DRAMATIC MAKEUP USING 50 YEAR OLD VINTAGE COSMETICS
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This is an experimental make-up session using the original (un-opened) Biba make-up from the early 70's. I had no idea what look I was going for when I started and just went with the flow. I have a huge selection of the original make-up so just put lots of shades on the make-up table and picked up various colours I felt would work as I went along.
I chose Claudia Devlin to apply this look to, not just because she's amazing but also because I feel she really fits the Biba aesthetic and her face really inspired me. Working with these products, developed using the technology of the late 60's, was an eye opener. No crease proof, long lasting formulations for a start. Also the very high pigment levels plus no silicones means a lot more blending!! Interesting enough once the make-up was finished all it took was one quick wipe over with make-up remover and everything was completely gone…this make-up was not designed to last!
I hope you enjoy watching this little bit of make-up history come to life!
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Still have my Biba eye shadows in deep purple black and magenta shades, my Biba crayons, and lip sticks. All glorious shades of deep purple/blue hues and I do wear them. Haven’t ruined my skin.
The model looks like she came from the past
she did she’s from 2011
vintage
This is not even a make-up! This is art!!! Bravo Lisa, very very beautiful!!!
makeup is art when done in the spirit of creativity, not necessarily beauty 🙂
I think what makes this look so fashionable is that the eyebrows are left untouched. Were Lisa to shape them I think it would look like she was trying too hard, but this look is bold but also incredibly chic. I wish this was acceptable to wear in public XD
If you like it, wear it and rock it! If it makes you happy, do it.
you should wear it anyway! we all have the option to try and break societal expectations 🙂 I def plan on wearing something like this in public
You can totally pull it off I have it is very ok forget what people feel 🙂
I was around in the 70’s and wore a lot of her (Biba) make-up, in fact, I had several of these eye shadows, especially the lavender (we just said “purple” back then), and also her yummy blushes! and we weren’t afraid to color our cheeks with them, either. We LOVED our blushes!!! 🤗
Miss the make-up we had back in the 70’s. I still have a few items in the back of my drawers. A few perfumes, too. Could never bring myself to toss them out.
They don’t make make-up today like they used to. Didn’t realize back then that we had it so good. Thanks again for this great video trip down memory lane. 😘
I wished I had a palette of just those colors for modern shadows. This is so beautiful.
Get Natasha Denona to do a Biba 2……
I’m a makeup artist of twenty years and going strong, for celebrities and fashion, I just heave to tell you that you never cease to amaze, delight, inspire and enlighten me. I adore your talent, knowledge, skill, and generosity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your sharing <3
Yes! She is pretty amazing!
+Jacqueline Kalab Thank so much Jacqueline X
This isn’t just makeup… this is pure art
Well m8 makeup is pure art.
no lie, she kinda looks like Emily from the Corpse bride
I’m a Doe 😂😂😂
Claudia looks like a doll
I would love it if you could recreate the Biba look using modern makeup that is currently available 🙂
Rachael I feel like this could be recreated with color pop cosmetics. I’m not familiar with them but they seem to have a nice color range with many finishes.
+Shannon Mooney thank you!
Mary Greenwell has in a video. Search “Mary Greenwell Biba”
Wow. the color and the blending is so beautiful its like a water colur painting.
This reminds me of Bowie ;-;
Same era
I remember having a “china doll” blouse like what the model is wearing when I was in high school. Wore it with jeans. Ahhh the 70’s. Loved that era. Disco, long straight swinging hair, angel sleeves and Steely Dan. Gas was 25 cents a gallon and my friends and I used to sneak into clubs and drink grasshoppers and brandy alexanders. Those were the good ol days.
Can I be real? ‘Instagram’ makeup only looks good on specific eye and face shapes and it feels lile if you can’t look instagram perfect your makeup isn’t good or worth it… What happened to originality and fun with makeup? 🙁
To be vintage it all kept very well! The pigmentation looks better than many modern products. I’m also currently adding higgity piggity to my vocab, tysm.
I think it’s higgledy piggledy 😉
This was awesome. So many people only equate the ’70s with the disco era. The early ’70s were amazing. Thanks.
@Tina Colandrea started late 1974 and came on in full force in 1975.
Indeed! actually the disco era was late70s-ea80s, the ea70s ‘deco’ style was totally diff. 🙂 i like both.
Ha, yeah that or hippies…
this is the most beautiful makeup look i’ve ever seen.
I find that makeup without eye liner looks so beautiful, as if your skin is actually that colour in a way
Either or. Both look nice, Liner gives a finished look, but maybe try hard. I sometimes skip mascara myself. But I’m no expert!
I agree with you. In my case, I hardly use eye liner because somehow I feel that it ruins the eyeshadow colours that I am wearing
I still have my crayons from Biba in Kensington High Street. They are almost completely used, but I kept them so much I love them. I didn’t realize they were vintage! I don’t know how many years I used them! I never had a skin problem because of them, lucky me! 🙂 I am still using a Mary Quant palette from the same period that I love so much too!
I certainly miss this big department store, I loved going there…
Yael Bolender wish I’d kept mine, had a Mary quant palette and Biba make up fabulous colours and memories