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@cannabisgal9301

11 ай бұрын

New Subscriber 🇨🇦 🩵

@uniquelymadison

11 ай бұрын

@@cannabisgal9301 Thanks!😊✌

@KarmaKontrolTvRadio

11 ай бұрын

I Uniquely Madison, Really enjoying the 1920s style videos, thank you..liked+subscribed, Cheers!

I love how people looked back then. I'm a black woman and eventhough there were some serious social problems back then, I still wish I had been around to see the world way before it got like it is today. People looked classy.

@Wife_Mother_Failure

Жыл бұрын

What is stopping you from dressing like that?

@ajulrich1072

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The men too. Baggy pants but no saggy pants, or skinny jeans!!! Showing your drawers??? Unacceptable! Suits and hats. But the social issues! For all women, particularly black woman and other women of color? Atrocious! And we are still fighting some of those battles. Not to mention the torture that was considered “ medicine” or “treatment” back then! I shutter to think!

@Gail1Marie

Жыл бұрын

I miss the hats. I spent my first career in the military, and after having to wear at hat outside for all those years, I was really aware of being "hatless" after I retired. The only place I see where hats are still "in" is the Baptist church.

@ritaroad

Жыл бұрын

❤you are so right.

@xokhaliah

Жыл бұрын

same. i’m black and live for vintage fashion and makeup. but hell would freeze over before I ever would want to reverse time back to then because of the horrible social issues. i’d much rather prefer to take a time machine and visit out of curiosity

My mother was born in 1923 so she really wasn’t part of the “20s” but I still remember her routine of washing her face and using Noxema, reddish lipstick, powder, mascara and that’s it. Natural was always what she strived for. She is turning 99 yrs old and many people comment on how good she looks.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for sharing and for watching Helene!😊

@carmen5585

Жыл бұрын

That's just amazing! - I would really like to talk to such person. I wish a lot of health to Your mother!

@goodshepherd3438

Жыл бұрын

@ Helene. My mom was born in 1918 she was a red hair. Very beautiful lady and my mom wore the same on her face.My mom had gorgeous big eyes and very green the red coco Chanel lipstick she wore looks so beautiful on her. Of course she made herself up .when my dad and mom went out. Not a every day thing I miss her she pass away in yr 1999 At 81yrs old. God bless your mom.Still healthy There is a say May she lives till she is 120yrs old GOD bless ❤🇨🇦

@carmen5585

Жыл бұрын

@@goodshepherd3438 Wonderful! - Be happy with your mom 💛🌟

@texastea5686

Жыл бұрын

My maternal grandmother (born in 1926 I think?) always used Jergens face cream, but she would buy hers in Mexico (we live 45 minutes from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico)

My grandmother was a teen/young woman in the 20s. She had her face regime until she passed from the earth. However she used to tell me that her father caught her in full face makeup once & laid down the law. His daughters weren't going to look like "loose" women. They compromised & he allowed her to wear her favorite red lipstick......when she also did until the day she passed. What her father didn't know.......was that in her teens/20s grandma was a full blown flapper going into speak easys & dancing on tables. 🤣😂

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Well, your grandmother sounds like quite a fun and amazing person. Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊

My mother was born in 1920. I remember my grandmother always wore her made to measure corsets. But working women couldn’t afford much of the fashion we think of as 1920s. My grandmother was widowed in her 20s so life was tough. She was never able to afford skincare or make up or hairdressers. Her hair was long and waist length. She used lavender she collected from her garden to fragrance her clothes. She rubbed olive oil in her hair and skin. She knitted and sewed by hand. Luxury she said was catching the bus home after working 11 hours rather than walking!!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing! 😊

@candicefrost4561

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if she did little things to try to “cheat” to look more in line with the times. I heard some working women would alter the waistlines of her dresses or dress her hair so it looked like she had short hair (some women cut their hair in the front but kept it long in the back like a more extended fringe so they could appear to have a bob). It’s interesting how people who couldn’t afford high fashion still did things to look fashionable.

I just got a classic bob with a side part which I set in soft pin curls. The style looked great on my grandmother although it was out of style when she was in her 70’s until her death at 103. I have her facial features, head shape, and fine textured wavy hair. I just turned 73 and decided to try it out. I brought her photo to the salon and have gotten compliments ever since. Do I care it’s not in style? Not at all!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Good for you! Enjoy the styles you like and wear them proud. 😊 Thank you for sharing and for watching!

@starbuono825

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@sharonh2991

Жыл бұрын

I love that you did it! When I was in Jr. High we had an oldies day at school. Everyone dressed from the 50s with Bobby socks and poodle skirts but my grandmother had given me an outfit from the 1930s so I put my hair up in pin curls as you describe and wore the 30s outfit. My look was a huge hit.

@starbuono825

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@sarahpalmer411

11 ай бұрын

I love that you are doing your hair to make yourself happy, I bet you look wonderful!

My mother, born in 1920, wore Maybelline cake mascara into her 80s. I tried it once and couldn't get the hang of it. She also applied it on her rather thick brows. She wore red rouge and red lipstick, Revlon's Fire and Ice. Her hair was set in pin curls, using flat beer, to be styled like a wreath around her head. The central portion was smooth so a hat could fit, surrounded by the border of curls. She adored Joan Crawford.

@anncontorno9053

11 ай бұрын

She sounds adorable! ❤ Your post made me recall my first mascara, which was a little red Maybelline cake mascara when I was about 11. It was my first experiment with makeup. It was so hard to get the knack for it. Luckily my lashes look much better today!😊. Thank you for the cute post!

