Doe Eyed 60's

 

Twiggy applying lashes and eyeliner crease



Twiggy for Yardley False Lashes



Early to mid 1960's the 'doe-eyed' look was it!  Teenagers started to experiment and cosmetic sales went through the roof by mid to late 60's.  Girls and women were empowering their creativity and fashion sense through makeup.  Eye makeup designs became 'rounder' looking.

Twiggy

Makeup enhanced the eyes, the object was to make them look larger with minimal focus on the mouth.  Lipsticks were pale pinks, apricots, nude flesh, almost opaque at times, shiny and glossy.  Apart from the lipliner definition in contrast, the lips seemed to almost disappear.  Eyeliner colours leaned towards browns, grey and charcoal, rather than black.  Mascara was a girls' best friend, a secret weapon to lengthen & thicken the lashes. 

Mia Farrow

Gold eyeshadow shades were popular, and shiny tones.  In 1969, British Vogue wrote, "Colour your lips with natural shiny stain.  Your eyes must look wide awake and shiny."

Jean Shrimpton



Brows were thin and rounded.  False lashes were thick & short and then superceded by longer more spacious lashes as the years grooved on. 

Eyelashes were also drawn in by hand with black eyeliner to accentuate the doe-eyed look as well as individual lashes applied. 

Much empahasis was placed on the 'crease' of the eye, dark smokey lines to recede the orbital bone were drawn from the outer stretching right over to the inner corner of the eye, highlighting the light to white shimmer eyeshadows.  The contrast was quite marked and complimented the thick eyeliner and tail design also.





Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Goldie Hawn, Veruska, Jane Fonda and many more celebreties of the day lead the way in 60's eye makeup fashion.

 


Goldie Hawn



 













NYX Cosmetics Eyebrow Stencil Kit & Brow Shaping

Well groomed eyebrows help to draw attention to the eyes and enhances them.  Eyebrow fashions change frequently, so the most sensible option is to stick to a natural look, unless you deliberately want to create a more dramatic and defined effect.  Eyebrow colour should relate to the hair colour and the overall strength of the makeup you are using.  Strengthening the browline is a vital part of face shaping.  Brows can be made to appear fatter or thinner.  Since the 90's there has been renewed emphasis on 'the perfect brow'.  The best guideline to follow is the brow bone.  As seen in the diagram above: 

• A line is drawn from the centre point at where the eyebrow begins
• Then up to the highest arch point and down again to its tail end

Using a long makeup brush, place it vertically from the base of the nose to meet at the brow.  Then angle the brush to position its centre over the middle of the eye.  Where your brush ends, the arch of the brow should be seen there, not directly in the middle of the brow, but just offset from it.  Continue moving the brush outwards and place in line with the end of the eye shape.  This should be where the brow finishes.  Now the brows can be shaped accordingly and are best drawn with eyebrow pencil or brow specific powders. 

Eyebrow stencil kits are popular now and quite easy to use.  When using any brow stencils, the same rules apply for positioning and use light feathery strokes rather than harsh lines.  Blend tones to achieve a more natural look to match your skin tone.  Utilise the blend of several brow powders, stencils and brow brushes to help you shape your arches.



Makeup in History: 17th Century Elizabethan - Brows

In 17th Century England, Queen Elizabeth I totally removed her brows, and to create a more enhanced white skin she also removed a strip of hair above her forehead.  To create perfect translucent white skin, she painted artificial veins on her brow space.  She also whitened her face with 'ceruse', a paste of white lead compounds applied with a damp cloth.  This was the fashion of the day, white lead powders were popular and many deaths occurred in the name of beauty. 

  

Queen Elizabeth I 

   

 

  Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I