The 1980s was an era in which diversity and uniqueness were pushed to the forefront of mainstream media. A deciphering reason for this can be unambiguously linked to the plenitude of creative, ambitious and era defining music of the 1980s alongside with the abundant subcultures that presented during the era. With the introduction of MTV and henceforth the birth of the music video, hair and makeup played a vital part in allowing the public to be inspired. The 1980s saw the bridging together of the constricted 1970s to the liberal nature of the 1990s and never has an era been more fundamental for change and afire with political controversy. Through a thorough investigation of hair and makeup styles that developed throughout the 1980s and examining the political, external, sociological and technological influences during this period it is possible to develop a clear and precise understanding of the extrinsic forces that influenced hair and makeup fashions of the 1980s. During the 1980s, c...