At first I laughed at the fact that people used to lose sleep over “writing letters and listening to swing music” but then I realized I’m losing sleep over texting and watching UA-cam videos..
i love how she talks about getting sleep and not "sitting up in bed writing letters and listening to swing records".. kids back then did the same things we did! staying up texting our friends and listening to our headphones, lol.
@@CAndela24ifyif you have no phone and it's the only communication for some people it's great! I did it with a friend of mine, because we couldn't talk long on telephone. This was only 20 years ago, i was like 8. It's pretty cool if you just want to tell someone about your day or your favourite movie you just watched. It's the same as now basicly, but slower.
@@CAndela24ify not true. Im a 2000 kid but i wrote a lot of letter when i was around 6 for my brother who lives overseas. Had a blast writing letters especially decorating it with cute stickers.
"Sometimes I want to shake you girls when you worry too much about being pretty, or not being pretty as though prettiness were a woman's only attraction." This is something that still applies today! Great advice Miss Stuyvesant!
Sure, but then she immediately changes the girls appearance to be “prettier” instead of asserting it’s more worthwhile to happy and healthy. It does an awful job of hiding how much everything in this time WAS about making women pretty and ready for marriage. It’s ghastly just how much people are watching this and not picking up on that.
@@e.tominsteadand how she literally explained at the beginning how it is the most important thing. very contradictory. but i do understand the premise
@@e.tominstead I wouldn't necessarily agree. It was to show what happens when you do all the things mentioned. Being active and eating healthy makes you slimmer and looking more radiant, wearing the right clothes for your body type and shape can elevate your style and sometimes visually even posture. Often self care and beauty get too mixed up. Someone taking care of themselves and looking well doesn't always mean that they're vain and beauty focused. Simple self care naturally makes you look better.
The truth is, health is beauty. "Starving" yourself has never been a good thing. Quick fixes rarely hold anyway. It is simply a balance of just the right sustainable amount but not too much :)
@@awesomegirls10 This was in a time without 60 percent overweight. Adipositas is not healthy. Diet culture wasn't needed in a time when people walk a lot more and eat less calories
Plus guys, you have to remember, a lot of these foods WERE really healthier anyway because they didn't have as many preservatives or GMOs in them, while now, pretty much everything does. Our food markets are a bit more commercialized, so even chicken isn't as healthy because they sometimes inject it with saline. Depends where you get it from I guess if we're talking about freshness and quality, but what I'm trying to say is, if you went to the store and got these same meals, it won't be *as* healthy. Ik that's not what y'all are discussing, but it seems worth mentioning that it still may not be "healthy" in today's world.
I do self care almost every day. Oh wait... As for the other comment. In our school PE teachers did health class in 8th grade back when I was in (which admittedly was a while ago, but no, I'm no boomer). Funny thing about health class is it didn't teach us to be healthy. We mostly covered how bad drugs were and some really basic reproductive stuff.
How interesting that the same treatments for “how to be pretty” are the same remedies for depression . Taking daily showers , getting enough sleep , eating nutritious foods , exercising/being playful outdoors where you get sunshine , getting your tasks done vigorously / being productive . Basically doing things to improve yourself as a whole make you prettier without even trying . Love this video . Girls today should watch it
Okay but the idea they’re providing is that you should do these things to improve your looks. Everything, especially then, for a young lady is centered around her looks so she’ll someday be marriable. These things should be promoted because they can make you happier and stronger. The food portion is also incredibly outdated.
Idk. I know a few clinically depressed ppl who do all these things and still suffer from it. Maybe they’re exceptions but there are many health conditions helped but not solved by these tips
"Just like icing on a cake. If the icing is good, well thats fine. But if the cake it's self isn't good, you soon loose interest in the icing" That was genius.
@@TawnyC_ Ah yes but this is metaphorical icing! It's the same as a man (or woman!) thinking you are pretty because you've trowelled on the make-up, squeezed into your control knickers and got tanked up to be the life and soul of the party. He will be thinking 'yummy'! Unfortunately the first time he sees you bleary eyed and spotty, with bed hair and your stomach hanging over your pjs he will decide a dry old fruitcake is not for him and go find a nice fresh Victoria sponge 😉.
Me and my sister watched this video expecting it to be rude or outdated but that’s not at all the case. It’s helpful and true advice that I plan to follow and I think everyone should.
It's almost as if the past wasn't this unbearable racist sexist hell hole that school would have you believe. Believe it or not the average person then was the same as the average person today. The outliers, zealots, extremists, etc. are the ones history classes spend all the time on. The overwhelming majority of humans throughout history are people getting by and minding their business
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o There's nothing wrong with being healthy and taking care of your appearance. Her agreeing with that one line is not her agreeing with the whole video
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o In my country if you don't take a bath everyday, you get dirty because the enviromment is hot and dusty. If you don't like being healthy, y are u here anyway at first place.
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o this is telling young women self care is important. I don't understand your bath comment, showers were not common. Sure there's a couple cringy lines but in context it's not terrible.
I can imagine a modern audience saying "...and what do you think about sideshave haircut with tatoos"? In Japan you cannot go to thermal waters if you have tattoos.
@@josepablolunasanchez1283 I've donated blood at centers that bar their doors to anyone with fresh tats or piercings to prevent infection, but there's no danger I know of regarding body mods older than a year.
I'm sorry but why would they need to? People really thought girls were dumb little creatures who couldn't understand the benefits of being clean without having to tying it to their abilities to attract a boy?
@@mckaylamontoya3498 I get what you are saying but I wish the words popularity and prettier weren't mentioned. And I don't care what period it is, girls were (are) smart enough to talk about hygiene and clean living without it being tied to their social status. I can't seem to find the charm in it even when I try to put myself in the context of the time period. But I appreciate your opinion.
This was genuinely more encouraging and comforting than any health class because she didn't talk about all the bad things we should avoid she gave advice an encouraged things to try an given the ideals of the times this was actually a lot better than I expected
@@Raven-sx4ql For the current time, you're right. But for their times this is highly acceptable. These are the times where girls/women have got no choice, which they'd be in streets if they weren't attractive to men. Instead fully focusing on beauty she encouraged good habits like exercising and worthing self health. *While being a well done talk.*
I love that writing letters and listening to swing music was their equivalent to texting and scrolling through TikTok 😆 the technology changed but it’s heartwarming to see the similarities in humankind, even if it’s our unhealthy habits 🥰
Writing letters is nothing like texting. 🙄 The time gap between replies means people didn't spend all their time doing it. And listening to swing music is the same as listening to any music, nothing like watching brainwashed nutters on tik tok all day. And you might be surprised to learn people still listen to music in 2023, including swing music. So what was their equivalent of Facebook, twitter, Instagram and video gaming or online porn? See, everything IS DIFFERENT.
@@obscurum6well its been almost a century at this point so no shit we live in a different world. the characteristics of humanity though whether good or bad still exist even through the changed technologies and that is what the point of their comment was trying to relay. women still beat themselves up trying to fit into the beauty standard.
@@carriered4715 Yes, but I think she's talking about having a healthy lifestyle in general and not about people with chronic health issues or disabilities. Also, most of the advice in the video still applies to people with health issues. Everyone needs to eat healthy and get enough sleep, for instance.
Carrie Red I have Chronic insomnia for 20 years, chronic nerve pain for almost 10 and neuralgia for a year. I am what you would call a Spoonie. I learned that health is your greatest wealth. But I also learned that when you are young with chronic illness, people don’t even think your sick and it’s frustrating. I get a lot of... I thought sick people look bad. So I understand what you are saying. Not saying you can’t look your best with chronic illness but it helps to have your health
IDK they are kind of off really; more emphasis on leafy greens, veg, unsat fats. We all know soda and junk food isnt great for health; it's just readily available, affordable, and many people dont have resources to care (time money energy)
@eschwarz1003 every plant in a store is man-made and bred to sh*t. Our species lived primarily on a diet consisting of the meat and associated fat of large ruminants and part extremely fibrous plants for roughly 4 million years. You are a carnivore, my guy. Your brain evolved on saturated fats.
@@bigbear5767 carnivore only during the winter seasons though right? you're lowkey making me hungry talking about saturated fats i think i'm gonna eat some steak
Most of this advice is actually what I started doing at the beginning of 2019 and.... yeah, the difference is huge. Madam is spitting some mad truths here
Haylee Flores well I’d prefer this than all those ugly “women” who are proud of the fact that they don’t even think of self care and feminist mass media who promotes trash telling us it’s a normal society.
