Features of 90s makeup
The beginning of the 90s is still closely intertwined with the fashion for makeup in the 80s, where bright shadows, thick arrows and other sharp and colorful touches were performed by Western fashionistas. When Western cosmetics came to us, many girls began to experiment with their appearance and not always successfully.
In particular, the image of our women in the former USSR was something like this - voluminous hairstyles, often curls, shiny, brown or metallic lipstick on the lips, and shiny or matte bright shadows on the eyelids. The cheekbones were very generously tinted with blush and the girls wore chokras all over.
90s makeup is divided into three types: Grunge, Electric and Minimalism.
What was makeup like in the mid-20th century?
The most popular images that girls try to recreate in make-up are the style of black and white movie heroines. They highlighted their eyes with dark pencil so that the effect was visible through the screen, and also gave their lips a beautiful bow shape.
Makeup in the style of the 50s is no longer just a soft feminine look. Women used a huge palette of shadows in bright and saturated colors, added volume and length to their eyelashes, and painted a flirty “fly” just above their lips.
Modern girls often draw a spot on their face while doing makeup in a retro style.
The front sight complements the retro look.
Make-up in the style of the 60s of the 20th century brought fundamental changes to women's appearance. The previously popular bleached complexion has become a thing of the past and has given way to a natural and natural shade, as well as a natural blush color. Makeup in the style of the 60s involves lightly emphasizing the lips with light lipstick or neutral gloss. But your eyes need to be painted very intensively, using all possible tools - mascara, eyeliner and even false eyelashes.
Eyes
The eyes stood out depending on the type with bright, thick arrows, but as for brasmatic, few people used it. Great emphasis was placed only on pencil and shadows. The girls used pencil to emphasize both eyelids to highlight their eyes even more. And they often used bright lipstick under such makeup.
Basic principles
Remember what the “celebrities” of that time looked like: Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears and our girls from the groups “Mirage”, “Combination”, “Brilliant” ?
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Whipped curls in rich colors, lipstick and shadows with glitter, bright blush, shiny short dresses full of sequins, leggings, “torn” sexy T-shirts and shorts, shoes decorated with rhinestones and high heels.
Shadows
Blue, blue, dark, metallic and green shadows were extremely popular in the 90s. Such shadows were applied both to the upper eyelid and to the entire area up to the eyebrows. Fashionistas chose a more subtle lipstick to match them, which helped balance the look.
Blush
Blush was one of the most important components of makeup. Girls at that time still knew very little about foundation and powder, but they knew a lot about blush. It was applied to the cheekbones with generous strokes, clearly highlighting the cheeks. This touch came from the 80s and in the early 90s was still very popular among our girls.
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Styles of the time
- Minimalism . Natural makeup using matte products. Powder and blush in natural pink and peach shades, nude, brown and terracotta lipstick, lips highlighted with a darker contour.
- Grunge . “Ragged” haircuts, unusual hair color, pale skin color, thickly lined eyes with false eyelashes and lipstick in dark rich shades: dark brown, black, cherry, burgundy, purple, violet.
- Electrics . Matte textures of shadows, foundations and lipsticks, natural eyebrows, cheekbones highlighted with blush and luscious lips in natural shades.
If stars in Russia at that time often went overboard and preferred to look according to the principle of “all the best at once ,” then foreign actresses and pop divas, spoiled by the availability of beauty tools, knew how to follow the advice of their own stylists and successfully followed them.
Important advice from the editors
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Brown lipstick was most popular in the 90s. Girls painted their lips with this lipstick everywhere and always, which was considered trendy at that time. But a little later other shades come into fashion: purple, dark red, pale pink.
Lip pencil is also in demand. Many fashionistas generously tinted only their lower lip, often emulating American stars.
90s American Style Makeup
American stars in the 90s shone on TV screens using almost one type of makeup - minimalism. Thus, in particular, the lips were emphasized in dark shades, and the eyes were left without makeup. Or matte shadows were used, as well as brick and brown lipsticks.
Many stars lined their lower and upper eyelids with thin arrows and slightly highlighted their lips in a dark tone. And not a single star forgot about blush.
