A girl named Norma Jean Baker was a factory worker when her fateful meeting with photographer David Convoyer took place. This event marked the beginning of Norma's stellar career, now known to the whole world under the pseudonym Marilyn Monroe.
What is hidden behind the stage image of a movie star?
Marilyn is the indisputable standard of sexuality, combined with naivety. Having become a world-class actress, she could not get rid of her shortcoming: self-doubt. Demons of doubt and depression haunted her throughout her life, but Marilyn boldly went forward in her profession, despite the pain and suffering that she had to endure.
One minute of broadcast in Hollywood cost thirty-five thousand dollars. At the same time, they remembered her: even this fact did not stop her from perfectionist inclinations. She was still constantly late for shooting due to the endless remaking of makeup. This manifested her deep discontent with herself. Marilyn Monroe without makeup was not a phenomenal beauty, probably, like any girl. But she had a very pretty appearance, and such self-determination was the result of heavy emotions, fears, and depression.
However, one way or another, she became a true legend: cheerful and cheerful-looking, deeply unhappy inside. Marilyn always tried to be perfect, as if behind makeup she could mask her self. And it was not bad for her.
Marilyn Makeup
In 1946, Alan Snyder became the personal makeup artist of the actress. He used such techniques that gave her a truly fabulous look. The secrets and tricks of Marilyn Monroe in makeup mostly belonged to the hand of this maestro of style.
Many girls would like to look like the beautiful Marilyn. What are the subtleties of her makeup and how to reproduce a stellar image? Let's look at everything in order.
In general, her image is quite simple, but contains a lot of tricks.
Eyes
Marilyn herself considered one of the sexiest parts of the body … eyelids. The shining shade, shaded for centuries, does not strike the eye like other makeup components. But it is no less important in creating the image of a film star. Also, several types of eyeliner are used in the makeup of the star: a mandatory attribute is a radiant contour, as well as black colors. Sometimes in photos of Marilyn you can see double arrows. In some images, black eyeliner is not so noticeable, Alan Snyder used it, only emphasizing the line of eyelashes. An important part was shaping the eyebrows.
Looking at photos of Marilyn Monroe without makeup, you can see that in some ways her beauty was quite ordinary. What her eyes see was mostly the result of skillful makeup techniques.
The real Marilyn was very different from the stage image that she tried to imagine.
Another integral component of the actress's makeup was fluffy false eyelashes. To make them look more natural, Snyder, at the request of the actress, shortened them a little.
Face tone
Monroe was the owner of a very light skin tone. She washed her face many times a day, and also applied a large number of layers of petroleum jelly to her face. But this behavior was rather compulsive. You can not be compared to Marilyn in such details and just moisturize your skin well before makeup.
Important was the application of tone. Marilyn was very beautiful, but in fact she did not possess perfect proportions in everything. A wide nose was one of the sources of its complexes. For Marilyn Monroe without makeup, this slight flaw became a little noticeable. But almost nobody guesses her embarrassment of that time. Looking at her photos, people see only the legendary style icon.
So, one of the tasks of Alan Snyder was sculpting - creating with the help of powder different shades of visibility of ideal proportions. Those parts that were supposed to be visually smaller were adjusted with darker shades. Then a small amount of blush was applied.
