Night Face In The 1970s
The 1970s were the age of disco, and the age of disco was anything but mundane. “With disco music and dance clubs came a whole new type of makeup. It was shimmery, glittery and anything but natural. Smokey eyes and a dark red lip were de rigueur at places like Studio 54, as were jewel toned eye shadows and shimmery cheek colors”(1970s Beauty - A Pretty Addiction). Studio 54 is a former nightclub that was located in Manhattan, and it was a hotspot for partying all night. In the 70s women had two makeup looks; their day face and night face. A woman’s day face was very neutral, but her night face was full of chunky eyeshadow and colored mascara. At night she looked as if she was going to a party, but most nights she was! A woman's day face was supposed to be neutral to not draw attention to herself because she was only supposed to work in the house. A daily look would consist of a slight brow bone highlight to accentuate natural features, white eyeliner to make eyes look brighter, and a slight bit of black mascara concentrated on only her upper eyelashes. However, her nighttime look was when she dressed up and was ready to hit the town, so her makeup was just as exciting as she was. A woman's nighttime look consisted of pastel pink or peach lips with frost or shimmer, raspberry, lavender, or turquoise mascara, and a smokey eye for eyeshadow. During the 1970s, women traveled back to the 20s and tweezed their eyebrows very thin and penciled them in so that they were very dark. Over the entire decade, women were focused on having very luminous and glowy skin. At this time in history, being rail thin was more popular than ever. The 1970s was the decade when eating disorders skyrocketed, and an increasing number of men and women were diagnosed with disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. Women strived to appear as paper thin as possible because, during the era of disco, thin was beautiful. Over the course of the 1970s, a woman was considered beautiful if she was as thin