{"id":695,"date":"2009-08-24T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/monday-makeup-makeover.html"},"modified":"2009-08-24T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T13:52:11","slug":"monday-makeup-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/08\/monday-makeup-makeover.html","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Monday Makeover!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the story of a Monday makeover.<\/p>\n

I do not wear makeup every day.  I work at home, for one thing, so I have no one to impress.  But I also have something of a mental makeup block:  what’s wrong with my natural face that I should bury it under some cake-y gunk?  So this is what I see when I look in the mirror.  Hello, “before!”:<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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I have plenty o’ imperfections, and part of my makeup aversion is that I feel a little helpless against my persistent, grown-up blemishes:<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, I found myself in Sephora (translation: my sister convinced me to go in), and I decided that enough was enough.  There has to be a non-toxic, non-waxy makeup system that won’t cost a fortune or make me look like a clown or a floosie.  Enter Bare Escentuals<\/a>, a company that’s apparently very big with the natural makeup crowd.  At the risk of quoting too directly from their marketing materials, the makeup is not a “pressed product,” so it contains no wax to clog pores and cake on.  It is a mineral-based makeup, so it claims to actually nourish skin as it beautifies.  We’ll see about that…she said skeptically.  <\/p>\n

But this is why they invented webcams and home offices, isn’t it?  So let the makeover begin!<\/p>\n

I started with a base brush-coat of foundation in their “Light” shade, which is perfect for my SPF-obsessed self.  <\/p>\n

A little smoother of a pallet, non?<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Using a small brush, I was even able to take the edge off of my aforementioned problem:<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Next came “Warmth,” the bronze-y blush-y powder that went onto the apples of my cheeks and lightly brushed all over my face.  Wait a minute, might I might be starting to look awake and alert?<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

But there was something missing, even with a coat of creamy lipstick added to the mix:<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, right!  Eyes!  Ta-da!  The “after” shot (And yeah, that’s right – I put my hair in a pony and jauntily snapped my collar up.  I really am in a “go for it” kind of mood…life’s too short for the alternative, right?):<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What I like abut this makeup is that when I wear it, I feel like my natural, un-made-up self….only with the “pretty” volume turned up a notch.  I don’t feel like I look like a different person, which is good because that was not the goal.  I might hate my blemishes, but I don’t hate myself….which was actually an unforeseen and uplifting lesson I learned from my Monday makeover.<\/p>\n

I’m contemplating whether it’s worthwhile to set a goal of wearing this makeup every day for the month of September to see if it affects my self-image–or my skin–at all.  Stay tuned for more on that….but meanwhile, maybe you’re inspired to try a new look?  Or recommit to your old one?  <\/p>\n

What’s your relationship with makeup?  <\/p>\n

Like what you see?  Click here to subscribe<\/a> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/b>
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