1960's make up

1960's Inspired Make-Up

If you have ventured through my blog pages, you may already be aware that I am a keen lover of the 1960's. I enjoy taking time to look up different make up looks that were worn in that particular decade, as well as the hair styles and fashion.

Today, I am going to focus on a fairly bold make up look. I have loved experimenting with make up ever since I was a little girl, and I still get immense satisfaction when I complete a new look. I don't buy any high branded make-up for myself, so this look is easily affordable on a budget. All the products should be readily available in your local drugstores, or a very similar product will be a suitable alternative.

So...less of my waffling. Lets get to the make up!!
 

Whenever I think of skin from the 60's, I think of 'flawless and fresh'. So I applied a light coverage foundation all over my face and neck, and then use a concealer to cover up any blemishes that are still showing through the base. This is not 100% vital, as I know many people do not like wearing foundation.

I kept the eyebrows very natural, and only filled out areas that needed it. I did not alter my natural shape.

Applying an eye shadow base is very important for a look that has this much shadow involved. I used a white cream stick shadow all over my lids and right up to my brow bone. A powder base layer was then applied in the same colour shadow all over my lids.

Here's where it starts to get messy! You need a darker colour to apply to the crease of the eyelid. I used a medium brown, and then blended out to get rid of the harsh lines. You then need to pick out a dark brown shadow. Taking a small detailer brush, I carefully drew a line of shadow from the inner side of the crease, and dragged it out across to the outer edge and drew it out into a flick. This doesn't have to be a very neat line, as it is just the guide for the black shadow. This the goes over the guide line to make it more defined and stand out.

 

Once you are happy with how the shadow is looking, it is time to move on to the eyeliner. I personally find liquid liner easier to work with, and can get a finer detailed look using it. Draw a reasonably thick line from the inner corner of the eye and bring it out to mimic the shadow line that you have created above. The two lines should run parallel together. Now you should see the eyes are coming along nicely!

Take a white pencil eyeliner and fill in the gap between the eye shadow and eyeliner. Apply some to the inner corner of the eye and along the water line. This helps to give the allusion of a bigger 'doll like eye' and opens your eyes up.

Take a black pencil eyeliner and place it along the bottom lash line. This doesn't want to be a really thick line!

Now apply lashings upon lashings of mascara. The more the better! When applying to your bottom lashes, make sure you get the lashes to clump together to get that signature sixties eye makeup look.

To the cheeks apply a nice peachy or dusky pink blush, but don't get carried away. Just enough to get that naturally flushed look.

Add a nice nude lip to finish it off.

 

And you're done!

Add a beehive hair style to completely make this look authentic.

Here is a link to my YouTube channel where I have uploaded a video of myself creating this look step by step 1960's Inspired Make-Up look

 

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