'Vintage Vera' Makeup Look // Makeup Your Mondays

 I'm a bit of a 'Vintage Vera'. That's what I like to call people that wish they were born in the 50s/60s and I am definitely one of those people. I love a good Peter Pan collar, bouffant and shift dress so I thought I'd show you how to do my classic, retro cat eye makeup. With an added red lip of course.

Having already done my base, these are my eyes with a light shimmery shade all over the lid. I used my Sleek palette but any is okay, the eyeshadow isn't too important.

Here I've blended a darker shimmery taupe around the edges of the lids and slightly into the crease just for a litte definition.

This is how I begin my cat-eye. I start just drawing a line from the edge of my eye up towards my eyebrow. This line can be as long or as thick as you like.

I then join up the 'flick' in the previous picture by taking my eyeliner right to the inner corners of my eyes, really close to the lash line.

Now I just add in my brows and mascara.

Sometimes I also like the line the top inside of my eye with pencil eyeliner (I know it sounds odd!) just to make the lashes look fuller and thicker.

I then add the lips and for this I used the Maybelline ColourDrama Matte Lip Pencil in 'Red Essential' which is a gorgeous deep really vintage red, deeper than it looks in the photo. It's a dream to apply but is not drying at all.

 This is the finished look. I love it because it allows me to feel like a child of the swinging sixties! Sometimes if I'm feeling crazy and daring I also add a bouffant hairstyle like this. I slightly back comb the underneath then grip it down into a ponytail at the back. It's a really quick way to add some character to your look.

The products that are essential for me in this look; L'oreal Superliner Perfect Slim in Intense Black and the Maybelline ColourDrama Lip Pencil in 'Red Essential'