Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty #71

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60S
The sixties arrived and Barbie’s lips became rounder, her
makeup softened and her nose was given a turned-up
tip. As demand became higher and higher, and her style
changing to refl ect the fashions, she became known as
the ‘Mod Barbie’.
70S
Long-time Barbie designer, Carol Spencer, explained the
revolution of Barbie in the seventies to a tanned doll with
lighter hair and bluer eyes was because everyone was
“going to the beach and having a suntan”.
For the fi rst time, Barbie also sported a tooth revealing
grin. Her gaze was altered from the original demure,
lowered eyelids to a more feminist straight-ahead look.
This new, carefree Barbie saw the launch of Malibu
Barbie in 1971.
Later in the decade Barbie took some inspiration from
the immensely popular actress, Farrah Fawcett, from the
TV series Charlie’s Angeles.
80S
The eighties brought on some colourful eye
The eighties brought on some colourful eye
shadow and blue mascara to accompany Barbie’s
noticeably bluer eyes, with large earrings, a higher
forehead, a rounder nose and thinner lips than her
sixties pout.
By 1985 Barbie loved the sun, so much so that
her tan was the darkest it had ever been.
90S
While 1990 saw Barbie sporting a cropped shaggydo,
her big eyes and heavy bright makeup were
still a focus and by the middle of the decade she
featured a more square jaw.
A selling point towards the end of the decade
was her long blonde hair and accessories for kids
to style it with.
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