--- product_id: 82336740 title: "Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look" price: "203.88 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/82336740-retro-makeup-techniques-for-applying-the-vintage-look store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look **Price:** 203.88 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look - **How much does it cost?** 203.88 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/82336740-retro-makeup-techniques-for-applying-the-vintage-look) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look: 9780981663920: Lauren Rennells: Books Review: Perfect! Tailoring easy for many ages too! - I'm no spring chicken. The freedom to be retro passed me by when my age might have made it more appropriate, but there were no internet sellers of "anything and everything" in the 80s. Full disclosure: I'm 46. But I'm not dead yet! And for those in their 40s or whatever age that might be in the same boat I was, read on. At some point in life you start to fix your hair and face in the morning with a sort of resigned outlook. For me, it was doing things as unobtrusively as possible so that age wasn't enhanced. But doing it to actually look worthy of a second look, well, that was in the past, I figured. I had my day in the sun, so to speak. But I wasn't at all happy with it. I decided to start exploring my options and find what might work for me. Enter this book and the hair book ( Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques )by the same author as well as a few well respected retro clothing lines. I've always liked the retro look but it is often used with a heavy hand that simply wouldn't look right on a woman in her mid-40s. At the same time, watch any old movie and note how elegant a woman in her 40s can appear...sometimes even better than the younger ones. Somehow I needed to find that middle ground. I got this book and the matching hair one and read it cover to cover. I went through my make up cabinet (and who doesn't have buckets of the stuff) and tossed out things that didn't make the grade and went shopping. With a little trial and error and just two practice runs, I was able to come up with a face I couldn't believe was me. And it didn't look like I walked out of the past or didn't belong in my skin or anything. This book does go into great and pictoral detail on how to get the faces of many eras and styles, yes. But it also shows you the hows and whys and "what fors" of doing things certain ways. That gives the reader remarkable freedom to customize for exactly the right look for their age and personal style. I loved this book so much that I bought another copy of it and the hair book to give as a gift to someone else. That alone should tell you how high my recommendation is for this book. Now, to the results. What happened that makes me so sure this worked? I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed a lot of attention in my youth but that tapered away as time went on and I had simply forgotten what that was like. I got reminded. My first test in public, while shopping, resulted in some surprising and occasionally embarrassing encounters. The woman who said, much too loudly, from another line that I was so pretty and asked what ethnicity I was was a little embarassing but the random males who kept wanting to lift things for me was nice, if strange. Am I saying that this book will magically make you attract random strangers who will want to lift your gallons of milk for you? No, but it does happen. If you have a pretty good base in your features and are willing to take the time, you can remake yourself so that all that you have that is good is shown to best effect and in a way that speaks "classic" beauty. For women like me who have reached that point where they aren't quite sure what to do with their faces now that they've reached that in between time where they aren't old but have to be careful of fledgling lines and make-up, then this is an excellent tool. Combine with the hair book and you'll have a whole new look to rock. Review: Retro A Go-Go - When you are wanting the Be-All End-All to Retro looks you will purchase this book, Retro Make-up and the sister, Vintage Hairstyling. Lauren Rennells is all knowledgeable when it comes to Retro looks, as she has been doing them for some time as a freelance, make-up and stylist for tv, film, and photos. As a hair dresser I am leery of hair and make-up how to's...because a lot have not been doing hair daily as long as I have, and don't explain the why's. It has been CLEAR to me that Lauren Rennells understands, and KNOWS without a doubt what she is talking about when she talk about high lighting and low lighting make up and where to put them. Every step, how to has been tested, broken down and made simple so ANYBODY can use it. Lauren Rennells books have transformed my Pin-curls and Cat eye's. My books have already been looked at, drooled on, loved so much and almost stolen. Will I purchase this book again? Without a Doubt! Can licensed professionals use this? Enthusiastic YES. Can you, who wants to do it for fun use it easily? With easy steps like these you will rock that Cat-Eye like nobody's business. