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  False lashes were thick & short and then superceded by longer more spacious lashes as the years grooved on.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



 













Dita Von Teese ~ Luscious Makeup Style

 

Dita Von Teese, the world's queen of Burlesque and Pin-Up style icon!

The secret to acheiving Dita's gorgeous timeless makeup look is first to have clean, primed skin.  Conceal any blemishes or under eye darkness with a concealer.  Apply a good even coverage of foundation, making sure you balance the skin tone to the neck, ears and hairline.  You want the application to appear flawless.  Liquid foundation applied with a foundation brush will provide even coverage, cream foundation applied with a dampened sponge also provides a great flawless complexion.  Both need to be set with a translucent powder.  There are many other foundation choices available, find whatever works best for you to provide the utltimate coverage.  Aim for a flawless, porcelain like effect.

Line the upper eyelids with either a black liquid or pencil eyeliner, extending the outer line.  Make your eyeliner width across the top of the eyelids, much wider that you normally would otherwise you'll lose that dramatic effect you're aiming for.  It's important to do this before you apply false eyelashes, it not only gives a good black line to guide you in applying the lashes but also fills in close to your own lashes avoiding any skin showing through.  Once you have your false eyelashes in place, add a slight under eyeline, and design your eyeshadow.  Stick to neutral tones, matte or shimmer.  An eye primer helps your eyeshadow stay in place, stops creasing and flaking, and assists in your makeup lasting longer.  Contour the orbital bone with a darker earthy tone to shape the eye socket.  Using a highlight under the brow arch opens the eyes and compliments the eye makeup design.  After you've finished the eye makeup design, check any colour fill around the false lashes by adding a black eye powder, this also helps set the eyeline.

Define the brows with a brow liner, either a pencil or powder is fine.  Apply light feathery strokes, rather than harsh lines.  You could also use a brow stencil for a more even and dramatic brow shape.  Make sure you enhance the brow arches and extend the brow tail as in 50's style pinup makeup.  Apply a brow colour to suit your colouring.  If you are a blonde, choose taupes & browns.  If you have dark hair, choose darker browns or charcoal brow tones.

Luscious Lips.  Using a red lipliner, start in the middle of the cupid's bow & make lining strokes towards the outer of the lips.  Same for the bottom lip.  Fill in the entire lips with lipliner colour, this helps your lipstick to stay on longer.  Then go ahead and apply your red lipstick, use a matte type and apply with a lip brush.  You get more accuracy with a lip brush.  Blot, and repeat for longer staying power.  If you want a little glossier look, just add a small amout of gloss lipstick in the same red tone to highlight, mainly towards the middle of bottom and top lips. 

Blush, for that "just rolled in the hay look", apply the blush lightly to the cheek apples.  Powder down the whole makeup with translucent powder when completed, you could also use a setting spray for long lasting wear, especially if you will be in the spotlight!   Don't forget to style the hair to compliment the makeup, 50's hairstyle, sleek modern or wavy vintage looks would work well.

Dita's look is perfect for glamorous night events, photography, runway, fashion, bridal or if you just want to feel Dita fabulous!

   

For more tips on how to achieve luscious red lips for your Dita look, here is another related post.

http://www.themakeuptheorystudio.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/luscious-red-lips.html

Luscious Red Lips

We know it's true, girls have always secretly adored glamorous red lips, whether they wear red lipstick or not.   How can we create the Hollywood red lips successfully for long lasting, fault free wear?  Well first my little glamettes, apply your foundation making sure you coat your lips also.  Make sure your makeup is applied and the lips are the last to do. 
Draw your lip outline with a red lipliner (not an orangey tone), but a red lipliner with a blue undertone, this way your teeth won't appear yellow.  This rule also applies to the red colour lipstick you choose.  Well, that's unless you're actually wearing a red-orange lipstick, more common these days with all the fluro and 1980's influence in makeup trends.

Ok, back to red lips.... fill your lip colour entirely with the red lipliner.  Marking from the Cupid's Bow to the outer corners works best, and from the middle of your bottom lip to the outer corners also.  Apply your lipstick, making sure you keep withing the lip line.  Use a lip brush, rather than just straight out of the wind-up.  You'll get a more precise application.  Next, dab your lips with a tissue, then re-apply the lipstick.   This sets your lipstick for more staying power.  Use a matte red, rather than a gloss red, it won't travel.  And wah lah!  You will have gorgeous glamorous red lips! 

Handy to know:  If you find the red just too intense for you, dull it down a little with a slight touch of nude terracotta toned lipstick over the top, but apply blended mainly to the middle zone of both top & bottom lips.  Another important tip, if you do draw over the edges of your lips and make a mistake, remember to wipe inwards with a cotton bud, not outward!  You can also brush over any red stains outside the lip line with a foundation then powder to set.

Dare to wear the Red!
xx TMT