Retro masters Lipstick & Curls show you how to be an old-school beauty

If you’re like me and love anything a bit old-fashioned or retro, you’ll be happy to learn about London-based company Lipstick & Curls, a team of hair and makeup geniuses that run workshops for women, teaching them how to recreate the looks and styles seen on such silver-screen heroines as Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo and Jayne Mansfield. And who wouldn’t want to be a Marilyn or Jayne, even if just for the day? I want some of what they had.

Founders of Lipstick and Curls, Amanda and Natasha are vintage veterans that have been working as freelance make-up artists for film, fashion and television for years, but are now available to the general public. You’ll be able to see the girls, Amanda and Natasha at work at the upcoming “Vintage at Goodwood” festival, where they’ll be transforming festivalgoers into whatever they want – from a 1920s, Louise Brooks flapper girl to a 1950s rock and roll babe (remember that bit at the end of Grease when they sewed Olivia Newton John into those trousers? Yeah, like that). If you won’t be going to Vintage at Goodwood (I won’t, sob) then check the Lipstick & Curls website here, where you can book one-on-one sessions with them or for a girly party. Let’s revive old-school beach bunny glamour lounging at the seaside this year.