Get a 1980s Makeup Look

Series Summary

Let’s face it. Without judgment or degradation, we can admit that most teenage girls today where more makeup than the escorts of a century ago. But this doesn’t have to be bad. Painting the face has been a religious and cultural tradition for thousands of years, and many people forget that makeup and maturity don’t have to be related. Wearing makeup for aesthetic reasons probably began with men, just like dresses, perfume, leggings, and jewelry. In different cultures different customs become popular. Think: it wasn’t so long ago that a male who manicured his eyebrows was creepy. We now have eyeliner-wearing guys all over the media and metropolitan areas of America. French nobles of the 16th and 17th centuries wore more makeup than stage actors do today, so let’s give our face-painters some slack.

Learn how to give yourself a 1980s makeup look with this free video series on pro makeup tips with Jenny Karl. Jenny gives you tips for 80s-looking skin care, foundation, bronzer, blush, and more. You will get great advice for giving yourself eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadow and brows fit for Madonna circa 1982! Jenny has it all. Add in tips for bright lips and how to do touch ups, and you are set! You'll be like a virgin- doing makeup for the very first time!

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Jenny Karl and I'm a makeup artist in Los Angeles and you are watching Expert Village. This is our 3rd part of my high fashion series where we're duplicating or replicating the print ads and kind of fashion looks that you see in the glamor magazines. We did a natural look like a Calvin Klein ad. We did a very dramatic runway look like the BB ads. Now, we're going to do an 80s inspired look. Any magazine that you pick up or any fashion line that you see, a lot of them now days have kind of an 80s inspired theme going on. It's very big. We're going to do a kind of a dramatic 80s inspired makeup look, which includes all the makeup from the 80s that you wish you saved. The blue eye shadows and the pink lips. I'll show you how to kind of apply those types of makeup if you haven't done it in a long time. Again, you can see my other shows including the other ones from the high fashion series on expertvillage.com. You can go my website, jennykarl.com. That's JENNYKARL.com to see the rest of my work, my portfolio, my resume, and also you can email me any questions or comments that you might have. "