Complexion was seen as an important part of beauty face powders were used to gain coverage and rouge blushers in various colours of pink were used on the apples of the cheeks these were either powders or cream based products.
Eye shadows were very popular either blues or purples were used all over the lid underneath and in the crease, pencils were further used across the lash line to define and create that wide eyed look. Mascara was a fairly new product and was used to darken and widen the lashes.
Lip shapes were popular to be a cupids bow shape on the top lip and the lower lip to have that pinched in affect to create the look of a smaller rounder mouth shape using darker red tones.
Long and thin eyebrows were the film start look for the ’20s. There were two ways to get the look: pluck them thin and pencil in, or pluck/shave the brows off and draw on the brows in pencil, creating whatever shape or look one required. Clara Bow‘s an actress known for her red hair penciled brows were sometimes drawn on lower than her natural brow. Being wide set and sloping down, these brows created the mournful ‘doe eyed’ look. It was fashionable to draw the ends of the brows beyond the natural brow, and slopping down.
After the first world war women began to rebel against societies normality's of womens appearance, having lost so many men in the war there was a 'live for now' attitude, women were allowed to vote in America and England, had worked in factories and were venturing further due to the motorcar. There was a huge surge of young independent women this influenced the hair styles of the time, getting there hair cut short was a way of disregarding the original ideas from the Victorians that women's hair should be long. This created a surge in the bob, in the 20's very sharp cut bobs were fashionable and they softened at the 30's approached. The side parting was a very prominent part of the bob styles.
'kiss curl (spit curl) – a strategically placed curl (or collection of curls) from the parting onto the forehead. Curls softened a hard cut or added a touch of feminism, and could be seen below the brim of a cloche hat. Rumour suggests that the number of kiss curls equated to the number of times a girl had been kissed by different boys. Curls were set with soap, homemade gels or a shop-bought product.'
Curls, Finger Waves and Accessories within the hair also was very popular in the 20's and 30's. The Kirby grip was invented these were very expensive but used to keep the bob style in place. Bands were used around the front of the head and developed into a wider section of material often well embellished.
'Egypt and the Exotic The love for all things exotic can be seen throughout the decade. The discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 was a huge influence on art, architecture, fashion, films and jewellery Art Deco owes much to Carter’s discovery. Jewelled headbands were designed with an ancient Egyptian look to them and one style of blunt-cut bob with a wispy fringe was called the Egyptian Bob, inspired by the hairstyles seen in Egyptian art.'
-http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/womens-1920s-hairstyles/
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