Theda Bara ~Authentic Makeup Tutorial

To start off my October tutorials, I decided to go with a look inspired by the original Vamp, Theda Bara. To get the look as accurate as possible I used a 1917 magazine cover as my inspiration. I always prefer to use magazine illustrations, since they give a much better insight into what makeup shades were actually being used. I know it doesn't look "quite right" in colour, hence why I've added some black and white clips at the end to show how much that changes the look. (I feel I should also note that Theda Bara would have worn a lot more makeup in films than I applied here, especially when it came to "foundation". Early stars had to apply a heavy grease-paint all over their faces to make it look "normal" to the blue-sensitive early film types. It's always fun to play "spot the naked hands" when watching silent films. When someone has very tanned or dirty looking hands compared to their face, its because they applied greasepaint to their face but not to their hands!)

Products used:
*Homemade Foundation Powder and Lipstick were made from recipes in this book: amzn.to/2qiBoWo
*Pure Anada eyeshadow in Java: tidd.ly/164f27cb
*Pure Anada Eyeliner in Black: tidd.ly/e0674eb3
*Pure Anada Blush in Forever Summer: tidd.ly/66c78ed

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