70s Fancy Dress - 3 Factors Of 70s Make Up

The Three Factors of ‘70s Makeup

If you are changing your look or going retro this year and want to achieve a proper ‘70s look with your makeup then there are three primary factors that you must consider.  These things include the skin, eyes and the lips.  The way that you apply the makeup will make a huge difference when you are trying to achieve a 1970s look.

The skin was a very big change when the ‘70s came around.  Women no longer wore foundation and powder but they went for a natural glow that they already had in their skin.  No foundation was being worn at all.  Instead, women used a lot of moisturizer which gave their skin a natural shine of their skin tone.  The goal was to have a rosy glow on their own without using makeup at all over their face.  If you have blemishes that you absolutely have to cover up or an uneven skin tone then you can use blendable foundation that will still allow you to have the ‘70s look.  Don’t wear powder though because you want your skin to be shiny.  Some women used to use moisturizers that had a bit of glitter in it to add to the shine.

The eyes changed in a big way when the 1970s came also.  Women ditched the fake eye lashes and continued with the natural look.  Not only did they no longer wear fake eye lashes but they didn’t paint their eyelids with black eye liner nor did they use black mascara.  All three of these makeup items were tossed away.  The eyes were about natural glimmer.  Pearlescent shadows were used across the eyelids to give shimmer.  Natural brown mascara was used or no mascara was used at all.  Women no longer wore eye liner, just the shimmering shadows that were light blue, pink, gold and silver.

The lips didn’t change too drastically in the 1970s.  There was a slight difference because they did become a focal point.  Women no longer went with a pale cover up lipstick but they changed to a gloss that was frosted and shiny.  Everything on a ‘70s woman face shone, even the lips.  To maintain this look of ‘70s lips you do want to outline your lip with a lip liner.  Go a shade darker than the frost that you are going to use.  Draw entirely around the boundaries of the lip.  Fill in the lip with a shimmering or glossy frosted lipstick.

The 1970s is the easiest decade for applying makeup and trying to recreate on any face.  This is because all of the difficult eye liner drawing, putting on fake eye lashes, and other things went away.  Women went through an era of being proud of their natural beauty and the goal of the ‘70s was to bring out the shine in their natural facial features by using moisturizers on the skin.  Glimmering eye shadows were used along with shimmering lipsticks that were frosted.  The lips actually looked white and frosted which brought focus to the lips in the ‘70s.