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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Skin-Care Routine: Makeup Museum

Jacqueline Kennedy's Skin-Care Routine From 1963 Has Us Ready to Soak Up the Sun

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More than 25 years after her death, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continues to live on as a beauty icon. Her minimalistic makeup style and love for fiery red lipstick continues to inspire people's beauty looks everyday, and the Makeup Museum has finally blessed us all with her exact skin-care routine from 1963. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the New York City museum unveiled a document outlining Kennedy's full and detailed skin-care consultation notes written up by Hungarian dermatologist Erno Laszlo.

The notes, dated May 1, 1963, instructed Kennedy to not use more than the prescribed amount of oils and creams on her skin to prevent the return of bumps, pimples, and blackheads from when the temperature is above 70 degrees through to the end of September. To avoid varicose veins, Kennedy's doctor also recommended walking for exercise, which she promised to do along the golf course at Cape Cod.

There are also a few differences in Dr. Laszlo's advice from what a dermatologist today would recommend, like suggesting she massage her arms and legs with a bronzing oil beforehand "because the sun is good for her" and "she should not be afraid of getting brown spots."

In addition to her skin-care routine, the consultation document also revealed Kennedy's daily diet — mostly meat, vegetables, and champagne — and Dr. Laszlo recommended she eat more fish products. Cape Cod sounds like an ideal place follow through with those doctor's orders.

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