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On this special episode of Beauty With Mi, our host, Mi-Anne Chan attempts to follow Marilyn Monroe's beauty routine. She recreates the icon's everyday skincare and makeup while exploring the motivations that drove the actress. Watch this week's Beauty With Mi to see Mi-Anne live like Marilyn!   Styled by Michelle: https://instagram.com/himichelleli/  Products Used: Erno Laszlo Phelityl Cleansing Bar https://fave.co/2LzzwSx Erno Laszlo Phormula 3-9 Eye Repair https://fave.co/2O6mddV Erno Laszlo Active Phelityl Cream https://fave.co/2L95kS0 Milani Conceal + Perfect 2-In-1 Foundation https://fave.co/2JF15Ik Surratt Beauty Artistique Eyeshadow Palette https://fave.co/2JGwhHd Ardell Lash Accents  https://fave.co/2JGt9eu Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in Brown https://fave.co/2O8kV2i Catrice Glam & Doll False Lashes Waterproof Mascara https://fave.co/2O6wHdd Kat Von D Signature brow Precision Pencil https://fave.co/2O4Wum5 Rodial Instaglam Bronzing Powder https://fave.co/2L95E3a Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso https://fave.co/2LaKLod Rodin Olio Lusso Mermaid Collection Luxury Illuminating Powder https://fave.co/2LwMr7W Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Either Cherry https://fave.co/2O6x2N1 Guerlain KissKiss Shaping Cream Lip Color in Red Insolence https://fave.co/2LbKMIQ Pat McGrath Labs Lip Gloss https://fave.co/2O6xACz  ABOUT SERIES Explore the craziest trends, most unique treatments, newest products, and strangest subcultures in the beauty world alongside Refinery29’s very own beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan. We dare to find and try the fringes of beauty — for better or worse.  ABOUT REFINERY29  Refinery29 is a modern woman's destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life. http://refinery29.com/  RELATED CONTENT I Froze My Face For $400 https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qEKcD3-J7o I Tried This Insane Bubble Facial https://youtube.com/watch?v=KJhvxIkW4nY I Tried This Terrifying Facial https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUSFXFYEXa8  SEE MORE REFINERY29 VIDEOS http://refinery29.com/video  SUBSCRIBE TO REFINERY29 Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29 For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com Like Refinery29 on Facebook: https://facebook.com/refinery29 Follow Refinery29 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/refinery29 Heart Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/  TALENT Follow Mi-Anne Chan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mianne.chan/ Follow OnHerTurf on Instagram: https://instagram.com/onherturf/ Follow Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/

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00:00Hey guys, it's me Anne and this is Beauty With Me.

00:02You might notice we're in a little bit of a different location.

00:04That is because today's episode is not an ordinary one.

00:07I've been thinking about adopting the beauty routines of iconic women throughout history

00:11for some time now, the first of which is Marilyn Monroe.

00:17Marilyn Monroe has been the object of constant fascination for over half a century now, but

00:21I'll be honest when I say that I didn't really know much about her before I started

00:25researching this video.

00:26I thought of Marilyn as nothing more than a beacon of old Hollywood glamour, but I'll

00:30tell you right now that I was so wrong.

00:32I decided to adopt her routine and try it out for myself, but I first had to figure out what

00:37Marilyn's approach to beauty was.

00:39I talked to a couple of people, the first of which are the folks over at Erno Laszlo.

00:47Erno Laszlo was a Hungarian dermatologist known for his bespoke treatments and products.

00:51Hollywood elite like Audrey Hepburn, Jackie O, and of course Marilyn Monroe were all loyal

00:56patients.

00:57Sadly, the Erno Laszlo Institute is no longer open, but the brand partners with an NYC salon

01:02called Jaderm, and I spoke with Christy Watson, the chief marketing director at Erno Laszlo,

01:07to learn more about what Marilyn would have done on the day to day.

01:09I was reading this-

01:11Amazing.

01:11...prescription, and it's crazy how much detail he goes into.

01:15He had a morning ritual, he had an evening ritual if you were going out, he had an evening

01:20ritual for when you came home.

01:21He was customizing products for her.

01:23She had her appendix removed and she had a big scar on her stomach.

