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Nowadays, YouTube makeup gurus are teaching their acolytes how to look like Our Lady of the False Eyelashes, but these YouTubers never refer to Dietrich's movies or Maria. Instead of following Marlene's techniques, they devise their own ways to emulate her, which makes perfect sense. No longer must you spit in your mascara pot, and if you do, please stop! With updated methods, these gurus ought to do Dietrich justice, but that's no easy feat without her lighting and genes.
Among these videos, I see some false prophets and some messiahs, but I prefer to ask what you think. Which of these videos get Marlene Dietrich's look right? Which go horribly awry?
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The marlene look as you say it takes not only makeup, false eyelashes but in the genes. These transformations are like little creepy, and the girls that take place are scary. Please, no more horror films, jejeje
ReplyDeleteMy reactions: #1 knows exactly what she's doing, has the Dietrich look down cold. Would love her to have done my makeup a couple of decades ago. The rest, YIKES! #2 created more of a Barbara Nichols look, not that there's much demand for that...and #s 3 and 4, poor dears...
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Miguel, I should have titled this post Le cauchemar dans Avenue Montaigne. I didn't mean to scare you!
ReplyDeleteLady Eve, I liked #1 as well. She doesn't look like Dietrich at all but recreates the Shanghai Express look--even with the hair pulled to the side. I can't stop laughing about your comments about the others, especially #2. I saw she did a Madonna tutorial and screwed that one up, too. The only saving grace was that she already looks like Madonna--particularly with the gap in her 2 front teeth.
Another young lady made a Dietrich makeup tutorial that gave me comic relief for a long time, but she unfortunately removed it. You can all, however, imagine its greatness by watching her Bette Davis tutorial!
I felt the same way about #1, she didn't resemble Dietrich but understood the essence of the look and style so well that she was able to capture it with great skill. I checked out the Bette Davis tutorial. All I could think was that if the girl had donned a doll wig and powdered her face white she MIGHT have looked the tiniest bit like Baby Jane.
DeleteDon't be surprised if the cops come knocking at your door because you killed me with that comment! Someone should really write a letter to her daddy, saying, "Confiscate her webcam!"
DeleteIt's a crying shame she deleted her Dietrich tutorial because--at the end of it--I was waiting for her to pull her hair back and ask, "Wanna kiss me, ducky?"
Dear oh dear,its a shame Maria Ouspenskya isn't still around,she could have captured the Dietrich look perfectly.The word deluded comes to mind.Paul
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm sure a few of YouTube's makeup mavens could recreate Maria's look so well, they'd have you thinking she is still around. In fact, they could probably do a mean Margaret Hamilton, too, and they wouldn't even need makeup!
DeleteFirst one is really good, but no wonder- Sam Champan is a great make-up artist.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the other videos... As Lady Eve has said, "poor dears"... ;)
I have to agree with everyone that the first one is best, really pretty. There are some other 'tutorials' massacring MM and Edie Sedgwick too. I suppose it's a kind of compliment...
ReplyDeleteEwa, she does a great job, indeed. I was wondering whether viewers could even replicate her looks, but I did notice that the pixiwoo website is organized like a recipe book so that non-professionals can practice the basics before they try the more complicated techniques.
ReplyDeleteUmaneo, I prefer the massacres! Even though this woman isn't paying tribute to any stars, her video must be the Wonderland murders of makeup tutorials. Wait a minute--maybe I wrote too soon.
Oh dear God, Joseph!! I clicked on the links...my eyes! First Big Ange, now this!!
DeleteUmaneo, I think the constellations glimmering on the first guru's face are what are blinding you. I figured you didn't need a star-inspired tutorial when you could gaze directly at Canis Major.
DeleteHey, but that has nothing to do with our dear Marlene. Marlene must be turning in her grave, hahaha. Please more glamour... It's a joke, sorry. Funny comments.
DeleteMiguel, surely you can't expect me to find anyone more glamorous than these ladies, who must be the reincarnations of Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner! Our starry-eyed guru even has Fergie's "Glamorous" playing in the background.
DeleteNon of them come even close ! Because they don't have the high forehead , heavy eyelids or cheekbones . Not to mention the big flat nose .
ReplyDeleteBut the first girl is quite good , she knows how to put on a " vampish " look .
Amen. Marlene Dietrich was more than mere cosmetics, and if you don't share her features, you really won't succeed in looking like her.
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