It is only 9:34 in the morning but it seems that I have a bundle of things to talk about already. However, today, I feel like talking about how people look. How I look.
Each morning I have the same routine and I manage to get myself ready in all of 10 minutes while my girls are eating their bowls of cereal. Yesterday, however, I had a meeting downtown with a consultant and knew that for the first time in a LONG time, I needed to really pay attention to how I was presenting myself.
Since my job came to an end (last week) after 10 years, I find myself plunged back into the world of job interviews and meetings with people who will form an opinion, very quickly, based on just how I look. How scary is that? It is VERY scary and that is why I am writing this entry.
You see, we all get comfortable in a routine, whether that routine is our job, our marriage, our relationship with our own parents/siblings, or with how we dress, wear our makeup or style our hair. A shake-up in our world of routines can actually be a "glass-half-full" in a very surprising disguise and certainly does not have to be a crisis. A shake-up, if you will, creates strong feelings. Strong feelings create energy. Energy = Action.
Here is where I link this whole blog back to the title of this entry. When one routine in ones life gets "rocked" it sure is nice to have other, familiar routines to hang on to. One of my routines that I take great comfort in, is knowing that I have five things in my "Scrumping Bag" (this is my English Grandmothers description of a little bag that contains all the necessary makeup items one needs) that I use every day to make myself feel like I can face the world.
It is my belief that there are 5 makeup/tool essentials that each and every person can use to create a natural, sophisticated look; and for your reading enjoyment (insert smile here), I have listed them below.
1) Everyone needs a little pot of cream concealer. Concealer is your best friend. According to my husband (and said in the most loving way), when I get up in the morning it looks like "a raccoon sat on my face". Nice. Basically, this means that I have very dark pigmentation around my eyes. All the way around. Guess what takes me from Raccoon to "wide awake and ready to go?"Yes. Concealer.
2) Blush. A really good blush (pay a little more and get something that really works) combined with your strategically placed concealer creates the ultimate "fresh face". Personally, I like blush products by NARS.
3) Lipstick. A neutral, warm lipstick that can be used every day, is a must. My lipstick of choice and one that I cannot live without is Viva Glam V by MAC. It is very natural with a little shimmer (please, please opt for something with a whisper of shimmer. Matte lipsticks should be outlawed and look like you applied TREMCLAD to your mouth. Not flattering on anyone, at any age).
4) A great mascara. Everyone has their favourite and there are actually some interesting ways to apply mascara to create different looks (ie. sweeping lashes with mascara to the side to create more of a cat-eye).
5) A really, really good pair of tweezers. To me, tweezers, used properly, are the ultimate tool (threading, waxing, electrolysis all work too). I am just a huge fan of well-groomed (not over-plucked) eyebrows and how a persons face is altered by the look of their brows. This is a whole other Blog though...
On that note, I am signing off and heading to MAC to replenish my lipstick supply (Viva Glam V)...
1 comment:
Listen to this woman! She knows of what she speaks. I was so in awe of how good she always looks that for a while, I wouldn't buy any cosmetic without checking with her first.
"Hi...it's me. I'm at the Chanel counter...and, um, they say it's a primer...what is that and do I really need it...?
...Ok....Ok...Bye".
Yeah, uh - my friend says you're full of shit. But thanks anyway.
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