Makeup Tips And Beauty Advice

Getting On The Right Track

Yes, this is one more beauty site offering you makeup tips and beauty advice.  But hold on...

Before you make an assessment on whether you think this site has something beneficial to offer you, whether you think it's cool enough, flashy enough, fluffy enough, answer this quick question.

Has "cool", "flashy", or "fluffy", been delivering the kind of beauty results you really want?

Light weight, 'one offs' makeup tips can be helpful in the right context, but if you are without the context , if you aren't  a bit of an expert already, it can be a bit like putting together a puzzle.  The look you get in the end will be a bit of a surprise (and maybe not what you want).

The truth is like most things, when it comes to makeup results, you will get back what you give.  If you don't have big beauty expectations for yourself, than the pressure is off to be at the kind of site that can get you on track to your best.  But, if you're that person who wants more, would like to operate at her best, and just needs some guidance to get there, this is your site (consider me your coach).

GETTING THE RESULTS YOU WANT= THOUGHT + EFFORT + TIME makeup tips arrow  RIGHT TRACK

If you really want great results from your makeup efforts, you will have to wrap your head around the notion that great results will take a little thought, time and effort  (great style doesn't happen magically,  it takes a little brain power). 

  • THOUGHT
    -Begin with the end in mind (you've heard that before and it also applies to makeup). Figure out what exactly you want from makeup. What style inspires you?
  • EFFORT
    -Learn each and every step that it takes to get what you want. They aren't hard.
  • TIME
    -A little patience, practice and persistence that will pay off.

If you can do this, you will find yourself heading down the right track and clear on what you want and need to make it happen ( no wasted time, energy, or money).

VOILA! Makeup results that have exceeded your expectations and put a smile on your face.

Finding Your Beauty Bearings

FashionMagazineStyleGetting On The Right Track Rule #1:
Wearing makeup is not about the pursuit of perfect beauty.  There is no perfect beauty.  If you are chasing perfect beauty, you are chasing an illusion.

Somewhere a long the way, we stopped seeing fashion magazine ads and editorials etc as artistic sources of style and beauty inspiration.  Instead, they became a beauty standard. The problem with using those resources as a standard is, the beauty you are trying to measure up to, is unattainable. 

Ask any model, makeup artist or photographer.  Each image you see is the product of a fleeting moment, of right light, right position, right props, right graphics, right makeup... the conditions of "right" goes on.

Getting On The Right Track Rule #2:
Whatever you wear, including makeup, should be about personal expression.  There is far greater pleasure in the process, and satisfaction in the results.

(Yes, there is a purely functional element to wearing makeup that resolves beauty dilemmas like covering blemishes or dark circles.  However, if you are here, interested in makeup tips, you are likely going beyond functional.)

The Secret To Powerful Beauty

After life as a professional model, exposure to many talented individuals in the art of makeup, hair, fashion, photography and advertising, years of sharing beauty advice and experimenting with many looks, on myself and others, I have come to realize the most powerful beauty in real life, comes from the presence of authenticity.  

Makeup design and application skill are important but they are secondary to how much synergy your style choices have with you.

  • your features
  • your personal style
  • your personality
  • your lifestyle

(*Synergy is a concept that describes elements working together especially well, where the end result is greater than the sum of their parts.)

The advice you will receive here includes great makeup tips and lots of other beauty information, but my biggest hope is for you to find your own special beauty synergy. 

This site is written to help you find a makeup style that will be true to you and what you want to communicate about yourself.  Its for natural beauties and divas alike.  Inspiration is everywhere.  Fashion magazines, celebrity style, what you see on the 'streets', on line resources, all provide great resources for ideas. 

Take those inspirations, make them your own.  I'll be here to help.

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