1920s Lips.When you think of 1920s lips you think of the famous 'Cupid's Bow'. Cupid Bow lips were favoured and made popular by Hollywood stars like Clara Bow and Mary Pickford. Makeup artist Max Factor created the 'Cupids Bow' which was first ever seen on Clara Bow, women soon started copying Bow's lips and the famous flapper craze took off. Lip colours came in shades of pink, red and orange. Popular lipstick names were; scarlet, rose, raspberry, poppy, cerise and carmine. The early 1920s lips were darker, like claret or plum. The upper lip was a heart-shape and the lower lip was applied to just miss the outer edges. This created a smaller bee-stung looking lip. Metal lip tracers were sold to help women who found it difficult to create the ideal lip shape themselves. My 1920s Lips.I used Jeffree Star Cosmetics Velour Liquid Lipstick in shade 'Unicorn Blood' to create my own 1920s flapper lips. I found it easier to use a thin angled brush rather than the lipsticks applicator.
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AuthorThis blog is to follow on from my university final project, which was a historical reference book on ‘Female Hair and Makeup Throughout History’. Each week I will release a post featuring an era and an aspect of hair, makeup and fashion from the time. I will also have my makeup muse of the week, who could be a makeup or fashion trendsetter of their time or a makeup artist who has innovated the industry. Archives
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