Beauty Icons - Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson is the first of my beauty idols. The blonde bombshell playmate is one of the most beautiful women ever (in my opinion)! Her look involves ALOT of makeup and consists of the classic smoky cat eye, over lined lips and beautiful bronzed skin. This is how I achieved my take on Pammy’s makeup.

What you will need:

Foundation – heavy coverage

Concealer

Neutral based shadow (preferably with a gold shimmer)

Black eye shadow

Black eyeliner (gel or kohl)

Mascara

Eyelashes

Brown lip liner

Neutral lipstick

Bronzer

Highlighter

How to create the look....

1.       Start by using a heavy coverage foundation and blend all over the face.

2.       Next we need to fill in the brows. Pamela’s brows are not too dark so use an ashy shade. I used a shadow and an angled brush. You will need to create a rounded brow that it not too thick.

3.       Using a blending brush, like a MAC 217 to apply the neutral shadow all over the lip up to the socket line.

4.       This next bit is where it can get a little tricky, take the black eye shadow on a brush like the MAC 219 and apply from the outer corner of the socket line 2/3 of the way in. To find where to start the colour uses a makeup brush to measure from the corner of the nose to the outer corner of the brow – I hope that makes sense. One you have applied the shadow you need to blend, blend, blend (use a blending brush like the MAC 217). Repeat this step until you have the desired look. After blending you should have a nice gradient with no harsh lines.

5.       Take the black shadow and join the line you have created from step 4 and bring the shadow done to the top lash line just on the outer corner.

6.       Apply black liner along the top lash line, bottom and top water line.

7.       Before you apply mascara conceal under the eye. Because black eye shadow was used concealing at the stage means if there is any fallout you can clean it up really easily.

8.       Now apply plenty of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

9.       While the mascara is drying it is time to bronze. Pamela has a California bronze look so we do not want to contour we want to create a tanned look. To achieve this you need to apply the bronzer to the high points of your face (across the nose and cheek bones, along the forehead and chin). Like when contouring make sure you blend the bronzer really well.

10.   Now back to the eyes, get some lovely fluttery lashes that tapper out at the ends and apply to the top lashes.

11.   On to lips, to create a Pamela Anderson type look you need to really over line the lips. Once you have applied to lip liner use a clean brush to blend the line but leave the outer edge quite strong. Then apply a neutral lipstick.

12.   Finally apply highlighter to the cheek and brow bones (a lot of highlighter) and powder where needed.

I know this tutorial was a bit long winded and I hope you managed to bare with it and like the look I created. I hope you try it out for yourselves. Remember have fun with it and don’t be shy with how much make up you apply!

xoxo