THE CALGARY EYE-OPENER

This 1926 magazine turned up for sale on ebay, and the description said that was Thelma Todd on the cover. It could be her, but I wasn't sure.

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Glamour Secrets Of 1926

While at Paramount's acting school in 1926, Thelma Todd and Mona Palma demonstrate hair and makeup tips for aspiring glamour girls.


Reblogged from http://glamourdaze.com/2014/03/6-simple-hair-makeup-tips-hollywood-studio-style-in-1926.html

 

Back to March 1926 we go …..

 

To apply lip rouge so that it will not show rough edges, shape the mouth lightly with the tip of your finger.

 

 

 

 

Never use a soft, thick pencil. Crudely applied lip rouge is worse than none at all.

 

 

 

The correct way to brush your hair: – Grasp the hair firmly and apply the lower edge of the brush, turning it gradually on the downward stroke.

 

 

 

The ‘incorrect way’ to brush your hair: – Never brush this way. Begin the downward stroke at the front or top of the head.

 

 

 

The wrong way to hold a brush: – Never apply the brush flat to the hair. The brush simply slides over the surface and does not reach the hair deep down beneath.

 

 

The correct way to brush: – If your hair is long, don’t fail to brush ‘upward’ those stray locks at the back of the neck.




I've seen some of these pictures before, but I don't remember all of them.

Note that Thelma Todd was blonde at the time that these photos were taken. Photographers know that blonde hair tends to photograph darker than it looks. Her hair was later lightened in Hollywood.



 Mona Palma:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658029/




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"Lessons In Beauty" - MOTION PICTURE, February 1926

Some early publicity. Thelma Todd pictures were used to illustrate a beauty article in the February 1926 issue of MOTION PICTURE. She is not mentioned in the article itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thelma Todd in MOTION PICTURE, January 16, 1926

At the dawn or her career, Thelma Todd was a classical beauty with long and beautiful hair, which the studio insisted should be cut to conform to the currently popular style.

 

 

Me, I like her that way.

 

 

 

 

This item comes from the January 16, 1926 issue of MOTION PICTURE.

 

Thelma Todd is at bottom left. June Marlowe, later to play "Miss Crabtree" in the "Our Gang" shorts, can be seen at top right.







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