Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Dupe this Look: Mad Men

Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
I just love the look on popular AMC series Mad Men. The 1960's gave us two of beauty's greatest looks: the winged cat eye and the red lip. I wanted to recreate this look because of its Marilyn Monroe appeal and how much it's influenced the way women look today, decades after.
My copy cat of this Joan Holloway look was pretty simple: emphasize the eyes, keep everything matte and rock that red lip.  I used MAC eyeshadow in Blanc Type to cover my whole lid and drew on a very dramatic wing, only adding a very light and thin line of liner on my lower lashline. I skipped the bronzer for this look since women of that time kept their skin looking porcelain with just a dab of a cheek color (I used Rock & Republic's Kinky, a matte shocking pink). I finished my look by lining my lips entirely in MAC's best red lip liner, Brick and topped it off with a matte MAC lipstick Vegas Volt. Don't forget to apply a thick and full set of falsies!

10 comments:

  1. What a coincidence! I'm rocking VG Cyndi today so I kind of have a Mad Men influenced-look today!

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  2. that looks lovely on u!! I soo wish viva glam cyndi looked good on me..it looks beautiful on you and duped the look so well!!

    http://icosmeticrn.blogspot.com/

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  3. you look so cute! i was actually thinking of a light glamourous look for my cousins wedding since im a bridesmaid. im thinking of doing this! :)

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  4. AHHHHHHH!!!
    YOU LOOK SO CUTE!
    The first picture is perfection, I love the hair and the pearls! :))

    What's Mad Men really about? My bf and I need something new do watch, and everyone and their mother watches Mad Men. I dunno how much of an office drama (?) I can get into. Is it more than just business? Im intrigued. Plus, Christina Hendricks is WAY hot.

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  5. u look gorgeous! this look really suits u x

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  6. thanks dolls!.. I actually do NOT watch Mad Men so i have no idea what it's about but I DO love Christina Hendricks AND January Jones!

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  7. BTW..I just tagged you to do a happy 101 tag..it was so much fun to do..I hope you will do it!

    http://icosmeticrn.blogspot.com/2010/08/happy-101-tag-this-was-fun.html

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  8. I love the winged eye...I also love how you added the pearls, it pulled the whole look together. Thanks for stopping by Rose~Sea, please feel free to follow my blog as I will yours :)
    xoxo...Rosie
    http://rose-sea.blogspot.com/

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  9. This is super cute! Love that look on you & the pearls ;-)

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