@noracharles9366

11 ай бұрын

She sounds delightful ❤

@manuellubian5709

11 ай бұрын

Yes, who you telling. My maternal grandmother and her daughter (my mother) could have been walking billboards for Maybelline pancake makeup. That stuff went on like cement !!! Had no idea how on EARTH they PEELED that stuff off at night. My grandmother had good shin. My mum...not so much. My grandmother's mother (maternal gr-grandmother) used to slather on Coty face powder with a huge face poof - dust went flying everywhere. Then, the same face powder doubled as deodorant powder. Go Figure.

@selectiveoutrage6617

11 ай бұрын

@@manuellubian5709 They removed makeup with Pond's Cold Cream. I tried it once and it was so heavy and oily.

I am in my late 50's now and was raised by my Grandmother. She had been a 1920's flapper .... But also, a top tailoress. I saw some of her evening and cocktail dresses. At her "best" to use her words, she was 5' 1" and 88lbs and constantly complemented by men on her figure - the photos seem ridiculously thin .... By her own admission, she was anorexic. She had natural copper coloured hair which was bobbed. My favourite of her dresses was a silk dance outfit. She had collected the offcuts from society dresses that she had created .... Beautiful silk satin and chiffons. The dress was green. Handkerchief point hem made of all those different green offcuts. She had then beaded the neckline, hipline, and hem points. It was stunning! Her friend was a glove maker and in the box was a beautiful satin elbow length pair. However, during the day, she wore pleated tweed or linen skirts, a white blouse, and a smart jacket or long home knit cardigan. It was important that bags and shoes matched, and a hat was worn outside. To her dying day, she wore little gloves outside. Interesting piece and very well researched.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! It is always a thrill to hear about real experiences from that time. Thank you for sharing your stories of your late Grandmother, and for watching! 😊🖤

@leonieromanes7265

Жыл бұрын

The clothing of the twenties demanded a waifish figure. With those knee length skirts and drop waisted dresses. That's why the fashion reproductions are not always very accurate. Not many women can carry it off. It wouldn't surprise me at all, if fashionista's like your grandmother ate like birds to pull off the look. The style was unforgiving, unless you were very slim and petite.

@serenatwilite4005

Жыл бұрын

What a great story from history, thanks for sharing with us. She sounds like a very classy lady.

@deb7518

Жыл бұрын

I would loved to have seen that dress she made. It sounds gorgeous!

@jamesrobiscoe1174

11 ай бұрын

Your grandmother was surely a fine example to other women in regards to their appearance. It's a fact that strangers form immediate opinions about how to treat us according to how we look and dress. No doubt you have adopted your grandmother's lessons. How rare it is nowadays to see women with a developed sense of beauty and modesty.

My parents married in 1928. Mama, barely 15, but working in a glove and stocking factory. She had her wavy dark hair in a bob, and wore the little hats! She was a cutie, though! Didn’t wear much makeup, fair skin and few freckles.They eloped; popular at that time; Daddy, was about 22.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊

My "classy" good girl grandmother born in 1914 used Ponds cold cream, Max Factor powder and a slick of pink lipstick. My "faster" more working class grandmother born earlier wore foundation, powder, eye pencil, cake mascara that was mixed with saliva, red rouge on her cheeks and red lipstick.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How fascinating! Thank you for sharing and watching!

@rmp7400

Жыл бұрын

We were using Ponds very often in the 1950s and 1960s...and it is still being sold because of it's quality, btw...

@leslieclark6230

Жыл бұрын

Used ponds Cold cream and baby oil to remove makeup on the eyes, Maybelline had just come out with mascara (brush in a tube, where's my eyelash curler) pencil and liquid eyeliner and don't forget the NOXEMA

@margaret-ellenadams5536

Жыл бұрын

Mabelline mascara in the red plastic case was popular.. we used tap water to wet…

@carolynhamilton3316

Жыл бұрын

In the 60s I had cake mascara that I wet with saliva. (Gross) my Aunt born in 1890 something would wet her finger and rub on the red roses on the wallpaper to color her lips and cheeks. Very inventive! Ha Ha

I was raised by my uncle and his mother grew up in twenties. She’s passed away over a decade ago and to this day she was the flyest woman I have ever known 👑 no matter how old she got or how she felt she would get up and put her red lipstick and powder and mascara on. Even with brain cancer 😰 she always believed in “looking her best” as she would say 💕

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! What an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your personal story, and for watching my video.😊🖤

My Grandmother was a Flapper, she went to hairdressing school, and opened several beauty parlors in Boston M she had red bobbed hair, and wore the fashionable clothes, when WW2 came started she could not get supplies for her businesses, so she went back to school and became a Baptist Minister! Her husband my Grandfather was a Merchant Marine, that traveled the World, My Dad had everything a little boy could want!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

That is so cool! Thank you for sharing and watching!

@blancamiranda778

Жыл бұрын

SOOO EXCITING‼️I COULD LISTEN ALL DAY LOVED THE EARLY PART OF THE CENTURY....I KNO IT WAS HARD BACK THEN TOO BUT IM ALWAYS INTERESTED ABOUT THE TIMES OF OUR LIVES🇺🇲💇🏾‍♀️💇💆‍♀️💃🧖‍♀️👒🛍👘

@dollcefina

Жыл бұрын

@@blancamiranda778 I love all your emojis, lol!

