#Erno Laszlo

[gatabella]

"Then the bedroom: false lashes cut into wedges scattered everywhere. Squat jars of Erno Laszlo's Phelityl cream sealed with glossy black lids. Nightstands crammed with bottles of Jicky, Fracas, and Chanel; cigarette packs stacked by blue tins of Nivea cream. Heaps of Ferragamos tumbling from the closet. An unmade bed pushed to the wall and strewn with books -- The Little Prince, Freud's Psychopathology of Everyday Life, and Stanislavsky Directs. A telephone faced the headboard to hide her number from the riffraff. And a portrait of Abraham Lincoln pasted overhead like a rock star."

- James Haspiel, Marilyn Monroe's teenage admirer and friend

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From the bee-stung red lips to her trademark platinum curls, Marilyn Monroe was – and still is – the ultimate bombshell and beauty icon, who had a penchant for glamour that resonates with so many of us today.

On what would have been her 97th birthday, we take a look at the star’s Old Hollywood beauty routine.

She stayed out of the sun

“I’m personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blonde all over,” explained Monroe of why she stayed out of the sun – despite the fact it was in “vogue in California.”

Forget the bronzers and fake tans many of us swear by today, she was all about the alabaster look.

She liked a very specific shade of blonde

If you’ve ever wondered what hair hue Monroe requested when she graced the colourist’s chair, you probably wouldn’t guess it was “pillow case white.”

According to the author Pamela Keogh, Monroe had her hair bleached every three weeks with a roster of hairstylists including Pearl Porterfield (who also tended to Jean Harlow’s pale blonde hair) and Kenneth Battelle.

To avoid washing it too much (which can affect the color), she swore by a makeshift dry shampoo – Johnson’s Baby Powder – applying every two days to keep her hair looking fresh.

A nifty makeup artist’s trick for plump lips

How to create the full, pouty lips Marilyn was so well known for? A clever use of lipsticks, no less.

Her make-up artist would apply up to five different red hues – darker, plummy reds on the outside, and lighter towards the inside – to create the illusion of dimension and plumpness.

A clever tip that many makeup artists still use today.

She knew the importance of sleep

A woman who enjoyed her sleep, Monroe took between five and 10 hours of shut-eye a night in a wide single bed.

"On Sunday? It’s my one day of total leisure. I sometimes take two hours to wake up, luxuriating in every last moment of drowsiness,” she said in an interview with Pageant magazine.

What she wore to bed

Monroe famously wore five drops of Chanel No.5 to bed, a perfume that she is also said to have added into her ice baths.

Yes… ice baths

While Wim Hof and numerous athletes have since popularized ice-cold showers and baths, Marilyn was well ahead of the curve.

It is said that she used to take ice-cold baths to keep her skin firm and tight.

How she looked after her skin

Monroe joined the likes of Audrey Hepburn in regularly seeing Hungarian dermatologist, Erno Laszlo.

Suffering from dry skin (she is rumored to have obsessively washed her face up to five times a day to ward off breakouts), Laszlo prescribed the actor a rigorous skincare routine, which differed depending on the time of day and occasion.

Her evening skincare routine began with an oil cleanse, using the Erno Laszlo Active Phelityl Oil, then she applied the Active Phelityl Cream and washed it off.

She finished with the Controlling Lotion.

All of these products are still available today.

Get the Monroe glow

While today we go wild for highlighter, Monroe got her glow in another, perhaps less tempting, way.

Deploying the K-beauty trend for “slugging,” she would apply layers of Vaseline under her foundation to help skin catch the light.

She was also a fan of cold cream, like Pond’s, and other iconic products we still use today, including Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream and Nivea Creme, and even olive oil, which she also reportedly applied to her skin to offset dryness.

She wasn’t a natural exercise fanatic

“I don’t count rhythmically like the exercise people on the radio; I couldn’t stand exercise if I had to feel regimented about it,” said Monroe about her approach to working out.

Many of us will relate. Instead, she enjoyed a “simple bust-firming routine,” which involved lifting two, five-pound weights above her head 15 times, moving from a “spread-eagle arm position.”

She would do it bedside until she was tired each morning.

Originally published in Vogue.co.uk

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Marilyn Monroe beauty secrets

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Vaseline- Marilyn used Vaseline head to toe before getting into a hot bath in the mornings for smooth and skin.

Red Lips- Monroe would use 5 different lip hues. Darker reds on the outer lips, lighter hues on the inside, This would create an incredible dimension

Ice baths- She had ice baths to keep her skin tight and firm

Chanel n.o5 - Marilyn famously said she wore 5 drops of chanel n.o5 perfume to bed and nothing else.

Peach fuzz-Marilyn refused to remove hair on her face, saying that when the light hit the facial hair it would cause her face to have a soft glow creating an almost blur effect.

Erno Laszlo products- Dr Laszlo treated Monroes skin throughout her career, Her evening routine consisted with an oil cleanse- Erno Laszlo active phelityl oil and the active phelityl cream and she washed it off. She then finished with the controlling lotion product.

3 eye liners- For her upper lid she used black liner, brown liner for her lower lash and white on her water line for an illusion.

Sleep- Marilyn took 5-10 hours of sleep a night. Particularly on Sunday where she'd stay in bed for 2 hours in the morning ''luxuriating in every last moment of drowsiness''

Blush as contour- She would use blush to define her face shape and sculpt her cheekbones adding blush on the tips on her nose aswell.

Cold Creams- She was a fan of cold creams including the classic Ponds , Nivea and Elizabeth Ardens eight hour cream.

Hair colour- Marilyn was a natural redhead but she kept bleaching her hair ''pillowcase white'' for the rest of her career every three weeks and used baby powder on her roots as dry shampoo every 2 days.

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[gatabella]

Do you know what Ava's skincare routine consisted of? I've never seen pictures of her skin with any blemishes, it always looks so smooth and unlined up to her fifties. Despite her diet and heavy smoking and drinking, she had amazing skin which is crazy. I'm curious how stars those days maintained such clear complexions despite the heavy cake makeup, drinking and smoking (e.g. Lana Turner, Liz Taylor etc.). Like, where were their pores? lol Thank you!

I think first of all it's genetics. She really had a very beautiful skin and good metabolism. I wonder how she would have looked if she had never smoked and drunk. I only know that she used Max Factor and Erno Laszlo beauty products. Otherwise I don't think she did something extra apart from cleansing and moisturizing. And about pores, of course there was a retouching of photos in those days, I once posted a photo of Joan Crawford before and after it, big difference. However, I found an interesting extract in her bio by David Hanna stating that she paid a lot of attention to applying makeup. While it is known that Marilyn Monroe spent hours on makeup "to become herself", one may think that natural beauties like Ava and Liz needed about 15 minutes to look perfect, but no. Here's an article about Liz who spent at least an hour on eye and lip makeup only. And an extract how Ava applied hers. Though I also think it's professional, when you're photographed from every angle day and night you have to look perfect.

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