Vintage Find of the Week: 1960's Powder Compact

Store: vintageeclecticity

From vintageeclecticity

Vintage Makeup Powder Case, Ponds Mirror Compact, Light Blue Gold Roses & Crown Design $16.00 USD

You might love vintage makeup, but that doesn't mean purchasing old makeup is the best idea. Not only do you have germs to worry about, but the color match might be wrong. If you want to keep the compact as is for collecting purposes, that's fine--but you can remove the tray and add a powder, blush, or other makeup pan of your own.  At $16  this is a great deal and a great way to put a touch of vintage beauty into your collection.

Vintage Find of the Week: Art Deco Makeup Jars

Store: The Birdcage Vintage

Art Deco Vanity Set - Powder and Cream Celluloid Jars - Vintage 1940s Frosted Glass Jars -- $55.22 USD

While this listing dates these jars to the 1940's, their Art Deco motif could easily make them pass for items from the 20's and 30's. With the success of  The Great Gatsby in theaters and plenty of 20's and 30's-inspired fashion on the runway, these glass and celluloid jars are on trend--but we don't really care about trends here now do we? These are a gorgeous addition to any vintage vanity and perfect for holding trinkets, small makeup items, or powder and cream as originally intended. If you pick these up, please let me know how you like them! For now, I will add these to my "Wishlish for My Vintage Vanity (That I Don't Have!)"

Vintage Find of the Week: 1950's Kitchen Canisters

1950s Kitchen Canisters // Vintage Wood Dovetail Containers from 86Home

Price: $95

Era: 1950's

I love organizing. I enjoy the challenge of figuring out what to keep and what to get rid of (and where to put it) as well as knowing the zen that comes with a neat space. I think the kitchen is an overlooked area when it comes to organization. Usually, people focus on bedrooms and closets; but the amount of items in one's kitchen can easily multiply and then take over your space.

With this cute little set, you can keep basic items on hand and save the hassle of messy paper bags (seriously, people need to redesign the bags flour comes in). The price isn't too bad considering the era and condition of the canisters. Sure, you could buy a few Mason Jars and call it a day, but if you want to add some 50's kitsch to your kitchen, and keep things in order, this set would be perfect.

Throwback Thursday Link Love: Vintage Powder Room

I guess anything on a vintage blog would be a throwback, huh? (Wow, that is extremely lame.) Anywho, I wanted to start showing you all some of my favorite vintage blogs to read. While I do want Floor 9 to have a bit of a vintage feel, it's not the blog's only focus. There are bloggers out there that are EXPERTS when it comes to anything and everything vintage. Vintage Powder Room is one of them.

Click here to check out a great article about vintage hairnets (that's where the lovely photo above comes from). Ms. Joan Renner's blog is an absolute must. Enjoy!

Vintage Find of the Week: Chanel Silk Scarf

Chanel Vintage Scarf from Couture Arabesque

I love Chanel. You can keep your Louis, ladies, I'm all about Mlle. Chanel's style when it comes to luxury. When you throw the word "vintage" in front of Chanel you can't get more elegant than that!

This beautiful scarf will set you back $165.

But, um, 1990's is already considered vintage? Yikes! I'm old.

Vintage Find of the Week

ApronsandKitchen: The First Book of Stage Costume and Make-Up by Barbara Berk. Pictures by Jeanne Bendick

In case you missed my post last week , I decided to start featuring some great vintage finds from Etsy on the blog. I took the massive amounts of favorites I had and organized them into lists. If you would like to follow me there, please click here.

At a super affordable $13, this book would make a great gift for anyone. The seller notes a print date of 1954. The author also teaches the reader DIY projects for kids, such as costumes, that are easy and inexpensive to make.

You might want to think about grabbing this one to prepare for next Halloween.

Vintage Find of the Week

KC's Vintage Treasures on Etsy

Miner's Foto-Matic Make Up Kit for Black and White Photos

Etsy is heaven for vintage fiends and not everything comes at a hefty price tag. This amazing makeup kit from the 1930's is going for $65 at KC's Vintage Treasures. While I wouldn't recommend putting the product on the skin, it would be an amazing product to display in a curio or on a shelf. As noted in the description, the colors of these products were made for the days of black and white movies. 

The makeup used on actresses in black and white movies was not what we are used to today. Thanks to HD technology, film stars and television personalities need to wear makeup that is as natural and as close of a match to the skin tone as possible. However, black and white film needed to use certain colors in order to make features (like the lips on female actresses) stand out.

Here is a great video by Sam of Pixiwoo talking about the techniques and color selection of makeup products for black and white film:

What's your favorite black and white movie? Did you know this fact about makeup for film stars in the 30's?