Today we are looking at 80s make up
80s make up introduced bold and daring colours
The 80s make up was a time of bold and daring colours which were a defining element of an era that was very different from all the others before it in terms of expressing oneself and experimenting with fashion, hair & makeup.
The 1980s produces a distinct and powerful look.
Eighties makeup featured dramatic eyes, heavy foundation and powder and an even heavier blush contouring of the face. Women wore either bright, rainbow colour clashes in their eye makeup or really dark shades, which were used for dramatic eyeliner looks or smoky eyes. Lips came in bright glossy pinks, reds and oranges.
Idols such as Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry, Grace Jones or Boy George setting the trends,gone was the glow of the 70s era. The women of the 80s used full coverage foundation that was one or two shades lighter than their natural skin tone and set everything with powder. This often lead to a very unnatural, heavy look that is now out of date.
One of the most recognizable aspects of the 80s makeup has to be the blusher. It was used as a contouring product, it was applied angular, to the hollows of the cheeks all the way to the temples and even brushed gently on the arches,. The 80s colours were bright pinks, bronze, coral or red blush , without blending out the edges.
Eyebrows were left natural and not emphasized at all unlike today.
The 80s saw contrast and chromatic clashes in colour were extremely popular,men and women often used strong, saturated colours for their eye makeup. We even saw people drawing on beauty marks to copy their idols such as Cindy Crawford.
So as you can see 80s make up was full of colour but did this last into the 90′s, we will see tomorrow.
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