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #956,686 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #79,150 in Health, Fitness & Dieting (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (115) | | Dimensions | 10 x 0.5 x 8 inches | | ISBN-10 | 0981663923 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0981663920 | | Item Weight | 1.7 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 104 pages | | Publication date | April 25, 2011 | | Publisher | HRST Books | ## Images ![Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91CyHfpiEJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect! Tailoring easy for many ages too! *by A***Y on May 22, 2013* I'm no spring chicken. The freedom to be retro passed me by when my age might have made it more appropriate, but there were no internet sellers of "anything and everything" in the 80s. Full disclosure: I'm 46. But I'm not dead yet! And for those in their 40s or whatever age that might be in the same boat I was, read on. At some point in life you start to fix your hair and face in the morning with a sort of resigned outlook. For me, it was doing things as unobtrusively as possible so that age wasn't enhanced. But doing it to actually look worthy of a second look, well, that was in the past, I figured. I had my day in the sun, so to speak. But I wasn't at all happy with it. I decided to start exploring my options and find what might work for me. Enter this book and the hair book ( Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques )by the same author as well as a few well respected retro clothing lines. I've always liked the retro look but it is often used with a heavy hand that simply wouldn't look right on a woman in her mid-40s. At the same time, watch any old movie and note how elegant a woman in her 40s can appear...sometimes even better than the younger ones. Somehow I needed to find that middle ground. I got this book and the matching hair one and read it cover to cover. I went through my make up cabinet (and who doesn't have buckets of the stuff) and tossed out things that didn't make the grade and went shopping. With a little trial and error and just two practice runs, I was able to come up with a face I couldn't believe was me. And it didn't look like I walked out of the past or didn't belong in my skin or anything. This book does go into great and pictoral detail on how to get the faces of many eras and styles, yes. But it also shows you the hows and whys and "what fors" of doing things certain ways. That gives the reader remarkable freedom to customize for exactly the right look for their age and personal style. I loved this book so much that I bought another copy of it and the hair book to give as a gift to someone else. That alone should tell you how high my recommendation is for this book. Now, to the results. What happened that makes me so sure this worked? I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed a lot of attention in my youth but that tapered away as time went on and I had simply forgotten what that was like. I got reminded. My first test in public, while shopping, resulted in some surprising and occasionally embarrassing encounters. The woman who said, much too loudly, from another line that I was so pretty and asked what ethnicity I was was a little embarassing but the random males who kept wanting to lift things for me was nice, if strange. Am I saying that this book will magically make you attract random strangers who will want to lift your gallons of milk for you? No, but it does happen. If you have a pretty good base in your features and are willing to take the time, you can remake yourself so that all that you have that is good is shown to best effect and in a way that speaks "classic" beauty. For women like me who have reached that point where they aren't quite sure what to do with their faces now that they've reached that in between time where they aren't old but have to be careful of fledgling lines and make-up, then this is an excellent tool. Combine with the hair book and you'll have a whole new look to rock. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Retro A Go-Go *by A***R on June 26, 2011* When you are wanting the Be-All End-All to Retro looks you will purchase this book, Retro Make-up and the sister, Vintage Hairstyling. Lauren Rennells is all knowledgeable when it comes to Retro looks, as she has been doing them for some time as a freelance, make-up and stylist for tv, film, and photos. As a hair dresser I am leery of hair and make-up how to's...because a lot have not been doing hair daily as long as I have, and don't explain the why's. It has been CLEAR to me that Lauren Rennells understands, and KNOWS without a doubt what she is talking about when she talk about high lighting and low lighting make up and where to put them. Every step, how to has been tested, broken down and made simple so ANYBODY can use it. Lauren Rennells books have transformed my Pin-curls and Cat eye's. My books have already been looked at, drooled on, loved so much and almost stolen. Will I purchase this book again? Without a Doubt! Can licensed professionals use this? Enthusiastic YES. Can you, who wants to do it for fun use it easily? With easy steps like these you will rock that Cat-Eye like nobody's business. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's the effort that makes the glamor. *by K***. on October 14, 2012* "Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look" along with Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques are two fantastic ways to liven up your day. I'm a housewife and a "Stay-at-home" mom, I got these books for my 37th birthday and using the techniques for hair and makeup, I feel better about myself and my job. It's the effort of getting dressed up for simple things, like house keeping, that makes the glamor, that makes the work easier and more fun. The pictures, diagrams and step-by-step instructions makes this book easy to follow. The tips, tricks, and historical factoids make it fun to read. Looking in the mirror and seeing my late mother or my grandmother makes it personal and very special. Anyone who is into the vintage look or is a WWII reenactor could not go wrong with this book. 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