Permanently Beautiful

It’s hard to believe but the ’80s are back! Big hair, football-size shoulder pads, kohl-lined eyes and ruby red lips. In the 1980s women came into their own in the workplace. Clothing fashions, hair styles and makeup reflected women’s new-found power on the job and served to augment her presence in heretofore male-dominated board rooms. Fashions were forceful and imposing and makeup had to be bold and colorful to stand out. In the 1980s women wore more makeup and eye makeup and lip colors were darker and more noticeable than they had been before. It was a look that commanded attention.

Research has shown that every 30 years fashion styles repeat themselves but with a new twist on the original. Today’s makeup styles give the brassy, look at me ’80s a  softer, more sensual appearance that exudes self-confidence and says we’ve arrived and we’re here to stay! The dark kohl-lined Goth eyes of the 1980s have been softened into far more sensuous smoky eyes. Lips are still red; but instead of the bold, brassy reds of the ’80s, lip colors are softer, warmer, earthier reds. It’s the lip liner not the bright color that calls attention to the lips today; but instead of matching liner and lipstick colors, liners are going more brown this season. And put the lip gloss away during the day. Matte-finish lip stick says I’m in charge at the office.

Permanent makeup can give you the perfectly applied lip liner that is the base for today’s powerful, sensuous red lips.

Angelina Jolie and her perfectly-plump lips have women everywhere longing to have ones just like hers. A permanent cosmetic professional can help you determine the perfect permanent lip liner look for your face. Saving yourself time and money for the future, permanent makeup for your lips is a means of emphasizing your lips to look perfect every day with no effort. The permanent lip liner procedure also helps to minimize the look of wrinkles and give lips a finished lips, no matter the time of day.

Choosing the type of look you are going for is simple. A professional cosmetic technician will discuss your options of natural or a more dramatic look. This decision is determined by your personal style, and your daily work environment. If however, you are undecided on the permanent lip liner procedure, here are a few tips of achieving the Angelina lips you desire:

• Prep with a lip plumper on your lips. This lip product moistens the lips and gives a bee stung look. One particular lip gloss is Lip Venom.
• Next, line your lips with a brown lip liner (whether nude or a darker shade of brown). It’s important to match your skin tone as closely as possible for a natural look.
• Apply a matte lipstick that nearly matches the shade of your lip.

As you can see, achieving a natural, yet full lip-lined look is simple. Your lips will look like Angelina Jolie’s in no time!

How do celebs look so good year after year?  Take Sandra Bullock. Remember her in Speed with Keanu Reeves? That was 1994. Check her out in her current starring role as role as aggressive executive Margaret Tate in The Proposal.  She looks awesome, totally fit and gorgeous without the uber biceps look Madonna sports these days.

But according to InStyle magazine, Bullock’s trim shape has everything to do with working out. Apparently she does a lot of Pilates, kick boxing and weight training in L.A. with a trainer. When she’s at her Texas ranch, she runs or bikes.

She spent 3 to 4 days a week with a trainer to prepare her for The Proposal.  In order to look sleek and slim in tailored power suits, her trainer had her doing pylometrics along with her weight training, Pilates and boxing. Bullock says the variety keeps her workout fresh and helps her maintain motivation to stay healthy and fit, but don’t think that’s her only incentive. She knows she needs to work it in order to look good on film.  Just like you need to work out to look good in your Facebook photos or YouTube videos.  These days we’re all on film.

No time to work out?  Something’s gotta give. There’s no faking fitness. But ease your time crunch and make more time for crunches with permanent makeup. It’s faster to dash from gym to office if you can skip all that careful eyeliner, eyebrow and lip liner application.  With permanent makeup, you’re always good to go.

Finding a humidity-proof hairdo for a summer wedding can be a challenge. Get inspired by the gorgeous red-carpet styles of stars like Becki Newton and Eva Longoria Parker and find a ‘do that will keep you looking picture perfect from the walk down the aisle through the reception send-off.

A lot of time and detail went into choosing your dress, ring, flowers, and even your hairstyle. Don’t let your makeup take a backseat. Take the time to go through magazines and pull out makeup styles that you really like, even tear out the ones you really hate.  It could be how a certain feature is played up, or that great lipstick color, or how the skin glows, or even how they used way too much eyeliner. All this is easy to say and show with pictures. It helps tremendously to show you what you like with pictures rather than endlessly describing it. This gives anyone helping you, whether it’s a make-up artist or your best friend or a salesperson at department store counter, the best way to see what you like and don’t like. Remember, two people’s ideas of pink lipstick could be completely different. There is a lot of truth in the adage that says “a picture is worth a thousand words.” It really gives a lot more information with a visual sense.

With all the variables, getting permanent makeup will relieve you of some of the nerve-wracking guesswork. Permanent eyeliner, lip liner and eyebrows can go a long way toward making the big day really picture perfect.