The Pin Up Girl.

The 1950's brought us beauty icons like Marilyn Monroe and the era of Pin Up with a very distinctive makeup look. Pin Up makeup has lived way beyond the years of it's icons through famous celebrities such Dita Von Teese. I have to say it is one of my most favourite makeup looks and for some reason I always seem drawn to creating it when I'm wearing an all black outfit. There's a lot of history that comes with the Pin Up look. In the 1950's it was a movement of entertainment and sexuality really. But what's left of it today is the lifestyle and fashion these Pin-Up girls would follow. Unlike other iconic makeup looks, the Pin-Up has a natural, flirtatious appeal. There isn't a lot of intricate skill involved apart from the famous feline flick which was later transformed into something more demure by stars such as Audrey Hepburn. 

Dita Von Teese's signature makeup resembles iconic Pin Up style. Arched brows, red lips and rosy cheeks are key aspects of the original Pin Up makeup. 

Marilyn Monroe almost always sported this sexy makeup which heavily inspired later interpretations of Pin Up Makeup.

I have created my version of the Pin Up makeup look on my beautiful friend Nisha here below for you guys to check out. 

As you can see I have kept the makeup as authentic as possible. I have used colours the suit the skin tone of my model. Typical Pin Up makeup has rosy cheeks but I felt the bronzed cheeks would suit the shape of my model's face better. I have heavily used highlight to keep the dimensions of the face as structured as possible and of course MAC's Ruby Woo was the only red I could think off when I thought of Pin Up. Ruby Woo is that perfect hollywood red, it looks striking on literally any skin shade! All in love this is always a makeup look that I will love and enjoy creating, but I hope this post has been interesting for you guys. I will link all the products I used below for you guys to see. If you guys have seen my Instagram post recently you'll know this look is part of a project I have just finished. I'm really excited about this and I will explain more about what I have been up to in the upcoming few weeks so make sure to keep an eye out!!  Shop The Look! MAC Studio Fix Fluid - NC42 & NC45 MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NC42 & NW40 MAC Prep and Prime Highlighter - Peach Lustre & Bright Forecast MAC Soft and Gentle Mineralize Skin Finish (no longer available in MAC) MAC Lustre Drops - Pink Rebel MAC Bronzing Powder - Matte Bronze MAC Fluidline - Blacktrack MAC Lip Liner - Cherry MAC Retro Matte Lipstick - Ruby Woo Smashbox Full Exposure Palette Smashbox Eye Brightening Mascara Rimmel London Brow Pencil - Dark Brown Sleek Blush - Rose Gold & Life's a Peach Eyelure Katy Perry Lashes - Feline Fierce
PS. My beautiful model Nisha does her own fashion blog which is really cool, you can check it out HERE guys! xxxx