canada) munitions factory in Scarborough.

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Beauty History- 1940s

Previously we looked at some photographs of the Miss Toronto beauty pageant from the 1930s. Now lets have a gander at some lovely girls from the 1940s!

Mayor Robert H. Saunders with first place winner Irene Ayers- 1946


Sunday, 1 April 2012

Beauty History

Beauty Contest, Toronto, 193-?
Have you ever wondered what ladies swim fashion in Toronto was in the 1930s? of course you have! Well, take inspiration from these local beauties. All of these images are from the City of Toronto Archives, which is an absolutely amazing source for vintage images of Toronto. You can access the archives online here: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/photographs/index.htm just hit scanned photographs only when you search. Another resource that is great for finding old photos is the Archives of Ontario http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/92/1/0?SEARCH&ERRMSG=[IMG_WEB]img_simNo.htm

More images after the jump!