Makeup in the 20's

During the 1920's makeup became more fashionable than ever. Makeup was used as a way to play with ones persona and to express yourself. In the 1920s women were fighting for their right to be seen as equal.  the Flapper look came into fashion and with it came cosmetics: Dark kohl eyes,Red lipstick, Red nail polish and it was fashionable for women to use bleach to keep their skin a pale milky white – in otherwords a good palette for cosmetics ! Plum and dark reds were often worn.

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• Eyes – kohled eyeshadow for the more daring girls

• Eyebrows – Plucked for the first time and drawn downward towards the temple.

• Lips – lips were smaller than the natural outline and fashioned into the ‘cupid’s bow’ shape.

• Lashes – mascara was the new rage and no woman could resist enhancing her lashes.

• Rouge – Applied in circles rather than angular. The effect was a rounded face.

• Nails – The big name was Revlon and the popular style was the ‘moon manicure’ leaving the tip in painted.

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I also looked at 20's vogue illustrations to get an ideal of the fashionistas hair and makeup. In the image below I can see that red hair seemed to be quite the look. As a few German icons had red bobbed hair much like this woman in this illustration I can see that green is a statement color on the image, could this mean that she to is rebelling against society much like Sally Bowles. Her hair has been curled. She is wearing what looks like green pearls of which I found to be interesting. She looks as though she is draped in fur perhaps showing status. She has fair skin, pinched cheeks and red lips. Her brows look thin and straight. From these images I can see what the ideal beauty was meant to look like,

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Above are a few images that I put together of real 20's women. I can see the clear trends as listed above.The brows and lips seems to be the main focus. This is something I can experiment with brow shapes to convey my characters characteristics.