A perfectionist, Marilyn spent hours at the make-up table. Part of the bump on her nose remained even after surgery, so she covered it. She had freckles on her skin and hair on the sides of her face that she also concealed with make-up. She put on fake fingernails to cover up the ragged edges of the ones she had bitten.
To make her lips larger and more lustrous, she applied four layers of lipstick and drew her lip line outside its natural shape.
She put Vaseline on her lips to make them look wet. It was part of what her clothes designer, William Travilla called her ‘f***-me’ look, especially when she held her lips in an O, as she often did. (Read more and See more Pictures)