@masada2828

Жыл бұрын

A Flapper to a Baptist Minister who married a Marine 😳

@marypaquette8705

Жыл бұрын

@@masada2828 my Grandfather, as a teenage traveled to South America, and learned to harpoon and killed Whales, Edward ROWE Snow , wrote a chapter about him " the Able Body Seaman ,Walter Alfred Willis" In the 1960's my Grandfather took the Grandchildren to a restaurant in Boston, the Blue Ship Tea Room " and ate Whale! Tasted like LIVER! What an exciting life he led, He was 6' 4" bright blue eyes and white blonde hair, And slim, with big arms to climb the up to fix the sails on the three masted ship, he died in 1969. So many story's .

Ivory Soap is what my Great Aunt advised me to use when I was in my teens. I always had clear skin. Witch Hazel was nice for skin also. She bought me my first lipstick. She was so cool!

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

That is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

@rosemaryedwards7239

Жыл бұрын

I like Witch Hazel also. Ivory soap was inserted into my mouth in kindergarten for calling another child stupid! So I really never used the soap

@jenbingham0914

Жыл бұрын

I still use bars of Ivory soap in all my showers. Always have. I use Clinique face products. My mom always used them when she had gotten to my age (46) and she had the most beautiful skin. I used Olay in my younger years. My grandmother used the original Oil of Olay lotion every day and also had beautiful skin.

@karyannfontaine8757

Жыл бұрын

@@jenbingham0914 My mother as well!

@megb9700

Жыл бұрын

My great aunt was my favorite cool relative too!

I would like to step back in time when dressing classy was important. I was born in the early sixities, so I have fond memories of ladies with hats and gloves too. We need more class these days. Thanks for making this video.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I would not want to stay in the past, but a time machine would be fun for a day. 😄 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month.

My mom, who never threw anything out, still had the cake mascara. I tried it and couldn't figure out how in the world they could use it. The lipstick tasted like toxic waste, so kissable! I still have my grandmother's beaded dress from the 20s. I'm fascinated by that era and fashion history, thanks for the video!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How interesting! Thanks for watching and sharing!😊

@bettywhite8407

Жыл бұрын

Remember when my mom, back in the late 30's, would strike a match, allow it to cool then used it to apply on her eyebrows, etc.

@phyllispatterson7352

Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not I was still using cake mascara in the 70's. With the little brush.

@lizeggar2421

Жыл бұрын

My Mom still had a few clothes that my grandmother had made for herself when she was young. When I was a teenager, I was exactly the same size she was. There was one beautiful black lace dress, dropped waist with hsnderchief hem. The lace was so soft and fine that the whole dress could be pulled through my Mom's wedding ring. I just loved it. My Mom was a qualified cutter designer snd sewed beautifully, so she cut the back of the neck low and bound it. Then she cut the handkercheif hem level, so it came to just abive ny knees. She made me a black satin petticoat, that fitted like a sheath, to wear as a petticoat. It looked stunning and I wore that dress more than once and kept it in my wardrobe, even though it became too tight for me to wear. Sadly, it was stolen when our home was broken into and all my clothes were stolen, including my wedding dress. 😭 I have always loved the flapper fashions of the '20s. The sixties, with the loose shift dress and dropped waist, seemed to hark back to the '20's

@michellemiller4742

Жыл бұрын

​@@lizeggar2421 wow...who breaks into a home to steal clothes!? that's crazy!

What great content! It’s set us all thinking of the past. My grandmother was born in 1907 and married a druggist in 1926. She was 19 and he was 24. They lived right across the border from Eagle Pass Texas in Piedras Negras. For anyone who may have the misconception that everyone wore embroidered tops, skirts and huaraches ( of course nothing wrong with that attire) in her wedding portrait she’s dressed in a knee length flapper dress. It was satin and her lace veil reached her ankles. Her white shoes were Mary Jane pumps. As noted in the video her hair was the short long style to mimic a bob.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing your story! 😊🖤

@jenniferwells2291

11 ай бұрын

That sounds a lot like my grandmother's wedding attire. She and my grandfather got married in rural Kansas in German farm country. I love that photo

In the 1970's, when I started wearing makeup, we still had cake mascara from Maybelline. Came in a hard red plastic box.

I believe the Radior face powder and other product (possibly a bleaching agent?) shown at 9:25 may have been some of the extremely toxic radium-based cosmetics available in the 1920s. You could do a whole segment on the poisonous elements in 1920s cosmetics to include lead, arsenic, and thallium. There are stories of women using hair-removal cream on the "moustache" on their upper lip, only to have all the hair on their head fall off! Suggested reading: "The Poisoner's Handbook" by Deborah Blum.

I remember , as a child, my Mother using a tiny compact of rouge on my face so I would healthy. I then used it in high school in the 1960's .We all used Maybelline cake mascara.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How fun! Thank you for sharing and for watching!😊

@spark5012

Жыл бұрын

I used cake mascara and/or eyeliner around 2000. It had fewer chemicals.

@martietomlinson3986

Жыл бұрын

At least ur mom used rouge. My mom would pinch my cheeks until they looked pink! PAIN☺️

Rouge was still used by many women into the 1970's. I remember my mother and my sisters and their friends all using the tiny little compacts with the thick cream rouge. It lasted forever, because they only used the tiniest dabs at a time. I haven't thought about that in such a long time!

@stj971

Жыл бұрын

Cream blush is the best. Seems hard to find today.

