Doll eyelashes, bouffants of tumbling curls, pixie crops, geometric eyeshadow, and slicks of eyeliner. Welcome to the Swinging Nineteen Sixties! Right here, I’ve compiled magnificence classes from a few of my favourite magnificence icons who emerged from the period.
Uncover which product was utilized by three iconic 60s It Ladies, the shocking inspiration for Twiggy’s well-known eye make-up, and extra!
Twiggy
“I usually placed on two or three [pairs of false lashes] at a time,” Twiggy advised Girl’s Personal in 1967. She drew traces underneath her eyes to imitate how eyelashes regarded on ragdolls. “I sketch them first evenly with black eyeliner, then I darken them. I often do between 9 and eleven.” In contrast, she usually minimized the lips: utilizing Max Factor Pan-Stik to blot them out. Your complete course of took an hour and a half.
For the August 1967 cowl of Vogue, Twiggy wore: “Good Morning Slicker over Pebble Pink lipstick. […] On the eyes themselves, a double serving to of darkish, dense silky eyelashes referred to as Twiggy Lashes—the most recent flutter from Yardley.” The false eyelashes had been a part of a Twiggy make-up line by Yardley that included eye pencils in shades like April Inexperienced and Frosty Lavender.
Twiggy additionally wore make-up from Mary Quant and BIBA. In 1968, she did her make-up for a Queen journal unfold impressed by magnificence icons from the previous. For the unfold, sponsored merchandise from Mary Quant, Elizabeth Arden, and Lancome had been used to remodel her into Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth.
Nancy Kwan
The movie Flower Drum Track (1961) helped launch Nancy Kwan not solely as an actress and dancer (she attended London’s Royal Ballet Faculty), however led to philanthropist work and her personal manufacturing firm. Within the movie, Kwan sings whereas luxuriating within the artwork of preparing after making a date over the telephone. She places on fragrance and powders her face on the vainness, then poses in entrance of a mini-tiered mirror.
In The Wild Affair (1965), Kwan performs a secretary working on the fictitious “Beatrice Dawson Cosmetics.” A tongue-and-cheek makeover scene reveals an overzealous make-up artist giving her character “The Vampire Look”, full with false eyelashes he calls “Tassels of Twilight.” His make-up package is proven briefly: amidst prop make-up for Beatrice Dawson Cosmetics (together with “It Fragrance”) is Max Issue’s Pan-Stik * basis.
LEFT: Nancy Kwan checking her make-up RIGHT: Vidal Sassoon touching up “The Kwan Lower”
For the function, Kwan’s hair was cropped into a geometrical bob by Vidal Sassoon, whereas style photographer Terence Donovan snapped photos all through the method. The following haircut grew to become a media sensation. The photographs had been plastered throughout newspapers and style magazines, together with the October 1963 situation of Vogue, and the coiffure was christened “The Kwan Lower.”
* They do not present any logos, in all probability to recommend it is also underneath the “Beatrice Dawson” label. An apart: they present a photograph of the “founder” of the model within the film. The girl pictured is British costume designer Beatrice Dawson, although she herself didn’t design the costumes for the movie!
Donyale Luna
Donyale Luna walked runways for André Courrèges and Yves Saint Laurent, was the primary Black lady to cowl British Vogue in 1966, and modeled Dior and Pierre Cardin creations. As an actress, she appeared in iconic movies of the Nineteen Sixties: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1965), Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966), and Satyricon (1969)… And that hardly scratches the floor!
“She was so stunning that individuals would cease consuming in the event that they […] noticed her strolling by,” says Pat Cleveland about her one-time roommate. It is no surprise Luna was scouted merely strolling down the streets of Detroit. Jet journal referred to as her “probably the most photographed woman of 1966. She’s even difficult Britain’s Jean Shrimpton for place (and bankroll) because the mannequin most in demand in Europe’s high fashion homes…” Pat Cleveland continued, “She was above all the pieces, not of this earth.”
LEFT: Donyale Luna in British Vogue RIGHT: On the set of Who Are you, Polly Maggoo? (1965)
In her cowl story for British Vogue (1966), credited alongside the couture are Luna’s lipstick shades. Donyale wore Rose Thé by Payot, Dior no. 15, and Rose Edith by Guerlain, all together with her trademark magnificence look consisting of geometric eyeliner and lengthy lashes.
For an additional Vogue editorial, her make-up merchandise are listed as: “Revlon’s new Ultima II lip make-up in Turkish Espresso, blue creme eye shadow.”
Among the many examples of Luna’s persevering with legacy: in 2020, Zendaya did a whole Essence magazine cover story impressed by Luna’s awe-inspiring profession. And make-up icon Pat McGrath cited her as inspiration for “Astral Luna Gold,” a glistening eyeshadow for McGrath’s eponymous make-up line.
Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton was the face of many magnificence adverts, together with Chanel’s N°19 perfume. However my favorites are the campaigns she shot for Yardley of London. That includes eye-catching graphic design, they ran the gamut from lipsticks (referred to as “Slickers,” and accessible in frosted pastels) to hair merchandise. The advert for Oh! de London fragrance is a standout. Surrounded by illustrated foliage and motifs, Shrimpton locks our eyes sporting an updo of curls and silken flowers.
After loving the commercial for years, I attempted a pattern of the classic perfume: it did not disappoint. Oh! de London opens powdery and citric earlier than evolving right into a mossy forest, full with dripping rain. This glowing perfume from the Nineteen Sixties nonetheless feels recent.
LEFT: Yardley Oh! de London RIGHT: Max Issue
Yardley paid Shrimpton £70,000 to do a tour selling their magnificence merchandise. However she received in bother with the model for telling the viewers they should not purchase something: Jean mentioned they had been good as is.
In her 1964 e book My Own Story, Shrimpton shared: “I focus most on [eyes], utilizing a whole lot of mascara on each the highest and backside lashes. I exploit white, or a mix of brown and blue eye shadow on the [eye] lid, and put a darkish brown streak slightly below the bone. I exploit a gray liquid liner and take the outer nook of the attention down, not up.”
The Face of the Century experiences Jean used “tawny lipsticks similar to Lancome’s youthful Bois de Rose.” And for the face, Mattefilm by Guerlain or Pan-Stik by Max Issue, making this a product utilized by Shrimpton, Kwan and Twiggy!
The Nineteen Sixties is my most well-liked decade to reference inside my very own magnificence routine, so this was so rewarding to analysis/put collectively! However I uncovered an excessive amount of materials to incorporate in a single submit – let me know if you would like a component two for the Nineteen Sixties!
Header picture primarily based on a classic Yardley advert, re-drawn by me to be increased high quality
Sources and Additional Studying:
Twiggy: Girl’s Personal scans through glamourdaze. Twiggy talks to Charlotte Tilbury about Pan-Stik. Vogue 1967 make-up credit through julen_morras_azpiazu. Queen journal scans through sweetjanespopboutique.
Nancy Kwan: Nancy Kwan Vogue October 1966 journal scan by justaguy on thefashionspot.
Donyale Luna: Interview with Pat Cleveland through Pores and skin Deep: Contained in the World of Black Vogue Fashions by Barbara Summers. Jet Magazine, June 16, 1966. [1]: thefashionspot scan. British Vogue 1966 spread photographed by David Bailey scans. Pat McGrath on Donyale Luna.
Jean Shrimpton: Jean Shrimpton: An Autobiography [1990], My Own Story: The Truth about Modelling [1964], each by Jean Shrimpton. The Face of the Century by Catherine de Castelbajac.
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