I really like how this is more about being beautiful by treating yourself right because self-care is so important. A happy mind and body is what makes someone beautiful in my opinion. Not cosmetics, fashionable clothes, etc., but how you feel. Of course, if makeup and fashionable clothes can make you feel good great, but it's very important to feel good even without those embellishments. This applies to everyone regardless on personal beliefs, gender, whether you dress more masculine or feminine, etc..
Real. You could go out looking all cute but if you feel like shit once you take your makeup off, or even if you feel like shit while you're all dressed up, what's it all for?
@@apples6244 if you look a little closer you might find I used quotation marks.... take my advice and maybe pass 3rd grade english before you try to start fights online.
This is the type of wholesome we need in our schools now. As a recent graduate, I am extremely disappointed in my class and overall generation. It’s refreshing to watch videos like this.
don't worry, I'm pretty sure that our generation 1: agrees with this vid and want to apply those advice to themselves, and 2: are pretty disappointed in you too
I've never seen a comment section with so many people having so many preconceptions being so pleasantly surprised. Don't assume something is "outdated" because society has "progressed." There is such a thing as timeless wisdom and advice, after all!
We didn't have that misconception out of thin air. What we thought was widely accepted. But to hear this specifically wasn't the case was indeed surprising.
My beloved mother, who has passed away, would never go for the idea of mascara! I tried to apply it to her eyes more than once, and she wouldn't have it, not a bit. She even diluted her foundation with water! In the end, my mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen - soft, natural, and simply "beauty" personified. ❤💗❤
Hilarious how we don’t change much. Instead of going to bed to write letters I’m going to bed and scrolling through my phone. So different. Yet the same.
When I can’t get to sleep, I play a favorite old UA-cam video, one with cheery, pleasant historical reinactors, which I have watched 100+ times. Works better than anything else.
MrParkerman6 It is the same though. They’re sitting in bed writing to their friends and listening to music. I’ll scroll through my phone instead, and that can include texting my friends or watching UA-cam
I love that she emphasizes taking good care of yourself and being more confident in yourself, definitely much better than fretting over the small things!
"If you feel good, you'll look good" essentially. I like it, honestly it's a good message. If you eat healthy, excercise, get plenty of sleep, and clean yourself properly it will improve your overall confidence, and confidence is one of the most attractive features any person can have.
@@elora179 not, i am not jaja But the thing is i just don't care. I am ugly, but i am happy, so... "If you feel good, you'll look good" just does not apply to me 🤷♀
@@Timmering wow! Wtf? Oh my god! I've never had so many likes! And if you meant me screaming triggered etc...nope, i was literally prepared to be amused! Thank you for all my likes people! I feel like doing a screenshot and printing it and framing it! 😂😂😂😂😂
i love how she talked about makeup and hair being like icing on a cake and saying how it’s nice and all, but if the cake isn’t good you loose interest! i feel as if that’s really true like it’s great if you do your makeup and hair nicely but if you are rude or disrespectful it doesn’t matter anymore if you did your hair and makeup because no one would want to be your friend.
If you're rude, no matter how physically attractive and fit you are, almost nobody will like you. So, make - up and such are truly just the icing on the cake.
That's not what she said. She's saying that if you eat unhealthy foods, don't get enough sleep and exercise, it won't matter how well your makeup and clothes look. Being healthy and clean should be the priority. I don't recall anything about rudeness.
@@delorbb2298 I agree w Cat Lover. She's talking about inner beauty. I don't care what a person looks like, if they are kind, warm, loving, have a great sense of humor, a great personality. It's character that matters far more than looks. Pretty or handsome models are ugly when they are vapid and empty inside. Plain people are beautiful when they are beautiful inside. And Trump is ugly b/c he is cruel and has no conscience, look how he's sending innocent Kurds to their death today, I've never seen such an atrocity in my life in America. He was right when he said that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he wouldn't lose a voter. That was exactly how Hitler or any demagogue acts. Anyone who believes in him is deluded and is part of a blind cult.
I like the idea that you can do daily tasks like cleaning, dusting, walking up stairs but with proper form instead of slouching. I do a lot of housework and don't get the chance to leave the house so this genuinely seems helpful.
2040s girl: mom I have a headache Her mom: It's because you're all the damn day on that hover bed creating holograms and listening to that 20 year old classic song, Old Town Road
I love how well she explained it. You cant just go straight into products like makeup or hair styling, you should also take care of yourself. Giving yourself love is so important. I really like how much she values self care
I was crying by the end of this. That woman was such a gem. Her points in this video are something that her time and our current world are neglecting so much. What I wouldn’t have given to have someone say this to me when I was 15.
I’ve been struggling with depression since June of this year and I’ve completely neglected myself. I’ve gained 50lbs, I stopped grooming well, I stopped wearing my pretty clothes, and I stopped wearing makeup completely which were things that helped me feel confident and beautiful. This video was a reminder that self-love is very important and it motivated me to start taking better care of myself.
Same Girl. I gained 40 pounds since covid and my clothes don't fit anymore including my bras. It's so depressing, I have to prioritize really caring for myself.
I had the opposite problem of losing weight during Covid, and that's no good either. I had no working refrigerator for 3 mos.(thanks, American Home Shield), and had to have all my upper teeth removed, entirely due to a case of horrible malpractice on the part of a sociopathic dentist. My clothes don't fit, either, and I look awful. I moved to a really stupid state, and everyone assumes I'm on meth, and the whole place is weird, racially segregated and much chillier in the way of friendliness among neighbors. I miss so much my old home, and there were vending machines in my building and a familiar pizza place. I hadn't realized how much I had depended on these. I don't like even going to stores around here, but going back isn't an option now. I WISH I had gained my weight back and was still chubby so much more than becoming malnourished (and emaciated at one point, which was only sad and scary). For one thing, some of my clothes would still fit. I started getting strange symptoms because my health had been badly compromised. This is just as bad, just in a different way. Can we trade?
@@erinthesystem9608 I'm so sorry you're going through all this, that sounds awful. It's my opinion that I'd rather be overweight than underweight so I'm very sorry for what's happening to you and I hope that you can find a way to restore your health. 💗
I actually really like this video. She understands that everyone wants to look good, and gives actual advice. Nowadays, if you tell someone you have appearance issues, they'll tell you "appearance isn't everything" or something along those lines. While that is true, saying isn't going to stop me from being insecure. I love how she had both those aspects here. I wish we could take the good things from the past, we really need them sometimes.
i think it depends on the person. but body neutrality does work if you do it properly. and based on this comment you were not doing it properly. do not criticise things you know nothing about.
"Sometimes I want to shake you girls when you talk about being pretty or not pretty, as though prettiness were a woman's attraction." I was expecting misogyny, not a be confident as yourself psa!
@@memberofthelambily1340 There's more to being a woman then wearing make up and dressing up to appear pretty. If you agree with them then you're insulting actual women. Use your head😙
Love, love, love her timeless and evergreen emphasis on good health and clean hygiene for beauty. She's a true master on the topic. We ought to listen to our foremothers.
Weirdly enough the advice here isn't bad or out of date, it is extremely topical even today, she encourage everyone to exercise, take care of yourself have proper daily baths, have proper sleep, spend time outdoor and eat healthy, rather than worrying about your face or hair, or about the fact that you are pretty enough or not
@@temin2776 it is health advice from the 1940s mate, a time when people believed that drinking and smoking was perfectly healthy, even when you are pregnant, a time when lobotomy were performed to heal mental illness, in general 1940s isn't the best historic benchmark to get health advice from, but advice from this video is something we need to taught even today, especially in an Instagram driven world run by Asthestics rather taking care of your health.
@@abhinavtyagi2817 a lot of the things like smoking is good was actually advertisement, lobbying, and institutional corruption rather than scientists actually believing those things. That same corruption still exists today and people will look back just like you are, shocked that we used opioids and ate certain foods.
Its the innocent, well mannered and wholesome way the advice is given that makes this special. A lot of people today dont have those abilities anymore, or simply dont care how they talk to others.
I love how mobile phones weren’t a thing so no social media and endless scrolling but they would still stay up really late and listen to music until early hours. Teenagers will be teenagers😂 Some things don’t change.
So true! We used to have book-mobiles. They were Utility vans converted into a traveling library during summer break. Every Wed my neighborhood friends & I were so excited to run to the spot where they'd park & let hop inside to trade in last week's books for new ones. At night, I'd get my flashlight, hide under my blankets & read WAY past bedtime..up til 10pm if I could hold out that long. (Just like on the Disney movie "UP") I was obsessed with 'Pippi Longstocking', 'Nancy Drew' & 'Encyclopedia Brown' books! // Yeah....🤷 Rebellion looked alot different in those days.//
"sometimes i could shake you girls when you worry so much about being pretty or not being pretty as if it's a girls-only attraction" this also works in 2021
No, it wasn't an affirmation. She said the girl could be pretty if she did all these things that made her more attractive to men. The lady had already said she wasn't attractive because of her "round face" and "the way she wore her hair." We don't exist to live up to someone else's standards of beauty.
