What Makeup Era Should Be Your Signature Look?

By: Monica Lee
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
What Makeup Era Should Be Your Signature Look?
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About This Quiz

We all should have a signature look. It tells the world how we want to be viewed. Sultry, flirty, flashy or natural beauty. Once that choice is made, it informs many of our other decisions, such as choosing clothes, hats, purses, shoes and hairstyles. You can see how important a signature style can be. That's why BEFORE you choose, you need to take this quiz. You'll learn about different makeup motifs throughout the decades and learn which era accents your features best. 

Take the 1910s, when one would wear a sheer wash of color for a very natural, fresh look. Or you may see yourself in the Roaring Twenties, wearing a dark, smokey eye and a flapper outfit. Or, fast forward to the 1980s, when glitter, color and shine were the eye-catching standard. Naturally, you'll want to make the chosen look your own, but selecting a makeup option that was embraced by so many women because it worked can be very helpful.   

In this quiz, you'll be asked a series of questions about your beauty routine, your likes and dislikes among various styles, and your personality traits, to see if you can pull off certain looks.  Once we have these answers, we'll match them  to a specific era of makeup. Take the quiz now and add chic to your list of attributes!



Doing makeup
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How long do you currently spend putting on your makeup?
One to five minutes
Five to ten minutes
More than 20 minutes
15 to 20 minutes

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New makeup
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How much time are you willing to commit to a new makeup routine?
I'd rather cut back on time.
Five minutes, no more
I'm ready for a transformation, whatever it takes.
I'll commit to an extra 10 minutes.

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Beautiful features
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What is your favorite feature on your face?
Beautiful skin
Lips and high cheekbones
Eyes and lips
Eyes

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Popular
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Do you want all heads to turn when you walk into the room?
I'm not big on being the center of attention.
It's okay.
Yes, I like to make an entrance.
I like it when people follow me with their eyes.

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Straight lines
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Are you good at drawing a straight line every time?
No
I do okay if it's a single stroke.
It takes several attempts.
I'm great at it.

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Soft flirty makeup
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Which of these phrases describes your ideal look?
Natural beauty
Fun and flirty
Colorful and captivating
Sexy and sultry

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Spending money
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How much money would you be willing to spend on all new makeup?
$20 max
$30 - $50
Whatever it takes to look good
$60 to $100. Quality makeup is expensive.

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Makeup look
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How would your friends describe your current makeup?
Simple
Professional
On the wilder side
Intense

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Audrey Hepburn
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If you could look like any beauty icon, who would it be?
Ingrid Bergman
Audrey Hepburn
Donna Summer
Gloria Swanson

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Paparazzi
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Would you rather have fame or fortune?
A little fortune is fine.
Fortune definitely
Give me fame and fortune will come.
A little fame would be nice.

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Mascara
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Which makeup does the most for your look?
Foundation
Mascara
Eyeshadow
Eyeliner

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Red lip color
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Which one of these is your favorite lip color?
Nude or Pink
Pink or Red
Whatever goes with my outfit
Red or crimson

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Curly short hair
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What's your favorite type of hairstyle, if you could pull it off?
Shoulder length with loose curls
PIxie cut
Big hair like a lion's mane around my face and shoulders
A highly coiffed bob

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Earrings
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Which of these do you use to accent your face?
Earrings and necklace
Scarf
Statement jewelry
Hat

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Dancing at Party
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If you're at a party, where would we find you?
Talking in the corner with friends
Going from group to group, chatting
Dancing
Scoping the room for the most attractive guy

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Sleeping with makeup
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Would you ever go to bed without removing your makeup?
Sure
I try not to.
No
It would be very rare.

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Fashionable
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What type of outfits do you like to wear?
Something comfortable
Something professional
Something eye-catching
Something flirty

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Matching makeup
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Are you the kind of person who likes to match their eye color with their eyeshadow?
No
Most times
I like to try various hues of a single color on my eyelid or several colors at once
I try to match the eyeliner with my eye color.

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Out to Dinner
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What is your favorite way to spend the evening?
Netflix and pizza
Out to an expensive restaurant with my man
Going to a concert with my friends
Meeting up with friends and dancing

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Roaring 20s
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If you could live in any era, which would it be?
The glamorous 1940s
The innocent 1950s
The 1980s disco and club era
The Roaring Twenties

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Lots of energy
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What's your energy level?
Low
Low to normal
Hyper
Above normal

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Alcoholic Drinks
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What's your favorite drink?
Tea
Wine
Beer
Hard liquor, mixed or straight

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Pasta
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What's your favorite type of food?
Pancakes and maple syrup
Surf and turf
Pasta
Appetizers

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Singer
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Which of these music artists do you like best?
Ella Fitzgerald
Dean Martin
Annie Lennox
Louis Armstrong

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Book
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Which one of these is a book you are most likely to read?
"For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Ernest Hemingway
"I, Robot," by Isaac Asimov
"The Bonfire of the Vanities," by Tom Wolfe
"The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Freedom
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Which of these values is most important to you?
Truth
Beauty
Confidence
Freedom

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Career
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If you could have any career in the world, what would it be?
An animal trainer
A Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
A celebrity
A spy

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Swimming
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Which of these activities is the most fun?
Swimming
Tennis
White-water rafting
Dancing

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High maintenance
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Are you low or high maintenance?
Low
Normal
High
Above normal

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Outfit Makeup match
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Do you match your eye shadow with your outfit?
No
Absolutely
One of the colors on my eyelids would probably match my outfit
Sometimes

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