Want: Vintage Make-Up Compacts

written by
nina britschgi
date
February 28, 2013

Want: Vintage Make-Up Compacts

written by
nina britschgi
date
February 28, 2013
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I'm definitely a make-up girl. The first time I had my make-up done was for my first ballet performance when I was seven. It was weird at that age to sit still for so long and have someone dab at you with big powder puffs and brushes, but it was also exciting!
Now that I do my own make-up and bought a make-up table last year, I find myself drawn to make-up that has pretty packaging. I mean, if it's going to stand around on my make-up table, it might as well be nice to look at, right?

sources: pink rouge, blue make-up, old bourjois rouge
sources: pink rouge, blue make-up, old bourjois rouge

There are some make-up companies that add a vintage touch to their make-up packaging, but somehow it doesn't beat the real thing I think! At least not the affordable ones I know of :)

Below are a few images of powder tins and compacts I found online. The colors! The detail! So pretty.

sources: 1st column: yellow face powder, golden compact, hand compact, pink pond's rouge; 2nd column: yellow compact, collection of tins, stein's face powder
sources: 1st column: yellow face powder, golden compact, hand compact, pink pond's rouge; 2nd column: yellow compact, collection of tins, stein's face powder

And look, I found this amazing make-up powder for sale on etsy:

etsycompact.jpg

If I didn't already have about 50 different collections I'd totally start collecting vintage make-up. But yeah, I don't want to move up another notch on the "hoarder scale" :)

But feel free to check out vintage make-up containers on etsy if you, unlike me, have enough space to keep them!