How to: The 20's

       Hey everyone! Hope your week is going well! Today's look was requested by a sweet girl I met in college. She has a 20's themed party to go to this weekend, and wanted some tips. I asked her if I could do a tutorial on it, and she said yes! So, here it is! I actually created two different looks for this. I filmed an historically accurate look last night that turned out AWFUL. It didn't turn out the way I wanted, and the pictures I got were not good. Just not good. It was accurate, and definitely a 20's look. But it just wasn't flattering at all and it had too many steps. So, I decided to re-film this look and come up with something much easier and not so literal. So, this version is more of a party look. Sam, I hope you like it! As always, tips will be listed in the captions beneath each photo. Enjoy! 

So, I started out priming my face with the Benefit POREfessional and the L'Oreal Revitalift Miracle Blur. Then I did my foundation using the Covergirl Outlast in color "842." If you have one, use a foundation that is too light for you. The 20's was all about the super fair skin tone. If I had one, I would've used the lighter foundation. But, I used what I had :)

Foundation done.

I went ahead and did concealer, using the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind.

I placed it under the eyes, around the nose and along the chin. Basically, you want to place your concealer wherever you have any redness on your face. Again, we want to be pale.

Concealer blended!

To set the places I used concealer, I used the MAC Prep + Prime Translucent setting powder.

Then, to set the rest of the face, I used the Rimmel Stay Matte powder.

Base is done!

To start the eyes, I took Makeup Geek eyeshadow in the color "Hipster" and started blending that right into the crease, focusing on the inner corner near the brow.

Like so. The look then was very dark. They wore mostly cooler toned browns and greys and blacks. Prior to the 1920's, it was frowned upon for women to wear makeup. So, once the roaring 20's came along, there was a carefree, women's lib type attitude going on, and that brought short hair and heavy makeup into play. Women started expressing themselves more freely, and one of those ways was by wearing makeup. Very heavy makeup.

See how I made the inner corners, right under the brow so dark? That's the shape you need. We'll continue to make this darker as we go along.

Next, I took Makeup Geek "Latte" and blended that into the first color we put on, just to darken it up.

This is what you should have so far. It's okay if it goes all the way up to your brow, and if it's messy. The eyeshadow then had a tendency to make it look quite like you got punched in the eye.

I mixed the two colors I used on the upper lid together, and applied them to my lower lid. You want to take this down quite far.

Like so. We'll keep darkening this up as we go.

Next I took a matte, black shadow and smudged it along the upper and lower lash lines. It doesn't have to be neat.

Like so.

I dragged the black out a bit. I did not want to create a a wing that uplifted the eye. So, I brought the black straight out to the sides of the eye to elongate it a bit, but nothing drastic.

Again, here's what you should have so far. Flattering, huh?

Moving on to the brows, I did something a little different. The 1920's brow shape was a key part to the look. They were very black, and very thin and rounded. Now, I did the historically accurate brow last night... not cute. So, I decided to do a more modern brow, but still incorporate the black. You can choose to do this kind of brow, or the thin, rounded brow. Whatever you'd like. To outline the brows, I used the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in "Medium Ash."

I made them very large and box-y looking. Also, you want to extend the tail of your brows out really far. Like, abnormally far.

 

After outlining the brow, I took a matte black shade and a small angled brush, and filled those bad boys in.

Like so. Pretty dramatic.

Like I mentioned earlier, extend the tail of your brow out pretty far.

This is both the brows done. It's very dramatic, and you'll probably hate it, but it's a party look. Go for it, girl!

After the brows are done, you want to dip your brush into the black eyeshadow again, and blend it into the inner corners of the eye like we did earlier. Again, we want this area to be very dark and almost blend into the brows.

Like so.

Now, for blush I used this Wet-n-Wild blush in "Heather Silk." This is VERY pigmented, so use a light hand with it. We want a lot of blush, but still... this stuff will turn your face hot pink. I know this from experience, hahaha.

Blush is done. Be sure to apply this from the apples of the cheeks, all the way back to the ears. They tended to go heavy with everything.

Next, I applied false lashes. I forgot to take a picture of the ones I used, but they were the Ardell Demi Black lashes. That's all it said on the package. You can use whatever lashes you have though. Sorry, I took the picture when the glue was still wet.

After applying the false lashes, I used the Jordana Best Lash Extreme volumizing mascara on both top and bottom lashes.

Eyes are done!

For lips, I first lined them with the NYX lip liner in "804 Cabaret."

Then I used the Kate Moss for Rimmel London lipstick in the color "09."

The lips were another key feature to the 1920's makeup look. Actress Clara Bow started the iconic rounded lip. I did this lip better last night in the first look I created. I went a little overboard with the liner tonight, but I think you get the idea. You want the top lip, at the cupids bow, to be very rounded. Then the bottom lip needs to have that same, drawn on, rounded look. Also, when you draw the outline of this lip, you want to make the mouth appear to be smaller in width.

I filled the rest of the lips in with the Rimmel lipstick, fixed my hair, and here's the final look!

Sorry... the lash glue took FOREVER to dry.

        So, there it is! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. It was so much fun doing a look like this. I think I'm going to do blog posts on looks from every decade from the 20's to now. I was really inspired by this look to do more "period" type looks. I love the history of makeup and learning the techniques and specific looks they did. Let me know if you liked this tutorial, and if you learned something! If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below, or on my Facebook page "Beautymark." Thank you all sooooooo much for reading, and have a great rest of the week! 


                                       XOXO - Tabitha

P.S. Here is a peak at the first go-round of this look. These were the best pictures I could get. The rest were not good at all. Sorry guys :/