How to: Creat the Perfect Pin-Up Look
The perfect pin-up look transforms you from a beautiful women into a sizzling, glamorous diva. This look was perfected by the damsels from the 40s and 50s era. The splash of blood red lipstick, highly defined coquettish eyes, and flawless pale skin had these ravishing beauties grabbing for attention wherever the went.
Eye makeup for this look needs to be simple yet effective. Start with an eye primer applied to the entire eye area. If you do not have an eye primer handy, use your concealer and apply a thin layer over your eyelids. If the concealer is applied thickly, it looks uneven and also causes your eye shadow to clump together especially in the crease of the eye.
Pick light or neutral eye shadows(such as: beige, pearly whites) to the top of the eye right under the brow and to the top of the eyelid. A slight shimmer over the lids is acceptable. Blend it well enough to add a touch of glamour and glitz to your eye without taking the attention away from the eye and iris.
For the special cat eye effect, that the 40s pin-up girls loved, use a thick line of dark liquid/pencil liner along both edes of the eyelids. Add a winged effect to the outermost corners which gives you the perfecrt cat eye look.
Keep in mind that it is easier to go from thin to thick when applying your eyeliner. Before you create the winged end, step away from the mirror, visualize where you want the winged tip to end and mark a spot with a tiny dot. Do this for both eyes so that you can perfectly symmetrical cat eyes. You can use gel liners and a fine tip liner brush for great results.
Combine black eyeliner and a contrasting color eye shadow for a dramatic look. Moss green and red eye shadows are good choices if you want a pin-up look with a difference.
The pin-up girls had perfectly arched eyebrows that lent definition to their facial features. Clean and sharp arches are what you need to duplicate this look. Use your tweezers to shape the eyebrows in the right way to achieve a sharp high arch. Add definition and correct the flaws with your eye pencils. Go for the darkest possible shades that blend with your skin color to define your brows. Take your hair color into account also when picking out your eye brow pencil. You can safely go two shades darker than your natural hair color if you have light hair color. When you apply the pencil, make sure that the eyebrow is thicker towards your nose and thinner as it tappers towards your outer eye. Add some false eye lashes to draw the attention to you beautiful cat eyes. Try out a half lash style from a regular full strip lash. This half lash goes over the outermost corner of your eyes, giving it an extra tilt and fullness to creat that perfect cat eye look.
Use a deep, vibrant shade of red lipstick to fill in your lip inside this outline. Use a brush to get a smoother, even tone over your lips. Blot the first coat with a tissue, dab a tiny bit of cosmetic powder and then apply the second coat for long lasting cherry red lipstick. Finish the look with lip gloss. For fuller lips, apply a tiny bit of concealer over the outside lines of the lips with a small concealer brush. the lighter the tone around the lips, the more it sets off the redness of the lips and makes them appear fuller.
Womenwith the right skin tones can oull off the the pin-up look with lipsticks in pilm shades while the warmer reds look better on women with orange-yellow skin tone. Keep in mind that darker shades usually look good on all women while light shades may give a washed out appearance to some. Older women, in particular, should opt for darker brown based reds for their lipstick rather than those with pink or orange tones.
Finish up with a light touch of powder pink blush or peach blush over the apples of your cheeks. Smile to reveal the curve 'apples' and apply the blush over them to get a 'permanent' blush that goes perfectly with your pin-up look. Combine with the classic 40s hair-style with bandanas pinned curls and rolls to complete your perfect pin-up girl look.
- First Steps:
- Eye Makeup:
Eye makeup for this look needs to be simple yet effective. Start with an eye primer applied to the entire eye area. If you do not have an eye primer handy, use your concealer and apply a thin layer over your eyelids. If the concealer is applied thickly, it looks uneven and also causes your eye shadow to clump together especially in the crease of the eye.
Pick light or neutral eye shadows(such as: beige, pearly whites) to the top of the eye right under the brow and to the top of the eyelid. A slight shimmer over the lids is acceptable. Blend it well enough to add a touch of glamour and glitz to your eye without taking the attention away from the eye and iris.
For the special cat eye effect, that the 40s pin-up girls loved, use a thick line of dark liquid/pencil liner along both edes of the eyelids. Add a winged effect to the outermost corners which gives you the perfecrt cat eye look.
Keep in mind that it is easier to go from thin to thick when applying your eyeliner. Before you create the winged end, step away from the mirror, visualize where you want the winged tip to end and mark a spot with a tiny dot. Do this for both eyes so that you can perfectly symmetrical cat eyes. You can use gel liners and a fine tip liner brush for great results.
Combine black eyeliner and a contrasting color eye shadow for a dramatic look. Moss green and red eye shadows are good choices if you want a pin-up look with a difference.
The pin-up girls had perfectly arched eyebrows that lent definition to their facial features. Clean and sharp arches are what you need to duplicate this look. Use your tweezers to shape the eyebrows in the right way to achieve a sharp high arch. Add definition and correct the flaws with your eye pencils. Go for the darkest possible shades that blend with your skin color to define your brows. Take your hair color into account also when picking out your eye brow pencil. You can safely go two shades darker than your natural hair color if you have light hair color. When you apply the pencil, make sure that the eyebrow is thicker towards your nose and thinner as it tappers towards your outer eye. Add some false eye lashes to draw the attention to you beautiful cat eyes. Try out a half lash style from a regular full strip lash. This half lash goes over the outermost corner of your eyes, giving it an extra tilt and fullness to creat that perfect cat eye look.
- Cherry Red Lips:
Use a deep, vibrant shade of red lipstick to fill in your lip inside this outline. Use a brush to get a smoother, even tone over your lips. Blot the first coat with a tissue, dab a tiny bit of cosmetic powder and then apply the second coat for long lasting cherry red lipstick. Finish the look with lip gloss. For fuller lips, apply a tiny bit of concealer over the outside lines of the lips with a small concealer brush. the lighter the tone around the lips, the more it sets off the redness of the lips and makes them appear fuller.
Womenwith the right skin tones can oull off the the pin-up look with lipsticks in pilm shades while the warmer reds look better on women with orange-yellow skin tone. Keep in mind that darker shades usually look good on all women while light shades may give a washed out appearance to some. Older women, in particular, should opt for darker brown based reds for their lipstick rather than those with pink or orange tones.
Finish up with a light touch of powder pink blush or peach blush over the apples of your cheeks. Smile to reveal the curve 'apples' and apply the blush over them to get a 'permanent' blush that goes perfectly with your pin-up look. Combine with the classic 40s hair-style with bandanas pinned curls and rolls to complete your perfect pin-up girl look.
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