Make up in the 80s era was bold, bright and big. Stars like Brook
Shields, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and Joan Collins were excellent icons of the
1980s fashion and style. The television shows of the 1980s era like ‘Dallas’
were fun to watch. The runway shows at Dior, Prada and Marc Jacobs were genuine
tributes to the hardcore 80s glamour and punk style. If you have lived through
the 80s era you might be familiar with the 80s look. The makeup of eighties era
was bold, fun, exciting and full of delight. 80s makeup seemed trendy and
normal at that period of time but differs in the natural look of the present
times.
 inspiring look |
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Everything big, bold and bright was in thing whether be hair styles,
clothes or makeup. Makeup in the 80s factually involved painting faces.
Bold, dark and dramatic eyes with highlighted cheekbones were most important
part of makeup. Eyes were colored in bold shades of eye shadow in dark hues of
blue, green, purple, and layers and layers of eyeliner was applied. Women of
the 80s loved to put on lipstick that popped in bright shades. Makeup was
incomplete without mica, a shimmering and shining metallic powder used on the
eyelids and other parts of the body. If you want to experiment with 80s style
makeup, go ahead and do it. You don’t have to be 80s rock stars to have fun
with these intensely colorful ideas and 80s makeup style
Eighties makeup
symbolizes everything that is big, bold and bright. Women promised their
bold courage in the eighties era with lot of pride. Bold and dark colors were
the trend. The color palette ranged from blues, greens, fuchsia, orange, reds,
and mauve. Women in eighties wore their makeup on the lips and eyes with heavy
liners in bold colors, and carried them well. They would have worn their
makeup into their workplaces as part of the growing power look. The makeup was
exaggerated, huge and bold. Makeup was complemented with big hairstyle on large
shoulders. The common style was applying heavy mascara and liners, eye shadows
in bright tones of greens and blues, and heavily lined lipsticks in bold
colors. This also made a statement of power, self-respect and being taken
seriously at the workplace.
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Women in the eighties were leaving their hesitations and were blossoming up into their own individualities. They became more sophisticated and powerful. This confidence and power spread through in their makeup styles and their clothing. Women clothing was now more about power suits and was complimented by bright makeup. Among the many bright colors used blue, fuchsia and turquoise tones were very popular with the women of eighties. The cosmetic companies also came out with bright color palettes, especially for nighttime makeup routine
 inspiring look |
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16/10/15-
1980’s afro
Today
in lesson, we got taught a technique to complete a 1980’s afro style hair.
There are many ways on how to do this look, with crimpers or curling chopstick
tongs for example, but we completed this look by using metal hair pins, which
are wider than normal hair clips, and straighteners.
We
started by sectioning the hair as it is much easier to work on smaller parts
rather than one big head of hair. I sectioned it into four sections, two from
the middle to the ear, and two from the ear to the back of the head. Firstly, I
had to take a very fine piece of the hair and wrap it in a figure of 8 around
the hair pin starting from the very root of the head, going over and under all
the way until the hair was at the bottom. Then I took the straighteners and
pressed the heat onto the hair pin with the hair and then left it to set, and
went on to the next piece of hair. Then when all the hair was finished, I then removed
the pins and it left a pattern in the hair, for when I brushed it out it gave
it an afro look.
I was so shocked at how easy and well this
look turned out because I had never heard of it before. It is a simple yet
effective technique that if I were to work on a film or tv set and had relevance
to this era e.g. Saved by the bell, I would definitely use this technique to
complete the look.
1980s afro
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