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| 1960s icon, Twiggy |
The Eyes Have it
For most of the 1960s, makeup was an essential part of the mod look, with a heavy emphasis on the eyes. The effect was really an echo of the smoldering dark-eyed, dreamy look of the 1920s, only more so and minus the coloured lipstick. In the 60s, foundation was natural in colour and the lips pale. While it may seem bizarre, it wasn't unheard of for some girls to wear white zinc cream on their lips. The basics included:
- Foundation to cover blemishes and even out skin tone
- Optional blusher in pale pink or peachy tones, used sparingly
- Black eyeliner
- Lashings of mascara
- Neutral or pastel eyeshadow on the lid (blues and greens were popular)
- Dark eyeshadow in the crease
- Highlighter just under the brow
- Pale lipstick in baby pink, beigey pearl or silvery white
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| 1920s "It" girl, Clara Bow. |
Popular brands of make-up in 60s youth culture included Mary Quant and in Australia, Prue Acton, who's distinctive yellow and black mascara tube was a big seller -some mascaras came in a cake form that required dampening with a wet brush and eyeliner was almost always in tricky liquid form, which required a steady hand..
Twiggy Eyes
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| Penelope Tree. Image by Avedon |
Essentially, the 60s look depended on drama and making an impact through the eyes - windows to the soul - rather than the traditional vivid lips and voluptuous hair and clothes of the previous decade.
