The History of Iconic Beauty Looks:

Introduction

As far as people know, beauty has always been around. But what blows my mind is that this word changes the same way any society culture and the trend change; every other decade has its own definition that comes with it. From Cleopatra’s ’cat-eye’ to Marilyn Monroe’s ‘red lips, legendary looks did more than draw a picture of makeup; it develops an aptitude to speak. So let us explore a great beauty tour through time and check out some of what we believe are memorable beauty shots in history.

1. Cleopatra’s Winged Eyeliner: The Power of the Eyes

But let us visit the more ancient culture- the Egyptians and look at how one woman groomed herself, and most of her practices are currently in practice. In Egypt, there was the beauty and the powerful queen, Cleopatra; which popularized the winged eyeliner. With the help of kohl, a black powder, Diana underlines that Cleopatra applied a dramatic contours not only for beauties, but also to set the spiritual aim; such ‘wings’ had a prakticheskaya function. It was therefore noted that the eyeliner functioned in repelling ‘evil eye,’ and had an antiseptic property—that was a lot of work one had ti have a both neat and healthy eyes!

Today our lips resemble Cleopatra’s winged eyeliner and no one can say that a woman who wears it is weak and does not dare. A real life example to show everyone that there is much more to beauty that just a pretty face.

2. The 1920s Flapper: Dark Lips & Finger Waves

Moving to the 1920s, when women’s rights were eluding clamor for independence and make up was all set to enclose the same. Flapper girls come to mind with bobbed hair, finger curls and dark sensual lips. Yes it was the time of rebellion, or let’s called it as liberation from Victorian standard of beauty. The lipstick color was getting darker and not speaking of women’s eyebrows, they have become pencil thin and nicely arched.”

This was a year women stood up for themselves, a time of liberation and this daring look on the beauty queen was a symbol of that. It was with flapper style that makeup entered a new phase where is was fine for women to wear the makeup because they wanted to, not because they had to.

3. Marilyn Monroe’s Red Lips & Bombshell Waves: The Golden Age of Glamour

Any story told about the world of beauty is incomplete without the mention of the Hollywood days and its most iconic representative – Marilyn Monroe. The 1950s would be characterized by all things feminine, and the sex symbol was a specialty of Marilyn. She had platinum blonde curls, clear facial skin, long thick eyelashes and not to mention her red lips, Marilyn stood tall as one of the most beautiful females ever to grace the face of the earth with her shinning confidence and elegance.

This was captures well in the lipstick, especially the bright red color she painted on her lips it represented women power and seduction at a time when women was reclaiming their femininity. Until today, putting on red lipstick can turn any woman into a legend, into a real movie star of Hollywood’s golden age.

4. The Mod Look: News: Twiggy’s Dramatic Eyes in the 1960s

Next project—1960s, the time when beautiful eyed model Twiggy ruled the ramps. It was only in the 1960s that mod arrived, and with its arrival, a new more modern look to supersede the classic Hollywood look. The attention was again paid to the eyes, thick, overdrawing and glued bottom, and apple-shaped eyeshadow in lighter pastel tones that gave the eyes more space like the eyes of the dolls. Eyeliner arrived thick and heavy, and lips, naked or painted in a barely there nude or pale pink color.

The appearance of Twiggy was both fun and chic for women, more so for the young women. It was entirely reminiscent of a society that was rapidly evolving and it is still one of the most known beautification ideas of all time.

5. Disco Fever: If Shimmer and Shine were to live in the 1970s.

Honestly, the 70s looked like a decade of unabashed adoration of fun! Disco was the king of the dance floor, and so was beauty with sparkling eyeshadows, shiny lips and sheeny bronze skin. Imagine Studio 54 when glitter and shine were the best pieces of jewelries one could wear. Girls went for striking, shiny looks; they daringly wore bright, shiny rich colors complemented with great big hair or afros, especially for a night of dancing under the mirror ball.

This period was one of brightness and personality. Contemporary festival makeup is not devoid of reminiscence to the 70s, glitter and glow always remained present!

6. The Bold 80s: Power and Punk Rock

When the 1980s arrived, it was all volume, apparent, and centrally associated with brightness. It was the time of shoulder pads, vibrant lips, and enormous quantities of hair on men and women’s heads. Those of you who grew up during or were a part of the 1980s and 1990s would be familiar with make-up boldness in the form of neon eyeshadows, blush that was applied with utter vigor and lipsticks in a range of colors. Lauper, Grace Jones and Madonna were among the most shining examples how the pop idols changed the ideas of beauty by eccentric and even vulgar makeup.

This was the time of the ‘sex revolution’, and makeup regressed to meaning more self-confidence and defiance. And it was as fun as it sounded, as daring as it seemed, and as liberated as concept of beauty that we could ever imagine.

7. The 90s Grunge: Spotted today hardly there makeup and dark lips.

After the elegantly and vividly colored 1980s, the 1990s are the complete opposite due to the grunge movement. It turned that the beauty world wanted matte and brutally simple looks. Remember ‘ Kate Moss look’ with minimum makeup, matte, earthen and natural touch. At the same time the gothic, dark lip – mostly in deep shades of brown or in deep purple was more of a trademark for many, these two perfectly combined expressed the angst of the 90’s.

Postmodern fashion was a raw naked aesthetic so very different from the heavily made up and over perfected images of the belftie years. There is more to this look; nude palettes and matte lips are some of the most famous trends in the fashion world of today.

8. Modern Beauty: One can anaalyze the values expressed in the article as Diversity, Experimentation, and Inclusivity.

Today, we have options; no beauty rules limits and goes for anything. From thick outlines of the eyes to the slick lips and luminous healthy looking skin, there is always something new to try out. It has been ever more diverse, inclusive and experimental since the advent of the social media. Individuals encourage playing with appearance, gender, and race and love their bodies and faces.

It is for this reason that today we see people proud to wear freckles or putting on neon eyeshadow or opting for no makeup at all. The modern beauty movement is all about freedom and self-acceptance and knowing oneself that in itself makes it iconic.