Hayley Atwell: The Real Bombshell from "Captain America"

"My grandmother would sleep in rollers and go put her make-up on to just go down to the shops to buy some milk. And she was a working class woman in Manchester who worked at a factory, so it wasn't that she was royalty or anything. That was what everyone did back then. And my mother was the same. My mother used to drive me to school in perfect make-up with her hair immaculate, but she had a dressing gown underneath her coat. She always made sure her outer appearance was just pristine. So Peggy's kind of like, "Oh, the Nazis are coming, but I better apply lipstick.""

Clearly, I've been indulging my inner geek since 'The Avengers' came out. I will say that, despite my love of pinup, I've always been a geek/gamer girl and always will be. I'd be playing Diablo 3 right now if the servers could stay up.

Hayley Atwell took the role of Peggy Carter in Captain America 2011, and stole the scene by being lovely and fierce. The quote above came from an interview with Box Office Magazine, when talking about her character and her inspiration. While her acting is sublime, her beauty (and a certain red dress) were what kept people talking. 

The key to her look beyond the fabulous hair styles, is a medium taupe-brown eye shadow (with a bit of grey in the crease, and a lighter color on the brow bone and tearduct), normal liquid eyeliner (Peggy did not have cat eyes!), and matte red lipstick.  Make sure you have your eyebrows on, your foundation is set, and add a wee bit of blush. It's not too different from normal pinup makeup. All of it is done very lightly. It manages to be both bold and natural. And a red dress hugging all the right places certainly helps!