Pan Stik! ... Doesn't anyone under forty years old know what pan stick is?
Kibitz asked me,on a comment, what on earth it was so I thought perhaps I had better explain
Max Factor's bestselling stick foundation is now over 60 years old.
Pan Stick. A true beauty classic, the product was used on Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth in the Forties, and today remains a favourite with Hollywood make-up artists who uses it on supermodels and top actresses around the world.
In the 1960's, long before the "natural look" was fashionable we would never be without our pan stik in our handbags. Before we went out for a night on the town we would dot it sparingly over our face then blend with fingers or a damp sponge for a flawless look.
It was caked on!!
It would cover every blemish and pimple you had and depending on the shade one could look quite anaemic 'cos if I remember correctly I never wore blusher with it, it created the perfect canvas for black eye-liner and rouge red lipstick though.
The major draw backs were that you were in danger of clogging your pores if you didn't remove it from your face properly thus creating more of the pimples one was trying to conceal and it also left a nasty stain on your collar.
So now you can see why it comes in useful in order to cover over a 'bruised eye'.
This is a friend and myself on a night out around 1966/7..as you can see the make-up was thick
