Sharon Tate Eye Makeup

As a little kid up in the late 60's, I can remember my mom getting ready to go out.  I used to love watching her apply her makeup.  In the 70's, when I first started using makeup, I can remember asking her how to do my eyes like Sharon Tate's.  Mom would respond, "we all did that look, it was common."  Frankly, she's right.  It was very common.

For the most part, Sharon's entire look was pretty timeless.  Yes, she did wear things that were in style at the time (mini skirts, for example) but many of her clothes could still be worn today.

I've always loved her eye makeup.  The look first became popular in the early 960's when Elizabeth Taylor portrayed "Cleopatra." The look really caught on and became all the rage.  

One person who really was known for wearing this look was Priscilla Presley.  She said Elvis loved this look.  Priscilla was younger than Sharon but looked older due to the extreme black hair and black tones in her makeup. 

While Sharon did wear the eye shadow, liner, mascara and false eyelashes, she used a beige and brown palette instead of the more common daker tones worn by others such as Priscilla.  By the early 1970's, Priscilla had toned down her look to let her natural beauty shine through.  No matter what kind of makeup Sharon wore, her natural beauty was always obvious.

Where'd this makeup style come from?  I've always wondered if her makeup was done by some makeup artist who might've done Greta Garbo's eye makeup.  Garbo's heyday was in the 1930's to early 1940's.  It makes sense that one of her makeup artists still might've been in Hollywood or in Europe.  Look at the photos and do a comparison. 

They both wore the line in the crease, thin brows (although Sharon changed her eyebrows occasionally) and the makeup really suited the shape of their eyes.

Her makeup changed a bit through the years but it was still a classic look.  I do a variation of it to this day.

Pictures of Sharon in Eye of the Devil:

                                                   Here's a sketch to show you how to do it.  

Okay this has nothing to do with Sharon's eye makeup, but since we're discussing it on the blog, I'm adding this video:

 Submitted by Venus!  Thanks Venus!