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 Monroe's toenail polish is highlighted in a number of portraits of her from the 1950s.
In true '60s fashion, her nail polish of choice was Revlon, in iconic shades Cherries a la Mode and Hot Coral.
Monroe wanted her lashes longer and more voluminous with help from fringy falsies, but with natural-looking results. Therefore, Snyder would cut her false eyelash strips in half and apply them only to the outer corners of her eyes.
Marilyn famously used five lip products to create her signature pout. Using darker colors towards the edges of the lips and lighter colors in the middle created a contoured effect. Then, she'd finish with a bit of white highlight in the middle of the lower lip and a coat of gloss.
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. The eau de toilette was delivered in bulk to her at the Beverly Hills Hotel under a cloak and dagger alias while she filmed Some Like It Hot.
To avoid washing it too much (which can affect the color), she swore by a makeshift dry shampoo—Johnson's Baby Powder—applying it every two days to keep her hair looking fresh.
Laszlo's site, Monroe was way ahead of her time when it came to skin care too: The star swore by Vaseline, in a treatment we would call “slugging” today, sporting layers of Vaseline underneath her makeup to ensure she always looked radiant and camera-ready.
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.
Marilyn Monroe's eye makeup
As shown in copious TikTok tutorials, Marilyn created a lash shadow effect, by using black or brown eyeliner on her lower lash line. She would draw and angle the line out, extended from her lower lid, under her classic winged eyeliner to create a double liner look.
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.
It is the biggest small spot the world has ever seen. The infamous Marilyn Monroe beauty mark remains one of her biggest features remembered 50 years after her death.
In 1950, Norma purchased herself a bottle of peroxide dye before heading to a screen test. Entering her bathroom a natural curly-haired redhead, Norma emerged as the most iconic blonde of all time: Marilyn Monroe. Yep, you read right, Marilyn Monroe's natural hair colour is red.
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, at the Los Angeles General Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe; 1902–1984), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to a poor Midwestern family who migrated to California at the turn of the century.
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Becky Altringer, who investigated Monroe's death for years, claimed the psychiatrist administered a needle that took her life. Biographer Jerome Charyn, meanwhile, claimed it was an “enema” and an overdose of sleeping pills that ultimately killed the star.
Marilyn is often colorized with different undertones, but what is consistent is her cute pinky skin tone. 'Pink' undertones (can be seen in people of all melanin levels and is actually just more red) tend to have a bit of a sultry look.
Acting in these iconic films would produce Marilyn Monroe's signature makeup look, which would, without a doubt, have an influence on women's beauty standards. Marilyn had long eyelashes, a long eyeliner-winged-look, volumsciuos red lips, and glowing skin.
Contrary to the claim stated in this episode and popular over the Web, Marilyn Monroe did not wear cosmetic contact lenses to change the color of her eyes from brown to blue. Her eye color was naturally blue. This is confirmed by the official Marilyn Monroe website and by her autopsy report.
Guerlain's Rouge Diabolique and Max Factor were among Monroe's go-to brands for her textured, siren red lip.
Marilyn was also a regular client at dermatologist Erno Laszlo's practice. He was famous for his strict approach to cleansing, which required 30 splashes of warm water to the face, and Marilyn is said to have used his Phelityl Cleansing Oil.
Once again, Marilyn loved full voluminous lashes so Whitey would cut falsies and only apply them to the corners of her lashline. Lucky for us, Ardell #318's are perfect for this. Best part, is no cutting needed!
We also provide evidence that Monroe is likely to have been myopic, used colored contact lenses to change her eye color and may have been an early sufferer of contact lens overwear syndrome.
Screen icon Marilyn Monroe famously said in an interview in 1952 that she wore "five drops of Chanel No. 5" and nothing else in bed.
Her personal make-up artist,Whitey Snyder, who did her make-up for her first screen test in 1946, became one of her closest friends who also made her up for her final journey. Marilyn's favorite make-up brands included Erno Laszlo, Elizabeth Arden and she also liked Max Factor lipstick.