Get an Easy Pin Up look! – Glam Radar
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.
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!!
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!
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.