Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buying vintage can be a smart way to reuse timeless items and live sustainably. But as one woman recently learned, it can also be ...

Before I began collecting vintage cosmetics ephemera, I collected compacts and vanity cases, and this Raquel case is one of my favorites because I am obsessed with silhouettes. Silhouettes are ...

I found the Radio Girl face powder box at a compact collectors convention in Las Vegas—it was one of the first items I acquired when I began to collect vintage cosmetics ephemera nearly 20 years ago.

Kya deLongchamps examines the beautiful history contained in a vintage compact. When a girl reached 16 in the 1950s, a pretty powder compact with a spring-loaded powder-plate and inset mirror was ...

Many compacts were used for dressing up events and small so they could be put into a ladies’ handbag or evening purse, actually. An, I am sure there are many out there still being used just for that.

Buying vintage can be a smart way to reuse timeless items and live sustainably. But as one woman recently learned, it can also be a unique way of connecting with the past and the people who came ...

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