Do you have an actors face?

[Chandu]

Ran across this today looking at old copies of Time Magazine. This is from 1945. I know many prefer hard soaps but by WWII or shortly after many brands such as Williams and Palmolive had cream or in the case of Palmolive even brushless creams. Obviously the companies saw that as the future, not pucks.

In the same magazine

 

[Kaldane]

An actor's face? Don't know. What's Boris Karloff doing these days?

 

[Chandu]

An actor's face? Don't know. What's Boris Karloff doing these days?

I think the same thing as Beethoven. .... wait for it.... decomposing.

By actor's face they meant sensitive or irritated rather than handsome. Actors had to scrub makeup off or use removers that could be hard on the skin. The though here being that if the soap didn't bother the actors already potentially sore or sensitive face it would be great for your face.

 

[luvmysuper]

Perhaps good advice, if I were someone pre-disposed to sensitive skin, or had to scrub stage make up off of my face daily with rough towels and solvent.
I think that the chemistry of a shaving soap or cream has probably advanced as much as make up for actors, and that neither case would be an issue anymore.
In any case, I love these old adverts, a real glimpse into the mind set of days gone by.

 

[sarimento1]

Well, I definitely have a Radio Actor's Face!!

 

[Mr. Shavington]

If, by ‘actors face’, you mean like this….

…then, yeah. I pretty much have an actor’s face.

 

[timetofly]

Don't have an actors face, but was told in my younger years that I resembled Jerry Seinfeld in his younger years.

Cover Jerry's mouth in this picture, and you will see me about 30+ years ago.

 

[SharpieB]

I won’t win Mr. Universe, but my wife says I am handsome.

 

[mcee_sharp]

Well, I definitely have a Radio Actor's Face!!

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You have a face for RadioBook.

 

[Marco]

In any case, I love these old adverts, a real glimpse into the mind set of days gone by.

Phil, I'm with you 100%. Actually, I love all things vintage.

 

[luvmysuper]

Phil, I'm with you 100%. Actually, I love all things vintage.

Apparently my wife does too, as we're still together and you don't get much more vintage than me!

 

[jaro 101969]

Actors had to scrub makeup off or use removers that could be hard on the skin. The thought here being that if the soap didn't bother the actors already potentially sore or sensitive face it would be great for your face.

It also depends / depended on the types of "makeup " being worn and for how long... I remember one time being in prosthetics for over 17 hours and my face was irritated just from that , let alone the removal process !!!! Makeup now a days are a lot more gentle on the skin but some still hurt dependening on the type and the length of time having to be worn.. !!!!

 

[H4nk]

We used Noxzema to remove makeup so it wasn't that bad.

 

[gmdh1221]

Firms like Burma-Shave, Barbasol, and others put a shot across the bow of the puck-and-brush as far back as the 20s:

Your shaving brush / Has had its day / So why not / Shave the modern way / With / Burma-Shave

They mainly targeted younger folks and their ads heavily focused on convincing you the brush was some old-fashioned Victorian thing that was supremely uncool. Then the brushless stuff became an easy thing to put in WWII kits, and that basically normalized the lack of brush going forward.

Then (and here's the part where the modern gourmet shaver starts to wince) when canned foam hit, most actually saw it as a big improvement.