PONGAL SPECIAL COLLAB, SAVITRI INSPIRED MAKEUP LOOK

Pongal will soon be upon us, as it's already the 11th Jan '19, Friday. Pongal is essentially a Tamil Festival to be quite similar to Thanksgiving. It's a three day festival where we, Tamilians pay respect to the Sun, the farmers, agricultural land and the farm animals.

This festival is a big deal in Tamil Nadu and other Tamilians living abroad. The significance is plentiful yet I and a Makeup Artiste decided to put a different spin on this festival to take it further by incorporating two makeup looks, complete with hair and outfits.

Pongal or otherwise known as Makar Sankranti is also a time for women and young women often dressed in sarees (our traditional outfits for special events such as these)

Hence, this collaboration brings you two looks. One is from the black/white era inspired by the late Actress Savithri. I had the pleasure of working with a Singapore based Tamil Makeup Artiste, Gayeathri! 

We had met late last December for a collaborative idea and brainstorming usually is a lot of fun. Gayeathri shared this idea of incorporating a look from the late 60's. Take a minute to check out Gayeathri's Instagram profile @sai_gayeathri and let her know I sent you!

If you'd like to see the complete look coming together, click the link below;

Gayeathri has kept the look simplistic and paid attention to fuller eyebrows, a thick eyeliner and a deeper shade for the lips. This is to keep in mind during black and white cinema, these features were more emphasized as there were no colour films introduced then. 

The hair is neatly combed with a center part with two strands of curly hair bits to frame the face. Most actresses from the 60's sport a center part or a slight bouffant back then. Bigger bindi/pottu were preferred during this era.

Actresses and regular women sported simple patterns for their sarees with temple accessories. Sarees had a close fit to the body and saree pleats were looking sharp and are usually pleated across the shoulders.

I hope you enjoyed this makeup look today, tomorrow we have a modern look that's closely inspired by Nayanthara. Keep a look out for that!


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