@@christineegan465 no she didn't... First of all she never once said "attractive to men". She never made it about men, she made it about the girl's own self esteem. I feel that it's more of a modern thing to equate beauty to how many men want to fk a girl. It's the girl who said she had a round face, wears her hair wrong and doesn't look pretty. And the woman rebuked her for that, emphasizing that beauty isn't simply a pretty face. And actually, she way very much AGAINST the beauty standards when saying that what really matters is self care (healthy food, exercise, sleep, washing routine). The girls who attented were there because they wanted to feel prettier and better about themselves. The woman used that energy and guided it into a healthy path. She didn't tell her lies, didn't give an unobtainable goal, didn't play down her insecurities but rather showed her her own beauty. Its true that we do not have to live up to other's expectations. Its also true that if a girl seeks guidance she should get a good one. And, to be honest, we girls DO care a lot about how others perceive us.
I think this video is so sad. We DO worry too much about how we look. We have all been told (like in this video, approximately 70 years ago) that being beautiful is something that we should strive for. We think that being pretty makes us confident and feel good, and especially that it will make people like us more. In reality we get anxious about our looks and our confidence is shattered to peaces. We start to think that we are not pretty enough, like she says in the video: you can always be prettier. That is so sad. If we just abandoned the idea that being beautiful is important in any way, we would be so much happier. We would see that there is so much more to us and our personalities than the way we look.
@@TheMocao well you tell me can you really love someone based on their looks? Is it really a healthy relationship if it is based on falling in love at first sight? Your personality is much more important.
@@noone3188 Personality is indeed important, but I've never met a person yet that didn't LOOK at the person first - unless they were physically blind. Usually it's our attraction to a person that allows us to get to know that person's personality. That's all I'm saying. If looks are not important to you then that's great - but if they are important to someone else then that's fine too. It's called individuality.
@@noone3188 Perfectionism is an issue all on its own, it applies to everything. Why try to be highly academically achieving? You can always do better. You'll never get 100% will you? So don't bother at all eh? Applying your logic sounds preposterous. Many people bother with looks because we're social animals. And it truly does give great confidence. To know that you aren't a stinky, rag wearing pathetic little thing, is good. Of course I'm not saying that the obsession with plastering on makeup, or fast fashion, or most things caused by social media are any good. But generally to be well kempt, proffessional when need be, beautiful or handsome when need be, and so on, is incredibly important to healthy self image and social standing, relationships with others be try romantic, work, friendly etc. As for physical appearance for intimate relationships. Without sexual attraction it doesn't quite work does it? Sexual attraction is really about the body and its presentation. The other side of intimate attraction, to a person, also requires physical appearance to be well kept not because society culture mumbo jumbo. But because we naturally seek out those that have it together. If one looks shabby, unkempt etc, they obviously don't have it together. Physical appearances aren't just some useless social construct, they can tell you about a person. What I'm saying is the physical is an extension of the psychological. You're evidently utterly in love with the idea of personality, well the way someone looks tells you a lot about them
I'm... Actually rather impressed... I was expecting exactly what the youngling at the end asked, and expected to get disappointed, but the speaker truly gave the best advice!
Yeah I expected some race bias, and comparing it now yeah race was nearly gone... But now it’s, “Buy my new lipsticks with code: iamajzj for 20% OFF 😃”
heaintloveu The hairstyles of the 40’s stand up to the test of time a whole lot better than today’s half-dyed pink and grey overprocessed scruffy fright wigs your kids will be laughing themselves sick over in 20 years.
1940: "It worries me that so many girls think a balanced diet consists of soda pop and a sandwich or a big gooey sundae" 2020: "It worries me that so many girls think a balanced diet consists of soda pop and a sandwich or a big gooey sundae"
I remember when I was attending college, this girl would come into class all the time with an Orange Crush and strawberry pop tarts for breakfast. She was in decent shape then but omg, I hope she's not eating like that now.🤯
I love how she just talks about self care. It’s so nice that she’s educating those girls not just on “Run a couple laps and eat your veggies”, but more like “Make sure to think about what your eating, and spend plenty of time playing outdoors”
*_*SHAKE IT UP BABY NOW_** Twist and shout mein gott - threats of violence with beauty advice. Gotta be a movie in there. Quentin Tarantino's "Pretty, Violent" . .
They were preparing them for hard labor or possibly being drafted as they were running out of men 🙄 it was WWII era- think Rosie the riveter- you can’t do that work without being in shape
The whole video is her trying to get girls to conform to the beauty standards of the time in order for them to be “pretty” so i dont think that one statement is worth much
@@psychoPilgrim36 maybe it's because we viewed it differently. For me, I think this statement meant that a girl has many more beautiful qualities than just being pretty and that it's ok even if she doesn't consider herself pretty because she still has other qualities that can be considered beautiful and attractive. Maybe I didn't analyze the whole video that well or maybe it's because I only scratched through the surface. But anyway, this was actually a positive view on my side. Maybe it's not for you but that's alright. Everyone can't always agree on everything.
@@angel31356 that sentence alone is good but the videos existence kinda contradicts it. If women are more than just their looks then why is this video and the videos attached to it all about trying to be what society said was “pretty”. If they really believed that women were more than their looks then why didnt they just let women look how they want to look instead of telling them?
notice how she isn't being toxic lol,, nowadays it's wearing makeup to cover up your imperfections and destroy your body by not eating and exercising but this video shows that natural beauty is just as amazing.
@@btsprettypleasekidnapme1291 Yeah, pushing women to be skinny with hyper devopped musculature. Back then being healthy just meant looking well fed and toned
Yes but in the last transformation the girl looked prettier because of her grooming from the outside, notice the clothes change, hairstyle, posture etc.
Yeah, but I used to write letters in bed and I felt tired and over it way before 3am. I stayed up later than I should have but now my tween kids will stay up through the entire night with their phones and fall asleep on the floor with their day clothes still on! I definitely wasn't born anywhere near the 40's. Times have changed much more quickly than that!!!!
At first I laughed at the fact that people used to lose sleep over “writing letters and listening to swing music” but then I realized I’m losing sleep over texting and watching UA-cam videos..
Yea
God bless
Lmfao!! That is sooooo the truth
You and me both man ♥️
I’m the 999 like I’m triggered 😭😔
"when you gotta sleep but your swing record is fire."
spychecker this is such an underrated comment
That record was swinging huh?
Lmao best comment on the internet
Im rolling XD
lmao
i love how she talks about getting sleep and not "sitting up in bed writing letters and listening to swing records".. kids back then did the same things we did! staying up texting our friends and listening to our headphones, lol.
except writing a letter is the fucking most boring thing you can do as a kid
@@CAndela24ifyif you have no phone and it's the only communication for some people it's great! I did it with a friend of mine, because we couldn't talk long on telephone. This was only 20 years ago, i was like 8. It's pretty cool if you just want to tell someone about your day or your favourite movie you just watched. It's the same as now basicly, but slower.
@@CAndela24ify Not true, depends on the kid! I love writing letters or just writing in general stories before bed :)
@@CAndela24ify not true. Im a 2000 kid but i wrote a lot of letter when i was around 6 for my brother who lives overseas. Had a blast writing letters especially decorating it with cute stickers.
@@Vyansya sounds more like a scrapbook than a letter at this point
"Sometimes I want to shake you girls when you worry too much about being pretty, or not being pretty as though prettiness were a woman's only attraction." This is something that still applies today! Great advice Miss Stuyvesant!
Sure, but then she immediately changes the girls appearance to be “prettier” instead of asserting it’s more worthwhile to happy and healthy.
It does an awful job of hiding how much everything in this time WAS about making women pretty and ready for marriage. It’s ghastly just how much people are watching this and not picking up on that.
@@e.tominsteadand how she literally explained at the beginning how it is the most important thing. very contradictory. but i do understand the premise
Agree❤
Who is she that’s talking
@@e.tominstead I wouldn't necessarily agree. It was to show what happens when you do all the things mentioned. Being active and eating healthy makes you slimmer and looking more radiant, wearing the right clothes for your body type and shape can elevate your style and sometimes visually even posture. Often self care and beauty get too mixed up. Someone taking care of themselves and looking well doesn't always mean that they're vain and beauty focused. Simple self care naturally makes you look better.
I love how they talk about eating enough but not starving yourself.
The truth is, health is beauty. "Starving" yourself has never been a good thing. Quick fixes rarely hold anyway. It is simply a balance of just the right sustainable amount but not too much :)
This Lady is telling me to eat more then any beauty tip video, and by how healthy she herself looks I don't doubt it!
