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One of my first make-up experiences that I can remember is my Grandma taking me to the drug store and buying me a Max Factor book that came with 3 or 5 different lipsticks.  My Grandma loved Marilyn Monroe and we bonded over watching her movies and singing her songs.  She passed down her love of make-up and skincare to me as well.  Her skin was always so beautiful and soft, even well after the alzheimer's took over. I remember her using her Oil of Olay moisturizer, making sure to use to one with SPF during the daytime, and her Estée Lauder lipsticks, which my mom ended up giving to me when we had to move my Grandma into a care home.  I held on to them for years and I'm not sure what happened to them.  I'm afraid that maybe they got lost during a cleaning spree before moving.  What I wouldn't give to have them now...or even just to remember what shades they were.  She had a beautiful pink mauve shade and a pinky-coral shade that I remember loving the most, and her lipsticks always had flat tops and never kept the angled shape to them.  I do still have a compact mirror of hers that I carry with me every day, her eyelash curler, a bottle of her Chanel No. 5 she gave me when I discovered it was Marilyn's favorite perfume, her rat-tail brush she used to tease and fluff her hair with, and her last toiletries bag-which I use every day as well.  I learned so much about beauty and how to take care of my skin from her and still apply some of those lessons to my daily routine.

We never get tired of Marilyn! She's naturally beautiful, but every woman needs good beauty products. Loved the video, Laura! 💖

Thank Laura Jane! Revlon needs all of the sales it can get!!

Apparently she used to trace a light line on her bottom lashes and outer corners under her eyeliner to give the illusion of the shadow of her lashes which made her lashes appear even thicker etc. You can see the line in some of the pictures once you know :)

I'm wearing #5 now❤

When she radiated her light she was truly beautiful.

So cool! I would love to know how her bleached hair was toned, so perfect and shiny

So thankful Marilyn lived long before the time of fillers and Botox and the myriad of other procedures available today. Through Marilyn we have enduring images of natural beauty in every respect.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I had no idea that her lipsticks are still available. I'm going to look into it soon. She had amazing taste in cosmetics and skin care! Thank you so much for putting this video together!! By the way, I too love Chanel #5 since a friend of my mother introduced the scent to me when I was just 16. There was no looking back!

Actually, she mainly used orange.

Marilyn had such natural beauty!

I watched a video Erin Parsons Makeup did, about Marilyn's lipstick. Erin collects old makeup, is a makeup artist and loves anything Monroe. She actually bought 1 of her used lipsticks and some of Monroes other makeup. Erin found that she actually wore orange lipstick most of the time. It shows up as red on TV, because they couldn't get the colour correct, as colour hadn't been perfected yet on screen. Erin noted that the best dupe is Revlon Siren.

Her makeup case had Elizabeth Arden cream eye shadows and she used Elizabeth Arden's White Lustre cream eye shadow first and then applied the pastel cream eye shadows.  She also had Elizabeth Arden eyeliners in brown and black in her case. I did not know she used Nivea cream, but I will definitely buy some and try it.  You gave a very good breakdown of what she wore.  She had a natural beauty and her makeup doesn't look outdated.

Vaseline was her go to moisturiser

That’s neat about Oil of Olay. My mother was 2 years younger than her and she swore by it. I loved the glass bottles with the pink lotion. I can still remember the smell. The stuff worked because my mother looked 20 years younger than her age. I doubt the Oil of Olay today has the same ingredients.

Marilyn monroe looks so pretty and beautiful

Revlon has some very nice lipsticks. I have a few of them. Oil of Olay original smells so nice.

Max Factor was the only foundation when it was available at drug stores that I would get compliments on having such natural peaches and cream complexion!  Too bad I sometimes got little pimples on my forehead from using it back in the day.  No wonder it was used so much in Hollywood. My sister used my Max Factor foundation and she got complimented that she looked like a dream.  It really was special.

If Marilyn Monroe lived she would be 96.