Becoming Marlene Dietrich: Her 1930s Makeup Look

How to get the 1930s makeup look of Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich. A trailblazing style icon for women, Dietrich's stunning androgynous style still inspires. Makeup and hair by @retrofrog for GlamourDaze. Hollywood beauty time travel. Marlene Dietrich was a German 1920s stage and theatre actor. Her breakthrough silent film was The Woman One Longs For (1929) which helped start her Hollywood career at MGM. It was here that the great Max Factor created her iconic femme fatale makeup look. Making her eyes ( under pencil thin painted brows) larger with top heavy eyeshadow. Teamed with well defined lips and prominent cheekbones, Marlene Dietrich's look transfixed both male and female moviegoers. 0:01 Marlene Dietrich Makeup Tutorial Intro 0:21 Foundation. Apply a thick mattifying foundation to the entire face using a sponge. 0:54 Eyebrows. Draw thin, arched eyebrows using taupe eyeshadow. I shaved my brows for this look, but you can find eyebrow cover online to achieve a similar effect. 1:26 Eyeshadow. Generously cover the entire eyelid up to the eyebrow with ivory eyeshadow. Apply grey and brown shadow to the crease of the upper eyelid. Blend the edges with light eyeshadow, making them invisible. Apply grey-brown shadow to the lower eyelid. Draw the line of the upper lashes with a black pencil and fix the line with black shadow. Apply a white pencil to the waterline of the lower eyelid. 3:01 Mascara Apply black mascara to your upper lashes. Use false eyelashes. 3:4