And how it's actually based in nutrition and not just fat shaming and diet culture.
@@awesomegirls10 This was in a time without 60 percent overweight. Adipositas is not healthy. Diet culture wasn't needed in a time when people walk a lot more and eat less calories
Plus guys, you have to remember, a lot of these foods WERE really healthier anyway because they didn't have as many preservatives or GMOs in them, while now, pretty much everything does. Our food markets are a bit more commercialized, so even chicken isn't as healthy because they sometimes inject it with saline. Depends where you get it from I guess if we're talking about freshness and quality, but what I'm trying to say is, if you went to the store and got these same meals, it won't be *as* healthy. Ik that's not what y'all are discussing, but it seems worth mentioning that it still may not be "healthy" in today's world.
The fact that a video from the 40's makes me want to practice self-care more than my PE/health teachers is kinda sad.
I do self care almost every day. Oh wait...
As for the other comment. In our school PE teachers did health class in 8th grade back when I was in (which admittedly was a while ago, but no, I'm no boomer). Funny thing about health class is it didn't teach us to be healthy. We mostly covered how bad drugs were and some really basic reproductive stuff.
Oh in my new school, we don’t have “PE”. We have ‘Physical Fitness’! 😁
@@_xomaddyox_ there's another kind of fitness??
@@LowSlungBadBitch Yes. It’s supposed to be more fancier.
@@_xomaddyox_ lol nvm
“You can’t be beautiful without good beauty sleep”
Me: *watches at 1 am*
I’m watching at 3am💀
3:30 am here 😭
me too!! haha!
Omg its 1 am out here lolol
LOL! 2am here! :)
How interesting that the same treatments for “how to be pretty” are the same remedies for depression . Taking daily showers , getting enough sleep , eating nutritious foods , exercising/being playful outdoors where you get sunshine , getting your tasks done vigorously / being productive . Basically doing things to improve yourself as a whole make you prettier without even trying . Love this video . Girls today should watch it
Depressed people are not pretty 😎
Kids nowadays are far too gone for this.
Okay but the idea they’re providing is that you should do these things to improve your looks. Everything, especially then, for a young lady is centered around her looks so she’ll someday be marriable. These things should be promoted because they can make you happier and stronger.
The food portion is also incredibly outdated.
@@e.tominsteadvery good observation.
Idk. I know a few clinically depressed ppl who do all these things and still suffer from it. Maybe they’re exceptions but there are many health conditions helped but not solved by these tips
I like how this is more about self-care and mental health than following beauty standards
Yas!! So cool
And the importance of exercise. This at a time when girls were generally told to stay home and stay inside.
Yeah, I missed this kind of info in school by about 15 years. I needed it.
H Sunset Never too late my friend!
Turtle CommanderChief Thank you.
"Just like icing on a cake. If the icing is good, well thats fine. But if the cake it's self isn't good, you soon loose interest in the icing"
That was genius.
No it wasn't. I'll just eat the icing.
@@TawnyC_ that's the thing. You will not eat the cake, and it will go to waste. Icing is nice but it will not make you full.
@@thwb4661 Who needs to get full? I just like icing.
@@TawnyC_ Ah yes but this is metaphorical icing! It's the same as a man (or woman!) thinking you are pretty because you've trowelled on the make-up, squeezed into your control knickers and got tanked up to be the life and soul of the party. He will be thinking 'yummy'! Unfortunately the first time he sees you bleary eyed and spotty, with bed hair and your stomach hanging over your pjs he will decide a dry old fruitcake is not for him and go find a nice fresh Victoria sponge 😉.
@@cyflym11 These couple of comments here between you three are pretty darn funny😊👏💕
Notice that exercise isn’t in the gym. It’s doing something fun outside. Actually a really good tip.
Fresh air filling your lungs, vitamin d absorption, a chance to smell a flower or smile at a neighbor...
Hello how are you
@@melissak8892 You stay out of that sun and go change your sex if you feel in the mood. This video is garbage!
@@pistachiosandpopcorn7146 What?
That and gym culture wouldn’t be a thing for another 30-35 years.
Me and my sister watched this video expecting it to be rude or outdated but that’s not at all the case. It’s helpful and true advice that I plan to follow and I think everyone should.
Now you see the daily brain washing that goes through the heads of people.
that is fatphobic! You should strive to be unhealthy and overweight today
@@TibiaOTarena lol
It's almost as if the past wasn't this unbearable racist sexist hell hole that school would have you believe. Believe it or not the average person then was the same as the average person today. The outliers, zealots, extremists, etc. are the ones history classes spend all the time on. The overwhelming majority of humans throughout history are people getting by and minding their business
@@TibiaOTarenaOk Troll
At first I thought I was gonna get a Old woman telling me I’m ugly but I actually got a grandma telling me to take care of myself
The grandma has a wonderful figure.
Same 😳
A Great-Grandma more like it.
I didn't know being pretty is something you can learn, what a wonderful idea.
a grandma? how old u is ?
I love how at the end she explains that being pretty is not the important part, it’s taking care of yourself
Well that depends, i think she more off said that to look pretty you need to take care of yourself.
@@stickystick1048 this is so sweet and wholesome what more lies could our history books have told us
@@XxPanda6 what?
@@XxPanda6 She literally said "good health and intelligent physical care are the foundations of all beauty"
@@XxPanda6 and at the end she said "you will be prettier you will be more popular" if you will take care of yourself.
"Good health and intelligent physical care are the foundations of all beauty."
Advice that never goes out of style. :)
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o There's nothing wrong with being healthy and taking care of your appearance. Her agreeing with that one line is not her agreeing with the whole video
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o Maybe you're the one who needs to start bathing
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o In my country if you don't take a bath everyday, you get dirty because the enviromment is hot and dusty. If you don't like being healthy, y are u here anyway at first place.
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o this is telling young women self care is important. I don't understand your bath comment, showers were not common. Sure there's a couple cringy lines but in context it's not terrible.
*thottery and tik tok entered the chat*
She’s spot on about not being tied up to physical beauty. Confidence and posture do great to perk up a young lady. Sound advice.
I can imagine a modern audience saying "...and what do you think about sideshave haircut with tatoos"?
In Japan you cannot go to thermal waters if you have tattoos.
@@josepablolunasanchez1283 I've donated blood at centers that bar their doors to anyone with fresh tats or piercings to prevent infection, but there's no danger I know of regarding body mods older than a year.
Yes.. even just the wrong type of dress or cutting hair too short can make a big difference.
I really gotta stop listening to that swing music before bedtime.
Skylark lol they had their version of a smart phone
But without swing records at bedtime, how else are you going to get loads of pep?
Asha Swing music is a jam tbh
I listen to swing music when I work really late...I am lucky if I get 5 hrs of sleep a night haha
If you play those records backward, you'll may be able to hear some hip swinging, rock-and-roll devil's music.
They used the disguise of beauty to promote good health and I love it
@SAITAMA totally get that but the time period focused on beauty and they used that to promote self health in the time period
I'm sorry but why would they need to? People really thought girls were dumb little creatures who couldn't understand the benefits of being clean without having to tying it to their abilities to attract a boy?
@@bertinecharles6398 4:10
@@mckaylamontoya3498 I get what you are saying but I wish the words popularity and prettier weren't mentioned. And I don't care what period it is, girls were (are) smart enough to talk about hygiene and clean living without it being tied to their social status. I can't seem to find the charm in it even when I try to put myself in the context of the time period. But I appreciate your opinion.
@@bertinecharles6398 I totally get that and of course agree but idk still compared to other videos I saw on that this was kinda refreshing
This was genuinely more encouraging and comforting than any health class because she didn't talk about all the bad things we should avoid she gave advice an encouraged things to try an given the ideals of the times this was actually a lot better than I expected
No
@@Raven-sx4ql For the current time, you're right.
But for their times this is highly acceptable. These are the times where girls/women have got no choice, which they'd be in streets if they weren't attractive to men. Instead fully focusing on beauty she encouraged good habits like exercising and worthing self health. *While being a well done talk.*
Agreed
u got insta
@@Raven-sx4ql of course its not perfect an its not great for todays society but for the times, it could have been a lot worse
I love that writing letters and listening to swing music was their equivalent to texting and scrolling through TikTok 😆 the technology changed but it’s heartwarming to see the similarities in humankind, even if it’s our unhealthy habits 🥰
Writing letters is nothing like texting. 🙄 The time gap between replies means people didn't spend all their time doing it.
And listening to swing music is the same as listening to any music, nothing like watching brainwashed nutters on tik tok all day.
And you might be surprised to learn people still listen to music in 2023, including swing music.
