Face Lace

The founder of Face Lace - Phyllis Cohen - is a makeup artist famous for her intricate designs. She has done advertising campaigns for big companies such as Clinique, Revlon, Vichy and the Body Shop, and has become the favorite makeup artist for extravagant characters such as Annie Lennox, Steve Strange and David Bowie. Already during the 80s she started creating face appliqués out of latex, fabric, beads and rhinestones, which has been the inspiration for Face Lace. Face Lace are ready-to-wear makeup designs that will make it look like you've spent hours in front of the mirror, although they actually just take a minute to apply. A quick - and not expensive at all - way to change your look. I love these...

Bastet Mask

Day of the Dead-Espina

Lattice Eye Wings

Starway 2 Heaven

Crystallised Hipstar

Crystallised Burlesque

Va Va Tomb

Swirlyqueue

Renaissance

For more designs, visit Face Lace's website here!

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No Pain, No Gain...

I found some very interesting images of very interesting beauty treatments during the 1940s. Today, these methods look both horrifying, funny and ridiculous. Had people from the 40s traveled forward in time though, and seen what sort of beauty treatments exists today, their comments would probably be that they look both horrifying, funny and ridiculous... Haha! And I wonder what we will be putting ourselves through in the name of beauty in the future...

Anyway. Here are the pictures I found. Don't try this at home children...

Max Factor's ice mask! A mask with plastic cubes was filled with water that got frozen. Then you put it on your face to decrease swolleness. It was popular among the 40s movie stars, and was invented to be used after a rough night out on town.

On the other hand there was also Helena Rubinstein's heat mask! This was meant to increase circulation in the skin, and give you a rosy fresh look. I'm sure you could also use it as a tea cosy...

Electric hot rollers! Seems very safe, and was probably not damaging to the hair at all... Hm...

Freckles were to be avoided at any cost! Even if that meant going to the beach looking like a ghost. Obviously...

Another very flattering mask from Helena Rubinstein! This was put on to tighten the skin. Could also be a good look for Halloween...

This actually looks really nice! Just sitting there doing some knitting while getting a good leg massage. It was used to get a slimming effect, since it was thought these metal rolls stimulated muscle growth.

Another useful metal contraption! This was created by Max Factor to simplify getting you makeup applied in the right spots. Uhm... Well...

And finally - the vacuum pumps! These were to be moved over the skin to reduce acne.

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Zhang Jingna

New York based photographer Zhang Jingna discovered the beauty of photography as a medium of expression during her time at art school. In 2007 she was named Master Photography of the Year by Master Photographers Association, and in 2011 Photographer of the Year at the ELLE awards in Singapore. Her work has been published in several magazines, and been part of many exhibitions. The photos in her Motherland Chronicles series has a mysterious, dreamlike quality to them. Some could even be mistaken for paintings. Here is a small assortment of the beauty created by Zhang Jingna. For more, visit her web site here!

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