Jean Harlow.Jean Harlow was a 1930s actress and sex symbol and, my makeup muse of the week. Harlow had become one of the biggest movie stars by the late 1930s and had even become more popular than Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford. She was nicknamed the 'Blonde Bombshell', because she was the first 'platinum blonde'. Harlow's fame and fortune was short lived as she died at the young age of 26 from a kidney disease. There has been many speculation over the years as to the real cause of death; over-dieting, a botched abortion or poisoning from constantly bleaching her hair. Howard Hughes wanted to create a nickname for Harlow, as Clara Bow had been the 'IT' girl and Mary Pickford had been 'America's Sweetheart', which where he came up with 'Platinum Blonde' and fans later, 'Platinum Bombshell'. Her hairdresser Alfred Pagano used ammonia, peroxide, clorox bleach and lux flakes to create her famous platinum blonde shade. She would have it dyed once a week! Using these harsh chemicals so regularly on her hair, lead to it falling out and her having to wear wigs. My Jean Harlow.This look was so simple and easy to create, I felt like Harlow, minus the obvious lack of platinum blonde hair. I was impressed with how well I blocked my eyebrows, I've made such an improvement over the past couple months! I will get there eventually!
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AuthorThis blog is to follow on from my university final project, which was a historical reference book on ‘Female Hair and Makeup Throughout History’. Each week I will release a post featuring an era and an aspect of hair, makeup and fashion from the time. I will also have my makeup muse of the week, who could be a makeup or fashion trendsetter of their time or a makeup artist who has innovated the industry. Archives
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