So what was their equivalent of Facebook, twitter, Instagram and video gaming or online porn? See, everything IS DIFFERENT.
@@obscurum6well its been almost a century at this point so no shit we live in a different world. the characteristics of humanity though whether good or bad still exist even through the changed technologies and that is what the point of their comment was trying to relay. women still beat themselves up trying to fit into the beauty standard.
Only for the very wealthy 😉
@@Joliefleur252 im very grateful i get to have these things thank you for reminding me i have wealth.
Love how she emphasize good health as the foundation of beauty. Health is your greatest wealth
Linda The Necromancer of Light agreed 💓
People who have Chronic Illnesses and Disability can Also Look Good.
@@carriered4715 Yes, but I think she's talking about having a healthy lifestyle in general and not about people with chronic health issues or disabilities. Also, most of the advice in the video still applies to people with health issues. Everyone needs to eat healthy and get enough sleep, for instance.
Carrie Red I have Chronic insomnia for 20 years, chronic nerve pain for almost 10 and neuralgia for a year. I am what you would call a Spoonie. I learned that health is your greatest wealth. But I also learned that when you are young with chronic illness, people don’t even think your sick and it’s frustrating. I get a lot of... I thought sick people look bad. So I understand what you are saying. Not saying you can’t look your best with chronic illness but it helps to have your health
Yeah but no one actually cares
girl: mom i don’t feel pretty
mom: ITS THAT DAMN LETTER WRITING
lmao
I low key appreciate to see a commenter from the Hetalia fandom
Girl: Mom I have cancer and will die within the next 3 days.
Woman: *L E T T E R S*
I bet you tell off Finland all the time for writing letters and jamming out to some sick Ella Fitzgerald jams whilst you're trying to sleep.
I CANT ESCAPE HETALIA CAN I?!
also sweden=best boy
if the icing is good and cake is bad... you will eventually tire of eating the icing. this is really excellent and simple advice.
But women are not cakes nor icing :DD
@@Raisa-gb4fh I've eaten a few Pies in my day tho ...
Darn. I'm hungry now!
Or we can skip all the make up, glitter, pretty pretty, blah blah blah
AND GIVE ME THE CAKE!!!
@@Raisa-gb4fh but good looking can get tired after a while, goes for women and mem
The diet recommendations bring a tear to my eye. We've truly devolved since just then
IDK they are kind of off really; more emphasis on leafy greens, veg, unsat fats. We all know soda and junk food isnt great for health; it's just readily available, affordable, and many people dont have resources to care (time money energy)
@eschwarz1003 every plant in a store is man-made and bred to sh*t. Our species lived primarily on a diet consisting of the meat and associated fat of large ruminants and part extremely fibrous plants for roughly 4 million years. You are a carnivore, my guy. Your brain evolved on saturated fats.
@@bigbear5767 carnivore only during the winter seasons though right? you're lowkey making me hungry talking about saturated fats i think i'm gonna eat some steak
Most of this advice is actually what I started doing at the beginning of 2019 and.... yeah, the difference is huge. Madam is spitting some mad truths here
I know what I'm doing in 2020
@@PrinceAkaiVtuber DO IT. My life has changed drastically.... 2019 was the best year of my life so far. Can't wait to do it all again in 2020
now i know what i'm doing for 2020
I need deets!
@@bluehydrangea5506 Deets on what? :)
"Mom, I pulled my hamstring"
"Yeah, cause you're up writing letters all night"
Armyyyyy
I can't STOP LAUGHING
This made my day
I'm pretty
I love your profile picture. Who is that handsome guy?....😗
"As if being pretty is a woman's only attraction"
GO OFF SIS
Tea.
The Mother F*cking Tea
Haylee Flores well I’d prefer this than all those ugly “women” who are proud of the fact that they don’t even think of self care and feminist mass media who promotes trash telling us it’s a normal society.
Evdokia Sovietova exactly! Oh, but it’s the patriarchy that’s forcing us to look after ourselves to look our best according to them.
Damn girls cant vent about anything without some guy chiming in about how BUT GUYS HAVE IT HARD TOO
I really like how this is more about being beautiful by treating yourself right because self-care is so important. A happy mind and body is what makes someone beautiful in my opinion. Not cosmetics, fashionable clothes, etc., but how you feel. Of course, if makeup and fashionable clothes can make you feel good great, but it's very important to feel good even without those embellishments. This applies to everyone regardless on personal beliefs, gender, whether you dress more masculine or feminine, etc..
Real. You could go out looking all cute but if you feel like shit once you take your makeup off, or even if you feel like shit while you're all dressed up, what's it all for?
“I’ve seen lots of sparkling eyes and good complexions sacrificed to swing records at bedtime”
Me: *watching a 1940’s beauty video at 3 am*
Same XD
It’s actually 2:30 in the morning 😳
I Forgot lol its 2:40 for me rn
Ashley Johnson for me it’s 4am rip
It’s 12:06 am ;-;
Moms in 2019: *"you're always on that damn phone"*
Moms in the 1940's: *1:45*
*"No sitting up and writing letters"*
Gabby daughter : mom I broke my leg
Moms in the 40s: it’s because you be writin them letters
*SNOOOOORRRT*
Lol
Kids and their damn swing music!
@@corinneolivier1871 😂
“Sitting up writing letters” 1940s texting in bed 😂
@@xdarkeagle17x " we have the entire knowledge of the world in our pocket, and what do we do with it? Face swap."
@@terrorist1989
That's what you do with it. Not all of us.
@@apples6244 if you look a little closer you might find I used quotation marks.... take my advice and maybe pass 3rd grade english before you try to start fights online.
Lmao true
😂
What an amazing orator… I didn’t pick up on a single Um or Ah… so classy, an excellent public speaker, delivering solid sage advice for all the ages
This is the type of wholesome we need in our schools now. As a recent graduate, I am extremely disappointed in my class and overall generation. It’s refreshing to watch videos like this.
I agree its nice to health and beauty not in standards but in everyday life.
Ok, eww.
don't worry, I'm pretty sure that our generation 1: agrees with this vid and want to apply those advice to themselves, and 2: are pretty disappointed in you too
A decline in morals and values over the decades has turned our society into the mess it is today.
@@gaspardp7314 where did you get that last bit from? targeting others randomly, are you?
I've never seen a comment section with so many people having so many preconceptions being so pleasantly surprised. Don't assume something is "outdated" because society has "progressed." There is such a thing as timeless wisdom and advice, after all!
Unfortunately we’ve lost a lot of that wisdom because our society has only ‘progressed’ like cancer progresses.
@@bluecannibaleyes Wow. Im gonna use this.
Yes!
We didn't have that misconception out of thin air. What we thought was widely accepted. But to hear this specifically wasn't the case was indeed surprising.
Yeah, but usually it doesn't go viral
"How to be Pretty"
"Reccomended for you"
UA-cam throwin’ that good ol’ shade
I got one called "How to fix nerd neck" I mean, thanks youtube.
Ouch
Is your profile picture chuu I-
Chuu💜🧡💛
This is solid advice to everyone, even 80 years later. A timeless video!
My grandmother was raised with these beauty tips and she recently passed at 91. Still naturally lovely and vital until her last days.
Rest in peace Michele’s grandma ❤️
Sending love and prayers to you. Natural beauty is the best 💛💛
My gran was 21 in 1940. She was so lively and kind. A natural beauty. God rest her soul. I miss her so much.
My beloved mother, who has passed away, would never go for the idea of mascara! I tried to apply it to her eyes more than once, and she wouldn't have it, not a bit. She even diluted her foundation with water! In the end, my mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen - soft, natural, and simply "beauty" personified. ❤💗❤
+@@Sealust50
What a beautiful, loving tribute to your dear Mother💙
How To Be Pretty: Take Care Of Yourself
Being good instead of evil helps a ton also. Gets rid of stress.
How do you take care of yourself when school is emotionally killing you?
@@lailafallon573 Are you in public school?
Why?
@@lailafallon573 You'll probably want to look into school brainwashing if you feel like school is hurting you
Hilarious how we don’t change much. Instead of going to bed to write letters I’m going to bed and scrolling through my phone. So different. Yet the same.
I know right?
When I can’t get to sleep, I play a favorite old UA-cam video, one with cheery, pleasant historical reinactors, which I have watched 100+ times. Works better than anything else.
MrParkerman6 she/he meant that both are a divergence to sleeping and getting a good nights rest
MrParkerman6 It is the same though. They’re sitting in bed writing to their friends and listening to music. I’ll scroll through my phone instead, and that can include texting my friends or watching UA-cam
Jedi k shut up
I love that she emphasizes taking good care of yourself and being more confident in yourself, definitely much better than fretting over the small things!
