Get 60's style eyes in under 5 minutes

I am pleased to announce the start of my new 'feature' Vintage beauty! This category will include all sorts of tips, photos, tutorials and must haves of all my favorite beauty products and how they will allow you to achieve that slick, timeless look. I will vary from makeup to skincare products to hairstyles to top tips! So make sure you stay tuned all you beauty lovers. 

Now I'm not the most makeup-ified person there is out there, and to be honest I hardly wear any on a daily basis, so you may think my tutorials are a bit simple. But I'm going to write my first blog post for the 'women on the go.' The ladies that don't have time to spend hours and hours in front of the mirror to make themselves shine, because to be realistic who has that sort of time. Also, my first post will be dedicated to my favourite era, and will also be my most over used beauty must have that I use on my self! The '60's eye makeup.' You know the one, the decade where makeup is allllll about the eye! The bolder the makeup, the better. With stars like Twiggy, Pattie Boyd and Elizabeth Taylor covering the front of fashion magazines for years, i'm not surprised it's now the most overused makeup style still to this day! Think cat eye and you're half way there. 

And not only can this tip be completed in under 5 minutes, it can literally be created with just these above. So this is perfect if you're feeling a tad bit skint right now, but still want to bring back that magnificent decade! My products that I use are Rimmel London's Extra Wow Lash and Collection 2000's Extreme 24 hour felt tip liner (but you obviously don't have to use these, I'm sure you're makeup at home will be perfect.)

So let's start with the flick. I've already applied my mascara on to my lashes as I just find that easier, there is no right way though! I also find eyeliner creates a better flick if you use a felt tip liner, I've used pencil and liquid and neither of them create the same effect as the felt tip. Stroke your eyeliner away from your eye and create a little flick at the end. It's up to you how '60's' you want to go with this, there is no limit. (Well except making your flick travel all the way up to your ear - that'll just be silly)

Mine is quite tiny compared to most, but I like mine classic. See Jean Shrimpton and Pattie Boyd.

The next step will be to bold-up your lower lashes, if you look at icons like Twiggy, you'll see the lower lashes are just as bold as the upper. To create this, use the eyeliner to make little lines that fall down from your bottom lashes, as if creating new lashes, as shown above and below. 

Now the next part can be tricker, as you have to create a half oval line that starts from the inner corner of your eyelid to the end just above where your eye finishes. You will see a crease that appears in your eyelid when you open your eyes, I tend to use that as my invisible dotted line. This may take a few tries to acccomplish, but it's not impossible. As you will see below, the line is shown slightly and make sure the line is approximately 2 cms away from your flick. 

So as you can see, 60's eyes can be created (simply) in under 5 minutes! You may think its too simple, but in the 60's it was all about the eyes and to be honest any makeup on the eyes stands out more than any other part of your face. If you want to take a step further into 60's heaven, you could dust your eyelid with white/beige eyeshadow to make your eyes really pop!

Here is a previous post where I discussed 60's eye makeup and a review of some false eyelashes from the company Kissed Lashes http://lily-patricia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/want-eyes-like-twiggy-get-some-kissed.html

I hope you've enjoyed my first tutorial, it's a work in progress so be sure to stay with You had me at Vintage and watch this space! Any requests on makeup tutorials that you would love to see created please leave a comment below and I would love to get involved!