Big hair, big beauty. A close-up of Anna Nicole's old-Hollywood glam
By Kiekie Stanners
A friend mentioned she had just re-watched the Anna Nicole documentary ‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’ on Netflix again and was inspired by her glamorous beauty looks this time around. Her tragic story is a hard watch, but yes - the second time around I too am drawn to her Marilyn-inspired hair and makeup style. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen clean-girl beauty too heavily on social media or my makeup artist's eye is a magnet to some old-school glamour, but either way, her perfect smokey eye and strong lip combo feels like it could be making a comeback.
It’s long been disputed not to match an eye and a lip together for fear of it being too much - one focus feature only has been shouted from beauty columns for years. But an old school glamour makeup ensures every feature of the face is highlighted. The way this is done well? More is more and every detail is considered. We’ve never been a nation of extreme glamour, rather shying away from the attention or notion that too much is tacky. But done well, for the right occasion, it can be glorious.
Anna Nicole Smith, real name Vickie Lynn, embraced that southern beauty ideal of ‘everything bigger in Texas’ but left Houston after being discovered by Playboy. She then went on to secure a contract with Guess jeans, and in turn became one of the world’s biggest sex symbols, playing into the big-hair, big-makeup bimbo nuance. Putting aside the connotations that this style of beauty instantly conjures up, her’s was done so well and I guess if created on a female star of the 1950’s a very different image of beauty would be suggested.
Classic bath-tub beauty. A winged-out smokey eye, matte red lip and her signature curly-hair-up.
A strong black liquid liner, perfect satin red lip and square tip red nails. Her makeup artist has done a soft lilac highlighting under the eyes here - an old school red carpet trick to lighten and brighten underneath the eyes ready for camera flashes.
A heavier take on her signature eye makeup, this time a smokier look using charcoal and black eyeshadows through the crease of the eyes and to line the lower lash line. Paired with a stronger, darker brow to frame the face. Va-Va-Voom.
Straightened bleach-blonde locks, a peachy-lip liner and sparkly lipgloss for this interview look. Note - her makeup artist has’t deepened her signature beauty spot here!
Switching it up with an electric blue eyeshadow up to the brows and a delicate diamanté to finish the look, next to some heavy false lashes.
Long mermaid curls, baby pink on the eyes and glowing skin look so good on Anna. She looks so radiant and happy here!
Matte, matte, matte! A more blown-out smokey eye, and a 90’s brown lip with the most perfect blow-out. This hair really is so lush.
Such shiny, perfected curls for this red carpet appearance. Her beat is actually perfect. 90’s matte foundation for the win.
Sans eyeshadow, but a focus on wispy false lashes and liner across the lash line. Anna playing to the paparazzi like only she could.
Tendrils and front-straightening for Anna Nicole Smith Day in 2003.
A young fresh Anna, with soft grey shadow and no eyeliner! She truely had the most beautiful smile.
The ultimate Guess girl beauty! Heavy black lashes, winged out liner, contoured lips and a perfect set.