@evelyn7881

Жыл бұрын

Yup

@FC-hj9ub

Жыл бұрын

You can do it with lipstick nowadays and Besame cosmetics also makes the compact

@ThundermansThunder

Жыл бұрын

@@FC-hj9ub The word "rouge" is a French word that means "red," so technically, rouge is blush and blush is rouge, regardless of formulation. Following that logic means that lipstick is a rouge for the lips, if it's color falls with the the red spectrum. Pretty cool, huh?

@brwy5777

Жыл бұрын

Elf has a putty blush that lasts forever. You only need a tiny bit

I love that you also included asian and afro american examples. Very informative and nice video! Subscribed! x

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Aw! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and subscribing. 😊🖤

@kerryprzytula7

Жыл бұрын

Really???? Now why wouldn't she.

I agree with the other comments that Coty Airspun Powder is still popular today and is great on the skin. It is also worth mentioning that as part of the Egyptian trend women took to wearing powdered kohl around their eyes. To find out more I would highly recommend the book entitled "Warpaint" by Lindy Woodhead. It is a very well researched book about the rivalry between Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden. It tells of how these women created their own independent businesses and developed the technology behind products and a multi-million pound industry.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Helena Rubenstein / Elizabeth Arden rivalry is pretty legendary in the beauty world. Might have to do a video on it some time, because it was quite a fascinating story.. 🤔😄 Thanks for sharing and watching Stella!

@carmendomima1916

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the recommendation 😊

Wonderful episode! As I watched, I noticed a vanishing cream by the name of "Radior" : my spidey sense immediately popped up. Sure enough, it was as I thought a radium-infused beauty product! As much as I adore the look & couture of the 20's, I'm not unhappy I missed that "glowing" trend!!!

@Gail1Marie

Жыл бұрын

You'd enjoy Deborah Blum's "The Poisoner's Handbook." Although it's focused on the development of forensic toxicology, it has several chapters on toxins included in makeup of that period (lead, arsenic, and thallium, not to mention your radium). It gave me a new appreciation of the FDA.

I'm truly surprised this doesn't have more views, it seems like the amazing kind of video that would. And ALL this work you've done really shows, thanks for making this!

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Aw! That is so kind of you to say. Thank you for taking the time to watch; I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

@lakotadarkclouds8222

Жыл бұрын

My beautiful grandmother was a flapper girl. She made all of her clothes to include purses belts hats scarf you name it she did it. She could stop traffic with her beautify. She had sky blue eyes shiney raven black hair. Her Cherkee skin was maroon. She had long slinder fingers with a French manicure or fire engine red nail polish. She would put her artdecco earrings on the tops of her shoes to dress them up. Or make them into a clause for her flapper hatband or belt.She had a way of accerising her wardrobe. Oh the color combos I could go on forever. Hollywood wardrobe department is where she should have gone. Her and my mom's drawing talents would have been a wonderful tribute to the film 🎥 industry. She had other things she preferred. So she came and left this earthy place without the world knowing her.

@dollcefina

Жыл бұрын

@@lakotadarkclouds8222 Oh my gosh - she sounds SO COOL ! ! !😻 I wish there was a documentary abouot your grandmother. 🎞

@bettywhite8407

Жыл бұрын

My memories of my grandmother, and mom was adoration for their self care lady like attire. Always elegantly dressed , hair and minimum of makeup. Hats and gloves were worn. My frame of observation as to the classy looking way they dressed and acted, causes me to feel sad how women look so uncaring how they look in public. My Dad had a humor saying regarding hair styles, """ looks like they combed their hair with an Egg Beater.!!!! LOL

@bettywhite8407

Жыл бұрын

@@lakotadarkclouds8222 AWESOME, tribute is your grandmother. Speaking of Cherokee , l m dark skinned. As my great grand mother was also a full-blooded Cherokee Native Indian. My maternal grandfather was born under a covered wagon in Arkansas. Family history tells of my great a t grand father married her. I have pic of my grandfather with his 2 Native Cherokee sisters. One when they were young, then as they grew older. The girls were highly check boned with very black hair. However, as genetics play out, my mother was very blonde/ w blue eyes. My aunts ,her sister's, were dark complexion. I m dark complexion, my brothers are very blonde. In a sense, we are all brothers, sisters . Enjoyed your post as it brought up good memories for me .

You are awesome!! I just knew, I mean I was CONVINCED you were not going to talk about black women in this video. Thank so much for being inclusive and proving me wrong because this almost NEVER happens. I think to myself when watching videos like this, damn, did we exist then? I'm pretty sure we did! Thank you 🙂

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thrilled you enjoyed the video. :) It's a joy doing the research and including everybody! To see how the styles of the time were expressed through different individuals and backgrounds is such a special experience. 🖤 Thank you for watching Tamiko!

@jodyhuston1516

Жыл бұрын

I agree, Tamiko! I've always enjoyed seeing all the women of that era, gorgeously made up and dressed. And dancing! This was a wonderful presentation. Thanks!

Everything old is new again. 1920's are my favourite era for clothing, hair, makeup. etc. In fact, I wear a Bob, which I cut and style myself, at home.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Awesome Witney! I cut my hair at home too.. It is pretty nice to have your own hair salon open 24/7 😄 Thanks for watching!

