Article: Flapper makeup is quite distinct and features long thin brows, lots of black kohl eyeliner, dark eyeshadow, and deep red, bow-shaped lips.  To get the brow look, aim for long, relatively thin, and straight brows. If you don’t want to pluck your eyebrows into the flapper shape, you can use a brow pencil to draw them in.  Use dark eye shadow and eyeliner to create a smoky look. Use black, smudged eyeliner on both the top and bottom lids and create a dark, smokey eye with dark-colored eyeshadow. For details on creating a smokey eye, see How to Get Smokey Eyes. Use a soft pink blush right across the apples of your cheeks. Use a deep red matte lipstick for lips. Try to emphasize the heart shape of your lips by lining your cupid’s bow and filling out your bottom lip with lip liner. The true hallmark of flapper style is the bob--a short, cropped haircut that was radically unconventional for its time. If you don’t have short hair or can’t emulate it, curls are the watchword of flapper style, so style your hair in pin curls or soft waves. See How to Create Pin Curls or How to Style Finger Waves for more detailed instructions.  If you already have short or bobbed hair, you can style it like a true flapper by creating waves that lay close to the head using hot rollers or a curling iron. If you don’t have short hair, you can fake a bob by fashioning your hair in a chignon (a low bun) or a rolled ponytail (pull hair in a low ponytail and tuck and pin the ponytail under, optionally securing/disguising the tucked pony with a headband or ribbon tied around your head). Or you can just wear a hat or skullcap (see Part Three) and not worry about hair at all. If you really want to embrace the flapper look but don’t have hair amenable to the classic flapper bob, look for a bobbed wig.  If you want to emulate Clara Bow, the iconic actress who embodied the flapper style on screen, look for a short, black-haired wig. If you want to pay tribute to the great style diva of the 20s, Coco Chanel, look for a short wavy wig in a dark brown color. If your inspiration is the great silent-film actress Mary Pickford, look for a short wavy-haired wig in a light brown or dark blonde color.
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Create a flapper-era face. Style your hair. Or buy a wig.