90S MAKEUP: TUTORIAL TO TRANSFORM YOURSELF INTO A GRUNGE GIRL

When we talk about 90s make-up, for many Alfemminile readers, we mean reliving the years of days at school, of first loves, of some cult TV series that have made millions of kids crazy, of the most beautiful and famous supermodels of all times and bands. But not only that! Are you ready to go back with us only 20 years? Follow the tutorial, but first watch this video below.

Makeup of the "90s: history and icons of an" era

Ugly or beautiful, the 90s are characterized by an infinite series of events. Two terrible wars, the one in the Gulf and the one in Bosnia and Kosovo, which irremediably involve Italy too, where the period is already particularly sad: it is impossible not to mentioning the Mafia massacres in Capaci and the Mani Pulite investigation which involved various Italian politicians including ministers, deputies, senators, but also entrepreneurs and former Prime Minister. The political system in Italy, therefore, was going through a moment that was anything but rosy.
In this period, however, the first internet connections and the first websites begin to appear, the first mobile phones, video recorders, Walkman and CD players begin to spread. In short, everything you need to call, listen to music, watch videos and play!

In the 90's there was a boom in TV series and some cult films that are still seen and reviewed today. A few examples? Matrix, Trainspotting, Ghost, Pulp Fiction, Armageddon, Titanic!
Not to mention boybands like i Backstreet Boys (raise your hand if you didn't have a poster in the room !?) and the debut of the first girl bands led by the inimitable Spice Girls. Here's to understand something more about 90s makeup, we could take inspiration from them.

The main features of 90s makeup

The 90s makeup is definitely more natural than the 80s makeup, and we can define it in some way, even cleaner, without excess.
The main focus is on skin care and hydration, and the unstoppable success of medicine and cosmetic surgery begins: botox to smooth out wrinkles on the forehead, or blepharoplasty to rejuvenate the eyes.

Let's see in detail the main features of the 90s makeup:

Base: the foundation in the 90s is light, almost imperceptible and the texture must blend with the skin.
Blush: the favorite blush is light and often tends to be combined with the color of the lipstick. The most used colors are: peach, mauve, brown, to be adapted accordingly to your complexion.
Eyebrows: The 90s are also "infamous" for the return of thin eyebrows (and wild twisting!). If you are a victim of it, check out how to fill in your brows here!
Eyes: the eye makeup of the 90s was really simple: a dark smokey eyes with the eye also surrounded by black pencil, almost smudged. The favorite color was blue, in the shimmer or glitter version. Because of its simplicity, this type of makeup is still very popular today.
Lips: For the lips we tended to prefer colors such as brick or red brown. But the 90s are famous for the fashion of the lip contour that is darker than the center of the lips. This trend is thankfully gone, because let's face it, it wasn't very glamorous!

90's make-up: the face base

We will dedicate the broadest paragafrafo of the 90s make-up to the face. The skin in this period must be rigorously opaque and defined in every detail. excellent result while using very little product. In general, women start to become more demanding and expect great performance from the make-up products they buy. Brands act accordingly: for this reason the products from covering and colored also become luminous, reflect the light and flatten In short, they begin to become multi-tasking and more intelligent, that is, able to adapt to the new needs of the female world.
In the 90s, the complexion of the skin darkens by at least two tones compared to the original color, and often glitter is also used on the body for special occasions!
The blush takes up the shades of the lips, and always remains rather neutral, more like an earth than a real pink blush. The first liquid blushes also appear, which are applied in small drops by tapping with your fingers to blend.

In summary, what do you need for a face base in perfect 90s style? Moisturizing foundation and concealer with a light texture, then mattifying with powder, contouring with earth / blush trying to restore the natural shadows of the face, without exaggerating.
Finally, definition of the eyebrows, which even if the trend wants thin, let's leave them as natural as possible!

90s eye makeup

In 90s makeup, the eyes are surrounded by a slight smoky effect, in shades of brown and beige and sometimes even black pencil or even eyeliner to define the look.
The "ideal to catapult into the 90s" is to do a blue smokey eyes and add a tone-on-tone metallic eyeshadow to the center of the eyelid. You could do the same thing by using a shade of green.
To complete it all, we can use the black writing pencil and useful to outline the whole eye, even along the upper lash line. Finally, a good dose of mascara to volumize the lashes and open the eyes.

How to make up your lips in the 90s

Last but not least, let's deal with the topic of lips. The undisputed trend is that of brick red. All the girls had at least one brick red lipstick in their makeup bag, which they used to fill in the center of their lips after edging the contour with a dark brown pencil. If you are thinking that the final effect was horrible, you are absolutely right, but that's not all. To finish the lip make-up, a pearl gloss was also used that gave a frost effect ... thrilling! In some cases, you could decide to use only a dark pencil on the lip contour and then fill the center with a pearl gloss.

Easy 90s makeup tutorial

Here is an "idea to be exploited to transform into 90s grunge". Follow the steps below.

First of all, dedicated to the face base. As we have seen, it will have to be darker than usual and you can get it with a foundation that is 1 or 2 tones darker than yours. Set everything with the powder and also do a light contouring with the earth. Don't apply blush right away, but switch to eye makeup.
Define your brows first, but keep in mind that if you are recreating 90s makeup you don't have to shave them to make them appear thinner. Even if the trend wants super-thin brows, you can just define and set your naturals with a clear gel. .
On the eyes after applying a primer to make the eyeshadows adhere better, use a matte dark blue as a base and then dab a little blue color but this time metallic. At this point take a black pencil and fill the lower and upper inner rhyme , to have a complete edging of the eye. Apply a volumizing black mascara to finish.
At this point, take care of the lip makeup and after having applied a brown pencil on the outline, blend it slightly and then fill in the center with a lighter brown lipstick (brick type). Apply a pearl gloss in the center.
Finally apply the blush, to be chosen similar to the color of the lipstick.