@bettywhite8407

Жыл бұрын

Laughing, ohh my goodness, thought l was the only one """ cutting their own hair". Bob style at that. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent work! 😍 I’m in the process of producing an animated film set in 1926, and it’s been a challenge to find consistent and properly researched information regarding fashion and culture from the “Roaring” 20’s. So much of what we think we know has been distorted by the lens of Hollywood over a century. Thank you for bringing greater clarity to the blurry image of the past that we thought we knew so well. You’ve already made a difference for me and my project! 🤗

@uniquelymadison

10 ай бұрын

Wow! That is amazing! As an artist I am particularly pleased to hear that my videos help / inspire other creative people. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

Thank you for including the beauty of, and challenges Black women had in that era.

May all this brave young ladies who dare to trend a new fashion. Rest in peace. Whether it's to our taste (now) or not ; to each it's own. Each decade was unique. We all have a special style. Remember fashion repeats. And the new generation will love it. I remember the big eye glasses frames in the 1980s. I had a pair ; I was 23 years old. THEY'RE BACK. I see so many wearing them ; I won't wear it now. In 50s , pointy bras, as kids we called them Torpedoes lol. Thanks for sharing, it was wonderful to see my favorite actresses. Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson, , Josephine Baker, Anna May Wong, Mary Pickford. Be safe every one. Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw, that is very sweet of you to say Eva! Thank you for watching! 😊

My grandmother was in her twenties during the 1920s. She had a lot of old make up I would look at as a child. Your video was very well done!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed my video Susan! Thank you for watching!😊

I always wondered why both my grandmothers in the 1920s had the same marcel wave bob when one was a farmers wife in Oklahoma and the other a factory worker in Cincinnati, Ohio. Loved learning about their hairstyles.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed Jean! Thanks for watching!

Brow bands and headbands of the 20s era are a very sexy look. I started wearing bohemian styled bands in recent months. I love them because you don't have to do much with your hair, but the bands make it look more stylish.

My mother had the most incredible skin I have ever seen, soft, creamy and blemish free. Obviously inheritance played a huge part but a simple beauty routine also helped. Soap and water,Cold Cream as a light moisturizer, and a light dusting of face powder. No I’ve make up but a good raspberry lipstick always! Every day before my father got home from work, this was applied as well as a dab of Chanel No. 5 💕

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! She sounds like she was a lovely woman! Thank you for sharing your personal story, and for watching my video. 😊🖤

Vermont Country Store still sells Tangee makeup as well as many older brands impossible to find elsewhere. Clearly Vidal Sassoon was inspired by the 20s severe bob! Now I want to get my hair cut short for summer. Long, twirly banana curls look so tired now, especially on older women.

Your documentary needs to be aired on tv… just fantastic

@uniquelymadison

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind of you to say.

My grandmother was born in 1901. The family pictures I have she was fashionable with her clothes in the 1920's but her mother my great grandmother still wore floor length dresses and kept her long hair in a tight bun.

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool! Thanks for sharing. :)

I still remember buying Tangee lipstick 💄 in the early 70s. It was unusual in that it changed color to suit your skin tone and always looked natural. Don't think they make it any longer. I also used vanishing cream as it was not as greasy as cold cream. It was made by Pond's, which, sadly, does not make it any longer.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

If I recall you can still purchase Tangee lipsticks from the Vermont Country store, but I don't know if you can get it anywhere else. 😊 Thanks for watching.

@mandyviv57

Жыл бұрын

The Vermont Country Store specializes in “no longer made” products. I know I’ve seen Tangee lipstick in their catalog, though not sure about Ponds.

@Lainers2000

9 ай бұрын

@@mandyviv57 Used to use Tangee in the 60's. Bought a tube at the Vermont Country store last October for nostalgia sake.

I find these type of videos just endlessly fascinating. You did a really good job with integrating all the original footage. It's much better, then just being told something, with the occasional picture, to back it up.

@uniquelymadison

8 ай бұрын

I agree, it's nice to see lots of examples of what people are talking about. It just helps to visualize everything and lock in what is being taught. I'm glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you for watching. 😊

✨Thank you dearly for welcoming diversity in your videos! Lovely historical fashion content! 😍✨

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

It is truly a joy for me to do so Iruka! I'm so happy you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching!😊🖤

My mom and my grandmother both used products that had lead cadmium red dye that were all toxic. I sometimes wonder if this is what caused her to get ovarian cancer. She died at 45 years old. My mom only wore red lipstick and so did her sister. My grandmother wore Cotys make up and powder and lipstick. That’s what I also wore. But I also used cover girl,maybelline,eventually I switched to revlon which I still use. I am now 70. But I don’t look my age. I look 20 which is shocking. A lot of guys hit on me who are in their 20s

My grandma was born in 1904. I have her photo book that spans the first 30 years of her life. In her 80's she wore powder, blush, and lipstick only, and my grandpa bought her signature fragrance, Chanel #5, every Christmas. My favorite story is when women were allowed to vote and how all the ladies in her family dressed in their Sunday best to vote.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

That is amazing Kristen! Thank you for stopping by, and sharing your personal story. 😊

I still use Ponds cold crème, witch hazel, and Arpege perfume. Maybe a touch of Tangee lipstick. I have very sensitive skin and can’t wear foundation or eye makeup.

