Vintage Jolie: True Beauty Comes From Within, Unless You Apply It With a Brush
Monday, July 25th, 2005
One of the oddest things about working in beauty is that many editors don’t wear makeup. I’ve commented on this before, yet the answer to this mystery remains elusive. Fashion editors wear clothes, do they not? Chefs eat. I can only assume that music writers do actually listen to music. And yet, beauty editors soldier on, eyeshadow and foundation-free. If pressed, some makeup-phobes will admit to slapping on a coat of mascara in the morning, and maybe a tiny bit of colorless lipgloss. But blush? Eyeliner? Powder? No, no, no!What do they have that I do not? Flawless, even-toned, creamy-yet-naturally-golden skin? Probably. Perfectly rosy lips and cheeks? Perhaps. Eyes blessed with enough natural shadow and definition that skipping the liner doesn’t result in a look best described as “hospital refugee”? Most definitely. And yet, I still don’t really get it. Why strive for just okay, when with a little creative shadowing and NARS Orgasm you can become fabulous? I love my morning mirror time; it’s when I get to decide how I’ll present myself to the world that day. (Glam? Punk? Schoolgirl? I usually just pick “Well-Rested”, but at least makeup gives me the option to be glam, or punk, or schoolgirl.) It’s like art, minus the pretention!I’m no Tammy-Faye, but I do like making the most of what I have. And anything that helps conceal my albino eyelashes and rudolph nose is alright with me.
True Beauty Comes From Within…Unless You Apply It With a Brush
