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Hollywood Stars’ Biggest Glamour Secrets: Inside the Iconic Looks of Your Favorite Celebrities

Famed hair and makeup artist Max Factor used makeup tricks to emphasize the beauty of Hollywood's biggest stars, Donelle Dadigan exclusively tells Closer.

“He also raised her hairline three quarters of an inch higher all the way around using painful electrolysis,” says Donelle Dadigan, president and founder of the Hollywood Museum, which is housed in the original Max Factor building. “Max Factor took her from a child star and turned her into a young beauty,” says Dadigan, who notes that the makeup room lighted for “brownettes” like Judy can still be visited at them Hollywood Museum. “He had a good hairline at the back of his neck — which Max felt was a measurement of virility,” says Dadigan, who adds that the actor’s facial hair was made more luxurious using mohair threads.

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