"writing letters or listening to music"
Damn these 1940's kids seen so badass
Ava K
Honestly, they practically fucked up everything and left us with the mess 😂
@Bob Smith This coming from the generation that's too scared to drive the speed limit or use turn signals 🙄😜
@Bob Smith yeah, there's so much air pollution that I am unable to go outside
Bob Smith oop, we found a rude ass boomer. (No surprise there, huh.) Hey, when is the early bird special? Don’t want you to miss it, bud.
Y'ain’t lmao😂 good one
Initially I thought this was going to be quaint and outdated, but this is actually solid advice
Hi how're you doing?
@Tungsten_Walls we can all firmly affirm that the building where this was recorded had double the normal amount of bathrooms...
@@franklinstephen3268 no rizz
@Tungsten_Walls I think that person means that because it was the year 1940, it would be more outdated since its old
@Tungsten_Walls becz its from the 40's..
No one:
UA-cam: how to be pretty
Me: slowly covers camera*
this comment needs more attentiom
Fia B 😂 thaynx
I see you. Night in the Woods
Da fock, i had like ten likes the other day 😂 wow than yous so much
Angelina Ignatova that’s awesome lol
I absolutely love old vintage recordings, the accents are so nice and the audio is so smoothing even tho its old 💕
“8 or 9 hours of sleep”
School: “not on my watch”
Fandom tumblr: " allow me to introduce myself"
Ramieverse ! “I need my 4 hours Sammy”
Only in University.
I'm in university at day then work at night after my classes :D WTF is this "sleep" you're all talking about?
Who’s this “sleep” girl your talking about? Who’s she?
Why did this boost my confidence and make me motivated for a better lifestyle? Thank you UA-cam for recommending this
Yeet Yeetus same😩
I’ve actually made changes thanks to this. Thanks glamour daze.
Ikr. I really want to get my sleep patter back on track now.
Seriously
Yes ikr
Wow. This was lovely.
meh
@@bonsoirnon7966 mEh
@@tuffy7528 me eh eh uh uh uh i'm the only one of me!
@@Victor-bu4tr huh
I just love the way this young woman speaks. One of the most refined talks I've seen on youtube.
"If you feel good, you'll look good" essentially. I like it, honestly it's a good message. If you eat healthy, excercise, get plenty of sleep, and clean yourself properly it will improve your overall confidence, and confidence is one of the most attractive features any person can have.
It’s right. No one likes a dour miserable person.
Well i am girl, and i feel very very good, and i don't look good jajaja so, no.
@@estudiostrabajospv4096 it's what's on the inside that matters ✨️
@@estudiostrabajospv4096 you’ll feel better on the inside, trust me. You’re beautiful ❤
@@elora179 not, i am not jaja But the thing is i just don't care. I am ugly, but i am happy, so... "If you feel good, you'll look good" just does not apply to me 🤷♀
Wait..... I was prepared to roll my eyes and laugh.... Now I'm like ok this was perfectly acceptable advice for 2019...
Tami Elizabeth Allaway Look at your likes. And also same.
Tami Elizabeth Allaway except for the shit diet they recommend
I bet you were about to scream triggered and patriarchy huh?
@@Timmering wow! Wtf? Oh my god! I've never had so many likes! And if you meant me screaming triggered etc...nope, i was literally prepared to be amused! Thank you for all my likes people! I feel like doing a screenshot and printing it and framing it! 😂😂😂😂😂
I was gonna expect them to talk about how to treat the man but it's actually a helpful guide even to this day
i love how she talked about makeup and hair being like icing on a cake and saying how it’s nice and all, but if the cake isn’t good you loose interest! i feel as if that’s really true like it’s great if you do your makeup and hair nicely but if you are rude or disrespectful it doesn’t matter anymore if you did your hair and makeup because no one would want to be your friend.
If you're rude, no matter how physically attractive and fit you are, almost nobody will like you. So, make - up and such are truly just the icing on the cake.
I like you and I like that you like cats
That's not what she said. She's saying that if you eat unhealthy foods, don't get enough sleep and exercise, it won't matter how well your makeup and clothes look. Being healthy and clean should be the priority. I don't recall anything about rudeness.
delor b that is true that she never mentioned that stuff but i interpret it that way along with what you said. 🙂
@@delorbb2298 I agree w Cat Lover. She's talking about inner beauty. I don't care what a person looks like, if they are kind, warm, loving, have a great sense of humor, a great personality. It's character that matters far more than looks.
Pretty or handsome models are ugly when they are vapid and empty inside. Plain people are beautiful when they are beautiful inside.
And Trump is ugly b/c he is cruel and has no conscience, look how he's sending innocent Kurds to their death today, I've never seen such an atrocity in my life in America.
He was right when he said that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he wouldn't lose a voter. That was exactly how Hitler or any demagogue acts. Anyone who believes in him is deluded and is part of a blind cult.
I like the idea that you can do daily tasks like cleaning, dusting, walking up stairs but with proper form instead of slouching. I do a lot of housework and don't get the chance to leave the house so this genuinely seems helpful.
"Use a deodorant regularly - it's a shortcut to social security" 😂😂😂👌
Eva Nap, I didn’t understand that part.
@@AntoinetteWolf They mean securing your social standings with people aka people won't run away if you smell badly, not actual social security 😂
Understood! Well said. 😊
Wish they’d tell that to the convention circuit. Them people sell like... bad
Wish they told that to my classmates.
40's girl: mom I have a headache
Her mom: it's because you're all the damn day on that bed writing letters and listening music non-stop!
2040s girl: mom I have a headache
Her mom: It's because you're all the damn day on that hover bed creating holograms and listening to that 20 year old classic song, Old Town Road
@@TheDailyEgg Very funny!!!!
😂😂😂
Wait.. is that a Hamilton reference!
I'm such an 1940's girl. 😂
This could be 40's TED talks XD
This comment deserves a thousand likes!! 👏
Chloe Smith More like 3.4K
Hihihi yisss
My first thought was this.
Ted talks are more educational. This is all about beauty and health
I love how well she explained it. You cant just go straight into products like makeup or hair styling, you should also take care of yourself. Giving yourself love is so important. I really like how much she values self care
*is youtube trying to tell me something?*
Ha ha ha me too this was in my recommendations
tiana ! 🤣 same
yES.
hahahahahahaha😂
Hahah your all ugly.
“Try to spend time more outdoor”
Me: *laying on my bed watching this*
It’s lily Alright? 💔
I'm outdoors watching g this 😂
It’s lily Alright? sometimes you have to go to a strange room without a ceiling between the house and the store, sometimes you have to-
It’s lily Alright? For real
Same lol. I stay in my room 24/7
I was crying by the end of this. That woman was such a gem. Her points in this video are something that her time and our current world are neglecting so much. What I wouldn’t have given to have someone say this to me when I was 15.
Jesus Christ... why do all you weirdos have to announce on the internet that you are crying
@@mrme3719 stfu dude it cost nothing to be a decent human being
If you're crying on this video, you should have your head checked.
@@friendlyghosthost1830 I'm aware of that, I just dont give a shit
@@mrme3719 it took you almost a week to reply and that’s what you came up with?
Getting sleep and a balanced meal, going easy on fried foods, exercise - all of this still holds true today, over 75+ years later!
I’ve been struggling with depression since June of this year and I’ve completely neglected myself. I’ve gained 50lbs, I stopped grooming well, I stopped wearing my pretty clothes, and I stopped wearing makeup completely which were things that helped me feel confident and beautiful. This video was a reminder that self-love is very important and it motivated me to start taking better care of myself.
I'm rooting for you!! Try yoga with Adrienne free on you tube ❤️ it changed my life
Same Girl. I gained 40 pounds since covid and my clothes don't fit anymore including my bras. It's so depressing, I have to prioritize really caring for myself.
I had the opposite problem of losing weight during Covid, and that's no good either. I had no working refrigerator for 3 mos.(thanks, American Home Shield), and had to have all my upper teeth removed, entirely due to a case of horrible malpractice on the part of a sociopathic dentist. My clothes don't fit, either, and I look awful. I moved to a really stupid state, and everyone assumes I'm on meth, and the whole place is weird, racially segregated and much chillier in the way of friendliness among neighbors.
I miss so much my old home, and there were vending machines in my building and a familiar pizza place. I hadn't realized how much I had depended on these. I don't like even going to stores around here, but going back isn't an option now.
I WISH I had gained my weight back and was still chubby so much more than becoming malnourished (and emaciated at one point, which was only sad and scary). For one thing, some of my clothes would still fit. I started getting strange symptoms because my health had been badly compromised. This is just as bad, just in a different way.
