How to: 1960s Pin-Up Girl Eyes

I was watching the 1960s version of Batman the other night and as much fun as it was to laugh at the cheesy renditions of the Joker and the Riddler, it was the Cat Woman who really caught my eye.

Lee Meriwether was strikingly beautiful in the movie, and some of her allure can be attributed to her 1960s pin-up girl eye makeup: Big, long (fake) eyelashes; thick, black (liquid) eyeliner on her upper lids; and a touch of eye shadow to top it all off.

Makeup in the 1960s really was at its prime. The look had finally shifted from the “siren pout” (in the 1950s) to be all about the eyes. In my opinion, a welcome change.

As I was silently admiring Cat Woman’s beauty, one of my guy friends piped up with a comment that affirmed my though process. “I wish women still wore eye makeup like that,” he said.

Lucky for the modern woman (and my guy friends), 1960s eyes are making a comeback! I swear, I didn’t make this up. Check out Katy Perry, Alicia Keys and Lauren Conrad channeling their inner Marlyin Monroes.

And this retro-glam look is actually very easy to create. Hub Pages has some great advice on how to do it. All you’ll need is:

+Liquid eyeliner
+Foundation
+Fake lashes or a really excellent lengthening AND thickening mascara
+White eye shadow
+White eyeliner
+Another eye shadow color (blues and greens were very popular in the 60s)

1. Apply foundation all over your eyelids.

2. Apply white eyeshadow all over your eyelids and blend it.

3. Use your liquid eyeliner to line your eyelids close to your lash line from the inner corner of our eye all the way along the outer corner. Then, go over the line again, making it thicker at the outer half of the eye.

4. Apply medium color all over your eyelids and blend it up into the crease and up on the brown bone, but not up to the brow. The white shadow should still be visible.

5. Apply false lashes, if you have them.

6. Then apply mascara. Start the wand at the base of your lashes then gantly zig zag it from side to side while combing through the lashes. Make sure that every lash is coated. Apply a heavy coat to bottom lashes as well.

7. After the first coat of mascara is dry, apply a second. Allow you lashes to stick together (this was actually a sought-after look in the 1960s).

8. Top off your look with a generous coat of white eyeliner on the inside of your eyes along the top and bottom lash line. This helps open up your eyes and make them look bigger.

I really like to pair this eye with red lipstick, or a pink lip gloss, (such as Nivia Pink Glossy Lip Care).

Okay ladies, lets give Cat Woman a run for her money!