A rare color picture allows us to see Jean's look properly, and away from the harsh black and white tones, her look is very soft and pretty. As her make-up was regularly done by Max Factor, make-up from that range has been used to advise on how to get Jean's look.

To go for Jean's look properly you would need to wax off you eyebrows and draw in new ones, with a thin pointed black, or dark brown eyebrow pencil.

Then a creamy matt foundation should be applied all over your face, even over your lips - you'll see why later. Also apply some powder to any parts you feel need it, such as the chin and nose, Color Adapt Pressed Powder is perfect for this.

For those big, beautiful eyes you'll need to apply a dark, smoky eyeshadow all the way over the lid right along the socket line, use a cotton bud and smudge it in a little, for a more smouldering look. Long false lashes should then be applied to the top of your eyes and they should be plied with a coat of mascara.

Finish off the eyes by lining the inside of bottom lid with a white eye pencil and lining the bottom lash line with some of your eyeshadow, or a kohl pencil.

A brown, red lipstick should now be applied using a lip brush, don't follow your natural lip line though, just emphasize the two points of the top lip and the curve of the bottom lip following thinly onto the corners of both lips for a cupids bow effect, the foundation applied earlier should hide the bits you've left out. Try Lipfinity to achieve this look.

For a little extra color use the largest face brush you can find to sweep some rosy colored powder blush, all over your face but more so on the fleshy part of your cheeks. Satin Blush, in Vintage Wine, is a great shade for this.

Jean Harlow Beauty and Make-Up Facts

Jean was always nicknames The Baby by her family and this nickname stuck, even when she was an actress at the studios everyone there called her it too. Baby suited her perfectly due to the fact that Jean wore very little make-up when she wasn't working and her pink-ivory skin, no brows and round face she did indeed look like a very young child.

Jean's hair was coloured using a mixture of peroxide, ammonia, Clorox and Lux flakes.

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