I’d Rather Laugh with the Sinners than Cry with the…

… girls who have over-polished makeup looks.  Nothing says uptight to me more than an over-done makeup application that (1) is all about precision and nothing about feminine allure, and (2) makes me wonder whether there is really human skin underneath all that product. 

Heavy hands in beauty are dangerous hands – and in my opinion, too much structure denies a woman her softness and sensuality.

I know it’s a cardinal sin, but truthfully the most amazing makeup sometimes reveals itself  (GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) after you’ve slept in it. I know this because my lifestyle doesn’t leave much time for beauty sleep let alone a multi-step daily nighttime skincare routine.  On occasion, and I’m not proud to admit it, I finally get to see my bed at the end of a lonnnng day and there is nothing that will stop me from getting right in it and closing my fully-made-up eyes. 

Before I go any further, I should state I don’t propose sleeping in your makeup.  Although it does happen, it is on a rare occasion - and I know it’s not doing me any good. 

Having said that, on those rare occasions, I wake to find the makeup more smoked out, more sultry, more WOW than when first applied the night prior. 

So I decided to do a little test to see if I could make fresh makeup look like morning-after makeup. 

And I really got into it.

- I made sure to blend, blend, blend because morning makeup never shows hard lines, even with liner.

- I made sure to pull the color down below the eye where it naturally falls overnight.

- I extended the inner corner highlighter below the inner lashline just a touch where I see it ends up in the AM.

- I applied lipliner and two shades of lipstick, fully blended the liner until it all but disappeared, then added the gloss and pressed it so that the shimmer blended into the lipstick without any remaining stickiness.

And here’s how it turned out:

LOOK: Morning After

EYE & LIP – Coming soon… on VIDEO!!!! :)