Can we trade?
@@erinthesystem9608 I'm so sorry you're going through all this, that sounds awful. It's my opinion that I'd rather be overweight than underweight so I'm very sorry for what's happening to you and I hope that you can find a way to restore your health. 💗
Don't give up girls! It's never late start love and care for yourself. I wish you strenght and courage.
I actually really like this video. She understands that everyone wants to look good, and gives actual advice. Nowadays, if you tell someone you have appearance issues, they'll tell you "appearance isn't everything" or something along those lines. While that is true, saying isn't going to stop me from being insecure. I love how she had both those aspects here. I wish we could take the good things from the past, we really need them sometimes.
We can take good things from the past if we remember them, practice them, and teach them!
You explained what I thought really well!
They'll call you "anything phobic" for sure
my thoughts as well! this was a lovely video and i really liked how the woman explained everything ☺.
i think it depends on the person. but body neutrality does work if you do it properly. and based on this comment you were not doing it properly. do not criticise things you know nothing about.
"Sometimes I want to shake you girls when you talk about being pretty or not pretty, as though prettiness were a woman's attraction." I was expecting misogyny, not a be confident as yourself psa!
Heck yeah
Roasted all the drag queen trans out there
DiabolicalPaperClip someone is ugly
UA-cam Moderator seriously? Come on
@@memberofthelambily1340 There's more to being a woman then wearing make up and dressing up to appear pretty. If you agree with them then you're insulting actual women. Use your head😙
Love, love, love her timeless and evergreen emphasis on good health and clean hygiene for beauty. She's a true master on the topic. We ought to listen to our foremothers.
Why is she more encouraging than my actual parents???
From the grave too-
naurr not the grave 😭
💀💀💀
WELL THEN-
I am so sorry ❤
girl u ain't hadda do her like that😭
Weirdly enough the advice here isn't bad or out of date, it is extremely topical even today, she encourage everyone to exercise, take care of yourself have proper daily baths, have proper sleep, spend time outdoor and eat healthy, rather than worrying about your face or hair, or about the fact that you are pretty enough or not
And what weird? Simple advices. What do you expect? People don't change as much.
@@temin2776 it is health advice from the 1940s mate, a time when people believed that drinking and smoking was perfectly healthy, even when you are pregnant, a time when lobotomy were performed to heal mental illness, in general 1940s isn't the best historic benchmark to get health advice from, but advice from this video is something we need to taught even today, especially in an Instagram driven world run by Asthestics rather taking care of your health.
@@abhinavtyagi2817 a lot of the things like smoking is good was actually advertisement, lobbying, and institutional corruption rather than scientists actually believing those things. That same corruption still exists today and people will look back just like you are, shocked that we used opioids and ate certain foods.
Its the innocent, well mannered and wholesome way the advice is given that makes this special. A lot of people today dont have those abilities anymore, or simply dont care how they talk to others.
@@gordo2022 opiods? Are you kidding me?
I love how mobile phones weren’t a thing so no social media and endless scrolling but they would still stay up really late and listen to music until early hours. Teenagers will be teenagers😂 Some things don’t change.
Letter writing WAS social media 🤭
I read somewhere that a parent back in the early 1800s was complaining how their children always had a nose in a book!
So true! We used to have book-mobiles. They were Utility vans converted into a traveling library during summer break. Every Wed my neighborhood friends & I were so excited to run to the spot where they'd park & let hop inside to trade in last week's books for new ones. At night, I'd get my flashlight, hide under my blankets & read WAY past bedtime..up til 10pm if I could hold out that long. (Just like on the Disney movie "UP")
I was obsessed with 'Pippi Longstocking', 'Nancy Drew' & 'Encyclopedia Brown' books!
// Yeah....🤷
Rebellion looked alot different in those days.//
@@AnthonyWLeone lol... yep! I think that went on into the 1900's too, but not sure.
@@dollymadison2397 I miss the Encyclopedia Brown books! I haven't heard that name in years. And Tom Swift was another favorite of mine.
We need more people like her today to free us from the curse of having to be in certain molds of beauty.
And excess makeup!
@@nicholasspeaks-zm4bw A little makeup is nice for your man but fake eyelashes, fake hair, excessive makeup, excess tanning is a no.
@@andrew2393fake hair is for protecting natural hair
"deodorant is a shortcut to social security" 😂
Not sure what that means in the US, but in Australia, it reads "if you smell nice, you'll end up on welfare".
@@philthy903 it means smell nice and people will want to be around you more
Welp can’t wear deodorant cause of hyperhydrosis and DRYSol so ya know... no social security 🤷🏼♀️
phylbert phylbertson I thought social security was a welfare check ? Lmao .... I’m in America ?
CrazyLegsMcGee I’m fifteen lmao I don’t smoke or vape or anything haha, I just have hyperhidrosis 😂🤷🏼♀️
she: **talks about getting a 8-9 hrs. of sleep**
me watching this at 2am: hah
Its literally 2am rn :D
That's a sign to go to sleep 21:20
a shiteu JIMINSHIIII
XD sorry
5:30am. ....I have serious problems. I'm not a beautiful girl.
Hannah Beeson Green JAJAJAJ
"sometimes i could shake you girls when you worry so much about being pretty or not being pretty as if it's a girls-only attraction" this also works in 2021
No, it wasn't an affirmation. She said the girl could be pretty if she did all these things that made her more attractive to men. The lady had already said she wasn't attractive because of her "round face" and "the way she wore her hair." We don't exist to live up to someone else's standards of beauty.
@@christineegan465 no she didn't... First of all she never once said "attractive to men". She never made it about men, she made it about the girl's own self esteem. I feel that it's more of a modern thing to equate beauty to how many men want to fk a girl.
It's the girl who said she had a round face, wears her hair wrong and doesn't look pretty. And the woman rebuked her for that, emphasizing that beauty isn't simply a pretty face. And actually, she way very much AGAINST the beauty standards when saying that what really matters is self care (healthy food, exercise, sleep, washing routine).
The girls who attented were there because they wanted to feel prettier and better about themselves. The woman used that energy and guided it into a healthy path. She didn't tell her lies, didn't give an unobtainable goal, didn't play down her insecurities but rather showed her her own beauty.
Its true that we do not have to live up to other's expectations. Its also true that if a girl seeks guidance she should get a good one. And, to be honest, we girls DO care a lot about how others perceive us.
everything now is plastic surgery, bbl, filters, detox tea, make up trends... it's sad
@@peachbooks3199 tbh I feel like the reality now is more harsher on girls then before
@@peachbooks3199 Fr, the only thing I do to touch up myself is just play around with make up.
This actually is timeless sound advice.
The irony of her saying *beauty sleep* is an old expression 😭
Means the term has been there longer than we think
@ShaisPas Eh not really
ppl still don’t say that? in england we say that
@@os4kis.301 I’m in The United States, we say it here as well. It’s just a saying, no biggie about it being old. Lol.
I don't see the irony in it lol. It was an old expression then, so obviously it's an old expression now.
*When you've learnt more about beauty and health in a video from the 1940s compared to your whole life*
I think this video is so sad. We DO worry too much about how we look. We have all been told (like in this video, approximately 70 years ago) that being beautiful is something that we should strive for. We think that being pretty makes us confident and feel good, and especially that it will make people like us more. In reality we get anxious about our looks and our confidence is shattered to peaces. We start to think that we are not pretty enough, like she says in the video: you can always be prettier. That is so sad. If we just abandoned the idea that being beautiful is important in any way, we would be so much happier. We would see that there is so much more to us and our personalities than the way we look.
@@noone3188 tell me when was the last time you fell in love with someone's personality at first sight. Lol! Just sayin'
@@TheMocao well you tell me can you really love someone based on their looks? Is it really a healthy relationship if it is based on falling in love at first sight? Your personality is much more important.
@@noone3188 Personality is indeed important, but I've never met a person yet that didn't LOOK at the person first - unless they were physically blind. Usually it's our attraction to a person that allows us to get to know that person's personality. That's all I'm saying. If looks are not important to you then that's great - but if they are important to someone else then that's fine too. It's called individuality.
@@noone3188
Perfectionism is an issue all on its own, it applies to everything. Why try to be highly academically achieving? You can always do better. You'll never get 100% will you? So don't bother at all eh? Applying your logic sounds preposterous.
Many people bother with looks because we're social animals. And it truly does give great confidence. To know that you aren't a stinky, rag wearing pathetic little thing, is good. Of course I'm not saying that the obsession with plastering on makeup, or fast fashion, or most things caused by social media are any good. But generally to be well kempt, proffessional when need be, beautiful or handsome when need be, and so on, is incredibly important to healthy self image and social standing, relationships with others be try romantic, work, friendly etc.
