Get an Easy Pin Up look! – Glam Radar

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I am not experimental with my make-up at all as you know; generally I know what suits me and I tend to stick to that both day and night.

It usually goes a little like this – bold brows, flicked out brown liner, major contouring, neutral eyes and a nude (ish) lip.

Just the thought of stepping outside my comfort zone makes me anxious but on Friday I faced my fear of the unknown and experimented (a little).

Ok, so I didn’t do anything too dramatic but even wearing a red lip in public for me is a big deal!

I attended a fabulously vintage event where I was obliged to let out my inner Dita Von Teese, luckily for me and my lack of makeup skills the pin up look is pretty straight forward to do.

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Here’s what I did and used to create this classic look:

– I embraced my natural paleness and opted for a light shade (52 btw) in Bourjois’s Healthy Mixfoundation. Hollywood Starlets always had flawless skin that was quite matte so this foundation was perfect. Great coverage, long lasting with a semi-matte finish.

– No contouring or bronzing!

– Pink blush was a must for that english rose, natural flushed look and my shade of choice was one of my faves, Illamasqua’s Tremble powder blusher.

– One of the most important features to the look is the brow, the bigger the better and well groomed. Although I forgot to include it above I used my beloved Suqqu Liquid Eyebrow Pen to fill in and perfect.

– On my lids I just applied a sweep of Mac’s Grain, a gorgeous neutral beige, basically the colour of my skin.

– You can’t have a pin up look without a black flick so to create mine I used my new liner love,YSL’s Eyeliner Effet Faux Cils in 2 Ashy Black. Love everything about this liner, creamy, smudge proof and a gorgeous deep grey, black!

– Macarawise I opted for a firm favourite of mine, Clarins Wonder Perfect Mascara, a fab mascara for creating long, volumous and curled lashes.

– Just on the outer corner of my lashes to add a little definition I applied my new Shu UemuraJeweled Love falsies.

– On the lips there was no question of shade, scarlet is a must! As I don’t wear red I had to nip to Boots to pick up a matching liner and chose MaxFactors Colour Elixir liner in Red Rush (10), a super creamy and intense bright cherry red.

– Over the top of the liner I applied a classic red using New CID’s i-pout lipstick in Scarlet which was included in this months Carmine box.

Simples!!

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All in all doing the retro make-up was a breeze to do as was the hair which I’ll get onto now.

I know it’s not quite the real deal, but my ‘do’ was just a nod towards the hairstyles of that era and I think it turned out pretty well.

The tool I used did all of the hard work, making this style fuss free and super simple to achieve in no time at all.

Said tool was Enrapture’s Jumbo Waver, a titanium plated contraption that creates instantboho/beachy waves and as you can see tonnes of volume. Needless to say I love it!

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I wanted a looseish wave so clamped my hair all over on half heat and then took a hair grip (bobby pin) to clip back a front section for more of a retro effect.

Voila! That’s my easy pin up look done.

From now on I have a feeling I’ll be keeping the nudes and browns for the daytime and making this vintage vamp look my new signature night out style.

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