Backstage

The Second World War (1939-1945), protagonist of the first five years of this decade, only moderately affected the film industry in Hollywood, who saw in these years the emergence of big players (come Cary Grant, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Henry Fonda , Humphrey Bogart e Ingrid Bergman) and the creation of memorable film productions (Casablanca, Kane).

Despite the current technology already ventilasse the possibility to realize color film (Techincolor), most of the films were still in black and white, because of technical difficulties and high costs of production (3:1 compared to white and black). It has in fact, that 1947 the production of color films represented only 12% of the total.

For this reason, the make-up was not particularly upset over prior to the '30s, but it represented a natural evolution.

(Rita Hayworth, 1946)

(Katharine Hepburn,1940)

The trick is natural, Portable, eyebrows have returned to their proper volume, frame the eye in a rounded design 'wing swallow'. Born the use of false eyelashes make-up of the great Hollywood actresses: long hair mink were glued to the end of the eyelid creating a completely natural and invisible to the eye of the beholder.

In these years is the mouth to dominate the scene: The design on the upper lip is rounded, As in the '30s, but until you zoom out often from his natural design (Judy Garland's pensi a, Veronica Lake, Katharine Hepburn o Rita Hayworth) while the lower lip will copy the volume, but assumes a drawing squared, wide and low to near the edge of the mouth.

Red (or auburn) is the dominant color in the colors of the hair of the hottest actresses in recent years.. because it was noticed that these shades were better defined and more readable by the film in shades of black and white.

(40s Makeup)

(40s Makeup)

The realization of the make up 40s

Starting from the base, I have stretched a fund fat pink tint and color not too distant dall'incarnato Model, on which I subsequently realized the light and shade, light on the nose, a little’ higher for the definition of the outline of the face and upper eyelid.

On the upper eyelid also have better defined the lash line with black pencil, then vanished in the direction of the eyebrow, thus creating a shadow which reaches up to approximately half the height of the eyelid.

On the lower eyelid I then spread a very light eye shadow color brown, Slightly faded to white below the height of the eyebrows.

The eyebrows were combed and filled with a light watercolor eyeliner color light brown (suitable for blonde hair)

Even cheekbones were dug by chiaroscuro, and cheeks rosy colors in a gradient.

I did not zoom operations on the mouth because it was already visible on the face, but I limited myself to redraw the boundary and inner edges blend it in with a darker color to give depth.

Features of the trick:

Hair characteristics: