1960s Retro Eyes

1960s Retro Eyes

Photography: Stephen Norris (http://www.facebook.com/stephen.norris.1213),
Hair: Cut, coloured and styled by Chris Evans (http://www.facebook.com/chrisee1) at Short Cuts (http://www.ShortCutsHair.co.uk),
Model: Chloe.

Photography: Stephen Norris (http://www.facebook.com/stephen.norris.1213),
Hair: Cut, coloured and styled by Chris Evans (http://www.facebook.com/chrisee1) at Short Cuts (http://www.ShortCutsHair.co.uk),
Model: Sam.

Photography: Alan Harbord (http://www.facebook.com/alan.harbord.photography),
Hair: Styled myself
Clothes/Accessories: Model's own
Model: Lucie.

Photography: Cristian Bogdan (http://www.Bogdan.co.uk),
Hair: Styled by Antonio Giovanni and Jerome Hillion
Model: Melissa at Storm (http://www.StormModels.com).

Photography: Stephen Norris (http://www.facebook.com/stephen.norris.1213),
Hair: Cut, coloured and styled by Chris Evans (http://www.facebook.com/chrisee1) at Short Cuts (http://www.ShortCutsHair.co.uk),
Clothes: Model's own,
Model: Tatjana.

Photography: Stephen Norris (http://www.facebook.com/stephen.norris.1213),
Hair: Cut, coloured and styled by Chris Evans (http://www.facebook.com/chrisee1) at Short Cuts (http://www.ShortCutsHair.co.uk),
Clothes/Accessories: Model's own,
Model: Riki.

Here are the instructions for how to create 1960s-style eye make-up:-

Start with a freshly cleansed and moisturised face.  

Apply foundation, under-eye concealer, and powder, over the face and eyelids (as in the blog below called "Getting Flawless Skin").

Using a large eyeshadow brush apply a white/pinkish white/bluish white/ivory/cream eyeshadow over the entire area from the upper lash lines up to the eyebrows, so that the upper eyelids and brow bones are covered with it.

Define the eyebrows with eyebrow pencil, and then brush the eyebrows in an upwards and outwards direction with an eyebrow brush.  Then fix the eyebrows in place if necessary either with a clear brow gel or by using an eyebrow brush which has been sprayed with hairspray directly before you use it.

Take a thin-tipped eyeliner brush, dip it into water, and then while it's wet, brush it over a black/dark grey/dark brown/dark navy or another dark coloured eyeshadow.  Draw a fine line with this dark eyeshadow parallel to but just higher than the socket lines above the upper eyelids.  (With oriental eyelids where the eyelids are not quite as defined, as they are more shallow set, you sometimes have to judge where to draw the lines.  They should be just slightly higher than where the upper edge of the eyeballs bulge through the upper eyelids).

Then line the upper lash lines with the same dark eyeshadow applied wet with a thin-tipped eyeliner brush, and extend the lines beyond the outer corners of the eyes (as shown in the last three photos above).  Then draw lines starting from the outer thirds of the lower eyelids, and extending past the outer corners of the eyes, below but parallel to the lines extending out from the upper eyelids, leaving a space of a few millimetres between the two lines extending out beyond the outer corners of the eyes (as shown in the last three photos above).

Next dip an eyeliner brush or a thin-tipped eyeshadow brush into water, and brush it over a white eyeshadow.  Apply the white eyeshadow between the two parallel dark lines that extend beyond the outer corners of the eyes.

Now take another thin-tipped eyeliner brush and dip it into water, and brush it over a bright blue/bright pink/bright purple/bright orange/bright green/bright plum coloured eyeshadow, and then draw a line with it parallel to but above the line you drew before above the socket lines with the dark coloured eyeshadow, (as shown in the fourth and sixth photos above).

Apply a couple of coats of black mascara to top and bottom eyelashes, and then comb through them with an eyelash comb, and add some false eyelashes if you like.

Finally you can draw some eyelashes onto your lower eyelids if you like, (as shown in the first four photos above), using a thin-tipped eyeliner brush which has been dipped into water and brushed over a black eyeshadow.

This eye make-up works best with pale pink/pale beige/pale nude coloured lips.

Enjoy fluttering your eyelashes with this look!