The 90s discarded a lot of the neon and bright colours from the 80s and went into a more neutral tone feel, lots of brown everywhere, including on the lips. Eyes embraced matte ‘cut creases’, glossy and metallic lids, the occasional electric blue eyeshadow would happen and also smoked out eyeliner. The face was high coverage and matte, but also bronzed and the blushes came in more neutral and earthy shades. Lips were a center of attention in most looks, usually, overline and darker brown hue lipstick shades were preferred, glosses also started being a common topper for these lipstick shades. Brows had a round arch and were quite thin during this era.
The 90s pulled it’s trends from many things such as the popularity of R&B music, grunge and also the goth movement. Even though all these things were different from one another when it came to its makeup basics they all tied into the same makeup concepts, just some taken into more of an extreme versus others (eg: gothic makeup).
Popular celebrities for it’s makeup looks: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista (any supermodel, really), Gwen Stefani, Courtney Love, Madonna,Selena Quintanilla.
Popular makeup artists: Kevyn Aucoin .
Bellow are some 90s makeup looks to use as inspo.
90s makeup trends The 90s discarded a lot of the neon and bright colours from the 80s and went into a more neutral tone feel, lots of brown everywhere, including on the lips.