My mother, born in 1919, always used lipstick as rouge and my sister and I, born in 1952 and 1948, did as well. I still do sometimes. I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! Thank you for sharing a little bit of family history, and for watching!😊

Tangee lipstick @ 18:49 is still available today. It is subtle and changes color to match the wearer's complexion. It's my favorite!

i never knew of the white half-moon and white nail tip style of the twenties. But i do recall being a child in the ‘50s and seeing an older women when i entered a house to trick-or-treat. The woman had two round patches of rouge. As i child i knew she was wearing an outdated style from her past ..way out of style…Now, as an older woman myself, i wonder if i am at times wearing makeup, clothing or hair styles that i don’t realize are clearly passé

@MaryGatdula

Жыл бұрын

It's okay because everything comes back around. The present generation and future ones will just think you are/were way ahead of your time! LOL. So your cool. 😁

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree with @MsTheUndone . And even if something is considered "out of date", if you enjoy it then it is your right to enjoy it to the fullest. 😊🖤

My grandmother was a flapper girl when she was young. She plucked her eyebrows so much that she had almost none by the time I knew her. I used to watch her draw her brows on, and I still remember the way she put on her lipstick so she got that distinct cupid's bow. She didn't update her makeup look at all in her life, though she did update the kinds of products she used, of course.

@uniquelymadison

4 ай бұрын

How delightful! Thank you for sharing and for watching.

Madison, I don’t know how to express my joy with this amazing video! Oh my, the research, and editing process had to take days. I learned some wonderful facts, and especially loved your kind comments concerning women of color, how beautiful every single person is! I chuckled over the bobbed hair, and not going to heaven......🤗 I’ve had short hair for forever, I appreciated that sweet truth! I love you, and congratulations on a job well done!

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Aw! I'm trilled to hear that you liked this so much Ms. Cindy! Yes, the whole process took about 4 months. I found the bobbed hair controversy pretty funny too. Seems a bit like straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel if you ask me. 😄Sending lots of love you all! And thank you for watching!🥰

@coppercat3940

Жыл бұрын

My grandmother used to tell us how she and her sisters cut off their hair without permission and then tried to hide it from their parents so they wouldn't get in trouble! It really was a big deal back then.

That was the most fascinating thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been obsessed with the Victorian era, the Gilded Age, since I was tiny architecture, and this new show the gilded age on HBO is just amazing to see how people really looked and help the streets of New York read like in the 1920s unbelievable incredible thank you so much.

@rachelfischer3930

11 ай бұрын

So exciting thank you for writing me back I have to tell you I’m so interested in what Jewish people looks like so that was like kind of the only real I could find obviously I’m jealous of it but it’s it was just incredible. I don’t know how you got that footage or if this is your work or are you obsessed with the gilded ages as well talk to me I’m so excited.

@uniquelymadison

11 ай бұрын

Aw! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed my video! Thank you so much for watching, and feel free to check out part 2! 😊🖤

I was just recommended this video and your channel. I am really glad that your video came my way. I am a lover of history of all periods, and the wonderful thing about coming into the 20th century modern history, we have a much more reliable source detailing how the everyday person lived. I can tell how much time you spent in research, and I so appreciate you including African-Americans in your talk. I am definitely a new subscriber and looking forward to watching more of your videos.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Oh how wonderful!! Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing Charity.😊

My Grandma had been a flapper. They were kind of wild. My mom did that lipstick for blush thing sometimes.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How cool! Thanks for sharing and watching!😊

This is awesome, Madison! That compact/fan combo was pretty clever. Thank you for making another wonderful documentary! 😊👍

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

They certainly had a sense of fun didn't they? Thank you so much for watching and supporting my work! 🥰

@storiesbydarian

2 жыл бұрын

@@uniquelymadison They really did! And it is my pleasure.

@rosemaryedwards7239

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I loved the fan!

@storiesbydarian

Жыл бұрын

@@rosemaryedwards7239 Indeed! Now they just need a men's pocket watch that doubles as a bottle of fragrance or something.

A sheer delight! You know your stuff! I was blessed with a flapper grandmother and great aunt and an artist mom, all shared with me what you covered and MORE! Thank you for the sweet memories!! Looking forward to more of your work!

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Aw! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed my video Lynn. 😊 Thank you for watching!

@dwandavis3736

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this.Very informative and entertaining.The 20's was one of my favorite decades. Fitzgerald is one of my favorite writers. Keep up the good work.

My mother who lived to 99 used dove soap, ponds cleansing cream, original olay pink bottle and same brand of cleansing cream in a ponds thick cream still available today. She never was in the sun!!! I have her flapper dress.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How fun! Thanks for sharing and for watching! 😊

A superbly presented and fascinating video. Thank you so much! Thoroughly enjoyable!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw! That is so kind of you to say Maryjane! Thank you for watching!

@nancyayers5067

Жыл бұрын

I was raised by my great-grandmother & her daughter (who never married.) They always relied on cold cream, especially at night & in the mornings. There was very little, if any makeup!

