“The Great Gatsby” Makeup Tutorial

Do you sometimes feel like there just isn’t enough glamour in our current times? Me too! My investigations into the makeup of that time taught me that the base was flawless, pale, and matt, the cheekbones, eyebrows, and lips were well defined, and the resulting look was stunning and just a little bit fierce!

Well here we go, make up a la 1920’s. :0) (Specific products used are listed at the bottom.)

Step 1 – Base - Look out your palest shade of foundation but the thicker the better. A flawless base is what we are looking for so layer it on thick then blend with either a brush or sponge, and finish it with good coating of face powder for that perfect matt look.

Step 2 – The Brows, oh the brows. SO defined and kind of stern looking! A pencil is best for this – sharpen it to a point, start at the nose end of your brow and pencil in the lower arch shape, followed by the upper arch. Then simply colour in the rest and again there is no need for a light hand since we are not going for “natural” look brows he he.

Step 3 – Eye shadow – quite simple but with the drama this look requires. You’ll need 3 shades of powder eye shadow- light cream, mid brown, dark brown. Start with the cream shade all over the lids right up to the brow bone, then with the mid brown draw an arched stripe (use the shape of your eyebrow as a guide) about halfway between your brow and eye – right on the bone. Blend the mid brown out with some more cream eye shadow, and finally put some dark brown under the lid.

Step 4 – Eyeliner – the photos I found of the 1920’s didn’t show a cat flick, but The Great Gatsby movie photos did, so it’s entirely up to you if you extend out to a flick or not (I find it really hard so only do it if confident with eyeliner otherwise you might spoil all your handiwork up to that point!). I would say use liquid eyeliner for ease on this one, start with a thin line and build up to a thicker line, and only do the upper lid.

Step 5 - Eyelashes – after you’ve applied a thin coat of mascara, it’s time for the falsies and they finish the eyes off perfectly. I find the easiest way to apply them is using tweezers to place them correctly, and then push them down with the other end of the tweezers.

Step 6 – Chiselled cheeks.  Wow, these chicks had some cheekbones going on! To achieve this, use bronzer and make the fish face (suck your cheeks in), and brush on quite a strong sort of stripe just ever so slightly under the cheekbones. Then add some pink blush to the apples of your cheeks – there was no moderation with cheek colour in the 1920’s so no need for too light a hand!

Step 7 – Lips –a lip pencil is essential for this look, followed by the reddest of red lipstick you can find. Line the lips; fill them in with the pencil so you have a nice matt base, then add the lippy on top.

Voila, Daisy Buchanan, ready for dancing :0)

I have also done a video tutorial of the look but mixing in some higher end products that you can see here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbczYe22rDg&feature=youtu.be

I used mostly Rimmel makeup for this look because that’s what I had in my collection. (I’m NOT being paid or sponsored by Rimmel; all products were bought by me and opinions are my own, etc etc!). Here are the exact products used:

• Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation – Buy Here: Buy Here
• L’Oreal True Match powder in Rose Ivory –Buy Here
• Superdrug B Groomed Eyebrow Pencil - Buy Here
• Rimmel Glam Eyes Eye shadow Quad in Sun Safari –Buy Here
• Rimmel glam eyes liquid eyeliner - Buy Here
• Barry M Bold Waterproof mascara -  Buy Here
• Eyelure Lashes - Buy Here
• Rimmel Mono Bronze - Buy Here
• Rimmel lasting finish Blush in Live Pink - Buy Here
• Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in Red Diva - Buy Here
• Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick in Diva Red - Buy Here

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Have you seen the film? Did you enjoy it? What’s your favourite part of the 1920’s makeup?