1960s Research
The most prominent amongst all iconic 1960s makeup trends was a thick winged eyeliner.
A famous model of this time was a woman called Twiggy. She was very well known for using
the thick eyeliner look. Women would draw a thick line across of their eye, keeping it close to
the lash line. This gave the cat eye appearance as well as making the eyes look more open.
To complete the look they would flick the line out aiming towards the tale of the eyebrow and
it created a wing effect. This was done with a black eyeliner pencil. (Hair and make-up artist)
The most prominent amongst all iconic 1960s makeup trends was a thick winged eyeliner.
A famous model of this time was a woman called Twiggy. She was very well known for using
the thick eyeliner look. Women would draw a thick line across of their eye, keeping it close to
the lash line. This gave the cat eye appearance as well as making the eyes look more open.
To complete the look they would flick the line out aiming towards the tale of the eyebrow and
it created a wing effect. This was done with a black eyeliner pencil. (Hair and make-up artist)
Eyeshadow at this time period was mostly cool tones like brown and light reds. Big brands
around this time such as Helena Rubinstein and Max Factor would create palettes to give
everyone the opportunity to look like models such as
around this time such as Helena Rubinstein and Max Factor would create palettes to give
everyone the opportunity to look like models such as
Twiggy giving everyone a chance to look like a model.
A quote from Twiggy herself says "The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do
extraordinary things". (Iconic makeup trends). This shows that any women were accepted to
wear makeup therefore big brands at the time would produce affordable palettes for the
population, making trends start such as the chunky eyeliner trend set off my Twiggy.
extraordinary things". (Iconic makeup trends). This shows that any women were accepted to
wear makeup therefore big brands at the time would produce affordable palettes for the
population, making trends start such as the chunky eyeliner trend set off my Twiggy.
Cut crease eyeshadow was a huge trend of the 60s and it is very recognisable from this
time period. A cut crease is where the lid of the eye is curved out precisely with the eyeshadow color,
covering the entirety of the space, while the crease is blended out with an alternate colour.
(Makeup and hair trends).
time period. A cut crease is where the lid of the eye is curved out precisely with the eyeshadow color,
covering the entirety of the space, while the crease is blended out with an alternate colour.
(Makeup and hair trends).
(Photo from Retro beauty)
False eyelashes also came out in the 60s, again because of model Twiggy and her unique eyelash
style. She used them in photographs on the top and bottom lash line to make her eyes appear much
larger. The longer and spidery they were the better. Then a large amount of mascara over the top.
Brands such as Max factor 'Magic mascara' were very popular at this time. (Marie Claire)
style. She used them in photographs on the top and bottom lash line to make her eyes appear much
larger. The longer and spidery they were the better. Then a large amount of mascara over the top.
Brands such as Max factor 'Magic mascara' were very popular at this time. (Marie Claire)
(Photo from Makeup and hair trends)
In the 60s pale cream foundation was used to cover the face as pale skin was in fashion at
this time. Peachy cheeks were in fashion thanks again to the models of the time. (Retro beauty)
This would be applied using powder as cream as liquid blushes were not available yet.
Eyebrows at this time would be perfectly sculpted and with a full body. They would be very
well groomed also. They achieved this look by plucking them to the correct shape and
filling them in using an eyebrow pencil. Pale pink lipstick was also in fashion and occasional
subtle reds and corals tones. White lipstick was also fashionable in the modeling world for a
while with models such as Twiggy styling this. ( Makeup and hair trends)
this time. Peachy cheeks were in fashion thanks again to the models of the time. (Retro beauty)
This would be applied using powder as cream as liquid blushes were not available yet.
Eyebrows at this time would be perfectly sculpted and with a full body. They would be very
well groomed also. They achieved this look by plucking them to the correct shape and
filling them in using an eyebrow pencil. Pale pink lipstick was also in fashion and occasional
subtle reds and corals tones. White lipstick was also fashionable in the modeling world for a
while with models such as Twiggy styling this. ( Makeup and hair trends)
Mary Quant, who was a huge makeup artist in the 1960s released her own line of cosmetics
late in the decade. It was aimed at teenagers because of their following of top models at the
time. They packaged the makeup in black and silver compact packaging so it could be
carried around in a handbag. Every product also included a 'How to' leaflet in it. This was
to teach people how to look like the models they aspired to look like.
Psycho 1960 - Film
Psycho the book was published in 1959.The book was written by Rober
Bloch who was an american writer at this time. Due it how popular the horror book was it was
then turned into a film was brought out on June 16th 1960. The film was driected and
produced by Alfred Hitchcock and it was written by Joseph Stepano. Some of the actors and
actresses in the film were Anothony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin
Balasm. This film is now a classic and still to this day spin offs of this story such as Bates
Motel (2013-2018) still being made from inspirtaion from this film.
Marion Crane in the film was played by a lady called Janet leigh. This charcters mother Lily
crane, her niece mary Lommis and her boyfirnd/ brother in law have all deceased. Leaving
her mostely all by herself. After stealing £40,000 in cash from her employes. marion drives
well into the night, she pulls off the road and pulls into The Bates Motel. There she meets
Norman bates (who is a minipulated by his mother). Norman offers his supper with her.
She hears shouting from the house between Norman and his mother. She goes for a shower,
unseen behind her the bathroom door opens. A figure appoches and pulls back the shower
curtain. it is a figure of a old woman wielding a large knife. Marion screams and the blade
lifts high into the air screening violins, violas and cellos is heard as Marions blody body slides
down the shower curatin. The sound of the knife entering the flesh was created by plunging
a knife into a casuba melon. Also the blood was created by using Basco chocolate syrup
becaus eit shows up better on black and white film. Also, it has more of a realistic denisity
than stage blood at this time.
late in the decade. It was aimed at teenagers because of their following of top models at the
time. They packaged the makeup in black and silver compact packaging so it could be
carried around in a handbag. Every product also included a 'How to' leaflet in it. This was
to teach people how to look like the models they aspired to look like.
