Things You'll Need:
- Translucent powder
- Disposable mascara wand
- Brow pencil and tamer
- Eye makeup primer
- Highly pigmented pastel eyeshadow
- Darker eyeshadow to define crease
- Eyelash curler
- Spiky false eyelashes
- Black liquid eyeliner
- Pastel blush
- Pale pancake foundation
- Nude or pale lipstick
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Step 1
Brush on translucent powder to keep your skin as light and natural in appearance if you are relatively clear-complected. Otherwise, take the necessary steps to cover up blemishes and even out skin discoloration. Not to fear, the sixties look is focused on dramatic eyes contrasted with pale lips rather than on perfect skin.
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Step 2
Keep your eyebrows natural. You could tweeze a few strays under your brow line and over the bridge of your nose, but don't worry about them being too thick or the hairs too long. Simply groom them with a disposable mascara wand and define their shape with your usual brow pencil. If you wish to keep longer hairs back for the duration of the day, stroke on a brow tamer.
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Step 3
Apply your regular eye makeup primer before putting on eyeshadow. Pick a bold pastel, perhaps in green or baby blue. The color of your eyeshadow should be soft and light, but make sure it is highly pigmented and not sheer, so as to create a stunning impact. You may choose to apply shadow from lash line all the way to the brow bone and leave it at that, or go from lash line to crease. In the latter case, define crease with a darker shade, such as gray or brown. You may blend while maintaining the definite appearance of a crease, or simply draw a line over your crease for extra drama.
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Step 4
Curl eyelashes and glue on long and spiky false ones. You may use fake lashes on only your top lash line, or you can go all the way and do your bottom ones as well. As soon as the adhesive dries, use the black liquid eyeliner on your top lash line, making sure to draw over the area where your false lashes meet your real ones. Make the line a little thicker than you would on a regular day, winging the edges out in the process.
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Step 5
Pick a soft pastel blush that flatters your skin tone. If you are pale or very light-skinned, a peppermint pink blush is a good option. On the other hand, if you are darker skinned or have warm tones in your complexion, a peach blush will suit you very nicely. Blend into the apples of your cheeks, where you allow the color to appear evident, but soft, with all hard edges smoothed away.
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Step 6
Tone down your lip color. Apply pale pancake foundation over lips that are clean and have been previously exfoliated. Apply a nude lipstick if you want to keep your lips in the background; to show them off a little bit, select a pale lipstick that matches your blush, in either whitish pink or palest peach.
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Step 7
Find a hairstyle from the era that suits you so that you are better able to set off your new sixties face. One very popular option is a long haircut with thick bangs chopped straight across the forehead, at about brow level.
