Wednesday, December 14, 2011

1930's makeup :]

Since my hobby is makeup, I figured I'd relate it to this class in some way.
So what you have here my rendition of a typical 1930's style makeup. drawn on eyebrows and all.
In the 1930's it was super common that women would pluck their eyebrows in a very thin and high shape. In some cases, extreme gals would even shave off their brows and draw them back on. Since my eyebrows look  polar opposite to what I wanted to achieve, I broke out the glue stick and concealer and covered my brows drag queen style. In addition, makeup had only begun to become widely available in the 1910's with the creation of mascara, so eye makeup was limited. So wearing light, shimmery eyeshadow was typical. And to top off the eyes, I put on a pair of false lashes in honor of their creation in this decade. As for my face, I applied the lightest foundation I could find to pale my skin, and dusted a light pink blush on my cheeks. To finish the look off, I over drew my lipline and put on some orangey red lipstick, a favorite shade for this time. Oh and don't forget the vaseline! Women of this era often applied vaseline to their eyebrows to make them nice and shiny, so I figured I might as well too!

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