01:26So he produced-

01:27It's known today as Formula 3-9, but Marilyn Monroe's formulation was Formula 3-7.

01:33It feels to me like she really trusted the doctor with her skin.

01:37So in addition to obviously following this very strict routine, Marilyn also came in to

01:42the Erno Laszlo Institute.

01:43What kind of treatments would she undergo?

01:45She probably got a full-on treatment facial.

01:48The double cleanse probably happened.

01:50He definitely did high frequency, which we have photos doing.

01:53Again, the doctor was really ahead of his time.

01:55He believed in, you know, inner beauty empowering women.

01:59So by understanding you as a person and, you know, what keeps you up at night, what your

02:04concerns are.

02:05We have a quote from Marilyn stated that says,

02:08Dr. Erno Laszlo not only soothed my skin, he soothed my soul.

02:12Do you think she was really insecure about her skin?

02:15I think she was insecure as a person.

02:17Like, forget skin care.

02:19The woman had 11 foster families.

02:22So we all know how that could actually really play on your psyche a little bit.

02:26Yeah, I think the question I'm grappling with on Marilyn and her approach to beauty is whether

02:30or not she actually did find joy in it.

02:32It is kind of this paradoxical thing where, yes, she did, but she was still like riddled with insecurity.

02:37We ask this question a lot in the brand.

02:39Does Marilyn empower women?

02:40Her approach on life, her approach, or does Marilyn make them sad?

02:44But she's iconic.

02:45Clearly, Marilyn had a complex relationship with beauty, one that's not unlike what many

02:50of us have today.

02:51Is it a mask?

02:52Is it a confidence booster?

02:53Or is it both?

02:54I couldn't do this story justice without learning more about Marilyn herself.

02:58So I called Dr. Lois Banner, a professor emerita at the University of Southern California and

03:03the author of Maryland, The Passion and the Paradox, a biography on the star.

03:06She has become an icon.

03:08It has a lot to do with her early death.

03:11It has a lot to do with the number of photos that were taken of her.

03:16There are literally thousands of photos taken.

03:18Death at an early age, that generally makes an icon in American culture.

03:23They're frozen in time and their beauty remains.

03:27Now, she was considering cosmetic surgery again before she died.

03:31And she did get it once before.

03:33A couple of things.

03:34First of all, they pushed her hairline back with electrolysis.

03:38And they did that to all the major stars.

03:40She had a bump on her nose.

03:42They never entirely got rid of it.

03:44She and her makeup artists, especially Whitey Snyder, they spent a great deal of time covering

03:49that bump up on her nose because they hadn't gotten it off.

03:53And the third thing that was done to her was that they put some kind of plate in her lower

03:57jaw

03:58that would bring her chin up.

04:01But that wasn't completely successful either.

04:05She spent hours before the mirror and with massage artists trying to keep the double chin from showing.

04:12Whitey Snyder said she knew many makeup tricks that not even the best makeup artists knew.

04:18When she first came to Hollywood, she hung out with the makeup artists, them and the publicists,

04:23when she was still just in her early 20s and in Hollywood.

04:26She went to them to find out what she ought to do with herself.

04:30And they told her.

04:31And she liked to put on a masquerade.

04:33So when she was in good shape, she would take great care with the makeup she was wearing.

04:38Mostly, the commentators say she was perfect.

04:41And she had many flaws.

04:43Many.

04:43That's why she's so fascinating.

04:45In her way, she is a real woman with an unbelievable ambition.

04:52After watching countless tutorials and interviewing Dr. Banner and Christy,

04:56it was time to put Marilyn's routine to the test.

04:58Marilyn's skincare routine was intense, with different processes for morning, evening and going out.

05:03Fortunately for me, a handful of the products she used are still available from the brand.

05:07But sadly, many of them are not.

05:09So I did my best to mimic what I could.

05:11According to Marilyn's original skincare prescription from Erno Laszlo,

05:15her cleansing routine started with a basin of warm water,

05:17which she used to cleanse her skin using cleansing oils and bar soaps.

05:22She was instructed to make a lather with the soap and cleanse her face,

05:26washing it off with no less than 30 splashes of water.

05:31Marilyn was all about dewy, glowy skin and was known to use anything from Nivea face cream

05:36to Erno Laszlo's cream to Vaseline all over her face before foundation.