As for physical appearance for intimate relationships. Without sexual attraction it doesn't quite work does it? Sexual attraction is really about the body and its presentation. The other side of intimate attraction, to a person, also requires physical appearance to be well kept not because society culture mumbo jumbo. But because we naturally seek out those that have it together. If one looks shabby, unkempt etc, they obviously don't have it together. Physical appearances aren't just some useless social construct, they can tell you about a person. What I'm saying is the physical is an extension of the psychological. You're evidently utterly in love with the idea of personality, well the way someone looks tells you a lot about them
"remember you can't have good looks without soap and water"
Well dang
Soap (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Emma chamberlain is quaking
Her: *Daily shampooing*
Any dermatoligist: I'm going to end this woman's whole career
Africa: she ended our whole career
@@ryderthesinful What?
The girls at 0:10 look kinda like that IGOR'S THEME clip
Real and True and Based
"So snap out that light early enough every night"
Me: *watches at 5 AM*
Meeee
Same
Jonanas Bananas It’s 4AM here and I’m sitting in bed watching this 😂
Lmao night owls but I'm the same
5:00 am exactly for me lmao
I'm... Actually rather impressed... I was expecting exactly what the youngling at the end asked, and expected to get disappointed, but the speaker truly gave the best advice!
Yeah I expected some race bias, and comparing it now yeah race was nearly gone...
But now it’s, “Buy my new lipsticks with code: iamajzj for 20% OFF 😃”
Scott scot84 found the boomer
@@ussglowcloud6988 Doesn't make the statement false.
ASG66 are u having a stroke
“mom i broke my leg”
mom: “ITS CAUSE OF THAT DANG SWING MUSIC”
HAHAHAH 1940s VERSION
@@meenakshi_007 the real 1940s version would be Jazz music
@@mesmoe-rizing hehehe yeah
bro HAHHAHAHHASHAHASKAHKS
1940's version lmaooooo
This is still so relevant to this day. Sitting here and watching the beauty consultant was therapeutic. This is exactly what I need to hear.
I'm actually surprised. These are actually good advice.... And the lady seems BADASS 😂
Stupid hair tho
heaintloveu The hairstyles of the 40’s stand up to the test of time a whole lot better than today’s half-dyed pink and grey overprocessed scruffy fright wigs your kids will be laughing themselves sick over in 20 years.
Heck yeahhh
@@sleesullivan2796 You know where those hairstyles of the 40s are popular these days? NORTH KOREA.
we should all take her advice 😂
Lady: "and stay away from fried foods"
Me: *slowly puts down chicken nugget*
🤣😂🤣😂 you made me laugh out loud, thank you 😊
DEAD 💀😂
Lmao thanks 4 the laugh
*Jazz music stops*
I felt that 😂😂😂
1940: "It worries me that so many girls think a balanced diet consists of soda pop and a sandwich or a big gooey sundae"
2020: "It worries me that so many girls think a balanced diet consists of soda pop and a sandwich or a big gooey sundae"
@Hunter Fest takis
POV: You read this comment more than once and now you are looking through the replies
@Hunter Fest welp, busted lol. I was drinking a starbucks coffee and eating a bag of chips yesterday. This lady is going to beat me with a ruler 😂.
Full Circle
I remember when I was attending college, this girl would come into class all the time with an Orange Crush and strawberry pop tarts for breakfast. She was in decent shape then but omg, I hope she's not eating like that now.🤯
I love how she just talks about self care. It’s so nice that she’s educating those girls not just on “Run a couple laps and eat your veggies”, but more like “Make sure to think about what your eating, and spend plenty of time playing outdoors”
“Sometimes I wish I could shake you girls” Dumbledore said calmly.
*SNOrK*
*_*SHAKE IT UP BABY NOW_**
Twist and shout
mein gott - threats of violence with beauty advice. Gotta be a movie in there.
Quentin Tarantino's "Pretty, Violent"
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She’d be in jail now if she shook any of them.
Normie
@@amyleiigh333 this isn't even cursed lmao
"You can't be beautiful without beauty sleep"
Me watching at 2am: good advice
Solid.
That's me right now! It's 1:20 AM
So writing letter and swing music are equalvalent to Instagram and Spotify in 1940😂
Yeah but better
@@Alena8181snookie oOoOh, I WaS BoRn In tHe wrOnG gEneRaTiOn, oOooOh
Welcome Welcome 🤣🤣🤣
@@rawrxd9966 😂
👀
Wow, from the title I assumed this would be something that aged poorly, but it actually is better then a lot of modern stuff.
Odd how modern feminism is more toxic than the "patriarchal" 1940's...
No one:
UA-cam Recommended: here’s how to be pretty in the 1940s
Yeah, now UA-cam passed the line
Elli Wyllie hahaha hahaha hahaha get it it’s the title of the video but no one asked for it hahahahhahaaa
I will reborn in 1940 then uwu
Still applies to now
I'd rather listen to this than today's beauty gurus.
They were preparing them for hard labor or possibly being drafted as they were running out of men 🙄 it was WWII era- think Rosie the riveter- you can’t do that work without being in shape
Usagi?
Right, “hI sIStErS” 😒
You are spot on. They are terrible and their faces look like clowns
Deva7 god yes
YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THAT BED SITTING UP AND WRITING LETTERS
wig pretty much our today’s texting
Ikr 😂
Uh hi sis
Listening to those swing albums
Does that mean texting?
No matter the decade or century, there will always be that one lady who gives great advice and is ahead of her time
"as though prettiness were a woman's only attraction" ✨✨✨
I doubt that is worth a lot.
The whole video is her trying to get girls to conform to the beauty standards of the time in order for them to be “pretty” so i dont think that one statement is worth much
@@psychoPilgrim36 maybe it's because we viewed it differently. For me, I think this statement meant that a girl has many more beautiful qualities than just being pretty and that it's ok even if she doesn't consider herself pretty because she still has other qualities that can be considered beautiful and attractive.
Maybe I didn't analyze the whole video that well or maybe it's because I only scratched through the surface. But anyway, this was actually a positive view on my side. Maybe it's not for you but that's alright. Everyone can't always agree on everything.
@@angel31356 that sentence alone is good but the videos existence kinda contradicts it. If women are more than just their looks then why is this video and the videos attached to it all about trying to be what society said was “pretty”. If they really believed that women were more than their looks then why didnt they just let women look how they want to look instead of telling them?
@@psychoPilgrim36 it's still pretty much the beauty standard now
notice how she isn't being toxic lol,, nowadays it's wearing makeup to cover up your imperfections and destroy your body by not eating and exercising but this video shows that natural beauty is just as amazing.
Well not really nowadays is ten times better than the 40’s sorta
@@btsprettypleasekidnapme1291 Yeah, pushing women to be skinny with hyper devopped musculature. Back then being healthy just meant looking well fed and toned
Yes but in the last transformation the girl looked prettier because of her grooming from the outside, notice the clothes change, hairstyle, posture etc.
Not to mention photoshopping out any flaws
Nope not at all it was more toxic back then but go off ig
Woman: "Go easy on fried foods"
Americans: LET'S FRY OREOS
【ɐpɐɹıP ɐuɐʇıdɐC】 lmaooo facts
Okay but have you had those? Way better than they sound ngl
We literally fried water... I don’t understand...
【ɐpɐɹıP ɐuɐʇıdɐC】 omg i love fried Oreos
Fried ice cream
This was a great video.
Great advice to the girls.
I couldn't have said it better and it isn't outdated advice,
her words were timeless.
This is solid advice for everyone, man or woman, of every age.
Timeless.
Timeless bc it's the truth
8 hours? I work 60 hours a week....
I don't do a lot of late night letter writing.
@Jocom Firesin Just replace letters and swing records with smartphones. Timeless advice.
@@karayna9071 I was joking. 🤪
"8 or 9 hours of sleep"
*Three, take it or leave it*
Elliott Yancey
I don’t need sleep
I’LL SLLEP WHEN IM DEAD
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAKKKK
@@paris7904 A BIG YES
*30 mins*
1940s mom: its because of those damn letters
2019 mom: its because of that damn phone
Yeah, but I used to write letters in bed and I felt tired and over it way before 3am. I stayed up later than I should have but now my tween kids will stay up through the entire night with their phones and fall asleep on the floor with their day clothes still on! I definitely wasn't born anywhere near the 40's. Times have changed much more quickly than that!!!!
Plus ça change...
Basically the same. Writing letters or texting on your phone late at night, instead of sleeping.
@@Gaia_Seraphina the difference is that the letters doesn't have a bright screen ruining your vision.
@@worldinsights930 Somebody doesn't know about Dark Mode
Thanks!