1950s
Rouge was worn subtly and naturally during the day with Bésame colors such as Sun Kissed. For rosy cheeks, use Bésame's Sweet Pink or Raspberry blended and applied high on the cheekbones. Use a light foundation and shimmer powder for evening.
5) Whitey (makeup artist of Marilyn Monroe) used blush to shorten and shape Marilyn’s nose, as well as to enhance her cheekbones. He would dab a little bit of blush on the tip of her nose and then go on top of it with vaseline and powder to achieve the right soft focus texture and to make her nose look shorter.
6) To widen Marilyn eyes he would line her eyes with black or brown eyeliner, starting from the inner corners all the way to the outer corners, bringing the line out and up.
7) Using a soft brown pencil, makeup artist of Marilyn used to draw a tiny fake shadow on the end of her lower lash line, a line angling downward, as if it was a shadow coming from the upper lash. This gave Marilyn her seductive and distinctive look and helped to open up her eyes. The gap between the two lines (upper lid eyeliner and “fake shadow” line on the lower lash line) was filled with white pencil to finish up the perfect Marilyn’s signature eye look.
8) Highlight the eyes all over. This means to apply a highlighter in the inner corners of the eyes, on the brow bone and under the eyes.
9) To create soft shadow in the crease on Marilyn’s eyes, her lids were coated with a creamy white eyeshadow first, all over the lid up to the brow bone and then, soft smoky brown (or soft silvery blue) shadow was applied to the outer crease. This gave her eyes very elegant and effortless depth.
10) Marilyn used to wear only pink or coral blushes to always look fresh.
I hope you found interesting things for yourself. Which one of these tips is your favourite? Share your thoughts with me in the comment’s section.
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