Beauty Icons from the Past

Lately, I've been enamored by the glamour of the 30's, 40's and 50's. Even without all the modern beauty fixes we have today, they looked effortlessly beautiful- no plastic surgery (cough*Heidi Montag*cough),  no botox. Just a little bit of our favorite thing called makeup- and "primitive" makeup at that. :) Sometimes, when I need a little beauty inspiration, I just look at some of my favorite starlets.

Here are my favorites:

Ava Gardner

Audrey Hepburn

Elizabeth Taylor

Doris Day



Grace Kelly



Lana Turner


(I think this one of Lana is my favorite!)

What do you think? Who is your beauty icon (and please don't say Kate Gosselin!)?