50s Valentine's Day Make Up Look

During the 1950's, they loved using red lipsticks and everyone wore a red lip at one point or another.

To recreate a 50's make up look is to include a red lip. This color of red is shiny and not too bright but not too dark either.

They used this type of red to appear youthful and attractive to men. As you know woman wanted the appearance of minimal make up.

During this time period women wanted fuller eyebrows. The used a dark eyebrow pencil to darken woman's eyebrows at the time.

They seemed very particular on what products they used on the daily basis. Mascara for those in the 50's was everyone's favorite accessory.

Just a little bit of mascara carried women and girls feminity and beauty for men. Moving onto blush and you know many people in this era loved this make up product a lot.

What was interesting to find out was that blush was used to be put on the eyebrows back according the 1950's magazines.

Many women went for the rosy and pastel hues of blush to finish off their make up looks. Lot of the public were going for the pale skin look.

This comes to the foundation many of the girls went for a bit of a lighter power or foundation for their faces.

Especially those who got tan easier, women who has a bit of a darker completion purchased lighter foundation.

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