The Old School Beauty Tip From Vivien Leigh That You Can Still Use Today

Although the advancements in the modern beauty industry make it seem as though there's nothing more we can learn from the past, that's simply not the case. Old Hollywood is full of famous beauties, and Vivien Leigh is one of the most well-known. A dark-haired stunner with bewitching eyes and a captivating smile, she stole hearts in classic films like "Gone with the Wind" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". Similar to how Joan Crawford had some old school beauty tips that you can still use today, the British actor also had some beauty tips up her sleeve.

Leigh had a very simple method to keep herself looking flawless, and that was getting routine facials. The two-time Oscar-winning actor only trusted her skin to one woman: Madame Lubatti. Lubatti not only counted Hollywood A-listers like Leigh as her clientele, but also members of the British royal family. So truly, Leigh was in good hands. Lubatti likely wouldn't be a fan of today's popularized method of injectables and other invasive treatment methods, as she was a huge proponent of holistic, natural formulas. But aside from going to Lubatti, Leigh revealed in a 1951 interview with Lydia Lane that she only used cold water to wash her face, similar to how cold showers have a lot of benefits for your body as a whole.

Despite being considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, that doesn't mean that Vivien Leigh was immune to insecurity. And the one thing she deemed her most significant beauty flaw was her neck. It certainly didn't help that even Hollywood executives nitpicked on this specific insecurity of Leigh's, with Paramount producer Anthony Havelock-Allan making his views of her looks known. "I thought that her neck was too long, and she was out of proportion," Havelock-Allan bluntly stated, per The Guardian. He even went further to add that Leigh looked akin to a "sort of pea on top of a long neck."

But Leigh has found a way to mitigate this particular issue with the help of tasteful fashion choices. Leigh went on to share her feelings about her insecurity during the aforementioned 1951 Lydia Lane interview, and revealed that she often opts for tops or dresses with high collars. Yet Leigh also had a mature perspective on the beauty pressures in Hollywood. "If you have some handicap, don't be self-conscious about it," Leigh exclusively told Lane, "Just pretend it's lovely."