My mom born 1918 wore powder with puff, black eye pencil for brows, red lip stick and red cheeks. Hair tight Bobbie pin curls in her dyed black hair.😊

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Another awesome video! I am a hairstylist and haven't heard the term "spit curl" in what seems like 100 yrs! I'm not THAT old but in early 60s they were still around. And the au current 'bob' and ubiquitous haircut we see on many today is the exact bob they were doing in the 20s. You didn't mention the Gibson girl style, idk if that was 20s? But you definitely needed longer hair. In high school I worked at the pharmacy and took care of the cosmetic counter. I so remember Coty, Maybelline and Revlon and all the product and color transitions over the years. My mother's cousin's husband worked for Helena Rubenstein for many yrs. Art deco is my favorite design period for all things so I really loved your artwork, text, etc. It's actually a very clean futuristic style that never looks dated. 👍

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences! To answer your question, the Gibson girl style was a look from the 1890s and 1900s. After WW1 the style had pretty much disappeared. 😊

@diankreczmer6595

Жыл бұрын

Gibson girl hair style, I believe was 180 to 19 19 . I am 84 and remember seeing my grand mother, born in 1880, taking her long hair , pulling it up ward snd wrapping it around her hair and placing it un top of her head and putting long hair pins in to hold in place and a curved comb st the base of her head This is my favorite hair style of bygone days My era. The fifties had kim Novak as the favorite hair style and everyone I knew tried to copy it Lster early 60"s, the flip as in Mary Tyler moore dick van dyke show

I got a lot of enjoyment out of this video Madison! The twenties are probably my favorite decade for fashion and I could never understand why modern interpretations would absolutely ruin everything nice about it to make it look so modern and ugly and something that it completely is not, but then there are a lot modern trends that I can never quite understand. Your video is so informative and entertaining to watch and I have learned something new about every topic that you covered! I loved learning about the different kinds of cosmetics and skin care used and I particularly liked how you addressed the fact that not every woman would have worn makeup just because it was trendy. It seems that every time I talk with someone about trends from the past they think that everyone would have followed them, when really there were women who may not have liked or believed in those particular fads, just like today. I also thought that those ideas about bobs were funny. Imagine being afraid to cut your hair lest you might die or get a divorce! Also, some of the kindest, Godliest women I know have short hair. Thank you for making such great content for people to watch, this video really cheered me up when I was sick. God bless and take care!💕

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thrilled you enjoyed this video Madison!! It truly is a shame how few people really know about the past, and that modern filmmakers don't always care about doing it justice. I'm grateful for viewers like you who are so supportive and interested in learning something new. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰 Praying you feel better soon, and God bless.

Found this bringing back so many memories from when I dressed, had a bob and wore makeup, plus did blogs all about the 1920s and early 30s. Very well done. Loved re visiting this wonderful and fascinating period of time fashion and beauty wise.

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I had forgotten that you used to do 20's style. Thank you for watching, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.🖤

@RubysMusings

2 жыл бұрын

@@uniquelymadison 😊😚❤

I remember the mascara that was in cake form. It was still available in the 60's...Maybelline I believe. I was always teased about my pale white skin; can't tan and burn in the shade. If I want a tan I have to paint it on and it looks weird.

@lydiajohnson3592

Жыл бұрын

The first mascara I bought was that cake form. I'm not sure I figured out how to use it. I started wearing makeup in the '60's.

@FC-hj9ub

Жыл бұрын

It is available now as well. Some brands make it.

I remember in the 70s when the clean look by revlon and others was introduced. No more eyeliner, no more blush, pale or invisible lip stick etc., I even remember the models on tv talking about it. Light eye shadow, mascara, foundation, some powder for the natural look. 180 turn from the 60s!!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Amazing how looks can change so drastically from one decade to another! Thanks for watching Amanda!

@carolynhamilton3316

Жыл бұрын

I was in my 20s in the seventys. I wasn't into the natural look, the hairy legs and armpits. I lived in Oregon amongst lots of "Hippys" I was the odd friend who still wore makeup and shaved my legs and pits. Ha Ha

Now I understand my Grandmothers pictures ! Fun to watch

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you had fun! Thank you for watching! 😊

I remember my grandma, who was born in 1908, washing her face and applying Pond's Cold Cream every night before bedtime.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that is so neat! Thank you for sharing, and for watching! 😊

This is a very interesting video. I learned a lot from it. I always wondered how women in the 1900's, 1930's, 1940's, 1960's, 1970's and 1980's what type of beauty products the used for their face and hair.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed my video. Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much Madison, that was insanely fascinating

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed my video Alex! Thanks for watching! 😊👍

Very fascinating! You made an AMAZING job... the effort and accuracy is evident. Thank you very much for this journey into the 20s! 😊

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed! 😊🖤 I am currently working on a new episode, so if you would like to see more feel free to come back in May.

I really enjoyed your research in this video. Thank you for making the video, and especially for including information on the diversity of shades, color choices, and skin tone approaches - - or lack there of. It was quite informative.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw! I'm so glad you enjoyed my video Kim! Thank you for your kind words and for watching!😊🖤

I loved watching this video!!!! It's so nice to go past the 20s stuff we've heard so much of it puts us to sleep and see the brands and forms makeup products took.

That was so well done! Thank you.

@uniquelymadison

2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for Episode 5! 😊

Lived up to expectations.... Excellent, well thought out and presented...

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Really enjoyed your well-informed video. Thanks!

@uniquelymadison

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching. 😊

I’m 67 and remember,bear the coty powder, which I rejected as old fashioned lol I just ordered some from Amazon. Thanks

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

How fun! I use it too! 😊

This video was so facinating, fun and informative. Thanks Madison !

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching! Have a blessed day. :)

I really enjoyed wayching this. Thank you ❤

@uniquelymadison

4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed Katie! Thank you for watching. 😊 Stay tuned for a new episode coming soon!

I love that you took your time on this subject and didn’t try to cram an entire decade of style into a 10 minute video. I love the details so please always take your time.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

I agree sometimes it's nice to really take a deep dive into a subject. I'm glad you enjoyed my video, and thank you so much for watching. 😊

I love this!!! So cool you thought to include the piece on Madame CJ Walker and other African American beauty moguls. Nicely done!

