Lipstick has been a staple of every outfit but what was it like throughout history 1920s to 1960s





1920's

Lipstick Styled:lips were smaller than the natural outline and fashioned into the ‘cupid’s bow’ shape.
The Colors:
Dark RoseDark Red
Soft Red
Orange


1930's












Lipstick Styled:
the cupids bow was replaced by thinner horizontal lines with upper lips enlarged and fuller.

The Colors:

Cherry Red
Orange Red
Deep Red
Bright Red
Pink Red




1940's

















History of lips sticks of the 40's :
Despite war rationing, women began using makeup from the teens onward. Just twenty years before – this would have been unthinkable. Women were encouraged to keep buying lipstick and to send letters to the front covered in ‘lipstick kisses’ to boost the moral of the soldiers.”


The Colors :

Red 
Orange Red



1950'S