I was putting on my foundation today and I remembered a tip from CosmoGirl (was Cosmo for teens, doesn’t exist anymore) magazine circa 2003ish: just don’t put foundation on your forehead, to avoid a “mask like look”. Do the whole rest of your face, and not the forehead. And the foundation they had as an example was full coverage.
What are your examples of wacky makeup tips (including real retro ones!)
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I think it was the one where it was recommended to use vagisil anti chafe as a primer or some shit- this was like a “testing makeup hack” video from the beauty community era of YouTube like 2016ish
You can never wear too much blue eye shadow. Jamie Lee Curtis gave this advice to Anna Chlumsky (who I thought was the coolest) in My Girl and my tween self took that to heart and terrified nearly everyone.
Did anyone else get black pencil eyeliner and rub it on an eyelash curler to get that perfect eye liner on instantly? Lmao, I did this a lot.
Years ago, I saw a makeup tutorial where someone LIT HER LASH CURLER ON FIRE with a cigarette lighter! She warned to be careful, though, because it can burn your lids if it’s too hot.
No shit, girl…
The tip to NOT put mascara on the lower eyelashes. May work if you have dark eyelashes, but it they are light, it looks positively ridiculous.
That one thing where they say to put red lipstick on under your concealer
Heating up your eyelash curlers with a hairdryer before using them. Burnt my eyelids, thanks whateverdumbassmagazine circa 2005/6
Good tip! Better to feather the foundation out than fully apply to your face
A clothing iron to flat iron your hair. My friend had super curly hair and she used to do this, tip her head on the ironing board and go. It worked, very well but she also burnt herself enough that I had no interest in attempting it myself.
Don’t shake make up/ nail polish to mix it if UT separates, smack it in your hand a bit and roll the bottle to mix. Do I still do this in my mid 30s-yes, why I don’t know lol
Weird tip but works: Vaseline under makeup. No one believes that this works / doesn’t break the skin out
hairspray as setting spray
I can’t bother with eyebrow trends anymore. 1920s-1930s plucked & redrawn high & thin 1940s- natural 1950s - 1960s - heavy inside, plucked & drawn thin outside 1970s-1980s - natural 1990s-2000s - plucked thin 2010s - natural 2020s wtf? heavy with angular lines, microblading
In HS in the late 70s. Nobody in my neck of the woods dared to have natural brows. They were plucked into the thinnest of lines. A flip through my yearbook is page after page of girls with feathered hair and skinny brows.
I also remember the forehead thing! I believed it for yearsss, admittedly I don’t use a ton product of my forehead but I still but something to even out everything.
Another notable one for me is the 3 shape for contour/bronzing. Just looked incredibly unnatural on me, and even with a ton of blending ended up like streaks.
When I first learned to do makeup I was taught the only correct way to do blush was on the apples of your cheeks. Turns out that was awful for my faceshape, I wondered why I looked so round and puffy when I did it that way, until I experimented and found the cheekbone placement to be more flattering for me (which growing up I was told was outdated and looked “very 80s” wellll it looks good on me so idc!)
And last but most memorable for me bc my older sisters loved it, was the slept-in makeup. So gross thinking about leaving makeup on overnight like that, sure it gave you smudged liner but why not just learn to do that omg
I remember reading this same article in a 2003 cosmogirl, and I actually did it. Oof. The early 2000s were a bad era for makeup.
Tape to apply eyeliner or contour
I definitely still use tape when I’m using liquid eyeliner lol- I just can’t get the hang of it