| MIXING FACE POWDER A girl orders face powder and watches beautician making it for her. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6104 |
| Catalog #: | 108226 | |
| Clip Number: | 108226-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 177 | |
| Timecode: | 01:20:53 - 01:22:52 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Cosmetics INDUSTRY: Beauty Culture, Cosmetics LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | MIXING FACE POWDER A girl orders face powder and watches beautician making it for her. London. High angle C/U shot of a hand spooning out pink powder from one of many glass jars surrounding a white working area on a counter. Powder is poured onto scales and measured. Then it is spread across the white working area. High angle shot of different colour powders being mixed. C/U shot of the face of a young woman wearing a hat. C/U shot of different colour powders being mixed. This is part of a difficult process of making face powder to match the skin colour of an individual. Young woman wearing hat, wants to have a face powder to blend into her skin perfectly, so the beautician specialist mixes it for her. M/S of a girl watching the beautician mixing different colour powders. C/U of the face of the beautician lady. C/U shot of the face of the girl waiting for powder to be made. C/U shot of the mixed powder being poured into a special silver 'scoop' with a handle. M/S of a beautician putting the 'scoop' under something looking like an espresso machine. It is some kind of a press. High angle C/U shot of the beautician's hands operating the machine. Machine is called compact-sized disc and the usage procedure is the same as with the espresso machine. C/U shot of the pressed powder being taken out of the machine and placed into powder box. C/U shot of the girl smiling while receiving ready made powder from the beautician lady. The beauty specialist featured in film is Mary Sanders. Fashion model seen in film is Isabelle Babianska. | |
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