So, Marilyn used three different colors of eyeliner to get it just right. For the upper lid and wing, she used black liner. For the lower lash line, she used brown, and in the water line, she used white to make the eyes look even bigger.
Revlon Cherries-a-la-Mode Nail Polish. Elizabeth Arden Cream Eyeshadow Stick in Autumn Smoke. One unidentified white product tube. Anita d'Foged Day Dew "Creme Makeup"/Foundation in Ivory Medium (supposedly available here)
Monroe's famous sleepy bedroom eyes are actually a makeup trick, using eye shadow and white eyeliner to elongate the lower lash line to help eyes appear bigger and brighter.
Cut Lashes to Extend Eye Shape. Once again, Marilyn loved full voluminous lashes so Whitey would cut falsies and only apply them to the corners of her lashline.
Marilyn Monroe had bilateral upper eyelid levator dehisence ptosis. This gave her a very long upper eyelid and a hollow upper eyelid sulcus. She actually needed upper eyelid reconstruction but did not live long enough to get it.
Marilyn embraced the idea of dietary balance. While the healthiness of some of her choices could be debated, she definitely aimed to reduce overly-filling foods throughout the day in order to reward herself in the evening.
It's said that Marilyn Monroe originally had an overbite (that was fixed during her time at Columbia pictures) as well as false teeth, which were noted at the time of her death. Sadly, Marilyn Monroe died at the young age of 36 from an overdose of barbituates in 1962.
Marilyn Monroe famously told interviewers that she wore Chanel No. 5 to bed (and nothing else), but it wasn't her only favorite. Like millions of other women, Monroe was a fan of Chanel No 5. However, in 2002, it was revealed that she also had a secret penchant for Floris Rose Geranium.
Monroe famously didn't wear clothes to bed, stating that pyjamas and “creepy nightgowns” disturbed her sleep. What she did wear, however, was five drops of Chanel No. 5, a perfume that she is also said to have added into her ice baths.
Marilyn's famous beauty mark was on her right cheek above her lip. She used to highlight the mole slightly with makeup. While she was alive and thriving in Hollywood, all the young girls and women of America went crazy following the beauty trends she set.
To get her signature on-camera glow, Monroe would apply thick layers of Vaseline or white Nivea Creme under her makeup, while dermatologist Erno Laszlo kept her well stocked in his Phormula 3-9—a reparative botanical balm, specially created to heal a scar of hers—and Active Phelityl Cream, an all-purpose moisturizer.
It is said that Marilyn Monroe's eye color is brown. But in fact, it is hazel. The reason why people think her eyes are brown because she wore a brown contact lens to make her eyes look bigger and more attractive. Marilyn Monroe had hazel eyes, not brown.
While most women choose either brown or black pencil eyeliners, Marilyn's make-up artist, Snyder, used a combination of both on the actress. Using Elizabeth Arden's classic eye pencils in both hues, he would apply liner to her upper eye lids and waterlines, extending the lash lines with wings to elongate.
The classic red shade Marilyn so often wore on her nails was revealed to be the Revlon colour 'Cherries a la Mode' which the brand has since sadly discontinued.
Marilyn may have had a milky complexion, but every skin tone can benefit from avoiding the sun's harmful rays. “I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blonde all over,” Monroe reportedly once said.
Riding bicycles, walking, and romps on the beach were other favorite activities Marilyn did to stay in shape. She confessed to a 1952 LIFE interviewer that she worked out 10 minutes every morning with small weights.
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
Marilyn Monroe or James Dean are said to have been among the first to have veneers applied permanently and not just temporarily for filming. That's right, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean also (or already) had veneers.
For her face, Monroe used a natural hormone replacement, Active Phelityl Cream. Although it helped to improve her skin, it also caused her to grow blonde peach fuzz all over her face—which she shaved off (more on that in the next slide).
Trivial details may help humanize larger-than-life personalities, but does knowing Marilyn Monroe snacked on gazpacho, veal parmesan, meatballs and taco dip as her last meal make her seem that much more human? There's no business like show business.
Her exercise routine
"It is a simple bust-firming routine which consists of lifting five-pound weights from a spread-eagle arm position to a point directly above my head. I do this 15 times, slowly. I repeat the exercise another 15 times from a position with my arms above my head.
Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor shaved their faces, according to Ms. Somerville, who said that an aesthetician who worked with them told her. She declined to reveal which of her celebrity clients shave their faces, but said that she recommends it widely and that many comply.
Green is considered by some to be the actual rarest eye color in the world, though others would say it's been dethroned by red, violet, and grey eyes.