The 1960s were famous for some spectacular and dramatic epic drama films one of which was the film version of Cleopatra made in 1963 and starring, amongst others, Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra.
It really was a film of epic proportions well worth seeing a second (or a first) time but this article is about the eye make-up used by Elizabeth Taylor which bought in the ‘Cleopatra look for eyes’.
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The 1960s was a time of experimentation for faces, the early years simply using variations on post-war makeup themes but the late 50s and particularly the mid-60s saw a breaking away from tradition and what amounted to a revolution in the art of makeup.
The previous generation has emphasised lips with strong cherry red colours but the 60s took this away and replaced it with lovely subdued pearls and subtle colours based on light red. At the same time the eyes, previously not emphasised, were now the focal point.
It was also a time, probably the first time, that young girls had help from a source other than their mother. Magazines appeared that actually taught how to apply and blend make up and, for example, how to use the new lip brushes that were appearing, allowing teenagers to experiment thus finding their own styles.
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Tagged 1960s, 60s, blusher, eye lashes, eye-liner, eyes, fad, false eye lashes, hair, hairstyles, information, lips, makeup, shrimpton, sixties, styles, twiggy
