Or as it is sometimes called clam shell lighting. This lighting set up is a great starting point if you are looking for a classic beauty lighting.
It is also very simple to achieve.
As both of this set up's names suggest you use two light sources, one positioned high one positioned low, but both very close to your subject. If in your mind you think of making an open "clam shell" shape with your two lights with your subject at the open end and you and your camera at the closed end.
When it comes to what type of lights to use you will ideally have a couple of soft boxes for this but in a jam you can use any nice heavily diffused source. Something like a shoot though umbrella will do a decent job, you can always diffuse this further by throwing an extra white sheet over it.
The higher of the two lights needs to be dominant in terms of size and power, with the lower light acting as a fill. The whole idea of this to produce a very soft and flattering light (this is why we position the lights nice and close).
As I variation I regularly use a reflector as the lower fill light instead of a smaller soft box and still get good results.
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