Marilyn Monroe Makeup Tutorial: Recreate Her Iconic 1950s Hollywood Look

How do you do Marilyn Monroe's makeup? In this tutorial I'm showing you step by step how to create her iconic signature look - the "sleepy eyes," perfectly defined red lips, sculpted brows and camera-ready contour that defined 1950s Hollywood glamour. This timeless Marilyn makeup look, so deeply embedded in popular culture as the ultimate bombshell aesthetic, was honed and perfected throughout her career. Pinpointing exact products is tricky since her makeup artist -the legendary Allan "Whitey" Snyder - never revealed all her secrets. Many of his techniques were specifically designed for the lighting, film stock, and camera lenses of the era. But I've always found it fascinating to research the tricks behind Marilyn's makeup, and you can still see manifestations of these techniques in modern beauty trends today. In this tutorial, I've created an illustrative guide to Marilyn's makeup techniques, inspired by her most glamorous red carpet moments. This is just a bit of makeup history fun, and I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it! Love, Lisa Xx WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: - Marilyn Monroe's skin prep routine, including her famous Vaseline trick for achieving a soft-focus glow - Marilyn Monroe's eye makeup technique: brown eyeliner application, false lash placement, and the clever shading method that created her signature "sleepy eyes" - Subtle eye-brightening details she used to define her eyes, including an unexpected red dot placed in the inner corners - Con