Great job, Faythe.
The mind is a curious beast - I'm sure that the actresses in many of these pictures DID use false eyelashes, and that the lipstick might have been less than perfectly smooth. But the first thing I thought was that the lashes were too modern in design, and too obviously false. Then, the somewhat rough appearance of the lipstick.
I never thought about it before, but I suppose it's true that reproducing this style might involve reproducing the "perceived" image of the style - i.e., in my memory, Joan Crawford's lashes were thick, but not false. I just looked at one of Kobal's books again, and see that my memory is false. Your "mock-up" is actually quite good - a bit blockier than what I saw - but that could also be the lighting and my screen. The eye shadow and liner look a bit more heavily applied than the prints I saw, but only a bit.
All in all, Faythe, the tones look REALLY excellent. Great job.
Thanks for sharing.
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