Q&A for How to Do 80s Makeup and Hair

Of course! If you have enough to tease, just tease your hair with a comb or pick to create lots of volume. Then, apply plenty of hairspray to keep the style in place all day.

Nope! You can pull it up in a high ponytail for a simple solution. If you have shorter hair, tease it to create a ton of height and volume, then lock the look in place with a generous amount of hairspray.

Yes, but make stick to neon or light colors to give it more of an 80s look.

Use pinks, purples, oranges - any color of the rainbow works. Don't use black, browns, grays or any other neutral eye shadow.

If leaving your hair out doesn’t help and neither does a ponytail, do a half-up, half-down teased style with a scrunchie.

The 80s were a very experimental time for makeup, so you can do what you like. Bright colors were very popular, though.

Try teasing it with a short tooth comb and don't brush it back down. Add a giant bow instead of a headband. Go for the "big hair" look.

You can buy beauty products and hair accessories at any store that sell makeup such as; K-Mart, Target, or any other store, but you need to make sure its brightly colored and big bows or scrunchies.

You can try putting your hair in small braids and running a flat iron over them a few times. If this doesn't work or you don't have time, put it in a high side ponytail.

Try bangs to cover up your high forehead, try contacts, and try braiding.

Give it a little '80s vibe by adding some hair accessories such as big headbands, bows etc.

Yes.

They wore layered, bright colored eyeshadows and bright pink lips.

Revlon, CoverGirl, WetNWild and NYX are popular ones from the 80's.

Makeup: Define your creases. Make eye creases a dark blue, while your lid is a light blue. Blend. Pink cheeks, slight highlight (mostly on the apple of your cheek). Dark red/pink lipstick, blot, and then add a shimmery lip gloss. Hair: Tease, tease, tease. Add a big bow for flavor, and it's the 80's, don't forget to add hairspray.

There were several short 80s hairstyles that were very popular; for example, spiky hair, a mullet or a short shaggy with a fringe look. The key to an authentic 80s hairstyle is volume. Style your hair upward and fix it with plenty of hairspray.

Wear some lip balm and exfoliate your lips with a lip scrub -- you can make one out of honey, lemon and granulated sugar.

Wear a color corrector or wear foundation, bb cream or cc cream! Wear primers under and powder on top so it stays. You can get foundation samples at Sephora that you can try out.