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"I actually think I'm prettier without makeup."
I think you're right, Leighton.
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@PaigeTurner: Leighton is one of those women whose eye's actually look smaller with more eye make up on. As a woman with the same affliction, I think she should stay away from the Lita Ford circa 1985 look.
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I know some women who wake up two hours before they are due in to work to 'put on their face'. I woke up 8:10 this morning, had to be at work at 8:30. Jumped in the shower, threw on my clothes, applied a bit of moisturizer to my face, ran my fingers through my hair (afro), grabbed my bag and made it to work in 20 minutes. I want to look polished, but I don't want to put in the effort to make it so.
And then I wonder, why is this even an issue? Shouldn't I be out marching for world peace or something?
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I just started experimenting with wearing it this year, which I call Project: Ladydrag, but I totally can't be bothered to do it every day - try every fortnight. (Where do people learn this stuff? It takes real skill, and I feel like a ten-thumbed putz half the time.) In many ways, I like the freedom of not being shackled to the eye brush and the lip liner. Stick to the moisturiser, I bet you look fab.
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I want a chapter entitled, "On Not Poking Your Eyeball Loose With The Wand Thingy."
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From my experiences with various makeup artists, I have learned this: good skin is (duh) the most important thing, because decoration is a lot easier and more fun than camouflage. Three things you might find useful are: A very light-textured cream concealer, possibly one with some light-reflecting properties like YSL Touche Eclat, or what I used to use, MAC Strobe Cream mixed with drugstore L'Oreal foundation, to go on your spots/under eye circles; A natural-toned blush/bronzer combo like NARS in "Orgasm" to give you some color and set the concealer; And mascara (Maybelline Great Lash is outstanding). Those three product classes are probably all you really "need." (And they can be applied in about two minutes.)
The rest is pretty much just for fun. A good eyeshadow in a color just ever so slightly darker than your skin tone, for contouring over your lid, in the crease, and along your lash line, is also a very subtle way of bringing out your eyes. A dab of some kind of shimmer powder under the arc of your eyebrows and perhaps your cheekbones can also be a nice touch, but you gotta watch that it doesn't get too stage-y.
Also, if you want lipstick to last: exfoliate your lips thoroughly with a wet washcloth (or an old soft bristled toothbrush, or by rubbing some sugar on your lips), put on a light chapstick and let it sink in, then draw all over your lips with a lip pencil in a shade that matches (more or less) the lipstick. Really thoroughly. Then do the lipstick, blot, and repeat. This turns basically any lipstick into long-lasting stuff, without the cakiness. The above process has resulted in lipstick that's lasted 12 hours on shoots, with only the most minimal re-applications. (I won't pretend that I often have the patience to replicate it at home, though.)
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And as a long time makeup wearer, I'd like to share a couple of tips for anyone who feels uncomfortable with it. Stop reading if you care to, obviously, and don't lay into me if you don't.
If you're over 30, I promise you your skin has lost some smoothness, and the colors in your eyebrows and lips have faded out a bit.
Here is the minimum you need to do: smooth out your skin -- you don't have to wear liquid foundation, but dab out circles and redness with a little concealer, and then use powder foundation (Clinique makes a good one.) It's just like putting on powder from a compact.Then, color in your lips with a Revlon Colorstay product -- I like Pomegranate -- it will stay all day. Finally, pencil lightly over your eyebrows, and if you are worried at all about their shape, go to a salon for waxing.
Lips, skin, eyebrows -- you are good to go.
I seriously, seriously hope this is helpful to someone.
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In between, they got stacked on my chair so I could eat at the dinner table.
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Also, I'd much rather dress like Blair than you in that video or on the red carpet. Don't diss Blair. You look amazing as her.
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@hortense: i want to forgive you, and i want to forget you.
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