(not so) Marylin Monroe

Everyone who does vintage has their own Marylin Monroe makeup look so I thought why not do the same? But me being me I had to change it just a smidgen (a lot) so it ended up looking only slightly Marylin-esq but stunning all the same (well I think it is).

I probably should have done like a photo tutorial or something to go along with this post but that thought did not occur to me at the time so instead I shall show you some vainly posed pictures of me and explain what makeup I used.
For this look I decided to tone the eyes down with thin eyeliner and make the lips the main focal point.
I'll start with my foundation, it's collection 2000 Lasting Perfection (shade) ivory 2 then I applied some concealer onto my, ehem, blemishes and under my eyes for a but of a brighter look. Concealer by George at Asda Walmart (shade) light 01.
My blusher is a one I found in a Givenchy pallet I have from a while back sadly it does not tell me the shade on the back though so I'll tell you that it was basically just a light pink.
I have one of those 120 eyeshadow plattes that you get from eBay (not sure if any of you know of them) and I used the 2nd brown colour on my eyebrows. I also made my eyebrows thicker as opposed to my usual thin-ish brow look.
On my eyes I started with a MUA beige colour (shade) 17 then applied MUA (shade) 22 under my eyebrow as a highlighter. Then on my brow bone I used the 2nd lightest grey in the 120 eye pallet and not satisfied with the look i covered over the MUA 17 with a white from the pallet which turned out rather nice.
My eyeliner (on top lid) is Collection 2000 Extreme 24 hour felt tip liner which I ADORE! and on the outside of the bottom lid I used Collection 2000 Kohl liner in black. I only lined the corner of my eye though as I find that if I go all the way along my eye looks smaller.
I used NYC Show Time mascara which I am obsessed with. I have three unused tubes sitting in my makeup bag, that's how much I love it.
The lipstick Is Dior Diorific (shade) 013 Rouge Bingo Roulette Red, it is one of the best lipsticks I have had in a long while, then on top to give it a shine I applied a Lancome lip glass (shade) 110.
My powder press is also Collection 2000 (shade) 18 ivory.
And like I said me being me I added a non-Marylin hairstyle (a Gibson Girl to be exact)

 Excuse the pink strawberry dressing gown but it's just so comfy!

An aerial view of my hair. All I did was hang my head upside down, twist the hair then make it into a small bun at the front of my head, didn't even take a minuet.

Have a go at doing your own Marylin Monroe look, I'd love to hear about them.
Till next time folks,
Laura Lou x