The sixties put the eyes in charge: expressive liner, lifted lashes, a drawn crease, pastel lids, peachy cheeks and lips that stepped back. For a wedding I keep those details but swap the heavy products of the era for modern foundation, waterproof liner and long-wear lip color, so the look lasts and reads fresh on camera. Below are twenty versions, from a Twiggy-inspired eye to a classic wing, for brides and for guests in vintage outfits, each with what I’d adjust on a real face on a long day.
Liner That Survives Happy Tears and a Warm Room
The weak point of every look here is the line. A 60s eye depends on a crisp wing and a visible crease, and both are the first things to smudge when skin warms up or eyes water during the vows. This is the order I build in.
- Prime the lid, then press a skin-tone powder over the primer. Oily lids are why a drawn crease ends up printed on the brow bone by evening.
- Draw the crease with shadow on a fine brush instead of pencil. Pencil stays creamy and creases; powder grips.
- Use gel or liquid liner for the wing, then trace a thin line of black shadow on top to lock it.
- Waterproof mascara on the lower lashes, even if the top lashes get a regular formula. The lower lashes are what runs.
- Strip lashes go on last, set just above the lash line rather than onto wet liner, so the wing stays clean.
Keep a few cotton buds and a little micellar water in your clutch. A tear track under the eye lifts away easily; a smeared wing doesn’t, so dab tears from the outer corner instead of wiping across.
1. 60s Mod Wedding Makeup
This is the look most people picture first: bright eyes, a defined crease, bold liner and soft nude lips. I start with a satin base, sweep ivory across the lid, then draw a taupe line slightly above the natural crease while the client keeps her eyes open, because a crease drawn on a closed eye vanishes into the fold the moment she looks up. Then a black wing, separated upper and lower lashes and peach cheeks. Short dresses and headbands suit it.
2. 60s Bridal Cut Crease Makeup
A cut crease can look bridal if the line is softened on top and kept sharp underneath. I sketch it just above the natural fold with cool brown or soft charcoal, blend the upper edge, then pack ivory onto the lid with a flat brush to carve the lower edge clean. A slim wing and individual lashes give lift without weight. Skip shimmer on the lid here; it blurs the very line you’ve just drawn.
3. 60s Cat Eye Wedding Makeup
If you want vintage without a graphic crease, start with a cat eye. The wing should lift at the outer corner and follow the angle of your lower lash line upward, which is the rule that stops it drooping. Keep the lid to champagne or cream so the liner leads, and choose lashes that are fuller at the outer corners. On hooded lids I always draw the wing with the eye open. Drawn closed, it folds and breaks as soon as you look up.
4. 60s Twiggy Wedding Makeup
Twiggy’s eye is graphic and fun, and a real wedding needs a lighter hand than the original editorials. I draw a rounded crease line above the eye fold in soft brown rather than black, so it reads as shape instead of paint. The painted lower lashes are where most people overdo it. A few fine strokes with a sharpened brown pencil, or simply separated lower mascara, gives the idea without the costume. Pale pink lips and long upper lashes finish it.
5. 60s Soft Glam Wedding Makeup
Soft glam is the easiest way in if sharp lines make you nervous. Warm beige and taupe shadows lift the eye shape, a thin wing adds the decade, and a slightly deeper shade through the crease gives definition without a hard edge. I keep lashes wispy and use a satin foundation with a little bronzer and peach-pink blush. It’s the version I suggest to a bride who wants to look like herself, only slightly more 1965.
6. 60s Doe Eye Wedding Makeup
Doe eyes are about roundness, not length. I keep liner close to the upper lashes and thicken it over the center of the eye instead of the outer corner, then put the longest lashes in the middle. A nude pencil in the waterline makes the eye look bigger. It’s not my pick for close-set eyes, since all that central focus pulls them closer still. Rosy blush and a soft pink lip keep it young.
7. 60s Smokey Eye Wedding Makeup
A wedding version of the 60s smokey eye stays controlled. I use charcoal or deep brown around the lash line and crease but keep the lid light with beige or pearl, so the eye doesn’t look closed in. The strong wing on top is what makes it read 60s rather than 90s. Dark shadow drops fallout, so on this look I do eyes before foundation and clean underneath afterwards. Evening weddings and sleek gowns carry it best.
8. 60s Pastel Eyeshadow Wedding Makeup
Pastel lids were everywhere in the sixties, and they work at a wedding when the color stays sheer. Pale blue, mint, lavender or peach goes across the lid, with a thin black wing for contrast and a little taupe in the crease so the eye keeps its shape. Pastels can sit chalky on deeper skin tones, so I lay a cream base underneath or reach for a richer version of the same hue. Keep the skin fresh rather than powdered. Spring and summer weddings suit it.
9. 60s Matte Skin Wedding Makeup
Matte doesn’t mean dry. What I’m after is skin that holds back shine on camera and still looks like skin: lightweight long-wear foundation, concealer only where it’s needed, and fine powder pressed into the center of the face while the cheekbones stay softer. The eyes carry the decade with a cream lid, brown crease and black wing. Blush goes on in a satin finish, not shimmer. It’s the base I’d use for a summer ceremony that runs long.
10. 60s Nude Lip Wedding Makeup
A nude lip is what makes this decade look authentic, since 60s faces put the focus on the eyes. The hard part is the shade: pink nude for fair skin, peach for light, caramel for tan, rosy brown for deep. A nude too close to your skin tone erases the mouth in photos, so I go one shade deeper than looks right in the mirror and line the lips first. Balance it with peachy blush and a satin complexion.
