We would put on a pair of large hoop earring and make the look totally fabulous.Accentuating our cheekbones was a part of the 80s culture. Perming it just made things worse. Looking back at the 1980s makeup and beauty trends, there is simply one word to describe that decade…crazy. Like me, they are an embarrassment that we would all like to pretend never happened.We did one thing right in the 80s.
Our face was a platform that was meant to show off wild colors, not our natural beauty. It took about an entire can of Aqua Net hairspray to keep the mess up there, but we did it anyway. We had to make them different so we started wearing our ponytails off to the side. It was a lock of long hair that was allowed to grow longer than the rest of the hair. Well, to date, there are a couple of memorable 1980s trends that are worth noting. Farrah Fawcett was a pinup queen of the '70s and '80s. While lip plumpers are all the rage now, back then to get the bigger lip look we would use a dark lip liner to outline our lips. That the “flushed cheeks” look was invented in the 1980s? Straight hair mullets and permed mullets were everywhere you looked. Some of us would do our entire head full of zigs and zags and sometimes we would only crimp handful of hair for a bit of effect. Your choices will not impact your visit.We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. In fact, we would spend hours at the hair stylist getting these perms and then we would spend close to two hours every morning trying to style the curly turned frizzy hair mess with gobs of L.A. Looks hair gel and oodles of aerosol hairspray.I bought my first lip liner back in the 1980s. Apr 25, 2015 - Explore shortkitties's board "cher in photos and tourbooks - 80s" on Pinterest. 10 Classic Cher Movies From The '80s Til Now & Where To Watch Them | I AM & CO® April 2020 From "Moonstruck" To "Mermaids," these are our favorite Cher movies … The late Farrah Fawcett will undoubtedly be remembered for many things. Our hair was just as far out there, literally. Women who wore a rat tail were tomboys or bad girls and they often had double piercings in their ears.Makeup guides in the 80s taught us that we had to buy foundation that was two shades lighter than our natural skin tone. The makeup trend back then was to heavily accentuate the eyes.
When women got into the look, the trend just exploded. We then filled in the lips with a lighter lipstick color. The boys who had them were considered the bad boys. Our bad sense of fashion was outrageous, bright, and in your face. The world has gone mad.If you ever get your hands on a 1980s fashion magazine, make sure to check out the models’ eyes. We applied our foundation on thick to give ourselves a “blank” surface to work on.
Then we could pile on the eye make up, heavy blush, and bright lipstick without the interference of blemishes or contoured skin tone.I have no idea what we were on that made us think that hair crimping was attractive, but there it was. I’m sure we love Cher and her timeless music, but let’s be honest here, the hair doesn’t do her songs justice.This eye makeup trend violated a major rule in the makeup rulebook.
Plus, the bright green mullet isn’t really working either!Wow! You might love neon. They were cool and they were a number one hair accessory. They were permed into a mass of frizz or curls and then, with a comb, we teased our bangs high up off of our foreheads. You may change your settings at any time. Instead, we would grab a bright pink or deep plum blush and cake it on.
If we could get over three inches high off the front of our heads, we were the coolest.
Warning: Please don’t try this makeup trend at home.While hair scrunchies may still exist, that doesn’t mean you should wear them. Two inches was okay. Not to mention, there are so many things wrong with this look: the up to the brow eyeshadow, the eyebrows and that big bow!Could it be? A bright streak of blush was considered attractive back then, although we would call it a freakish clown look today. The effect was rocker eyes that would quickly smear off on the lids and onto the face, creating a mess after a heavy night of rocking to Motley Crue.Back in the 80s, our bangs said it all. It was usually grown down the middle in the back, but some people would grow a rat tail on the side. Guys rocking the mullet look were so totally cute. Jelly bracelets, jelly shoes, and big, floppy hair bows. In fact, just about every fashion style of that time screamed power - bold makeup, bold clothing, and bold hairstyles.It doesn't come as any surprise that people throw 80s flashback parties today. Brace yourself, as we take you to the horrific beauty and makeup trends Big hair, dark lip liners, and mullets are just some of the worst 80s trends that should never be relived in this modern day. Image via Flickr. We wore fuchsia jelly shoes, fuchsia shirts and pants, fuchsia socks to match a neon blue dress, and gobs and globs of fuchsia lipstick. Brace yourself, as we take you to the horrific beauty and makeup trends of the 1980s: The Worst 80’s Trends: What Were They Thinking? Poodle perms were tight curl perms with curls that resembled the curly hair of a poodle. The hot pink shade is best applied on the lips, not on the cheeks.I love neon. Fuchsia was the only pink to wear and the lipstick was so super bright it made our lips stand out for miles.
Those of us who remember the 1980s all too well sometimes wish we could forget them. By Hetty Tullis Jan 08, 2016. That would have been too discreet. Website for moms seeking advice, community, and entertainment. We didn’t go for a “hint” of color.