Front Row Dress Circle

Next time you go on holiday and apply your waterproof foundation or mascara before you dive into the sea or pool will you ever wonder how such a wonderful innovation came to be? I’ll bet not, but in fact you have the old Hollywood make up artistes to thank for the fact that your mascara wont run in the pool.

* When Esther Williams took acting to the pool it was wondered how the former syncronised swimming champ could be made up so that the water would not affect her make up. So Max Factor came to the rescue designing a special mascara and foundation that would be completely waterproof.

* Max Factor also designed the heavy pancake foundation used to make the stars complexions look so smooth and flawless on screen. It is still widely used today although one needs a normal to oily skin to wear it comfortably - if you have dry skin it feels like you are wearing a heavy mask.

* Most of us girls have had a perm at some stage but ever wondered where the wash and wear perm came from? When the musical South Pacific first hit the stage star Mary Martin was required to wet her hair in each performance when she washes that man right outta her hair. In order to accomplish this effectively so it would dry quickly her hair was cut very short into a poodle cut and permed into very tight little curls. Mitzi Gaynor (above) carried the same style in the film and women all over the world copied the style. It certainly was a cuter alternative from the old Marcel wave from the 1920’s.

* Lucille Ball’s gorgeous red hair was the result of a special Egyptian henna that was imported especially for her.

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