Your Public Best - Lillian Brown [23]
If you have puffy areas under the eyes with a circle below, try a slightly darker shade on the puffy areas. For white skin, apply pale ivory in the “ditch” with a fine-line brush, then blend it together by dotting on a little of your base color. With black skin, do the same using whatever color gives the best effect. Avoid using a brand of mascara that tends to flake, depositing black specks under the eyes.
With a little experimentation using these hints, you will soon find a procedure that successfully takes care of those circles.
Finally, whatever cover you select to use under your eyes can also be used to eliminate blemishes, skin discolorations, and age spots.
Cheek Color
Cheekbones are the most neglected part of your face—and the most attractive when they are given some attention. They mold your face, adding character and distinction. In my opinion, covering the cheekbones with rouge contours them out under most lighting situations.
To emphasize the cheekbones, you need to create an indentation underneath them. To do this, first use a normal base color on both the cheekbones and the jawbone. Find that soft hole between the two and press your finger there, against the upper back teeth. In that exact spot, apply a slightly dark contour color and bring it back toward the earlobe, without getting it on the upper and lower bones. Apply a soft blusher in the same area. Smile, and apply a bit of blusher on the prominent part of the cheek, avoiding the cheekbone itself.
Your colors, especially the dark color, should be blended enough to give a natural look. Try blending with a foam cosmetic sponge or a fresh cotton ball instead of using your fingers or a brush.
Try this several times in a mirror until you achieve the look you want. By indenting the cheekbones and contouring under the jawbone, you can take pounds off your face.
There are several types of blushers on the market. Generally speaking, for dry skin try a cream-style blush (sold in pots); for oily skin, a powder blush; and either type for normal skin. As one gets older, fine lines often appear around the cheek area (near eyes or nose), and powder blush often creeps into these lines. If you have this problem, switching to a cream blush will help.
In choosing a blush color, avoid selecting colors in the orange, bright pink, magenta, or bluey-red shades. Softer colors are more flattering to women of all ages—soft rose (often called “old rose”) or rose with a little brown in it are the colors to try for white skin. Soft peach tones are another good choice. With black skin, try richer shades tending toward wine or burgundy; but, again, avoid the bluey or magenta tones. Some blush colors that have brown blended in them look great on black skin.
Eye Makeup
Using effective eye contact is one of the most important ingredients in transmitting your message. Your eyes are part of your nonverbal body language. Therefore, your eye makeup should provide a soft, subtle effect around your eyes rather than dominate them. The object here is to have someone who is looking at you see the eyes first, not the eye makeup. The makeup should not intrude or distract from your eyes.
Eyeshadow, Eyeliner, and Eyebrow Color. Select soft, natural colors for your eyeshadow and eyeliner—brown, taupe, or gray rather than “beetle” green, bright blue, or plum, for example. Iridescent color catches the light with a vibrancy that can overpower your eyes.
Your eyeshadow should get lighter as it moves upward. You may wish to apply a darker line in the eye crease, but this can be overdone and could show when you blink your eyes. Always continue the color, subtly, up to the brow itself. Brush the eyeshadow color out slightly at the corners of the eyes.
Avoid applying whitish eyeshadow to the brow bone area.
Apply subtle eyeliner to the upper lids after you have applied your eyeshadow. Use little or no liner under the eyes, with no black smudges. Putting black liner under