I spotted this video on Youtube by world-renowned makeup artist Bobbi Brown where she does an Ultimate makeup lesson is 10 step in a little over 10 minutes.
She is known best for her "no makeup "look minimalist natural look so it surprised me that there is many products use to achieve this look and some steps are different than I how I had learned to do makeup, but she has so steps I will try in the future and it is a beautiful, natural look, like the double lining of the eyes and concealer just underneath lower lashes.
When I began using makeup in the mid to late '70s and there was only a fraction of the products or information that is on the market and available today.
Here would be my routine and that of many others:
Skincare: Wash face with a bar of Ivory soap and a washcloth. Only older women I knew used
Nivea or Oil of Olay
Corrector/
Concealer: None.
Foundation: A bottle of Covergirl and I think there were 4-5 shades to choose from. We didn't
have beauty blenders back then, but we did have makeup sponges, although I usually
just used my fingertips.
Powder: Coty loose face powder or Maybelline pressed powder just around the nose area to
keep it from getting shiny.
Bronzer: None - I don't think it even existed
Blush: There used to be a lot of cream and gel "pots: that they don't make today - I had one in a funky orangish color called "Sex Pot" I used to wear and thought it was cool (I think
I used it as lipgloss in the above pic.. Also used pressed powder Maybelline and Avon
in pink tones.
Lips: Sheer flavored Bonnie Bell Lip Gloss and more cream and gel" pots" until Senior year
I bought a dark wine almost black lipstick at Hill's Dept. store that was designed for
ethnic coloring - was another thing I thought was cool at the time.
Eyebrows: No product used. My Mom gave me a Studio Girl pressed black powder that had a
small stiff angled brush but it was too dark for my coloring at the time.
Eyeshadow: A bright blue iridescent cream from lid to brow all through Jr. High - don't recall the
brand but it came in a small round "pot".
I don't recall there being the palettes like today - mostly was individual eyeshadow
and the one color would go in the lid and the crease. A sponge-tipped applicator was
included in most powder shadows and I didn't know of anyone with a set of makeup
brushes.
Eyeliner: Maybelline black liquid liner all around the eye was popular and I jumped on that
bandwagon but it usually seemed smudged under my eyes by midday.
Mascara: These were the days of colored mascaras. I specifically recall a dark green Maybelline
Mascara that had a stiff plastic comb/wand to apply that I loved. Electric Blue was
another popular color.
Eyelash curlers were also as popular then as they are now.
Back then, the only souce of makeup application was in magazines or a few books on the subject. The first "celebrity" makeup artist I knew of was Way Bandy, who had started out as a portrait painter before becoming a makeup artist and had also been an English teacher for 4 years. I bought his book "Designing Your Face" (link below) and it completely changed my outlook and the way I did my makeup.
What tips did you learn from Bobbi's video that you think you might use? What makeup products or techniques did you use when you were in Junior High & High School?
Way Bandy's "Designing Your Face".
Available on Amazon, but might be able to find it cheaper on EBAY or other sites as it now seems to be a Collector's item.
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