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Thursday 12 August 2010

Robyn's Rockin' Retro #1: Easy Pin-Up Eyes

Pin-Up eyes are the easiest, most simple eye EVER. When I decided I was going to do the retro theme, I initially thought, aw, crap, and spent about 10,000 hours on YouTube only to discover pin-up eyes, at least, is pretty much what I do for my can't-be-arsed/omfg-got-to-leave face - 2-3 shadows, black liner and mascara and white eyeliner for your waterline is optional. Even so, I've learnt a few things the last couple of days, its like I've been giving myself homework! So to kick this series off, here's some dead, dead easy pin-up looks:


Super simple, neutral:





Gold isn't a typical pin-up colour, in my opinion, but for me its something I class as neutral, and therefore works well as an all over lid colour for this look - I also find it softer than a stark white colour, which allows the focus to be on the red lips. Just darken it with a medium brown in the crease and a little on the lower lashline and you're done!


Snow White:





Marilyn Monroe often used a shimmery white shadow as her lid colour. - she was awesome and always did her own make-up, and she used loads of cool tricks, not that she needed them. This is the 'sexy' look out of the three, I think. Normally with a shimmery white, I would use my Milk pencil as base, but I left it out this time as it would have been too stark. I would have loved to have worn this with a red lip but I was facing a ten-hour shift and it would have been impossible to re-apply. Pigmented gloss it is!

Think Pink:





Whenever I think of a pin-up eye, pink and brown is the classic one. I don't know if its just me, but it seems the most retro and it's so pretty! Again, there is a little more colour here which is good if, you don't always have time/can't be arsed to maintain the perfect red lip. This is nice and matte, too, on the lid at least, which always seems more authentically retro to me, even though I know that is bollocks!


Lessons learned:

1-Take your time over the liner! Went too fast for the white look and the wing wasn't right. I also think I could stand to go a bit stronger with it.
2-Pluck your damn eyebrows. Look at my brows between the first and second look!
3-Related to no 2: buy some bloody brow gel, woman!
4-Also purchase an actually pigmented white pencil!
5-Can't go wrong with falsies. Less is more on the eyeshadow front for a reason :D
6-Red lipstick is awesome, but totally non-wearable for a busy waitress.

Well, basic eyes are done, something more exciting for the next installment I promise!

16 comments:

  1. These are both lovely. I love the soft pink and brown look.

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  2. lmao, the pluck your damn eyebrows thing made me lol for real.

    Also, your title... I instantly hummed rockin' robin, tweet, tweet, tweet... anywho.

    Lovely looks, you really suit the pinup thing! What do you use for your hair dye? It's so pretty!

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  3. Gorgeous looks!
    Your ten times better at liner than me - that's why I always go for the smudged look :p

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  4. I love the Snow White and the pink look! The pin up look, looks beautiful on you. You may have inspired me to give it a try one of these days!

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  5. Love the pin up looks--you did such a nice job with them. I suck at the whole pin-up thing.

    LOL @ pluck your damn eyebrows :)

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  6. So pretty! I especially like the last picture. I'm guilty of the "pluck your damn eyebrows" comment. LOL

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  7. These are so, so, so lovely! I love that you did three takes on the "pin-up eye." And I especially love your hairdo in the pink and brown look - kind of rockabilly/Rosie-the-Riveter-esque, love it!

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  8. Really lovely look! natural but different!

    follow me too :)

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  9. @Scrubbingupwell: Its my favourite too

    @Cydonian: Well, its true! I do tend to have bad eyebrows, but its one of my pet peeves - I'm such a hypocrite! And don't sing that song, please... pleeeeeeease!

    @..R May A...:I did the first of these three looks everyday for about three years, so I'm ok at liner!

    @The Peach: Do it, do it!

    @Stephee: The eyes are easy but the hair and the lips and everything? Agh D:

    @Megan: I thought I looked a bit miserable but it showed the eyes nicely!

    @kathyeffingjacbos: It was easy easy peasy, I'm going to do a post on it!

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  10. I looove love love the second one, I think it looks very retro.

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  11. these looks are stunning on you! new follower!x

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  12. Sweet! (If only I could make my hair grow by sheer force of will, instead of, you know, over time.)

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  13. All of these looks are just beautiful. Pin-up is my go-to look :)

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  14. Wow, the retro pin-up eyes go so well on you! Thanks for this, I've got to try out this look in the future, I'll use your looks as inspiration :)

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  15. LOL @ your lessons learned XD

    These are all so pretty and different! In my brain I had just decided there was only 1 kind of pin-up look (in terms of lid and crease colour), but clearly I'm wrong. And I loooove the lashes in the last look :)

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