05:40Marilyn must have had pretty dry skin because the products she used are really rich.

05:45My favorite, though, was the bar soap, which is surprisingly gentle and hydrating

05:49and didn't leave my skin feeling tight or dry.

05:51Once my skin was prepped, I moved on to makeup.

05:54Using bits and pieces from Banner's book as well as makeup artist Lisa Eldridge's book, Face Paint,

05:59I tried my best to recreate a look that Marilyn and her makeup artist Alan Whitey Snyder would have done.

06:04I went for a more full coverage foundation, one that still looks like skin but is able to cover effectively.

06:10According to Dr. Banner, Marilyn had facial hair she would have wanted to obscure,

06:13so I think a fuller coverage foundation would have been her go-to.

06:16Then, once my base was on, I followed Eldridge's lead

06:19and dusted a frosty white shadow all over my lid and onto my brow bone.

06:24Some taupe shadow was then buffed into the crease for definition.

06:28Marilyn was the queen of sexy, sultry eye makeup and fluttery eyelashes were a mainstay in her look.

06:34She wore half sets on the outer third of her eye to create an elongated shape

06:38and followed up with brown, not black, eyeliner in a slightly winged out shape.

06:50Now here comes the tricky part.

06:51According to Eldridge, to create the illusion of an intensely full upper lash line,

06:55Marilyn's makeup artist Snyder would draw a faux shadow using brown eyeshadow on the star's bottom lash line.

07:02It took me a few tries, but I was really surprised at how real this looks, especially in photos.

07:07The technique of tracing brown shadow on your lower lash line, then extending it slightly to create a shadow-like

07:13effect,

07:13does make it look like your eyelashes are larger than life.

07:21That wasn't the only trick Marilyn had up her sleeve though.

07:24After filling in my eyebrows, I went in with some matte contour powder,

07:28which Marilyn wore under her cheekbones and down the sides of her nose.

07:31Marilyn had a couple of plastic surgeries in her lifetime.

07:34According to Dr. Banner though, her nose surgery wasn't all that successful,

07:38so Marilyn turned to contour powder to give her nose the illusion of a higher bridge,

07:42not unlike the techniques makeup artists and their celebrity clients do today.

07:45Once my face was contoured, I moved on to blush and highlighter.

07:48I applied blush to the apples of my cheeks, a touch of my forehead and my nose,

07:52and then dusted some highlighter on the high points of my cheeks.

07:57Then comes the fun part, Marilyn's iconic red lip.

08:00But Marilyn didn't just apply it straight from the bullet and call it a day.

08:04She often traced her lip line with a slightly deeper red lip liner,

08:07and layered lipstick over top to create the illusion of fuller and juicier lips.

08:11Marilyn wore a number of different red shades in her lifetime,

08:14but Guerlain's Diabolique was one of her favourites.

08:16The shades still exist in the brand's Kiss Kiss range, but under a different name, Red Insolence.

08:32And there you have it, Marilyn's iconic look.

08:34I finished it off with a bit of brown eyeliner to mimic Marilyn's iconic beauty mark,

08:38and I was good to go.

09:12Through the research for this video, I started to see just how much of an impact Marilyn Monroe has had

09:17on the beauty industry.

09:18Countless products are named after her, dozens of tutorials crowd the internet,

09:22and even at Christie's auction of Marilyn's belongings in 99, her makeup bag sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

09:29Marilyn was a true beauty girl at heart.

09:32Her skincare and makeup knowledge alone proved that she was super ahead of her time,

09:35but she wasn't without her insecurities.

09:38Marilyn clearly had a complicated approach to beauty, and it's something that I still grapple with to this day.

09:44Ultimately though, Marilyn Monroe was real, and she was just like you or I.

09:48I'm reminded of something Banner told me during our conversation, that despite Marilyn's flaws,

09:53she was one of the most courageous and ambitious women of her time.

09:57And that is something we can all strive for.

10:01Thanks so much for watching, guys.

10:03Let me know what other iconic beauty routines you think I should try by commenting down below,

10:08and click here to subscribe to Refinery29, click here to watch another video,

10:13and add me on Instagram at meann.chan.

10:15Thank you!

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