There’s something super sexy about vintage makeup and dresses. I should clarify; when I say ‘vintage’ I am specifically going to focus on 40s and 50s makeup as retro 80s makeup was generally way too over-the-top to be sexy or cool – harsh stripes of blusher and glossy coral lips? No thank you! Follow these steps and you’ll have the perfect 50s pinup makeup to suit your vintage 50s look.
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So to get the vintage look you’ll only really need a few essential makeup items – a good foundation, translucent powder, black mascara, eyebrow pencil, black liquid eyeliner and a pillar box red lippy.
Face
So to start with make sure you have a well-moisturised face. No matter which decade you’re going for, dry scaly skin is never a good look. Apply your foundation evenly and add a touch of red lippy to your fingtertips, place a dot of lipstick onto your cheekbones and blend well to give yourself a rosy cheek tint. Finish with a blot of powder to fix the look.
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Eyes
Take the liquid eyeliner and starting from the inner corner of the eye draw a line along the lash line (keeping your eye open and looking down into a mirror) when you reach the end of your lashes flick the outer corner up to create that perfect ‘cats-eye’ shape, apply a few coats of black mascara to finish. Blow Ltd have an awesome range of mascaras to choose from, but I personally recommend The Mascara – Curling or Lash Genius out of the bunch for real volume. For more drama add false lashes too!
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Lips
Finish your look with a slick of red lips. Apply, blot, apply, blot and finish with a dusting of powder to set the colour.
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