The Flapper Girl 2014

The vintage makeup looks experiment continues and our next try were the 20s. You probably remember from my previous updates that the 20s were characterized by the really dark eyes and the narrow heart-shaped lips. Here I recreated on Krisi the so-called flapper girl style. In pop culture it became trendy again after the last Gatsby movie, where the party girls were nothing short of gorgeous.

So to begin with, we prime the face with concealer and foundation aiming for a really porcelain look and set all of that with matte powder. There are two tricks here. First, you can use the concealer to also cover up the lips, since you will need to draw on them later on. Second, use a lot of powder under the eyes, since you will be using very dark eye shadows, which tend to drop under the eyes. Having powder there will make it much easier to clean up afterwards. Once you have this done, cover the entire lid in dark grey and black eye shadows. For this look here I also used dark green to match the eyes of my model. Go as smoky as you can and line the lower lid as well. Don’t forget to blend everything though, because you don’t want any sharp lines for this look. Then use your favorite mascara and apply quite a lot of it. The lips are where it gets tricky. For a 20s look you want to draw a heart shape on your upper lip even if it is not naturally such. Also have the lining of the “new” lips narrower than the actual ones aiming for a doll-like effect. Do this first with a lip liner pencil and then fill in in a shade of red – preferably darker. Finish up with some pinky blush.

Here is how we did it! You can use all of this for a 20s themed party or just the eyes for a regular night out! Please, comment and ask questions in the section below.