beauty standards
Whether it is having a natural look without any makeup or if it is caking your face full of it, beauty,
beauty standards change quite frequently. Marilyn Monroe had a big impact on women’s beauty. She had created new trends and a new ideal on what it meant to be called beautiful.
Appearing feminine and flawless was a trend in 40's and 50's and it was on full blast in the 60's as well. Marilyn Monroe was a product that was created by hollywood to appear to be beautiful. Full makeup, glamorous hair, and a curvy body was what was considered beautiful (Zina Graber, 2011). Others were like her but she had been the one that popped out and was a leading figure for this beauty standard.
As a celebrity it is easy to set a trend and that was the case for Marilyn Monroe. At an era that had less color, Monroe added a pop of color with her flawless platinum blond hair and her bright red lip. Women back then, in the 50s and the 60s, did have blonde hair but taking it a step back and bleaching it with peroxide and curling it into pin curls, Monroe made her hair a trend. Bright red lips had also become a thing. Still trending today, Monroe enhanced her eyes using eyeliner to create a wing and used false lashes which made her eyelashes look more full (Kate Sullivan, 2015). To top off her full look, she had a beauty mark that she had not liked but embraced which made it even more beautiful. She was the original blonde bombshell.
beauty standards change quite frequently. Marilyn Monroe had a big impact on women’s beauty. She had created new trends and a new ideal on what it meant to be called beautiful.
Appearing feminine and flawless was a trend in 40's and 50's and it was on full blast in the 60's as well. Marilyn Monroe was a product that was created by hollywood to appear to be beautiful. Full makeup, glamorous hair, and a curvy body was what was considered beautiful (Zina Graber, 2011). Others were like her but she had been the one that popped out and was a leading figure for this beauty standard.
As a celebrity it is easy to set a trend and that was the case for Marilyn Monroe. At an era that had less color, Monroe added a pop of color with her flawless platinum blond hair and her bright red lip. Women back then, in the 50s and the 60s, did have blonde hair but taking it a step back and bleaching it with peroxide and curling it into pin curls, Monroe made her hair a trend. Bright red lips had also become a thing. Still trending today, Monroe enhanced her eyes using eyeliner to create a wing and used false lashes which made her eyelashes look more full (Kate Sullivan, 2015). To top off her full look, she had a beauty mark that she had not liked but embraced which made it even more beautiful. She was the original blonde bombshell.
The face is one part of beauty and the other is the body. Being thin meant that the person had a good body back then but Marilyn Monroe was different. She had a very curvy body with an hourglass figure (Erica Evansville, 2015). She would wear tight clothes to show off her curves and made sure to show a bit of skin to add that sexy touch. This changed the thoughts of society. Due to her, people now think that curvy people are just as beautiful. The beauty standard had gone from twig to big.