10 Beauty Trends Over the Years

Curl Wave

Sep 2, 1940

In the 1940's because women were helping in the war in the factories they were encouraged to have shorter hair. This way it would not be a hazard and get caught in anything. To make it more stylish women added a curl wave to the basic short cut. Image from pinterest.com.

Cat Eye Sunglasses

Sep 30, 1950

These style of sunglasses became popular in the 1950's after the war had finished and women moved back to working in the household. They were designed to make eyeglasses more unique and centered toward women. They wanted to give them more feminine look. Image from pinterest.com.

Prominent Eyelashes

Aug 18, 1960

In the 1960's teenagers looked to wearing more natural makeup and wanted to focus more on larger looking eyes. The eyewear became less of a trend and the focus was more on the lashes. They no longer wanted heavily made up faces. Image from pinterest.com.

Shimmer

Jul 20, 1970

Women because of the disco beauty trends. Women were more in the spotlight and wanted to show just this. They began to wear black mascara, shimmery eyeshadow, and white eyeliner to show all of the glitz and glam they wanted in their new found spotlight to the attention on them. Image from hair-and-makeup-artist.com.

Bold Eyeshadow

Jun 18, 1980

Women during this time were gaining more empowerment and were trying to make a stament of being more self respected. Through there makeup they wanted to do this as well. They wanted bold eyesa and bright blush to accentuate their cheekbones. Image from tumblr.com.

Face Framing Tendrils

May 11, 1990

Women now were all about girl power a term dealing with empowerment. This is were tendrils came in. They are two pieces of hair pulled out of a ponytail or bun to look more effortless and appear that they were not trying to hard for a perfect look. Image from cosmopolitan.com.

Chunky Highlights

Nov 21, 2000

Feel good fashion was the new up and coming thing during this time. Women were all about fashion and beauty trends looking more into the future and becoming more conservative. The boldness though came into their hair trends with lots of color and highlights. Image from pinterest.com

Eyebrows

Dec 18, 2014

Bold eyebrows became all of the trend in 2014. Forget the skinny little eyebrows, they are now looked to define your face and be filled in to give the appearance of a fuller look like you were born with it that way. All kinds of products from pencils to mascaras have been create to do just this. Image from glamour.com.

Eyeliner

Jun 13, 2015

While eyeliner has been around for a while the look of a thin line has gone out of style now it is all about wings and everything in between. Double wings, smugging, and and lines off of the eyes are now in. You can see this trend all around the runways and streets. People everywhere are now trying to perfect their new liner looks. Image from pinterest.com.

Contouring

Sep 10, 2015

Contouring has becoming very popular recently. Its all about the highlighting and bronzing to give the appearance of highlighted facial features. Giving your face a whole new shape and look. Products have been flying off with shelves helping to do just this. It seems every makeup brand now has a pallete to do this. Image from hercampus.com.