The swingin’ ’60s saw a nude lip and faux lash invasion take over vanities around the world. Inspired by Twiggy, women stacked strips of falsies on top of each other to achieve that doe-eyed effect. Another popular trend was to emphasize your crease with either a thick swipe of liner, or a shadow that contrasted against a pale, pearly base. I used the MAC Rocky Horror Palette ($44) in conjunction with Hourglass' shadow duo in Gypsy ($38), and started by working the pearl-toned shimmer from my lids to my brow bone. I applied the graphite hue from the MAC palette on my lids, and I used Eyeko's Eye Do Liquid Liner ($19) to draw on the cat-eye. The liner served as a guide as far as where to place the contrasting shade in my crease, and I picked up a pencil brush dipped in Hourglass’ rich brown shade to draw a line that followed the exact shape of the sharp wing. After a few pumps of the lash curler and some mascara, I applied the entirety of Eyeko's Lash Wardrobe ($22) to my upper and lower lashes, and finished with the Rouge Dior Lipstick in Bar ($35).
“The higher the hair, the closer to heaven,” is a proverb known, loved, and practiced in my native land of the South, and apparently, in the 1960s as well. I teased my hair to a higher altitude, clipped it onto the back of my head with bobby pins, then placed an un-teased portion over the top to hide the backcombing and form a Bardot-esque shape. It only felt appropriate to shellac the entire thing into place with Bumble & Bumble's Classic Hairspray ($26).
