What a beautiful, clear, sunny Monday morning it was when I rolled out of bed.
The coffee was brewing, the cats were muching away and I sat in front of my vanity trying to figure out what shade(or shades) of eyeshadow would go best with my tan, brown, red, cream colored shirt.
I hate it when I wear clothing that has mulitple colors…the eyeshadow combos are ENDLESS!!!
I really didn’t have much time…just under two hours…AND I still had to figure out what blush and lipgloss was going to accompany the eyeshadow…DECISIONS!!!
OK, to those that don’t wear makeup you might be thinking WTF!!! But to the women…and men…out there that understand the difference between shimmer, velvet and matte finishes…they know my dilema.
I come from the “old school” of thinkers as far as makeup is concerned. I want to be wearing makeup but I don’t want the makeup to be wearing me. In order for that theory to work in my eyes…my makeup needs to flow. There needs to be a balance. A ying or the yang.
I began using makeup when I was in junior high… I would get to school early, sneak off to the bathroom and apply my Maybelline “Blossom Pink” eyeshadow and my Cover Girl “Soft Shell” blush and complete the look with my no frills cherry lipgloss from the dollar store.
Hmmm…pink eyes…dirt brown cheeks…and ruby red lips…on my medium brown complexion
You don’t need to be a makeup artist to know that…the look I was sporting didn’t look good.
Trial and error…research and read…watch and learn.
It took a few years but I learned that corrdination was key in me looking as flawless as those women in the Maybelline ads.
Not to say that I don’t follow the latest trends…I have enough blue eyeshadow in my makeup case to make me think I got a river running through it.
But the key to beautiful, flawless, everyday makeup looks….is a form of balance. Sometimes I start at the bottom (my lips). I’ll put on a bold lipstick to them stand out. Or I will make my standout point be my cheeks. I will add blush and contour to give the illusion of high cheek bones.
So, setting in front of my vanity…staring at the many different shades of brown…memories of how I got to that point surfed through my mind. The countless products bought and never used because I found another…equally as fab…the answer hit me…just wear all black…and THEN I can use the new metallic purple eyeshadow I got last week… GENIUS!!!
