1950s Glamour

1950s Glamour

Photography: Ian

Hair and Accessories: Styled by Lawrence at Toni & Guy, Marylebone High Street, London (http://www.ToniAndGuy.com)

Model: Sarah-Jane

Here are the instructions for how to create a glamorous 1950s movie star look:-

Start with a freshly cleansed and moisturised face.

Apply foundation, concealer and powder (as instructed in a blog I posted further down this page called "Getting Flawless Skin").

Apply eyebrow pencil to the eyebrows using light feathery strokes for a natural-looking effect, and then brush the eyebrows in an upwards and outwards direction using an eyebrow brush.

Apply some loose powder under the eyes and on the tops of the cheeks using a fan brush before doing the eye make-up, (so that any fallen bits of eyeshadow land on the powder and don't mark the skin below the eyes).  Next take a small eyeshadow brush, and brush it over a brightly coloured eyeshadow such as bright blue, bright yellow, bright purple, or bright green.  Then apply the eyeshadow just over the entire upper eyelids, up as far as the socket lines.  After you've applied the eyeshadow, brush the powder away from under the eyes using a powder brush.

Now take a black liquid eyeliner (or otherwise an eyeliner brush which has been dipped into water and then brushed over black eyeshadow), and use it to draw a clean black line along the upper lash lines starting from the inner corners of the upper lash lines and extending right to the outer corners of the upper lash lines.  Then extend the line past the outer corners of the upper lash lines, drawing straight lines past the outer corners of the eyes, which slant upwards at a 45 degree angle, like flicks (as shown in the photo above).  Make the ends of the flick lines taper to sharp points.

Apply a couple of coats of black mascara to top and bottom eyelashes, and then comb through them with an eyelash comb.

Outline the lips with a bright red lip liner pencil, and then paint the lips with a bright red lipstick, and apply lip gloss on top if you like.

And that's how to create 1950s movie star glamour!

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