Psycho 1960 - Film
Psycho the book was published in 1959.The book was written by Rober
Bloch who was an american writer at this time. Due it how popular the horror book was it was
then turned into a film was brought out on June 16th 1960. The film was driected and
produced by Alfred Hitchcock and it was written by Joseph Stepano. Some of the actors and
actresses in the film were Anothony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin
Balasm. This film is now a classic and still to this day spin offs of this story such as Bates
Motel (2013-2018) still being made from inspirtaion from this film.
Marion Crane in the film was played by a lady called Janet leigh. This charcters mother Lily
crane, her niece mary Lommis and her boyfirnd/ brother in law have all deceased. Leaving
her mostely all by herself. After stealing £40,000 in cash from her employes. marion drives
well into the night, she pulls off the road and pulls into The Bates Motel. There she meets
Norman bates (who is a minipulated by his mother). Norman offers his supper with her.
She hears shouting from the house between Norman and his mother. She goes for a shower,
unseen behind her the bathroom door opens. A figure appoches and pulls back the shower
curtain. it is a figure of a old woman wielding a large knife. Marion screams and the blade
lifts high into the air screening violins, violas and cellos is heard as Marions blody body slides
down the shower curatin. The sound of the knife entering the flesh was created by plunging
a knife into a casuba melon. Also the blood was created by using Basco chocolate syrup
becaus eit shows up better on black and white film. Also, it has more of a realistic denisity
than stage blood at this time.
Character profile
THE BASICS
Name Merion Crane
Age (unknown)
Place of birth Pyoenix, arizona
Current location Pyornix, Arizona
Occupation Office worker
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
- Eye color Brown
- Hair style (No description in book)
What's their preferred outfit? Smart as she works in a office.
How do they walk? quick quickly yet with grace.
SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION
How do they talk? Quite slow and confident..
What's the style of their speech? Quite posh and well spoken. No slang used.
Posture: Very straight and smart
How much eye contact that they like to make?
Any Quotes fromt he chatcer? "I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times"
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Review
As Psycho is a well known classic in the movie industry I really wanted to make this makeup
amazing and stand out. When watching the film you see Marion crane in the shower being
stabbed. However, you never see the actually see the blood or the stap wounds. I
personally feel this would of made the scene look more realistic and horror like. In the novel
it describes the scene as 'blood everywhere' I used this as inspiration for my makeup look as I feel
it makes the visual appearance of the movie really expand and come to life. The stab
wounds went very well in my option as I used real stab wound images as reference to make it look as realistic as possible. My makeup stab wounds were made from 3rd degree and I
used a modeling tool to carve out a stab wound shape marking sure to reference my images while doing this. I applied power over the top of the mixture once it had dried.
Once dried I used Merhon greasepaints to fill in the stab wounds and give them some depth.
I also used a stipple sponge and greasepaints to create some bruising around the cuts to show she as been grabbed and tried to get away. I then added this scab blood to the cuts as this iis really thick. In the movie they used chocolate syrup which is thick to create the blood. I thought
On the eyes, I used a light blown shade on the upper eye and creates a subtle cut crease which was in fashion in this time period. I then applied mascara to the upper and bottom lashes. I then used some water and the mascara want to drip down the mascara to make it look like she was crying and that her makeup had run also because she was meant to be in the shower.
stabbed. However, you never see the actually see the blood or the stap wounds. I
personally feel this would of made the scene look more realistic and horror like. In the novel
it describes the scene as 'blood everywhere' I used this as inspiration for my makeup look as I feel
it makes the visual appearance of the movie really expand and come to life. The stab
wounds went very well in my option as I used real stab wound images as reference to make it look as realistic as possible. My makeup stab wounds were made from 3rd degree and I
used a modeling tool to carve out a stab wound shape marking sure to reference my images while doing this. I applied power over the top of the mixture once it had dried.
Once dried I used Merhon greasepaints to fill in the stab wounds and give them some depth.
I also used a stipple sponge and greasepaints to create some bruising around the cuts to show she as been grabbed and tried to get away. I then added this scab blood to the cuts as this iis really thick. In the movie they used chocolate syrup which is thick to create the blood. I thought
the would be most accurate to that as this is thick but because this film is in colour not black and
white the blood colour would look more realistic. If I did this again I would add the blood just
before I finished. This way I wouldn't dry as much as it did. On the photos the stab wounds
looked quite old instead of fresh.
I then applied foundation all over the face, neck and ears and made sure it was all watched perfect as she was meant to be in the shower in the scene so I don't want to be visible that she has loads of foundation on. A sponge worked really well for this. Next, I applied RCMA powder all over the face making sure to apply it to the under eyes to catch the eye shadow fall out.
On the eyes, I used a light blown shade on the upper eye and creates a subtle cut crease which was in fashion in this time period. I then applied mascara to the upper and bottom lashes. I then used some water and the mascara want to drip down the mascara to make it look like she was crying and that her makeup had run also because she was meant to be in the shower.
I then lightly contoured the face to give it come dimension. I feel next time I did this I should add more contour as it didn't show up very well on camera.
Lastly I applied coral lipstick to the model as this shade was very popular in the 1960s.
I made her hair a half up half down look and back combed the top to give it some volume. I then curled the ends of the hair to give it a more flicks at the ends look as this was in fashion. In my research a lot of models at this time wore white headbands so I wanted to create this. I made this one from bedroll and it think it was a good improvise. However, if I did this again I think I would buy one as on the camera it didn't look very plastic like a headband would.
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