Perfectly lined eyes for ALL!
50’s and 60’s bombshell eye makeup is back! The winged eyeliner seen in the 50’s and 60’s is making a huge come back this Fall/Winter!
The easiest way of adding a bit of vintage glam to your every-day or holiday look is by wearing black eyeliner. You can sport a little wing or a more bold shape that covers the lid. There are so many choices!
I don’t know about you but I love fall/winter clothing and makeup! It’s the season where we layer clothing, bundle up and trade in our lip-gloss for ultra lady-like lipsticks! Prep your pressed powders and pull out your blackest eyeliner and pucker up for those red lipsticks!
The Alice + Olivia FW 11/12 show had some great examples of 50’s/60’s-inspired makeup.
The makeup looks have a touch of retro but are still very modern and wearable.
50’s red lips are everywhere you look this season. From blood orange to crimson and berry.
The models at Diane Von Furstenberg had a very retro glam look. What a perfectly beautiful look for New Years Eve! Gorgeous black sparkly retro gown, great eyeliner and stunning crisp red lips. Gorg!
My favourite retro inspired aspects of a 50’s makeup are: silky matte skin, defined brows, winged black eyeliner, and drop dead gorgeous matte red lips. Classics!
You can't get any more glamorous than this classic 1950's Marilyn Munroe look. Sultry bedroom eyes with bold black liner, structured brows, silky eye shadow, false lashes, flawless matte skin and deep red lips. Perfect look for a holiday party or for sipping champagne on NYE!
When Audrey Hepburn burst on the scene in the 50's she was instantly recognized for her style...her strong brows, clean liner and perfect skin are her signature look.
Throughout the 50's and 60's women looked towards Audrey Hepburn for style inspiration. We still look back and are inspired by her style!
Audrey is stunning in the 1950's movie "Sabrina"...Givenchy designed her dresses in the movie and from that movie her style became defined and widely recognized. The designer also created her outfits for many other films throughout her career including her famous little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
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| Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina |
Who can forget this iconic look in the 1960'S movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's".....
The crisp black liquid eyeliner seen in the 50's transitioned into the swinging 60's....women started to experiment with different eyeliner shapes and different false lashes. False lashes became a part of a women's regular beauty regimen.
Twiggy is a 60's beauty icon......
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| 1967 Paris Vogue |
Known for her girlish charm... flirty bedroom eyes in shades of matte greys and pale blues, strong black eyeliner, lots of lashes on top and a ton of lashes on the bottom....
Twiggy had a dramatic but yet charming, polished and lady-like look.
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| Famous for her lashes! |
Twiggy inspired eyeliner and eye shadow looks are also being seen on the red carpet, runway and in magazines this season.
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| Nicole Richie |
The 60’s popular cat-eye shape and a defined brow are something every girl can pull off effortlessly.
One of the most stunning bombshells of the 60’s is BLONDE BOMBSHELL Brigitte Bardot....
Brigette Bardot's signature look is dishevelled hair, perfect makeup with dramatic cat eyes....effortlessly gorgeous!
Kristen Stewart's W cover and spread is a beautiful take on a 60’s Brigette Bardot makeup inclusive of Brigette's effortlessly tousled bedroom hair....
The popular cat-eye shape from the 60's with a defined brow are something every girl can pull off effortlessly. Having your eyes be the focus of your look is a trend that will never fade!
Even the Diane Von Furstenberg ad campaign is inspired by 60's bombshells!
What you will need to get started:
My favourite gel eyeliners are MAC’s Fluidline and Bobbi Brown’s Long Wear Gel liner.
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| Bobbi Brown's Gel Eyeliner colour palette! |
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| MAC's 266 Brush! A must have! |
My favourite brushes are the 266 at MAC and the Classic Angled Liner/Eyeliner Brush #15 at Sephora.
You can always have Q-tips and makeup remover on hand for mishaps!
Practise makes perfect!
Eyeliner might seem a little tricky at first but fear not, take your time, use the right tools for the job...and you will succeed!
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| MAC's Fluidline...amazing! smudge proof! |
To achieve the timeless eyeliner look that is back for Fall/Winter try a gel eyeliner!
Over the decades formulas have evolved! Amazing! Gel textured eyeliner is a slightly firmer formula, which allows for more accuracy and more play time than the general liquid eyeliner. Gel is much easier to apply and I find that most of the formulas are waterproof and transfer resistant.
Liquid eyeliner traditionally is runny, wet and generally harder to handle. Beginners will find it will bleed before it actually dries.
The How to:
Start by lifting your chin and looking down into a mirror (you can have one on your counter to look down into). This will ensure that you can see the entire eyelash line without having to close your eyes. It will keep the eye surface smooth and stretched. If you tilt your head back slightly (while looking down into a mirror), you will have 2 free hands to work with. You can then use one hand to draw your eyelid taut (try your non-dominant hand) and one hand to hold the brush.
Remember to place the eyeliner as close to the lashes as possible to avoid a space between the eyeliner and lashes. Draw a line across the upper lid on the lash line as close to your lashes as possible, this creates the desired illusion of having thicker lashes. If you prefer liquid liner, allow it to dry before opening your eyes all the way, or the color may transfer into the crease of your eye.
When you reach the end of the line at the outer corner, slightly extend the line upwards and outwards. You want the wing to turn up...(not down) to lift the eye. The winged eyeliner gives your eyes a youthful look. If you are not sure where this wing should be drawn on your upper lid take a look at your bottom water line. Whatever direction your outer water line is pointing up...is the same direction you should draw that wing. One tip is to draw your wing on the more difficult eye to reach. If you do the “easy” eye last it’ll be easier to mimic what you did on the first “tricky” eye. Another suggestion is for you to take a light coloured skinny eyeliner and draw the shape first. Then go back and fill it in with your gel eyeliner. This will allow you to achieve the most perfectly winged line!
The trend is to have sharp and clean crisp lines. It’s very neat and tidy makeup.
Like anything...it’ll take practise to get a perfect line.
To make this line even more sultry and seductive, apply a little black or grey eye shadow over the line to make it look slightly smudged and blurred. This will create a softer, more romantic feminine look.
Skin in the 50’s and 60’s looked flawless so use a foundation with fairly good coverage.
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| Diane Kruger rocks the winged liner look! |
If you want the winged eyeliner to be the focus of your eye makeup... sweep a champagne shimmery eye shadow over the lids and brow bone for a natural look. You can create more definition by adding a light beige/brown matte shadow in the crease to add some depth to the eye socket.
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| Kim K in a dramatic 60's inspired look! |
If you love the glamorous looks of the 60’s you can take the liner even further.... 
Take the liner and cover the entire lid for a more dramatic look. You can extend the wing out even further and you can make a line on the bottom lash line as well. The black can come all the way up to your crease. You’ll need black or charcoal eye shadow for the crease and a whiter shadow for the brow highlight. Finish either look with curling the lashes and adding a few coats of black mascara. If you want to bump this look even more va-va-voom apply some false lashes.
Meeeee-ow!
