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Old Theatrical Makeup Pg. 3

2e_1_b.JPG (29566 bytes) A barely used kit contents suggestive of a white female (amateur?) ingénue 1900-1925? above photo by eBay seller

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Kit contains 1 large & 1 small box of light pink face powder, 1 greasepaint base stick in "Pale Juvenile" pink,  two liner sticks, one black, one bright blue, dry rouge in bright magenta, a lipstick in a deep translucent berry tone, and a black eyeliner stick.

Details of the contents:

The Face Is a Canvas : The Design and Technique of Theatrical Makeup by Irene Corey

Mask of Reality : An Approach to Design for Theatre by Irene Corey

Special Make-Up Effects

Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein Extraordinary Style Beauty Art Fashion Design

Wigs and Make-Up for Theatre, Television and Film

Theatrical FX Makeup
Period Make-Up for the Stage: Step-By-Step

Risqué Beauty: Beauty Secrets of History's Most Notorious Courtesans

Stage Makeup : The Actor's Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Today's Techniques and Materials

Stage Makeup by Richard Corson
Jerdon JGL9W 5X Magnification Tri-fold Lighted Mirror
Pond's Cleansing and Make-up Remover Towelettes, Refill - 30ct.
Topolino: Make-Up Games

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PICT0052.JPG (103676 bytes) PICT0053.JPG (68911 bytes) PICT0054.JPG (66759 bytes) PICT0055.JPG (115730 bytes) PICT0056.JPG (83287 bytes) PICT0058.JPG (73860 bytes) One large and one small paper box of "Ayeristocrat" Theatrical Powder in pale peach-pink.PICT0059.JPG (104744 bytes) PICT0060.JPG (90944 bytes) Bottom of boxes. 

PICT0061.JPG (69804 bytes) PICT0062.JPG (66642 bytes) side, showing color label on large box, "Rachel".

PICT0063.JPG (71821 bytes) Metal containers for lipstick and black eyeliner.  Lipstick is a deep but transparent berry color.

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 PICT0072.JPG (82098 bytes)  PICT0075.JPG (98548 bytes) Stein's Liner colors 10 and 7 (Bright blue and black)

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PICT0077.JPG (48404 bytes) PICT0079.JPG (64881 bytes) Stein's Greasepaint base #2 "Pale Juvenile" (pale pink. ) 

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PICT0081.JPG (72449 bytes) PICT0082.JPG (56455 bytes) PICT0083.JPG (84518 bytes) Stein's #18 rouge (Screaming fuchsia.) tablet of dry rouge. 

 
Make Up
 
Special Effects Make-Up Art and Science of Professional Makeup (Cat. No. 7220)
 
Men, Makeup, and Monsters : Hollywood's Masters of Illusion and Fx Special Make-Up Effects
  T.Z. CASE International Pro Case
  T.Z. CASE International Pro Case Deluxe

 

To see more old makeup kits: 

Page 2: PICT0077.JPG (42723 bytes) A complete professional actor's kit in it's original tin box, most probably used by a white male in the early 20th Century.

Page 4: PICT0123.JPG (70116 bytes) Complete and unused white female Max Factor theatrical "student" kit in original box (1940's?)

Page 5: PICT0084.JPG (60927 bytes) Assorted old theatrical makeup supplies and boxes.

Page 6: e1_1_b.JPG (26164 bytes) Special effects makeup kit probably before the 1950s

Page 7: A Small Basic Set of Stein's Greasepaint Sticks for a white actor or actress in it's original c.1900 tin

Page 8: PICT0115.JPG (246587 bytes) c. 1900 white female kit of Blanca Lester, plus roll of c.1900 stage money.

Page 9: DSCF6034.JPG (3369624 bytes) c. 1900 Stage makeup kit from the U.S., probably for a white male specializing in drunks and bums.

Back to Page 1. Old Makeup Kits main page 

Related information:

Make Up Book for Professionals by F.W. Nack, Chicago, c.1900 a complete facsimile of a copyright expired lithographic pamphlet  on stage makeup from around 1900.  It shows clear diagrams of the common types of theatre makeup used for portraying popular characters and types on the American stage at that time.  These diagrams are not only interesting for the study of the history of stage makeup, but also for the study of various stereotypes of race, gender and age prevalent in stage works of the time, including blackface, yellowface, and redface.

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