11. 60s Pink Lip Wedding Makeup
Pink softens the whole face. Baby pink, rose or a muted petal shade in a creamy or satin finish stays comfortable through a long day. Very pale pinks can wash out olive and deeper skin, so I add a liner one shade deeper around the edge to give the mouth shape. The eyes stay classic: pale lid, soft crease, black wing, outer-corner lashes. It’s an easy look to coordinate across a bridal party.
12. 60s Peach Wedding Makeup
Peach flatters more skin tones than almost any other retro color. I use pale peach on the lid, warm taupe in the crease and a black or deep brown wing, then blend peach blush up toward the temples for that lifted 60s cheek. Peach nude or coral beige on the lips. Keep the base softly radiant, because peach on a heavily powdered face goes flat. Outdoor daytime ceremonies are where it shines.
13. 60s Audrey Hepburn Wedding Makeup
With Audrey Hepburn, the brows matter as much as the eyes. They should be full, neat and softly angled, brushed up and set with a tinted gel so they hold all day. The eye stays defined but never heavy: neutral lid, fine crease, a clean wing that follows the natural lift, and lashes that favor length over thickness. Light pink blush, almost no shimmer, rose nude lips. It sits easily with an updo and a bateau neckline.
14. 60s Brigitte Bardot Wedding Makeup
Bardot’s eye is the undone one. I smudge black or brown liner along the upper lash line before pulling it into a soft wing, then press matching shadow over it, which both softens and sets it. Plenty of mascara, wispy lashes, warm lightly bronzed skin and peach blush. Smudged liner migrates on oily lids, so for that skin type I prime and set every layer. Big hair or curtain bangs complete it.
15. 60s Priscilla Presley Wedding Makeup
Priscilla Presley’s look is the bold one: a rounded dark crease, thick black liner, full lashes and a pale lip. The trick to wearing it without heaviness is lash separation. I comb through every coat so the lashes read as many fine lines instead of clumps. Matte cream on the lid, medium brown or charcoal for the crease, shaped and softly filled brows. It needs high-volume hair and a structured dress to balance it.
16. 60s Sharon Tate Wedding Makeup
Sharon Tate’s makeup is less graphic than mod and more about brightness. Warm beige on the lid, soft brown in the crease, a delicate wing in black or brown, long feathery upper lashes and a barely touched lower line. I keep the skin creamy with a gentle highlight high on the cheekbone. A nude peach or soft rose lip finishes it. It’s the lightest touch of the decade in this list.
17. 60s Diana Ross Wedding Makeup
Diana Ross’s look is warmth and glow. I start with radiant, even skin and a warm blush, then put bronze, gold, or soft copper shadow on the lid with warm brown defining the crease. A black wing and full lashes give that lifted, star-like eye, and a touch of shimmer at the inner corner brings light. On deep skin, metallic shadow pressed over a matching cream base keeps its color true instead of turning ashy. Caramel nude, rose brown or soft berry for the lips.
18. 60s Hooded Eye Wedding Makeup
The 60s crease works on hooded eyes once you move it. I map the line with the client looking straight ahead, then place it above the hood so it stays visible with the eye open. Matte cream on the lid, taupe or brown above the hooded area, and a short lifted wing, because a long wing drawn on a hooded lid folds into a broken line. Lightweight lashes open the eye without covering the crease work.
19. 60s Wedding Guest Makeup
As a guest, pick one retro feature and let it lead: a winged liner, a pastel lid or a soft cut crease. A pale champagne lid with a black wing suits most outfits and is the easiest to do yourself. Keep the skin fresh, add mascara or natural lashes, and pick a lip that sits with your dress color. Practice the wing several times in the week before. It’s the step people rush in a hotel mirror.
20. 60s Vintage Wedding Makeup
This version pulls the decade into one face: satin skin, softly arched brows, a defined crease, black wing, fluttery lashes, peach cheeks and a pale lip. What holds it together is trade-offs. Bold crease, soft lips. Dramatic lashes, blended blush. I use waterproof liner and a long-wear base so it lasts through photos and happy tears. Gloves and pillbox hats are a natural match.
Flash, Daylight and the Drawn-On Crease
A graphic crease that looks bold in the mirror often looks softer on camera, and powder can do the opposite. Some silica-heavy setting powders and some high-SPF foundations bounce flash back as a white cast around the eyes and nose. At your trial, ask for photos with and without flash, indoors and outside, before you sign off on the products.
Adapting the crease to your eye shape
- Monolids: build the crease as a gradient rising from the lash line instead of a hard line, and keep the wing thicker so it shows when the eye is open.
- Deep-set eyes: place the line slightly lower and in a lighter shade, or it disappears into the shadow of the socket.
- Downturned eyes: angle the wing upward from the middle of the eye rather than the corner, so the outer end lifts.
If none of these sound like you, I’d still draw the crease at the trial with your eyes open and take a photo from slightly below. That is the angle guests see you from across a table, and it shows straight away whether the line is visible or swallowed.
Bold Eyes Need a Quiet Mouth
Every 60s face here comes down to balance: strong eyes, quiet lips, polished skin. A mod cut crease, a peachy glow and a clean cat eye belong to the same decade, just turned up or down. The right one for you suits your eye shape, your skin tone and the room you’re getting married in. Use long-wear formulas, blend the base carefully and keep each retro element deliberate. As a bride, bridesmaid, or guest, you’ll look like the decade without looking dressed for a theme party.
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