Mae West: Coconut Gal

Many reporters noticed that, well into her seventies, MAE WEST retained her lovely complexion. Her secret formula consisted of avoiding the sun and replenishing her face with natural moisturizers. That wise advice has also aged well.
• • “DIY Beauty Treatments Inspired by Hollywood Legends” • •
• • “Moisturize Like Mae West” • •
• • April Long wrote: Ahead of her time in many ways, the icon of innuendo swore by applying coconut oil to her face and neck every day to keep her skin youthful. A reporter who visited her at home in 1974 noted that she “talked at length about the benefits of putting coconut oil on her face”— and found the then-83-year-old dressed in a pink trouser suit and platform heels, lugging an exercise bicycle out of her dining room.

• • April Long wrote: In a later interview, Mae West recommended using baby oil, adding: “Then you’ll keep your soft skin. That’s how I kept mine. I always use baby oil. But it has to be warm, and you have to have a man put it on you — — all over.”
• • Source: Town and Country Magazine; published on Friday, 10 April 2020.
• • On Monday, 8 June 1936 • •
• • "Mae West Enters Society" • •
• • In "Now I'm a Lady," which delighted the Olympia audience on Saturday night and which will conclude its showing to-night, Mae West has gone modern, and in this picture becomes a socialite with countless admirers among the blue-bloods. She's a new type of personality, with a new drawing room sparkle in her diamonds, but the same old fascinating sparkle in her eyes.
• • It's worth the price of admission to hear Mae sing grand opera, let alone such hits as "Now I'm a Lady" and "He's a Bad Man."
• • Source: The Northern Miner; published on Monday, 8 June 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is a whole Wild West show in herself, as everyone knows who has seen the Broadway production of Diamond Lil — — renamed "She Done Him Wrong" in the American cinema version and "Lady Lou" in the French.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I liked Lulu [a fellow inmate] very much, for it requires a lot of nerve to ‘stick up’ a man. Of course, there are a lot of nicer ways of taking everything a man's got — — although I must admit Lulu's way was a quicker way of getting results.” 
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The United Press mentioned Mae West and her 6-acre ranch.
• • “Mae West Buys an Orange Ranch” • •
• • Actress Joins Hollywood's Back-to-Farm Movement • •
• • The United Press wrote: Hollywood, Feb. 24 Hollywood's current back-to-the-farm movement has inspired Mae West to buy a six-acre orange ranch near Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley. "They tell me," reported Miss West, "that on this ranch I’ll be able to reach out of the window and have my orange juice. I'm going to see what it's like."
• • Editor: The ranch had a 10-room residence and two guest houses.
• • Source: The United Press syndicated content rpt in The Pittsburgh Press [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania];  published on Saturday, 24 Feb 1934
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 15th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,491st blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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