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...trusty copy of Glamour open to the techniques and products page, I plan to take advantage of the free advice being dished out by the make-up artist to the new “it” star. As I skim the advice I become excited at the prospect of looking a bit more like a supermodel…or at least a knock-off MTV VJ for an evening...
There is the general advice about how to apply blush or how to keep make-up looking fresh all night long. But after those secrets have been shared, the suggestions get specific because we all know that different colors and effects look good on different types of people. What irks me is the geological pace with which beauty products—from lipsticks to eyeshadows, blushes to foundations—change to meet the demands of the marginalized non-white community...
...hard as the next gal to look decent for a black tie event or a hot date. Hair: big. Clothes: elegant…or at least seductively tight. Breath: casually minty. Now for the make-up, the frosting on the cake that makes the average person look extra special for an extra special occasion. Finding the right make-up for my skin tone—somewhere between exotic, African-American, dark cocoa and kinky-headed Negro black—is, to be sure, an exhausting process. It’s not about finding just the right shade, but about finding...
...flip to an extended ad for Almay products that promises to reduce wrinkles that I don’t have and provide mega SPF protection that I don’t need. For those who don’t use make-up regularly, foundation is the base upon which any make-up job rests. It’s supposed to be the color of your skin and when applied evenly, cover up those unsightly blemishes that we all wish we had fewer...
...about age seven I realized, with much chagrin, that my skin tone did not fit in the usual “pale” to “caramel” range that most make-up lines feature in their ads. One would assume that with the advent of honey-hued Halle Berry in almost every Revlon ad, make-up companies would do a better job of advertising foundation and other make-up products in a wider variety of colors. But it seems that caramel is pretty much the only sweet to make it main stream…I suppose...