80’s Make-up; wasn’t it great!

[MrsCatE]

Nostalgia from another thread.
Anyone remember multiple eyeshadows?! I used to have bonkers palettes and do mad combinations e.g inner corner would be fluorescent pink, middle would be shimmer, outer purple - normally set in stone with wetted brush! Then crease emphasised with deeper colour and brow bone highlighted with more shimmer. Coloured mascara was a thing plus I may have had matching eyebrows on occasion! However, I was on the London club scene. As for clothes . . . I yanked myself into a black, PVC dress (talcum powder involved - then baby oil) - then was too chicken shit to take my coat off. Sigh. I would love to yell at my younger self - ‘you look amazing - get that coat off!!’ (plus that’s the last time you’ll ever be able to pull off a size 6 latex dress )

And I forgot the insane ‘v shaped’ blusher and intentionally outlined lips

I wore a silver miners lipstick I loved it so much. Still quest for a dupe.

I’d forgotten about that! Bonkers! Thanks @Nitgel

Heather Shimmer anyone?

What brilliant memories! Do you have any pics from the time?

@catinboots21

Heather Shimmer anyone?

I believe that one is still around, isn’t it a lipstick from Rimmel? I think I have bought it a few years ago and it’s a really classic colour.

My teen daughter is currently wearing silver flicky eyeliner, so it’s not all boring out there at the moment.

I loved it so much! I used to have so much fun seeing how many colours I could get on an eye lid!

I was only born in the (late) 80s as apposed to wearing make up in it, but never understand why Heather Shimmer gets pulled out on these threads every time in a “kitsche” way, it’s a brilliant colour! As @LaBellina says it’s a really classic, neutral type colour. Rimmel do a hydrating version that’s really nice on and looks really subtle. Definitely not in the league of silver lipstick and blue eyeshadow. There’s a cafe latte shimmer or similarly named in the same range that’s of a similar tone and that’s really nice as well.

Oh 80s make-up
I was a teenager in the 80s

I loved bronzey/gold eyeshadow (Barry M Dazzle Dust anyone , apply with a damp brush ) with navy eyeliner and mascara (I have brown eyes )

Eyebrows plucked within a inch of their lives to a "tadpole" shape but instead of a gentle arch they had definite angular look

I used to have long top layers / cropped at the neck hair , more volume the better !

80s makeup with the 80s hair. My spiral perm had 98 rollers ....

Glitterbugs dab on glitter powder by 17. Roll-on fruit flavoured clear lipgloss.

I'm not a s and b regular, but saw this in active and yes, it was a fun time to be a young woman playing around.

Did anyone have colour change lipstick from Avon? Ha ..no idea what the point of that was because you couldn't tell what colour it was until you put it on. It reacted to heat I think!

Also, we were all mad for Bonbon boots17. It was a frosty minky colour.

Wella Flex shampoo and conditioner because the four tins of Bristows firm hold hairspray took it's toll.

I was born in the 1980s so I wasn't old enough to wear the makeup, but I absolutely love the hair & makeup styles and wish I could have been old enough to have done it!

Heather shimmer is my go-to!

Did anyone have colour change lipstick from Avon

There was a green one , IIRC U;traGlow ?
Meant to give you your perfect shade as it reacted to your pH (or some ther waffle )

I always had a makeup palette in my Christmas stocking as a teen.

I remember Jackie magazine telling us to wash our makeup brushes regularly. I’ll confess, I never bothered!

My Dmum was an Avon lady (when it actually paid and wasn't mlm) so I had loads of unpopular coloured cosmetics.
What I sorely lacked in skill was compensated with rabid enthusiasm and my dedication to more is more.

The 80's were very forgiving for try hards like me and apart from one of two tatty Polaroid no evidence remains

I was a teenage goth in the mid-80s. I wore black or blue blusher in a straight line along my cheekbones. I had a Biba red eyeshadow. I had dyed black, crimped,spiked hair and wore white theatrical panstick. Chanel used to do a white loose powder that was amazing.

Obvs I wore massive amounts of black eyeliner and used to copy make up from pictures of Siouxsie Sioux.

I used to go to Goth and alternative nightclubs and my boyfriends wore more makeup than me. Damn I had fun. Growing up in the 80s was the best

My brothers were the same DDevil mascara and eyeliner, hair streaked with a crochet hook and ripped inner tube and the stack of plastic bangles showing off the 3/4 sleeve of the massive shouldered blazers.

I longed for crimpers in my punk phase. My peroxide mohawk was often floppy and disappointing regardless of the Insett.

When I look back at the 80s I just think that the blokes looked amazing with eyeliner!

Remember the Brut smell at 7pm on Fridays?
You could smell it on every single street like a mushroom cloud of maleness!
That and Old Spice are truly nostalgic for me.

No7 Plum Beautiful and Blusher tins from M&S.

@TheVolturi

When I look back at the 80s I just think that the blokes looked amazing with eyeliner!

Yes! Love a bloke in eyeliner. Never managed to persuade dh...