@uniquelymadison

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I wish more folks knew about all the amazing people like Madame CJ Walker, so I just had to share it.😊 Thank you for watching, and stay tuned for a new episode coming this month!

thank you for this. Informative, beautifully presented and quite fascinating!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😊

This was a fascinating documentary! I subscribed and happily look forward to more! 👍

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed my work! Thank you for watching and subscribing. 😊

I enjoyed this so very much! Thank you for all your hard work, research, production and very pleasant voice and enunciation. Well done. Looking forward to more.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw! That is so kind of you to say Marcia. Thank you for watching and for your sweet words, I truly appreciate it!

Thank you! This reminded me of an essay I did in high school on fashion in the 1920s. I interviewed my Great Grandmother as a reference because she was in her 20s during the 1920s. In class, we read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, thus the 1920s theme. I LOVE listening to family history, so it was natural that I asked Grandma if she'd tell me about her fashion in the 20s. Of course her regime was far simpler as a daughter, then wife of a farmer. Her stories were not so tame though. (wink) She and her siblings were known as quite the (fun) partiers in their county. One winter night, the brother had left the girls at a party. The girls stayed longer than they were supposed to so they had to cut through the swamp to get home, in bed before their Ma would check their beds. By the time they got home, the button holes had frozen shut and none of them could remove their shoes. They were lucky it had just been the holes that had frozen and not their feet. Oh, I earned a top grade with extra credit. My teacher had been impressed that I thought to use my great grandmother as a reference resource. Evidently, in all her years as a teacher, no one thought to use a family member or a live person who lived the experience of the subject. Other family members gave me great information in other projects and assignments as well. With the richness of my family's history, I'd have been stupid to not ask the ones who lived it.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Wow! What amazing stories you must have! And I'm so glad to hear that you took the time to listen and even write an essay on your family and their experiences. Preserving family history is such an important thing that I feel is a dying tradition in the West. Thank you for watching and sharing your piece of history with us.😊

@tinaknight9143

Жыл бұрын

@@uniquelymadison Thank you. I wish I were a better writer. I think my family has given me some great romance and a few action story ideas. Fishing boat Captains in Lake Michigan, a nurse who was almost a Catholic Nun but couldn't take her final vow, legal land squatters, French Fur Trader, farmers, a tiny part in the American shoe sole history, creator of special hand-made shoes, loggers, a small part in bowling pin evolution, a part in the creation of a lifesaving pump used for gut-shot gunshot victims, a convict who whittled himself a key and walked out of prison only to get as far as his sister's who refused to help him unless he turned himself in, one of many of the unheard of heroes of WWII, a man so determined to live, a doctor met him in hospital room only minutes after arrival, just to shake the hand of the man who had survived so many things in his life, that the doctor hadn't even had time to get through half of his medical records but couldn't believe he was still alive and had to see the man for himself... The list goes on.

I enjoyed your video, I like historical things and your knowledge of the subject is great.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear you enjoyed Rich! Thanks for watching!

Thanks Madison! This is wonderful. So much I did not know and funny too. 😊

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching! ✨🖤✨

@storiesbydarian

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Not enough people have mentioned how you lighten the mood with well placed humor, Madison! 😀

Awesome - loved the video - subscribed.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! I really appreciate it.

What a great video ! I thought I had seen all these videos but I’ve never seen any of this footage! I loved it ❤️

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching! 😊🖤

What an interesting and informative video! Thank you for sharing Madison😊

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Deborah! Thank you for watching.

Thank you for this video.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

😊 Thanks for watching!

Great video! Needs more views and bless you for being so inclusive!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That is very kind of you. 😊

Thats was very enjoyable and informative. I appericate all the research you've done. Wish I could have some of that old advertising and cosmetic cases. 💐

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed my work Melanie!😊🖤

This was so lovely to watch 😄Thank you ❤

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Helena! Thank you for watching!

What a great information video you did. I loved the old time music you played. I will now watch more of your videos.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it and are going to watch more of my content! Thank you for watching. 🖤😊

High-Brown was a golden sienna, and Spanish Rose was a golden Terra cotta. My grandmother, born 1902, used these.

Absolutely amazing video!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!😊

That was So much Fun. Thanx.. do some more. Loved It!!👍🙏😍😍⚘

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw, Thank you so much Terrie! Yes, more are on the way.😊👍

I really enjoyed watching and listening to your video. New sub! 😊

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw! Thank you! A new episode is coming this month, so you will have a new video to watch very soon. 😊🖤

Fascinating. Thank you xxxxx

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 🖤😊 Stay tuned for the next episode coming this month.

Thank you -I love this!!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad! Thanks for watching!

Extremely beautifully well documented and done. Thanks...

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!😊

ahhhhh love this series thank you so much

@uniquelymadison

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

Excellent!!! I really enjoyed this and learned a lot I didn't know! Thanks!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Aw! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed my video!! Thank you for watching. 😊👍

Excellent video! I truly enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers!

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed my video! Thank you for watching!😊

You should cover CJ Walker if you haven’t already. Her story is amazing. My grandfather was in vaudeville, so he used a lot of cake makeup, set with potato starch, and removed with Ponds. I don’t know much about grandma’s makeup for Ice Capades.

@uniquelymadison

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have so many stories to cover but Mrs. Walker is on the list for sure. Thank you for sharing your personal story, and for watching. 😊