Swingin' Sixties and Eighties

While researching beauty concepts throughout history, it definitely has been difficult to find credible websites. However the best site I have found is doing a project similar to mine, titled "Beauty by the Decade."

"Beauty by the Decade: The 1960s." College Fashion. 15 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 May 2016.

The website I used for the makeup:

The swingin' sixties brought color into beauty; fashion, hair, and makeup. Some of the most popular beauty fads were voluminous hair, lots of eyeliner, and the pixie-cut. The sixties focused on dramatic eyes and pale lips. The website I used even included a how-to guide on how to get the '60s Mod eye makeup.

 



1. After applying foundation and concealer to your face for a base, apply a matte white eyeshadow across your eyelids.
2. Apply a white eyeliner to your bottom waterline of your eyes. This makes your eyes appear brighter and bigger.
3. Outline your top eyelid with a black liquid eyeliner, drawing a thin line along your eyelashes.
4. Using the black liquid eyeliner, draw a half moon shape in the crease of your eyes above the white eyeshadow.
5. Use a black eyeliner pencil to line your bottom lid next to the white waterline.
6. Using the liquid eyeliner, "draw" a few extending bottom lashes. Be sure not to go too crazy with how long the lines are - keep them shorter.
7. After curling and applying mascara to your lashes, apply your fake eyelashes to your top lid. Add a few more sweeps of mascara to make the lashes blend in.
8. Use a brow pencil to define your eyebrows.
9. Apply a nude lipstick to finish off the look

  - Or you could just add a bit of drama to your eyeliner and opt for a nude lip.
Hair
The main style of the sixties was a short, sleek pixie cut, much like Twiggy and Mia Farrow.

Another popular style was the "flippy" hair, where the hair flipped up at the ends. This was simply obtained by curling the ends of the hair upwards with a curling iron.
The last hair trend is using a ribbon as a hair accessory. Girls would often tie ribbons in their hair, just like Ariana Grande's signature style. I find myself using a ribbon as an accessory as well.

Makeup
Eyes – eyeliner was the most important makeup tool. Instead of cats eye effect, liner was doubled up at the end of the lid.White eyeliner drawn down over upper lid to inner corner of eye.
Eye Shadow – the popular palette was blue,grey and white.
Eyelashes – placed on both top and bottom for a real retro ‘flapper’ effect.
Powder – Lots of powder in the early 1960s to just a dab of translucent by the end of the decade.
Lips – very pale pinks and reds outlined with a pencil
The image below is an advertisement from the sixties:

The 80s
Known for the perms and off-the-shoulder trend, the eighties was an era for crazy fashion fads. After searching through a few websites, it seemed as if the only fashion trends the internet remembered were the costume-looking ones. I decided to go to a person who actually lived through the 80s, my mother. My mother was 21 years old when she took a month trip to Europe in the mid-80s. The photo album she shared with me emphasized the key components that made up the 80s.
Body Type
The most common, and the most desirable according to my mother, was a thin frame. My mother was extremely skinny in all of the photos and so was her sister who was 16 at the time of the trip. The photo taken of my mother in the 80s.

Hair
The most reoccurring hair I saw in the photo albums were side pony tails and huge perms. The side-pony tail was in first, and was usually worn high on the head. The huge hair came in after the side-pony. Women had perms to achieve this look. According to my mother, this look was usually worn by teenagers, however not as an every day style. Another common hairstyle which I didn't find on the web, was using hair clips to pin the front two sections back. The clips were pinned in a way as to make the roots volumized. The photo below is of my aunt in the 80s.

Fashion
In the 80s, there were many crazy fashion fads occurring every minute. The first trend I picked up on, and seen in the picture above, was denim-on-denim. Typically, a dark blue denim jacket was worn on top with a lighter blue denim worn on bottom. Here is an example of this trend:

 

Another trend of the 80s was to wear long coats. This trend was worn by women of all ages, not just teenagers. Why? I was wondering the same thing. I thought maybe this was to accentuate long legs, and I was correct.

 

 

The only beauty concept I did not see throughout the album was makeup. Personally, I was wondering where in the world the popular bright eye shadow of the 80s trend came from. I guess the costume-like appearance magazines these days show was common amongst parties and clubs, however was not popular for everyday use. 













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