Permanently Beautiful

The Victoria Secrets super models, music superstars like Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and other celebrity glitterati always look gorgeous. Of course they have an army of backstage makeup artists, hairdressers and stylists to help them achieve that flawless makeup, perfect hair and elegant style that we mere mortals envy. You may be on your own when you open your makeup bag every morning, but you can still achieve beautiful results with these makeup tips from runway pros:

• For a little curl and glop-free mascara application, hold a spoon against your upper lash line and apply mascara against it.
• To create sky-high cheekbones, holding a fan-shaped brush parallel to your hairline, brush frosted cheek color up toward your ear, then from hairline inward toward your nose, stopping just before your nose. Using the same brush, lightly stroke matte blush in the same color right above your jaw line from ear to mouth. Women with olive skin should use a bronzer. A pinker shade is best for fair-skinned women; mauve for medium skin tones.

Professional makeup artists say the key to flawless makeup is to perfectly match makeup to skin tones. Permanent makeup artfully applied by Melany Whitney, a former professional makeup artist herself, is always perfectly selected to match your unique skin tone. Permanent makeup gives you flawless runway model perfection every day — and night — without hours of effort.

Did you catch the Victoria Secrets fashion show last week? Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas certainly held her own against the professional runway competition. She looked utterly amazing in that glittering emerald body suit with its free-flowing cape. In a night filled with plenty of big T and tight A, it was a night of glamour, fantasy and beautiful women. The backstage glimpses of models being made up and stage managers rushing them on stage added to the excitement, but haven’t you always wondered how models achieve that absolutely perfect, flawless on-camera look?  

When asked to reveal their special makeup tips, professional makeup artists agree that totally flawless skin starts with a good moisturizer. Airbrushed foundation application and artistic facial contouring are the techniques the pros use to ensure that models and celebrities put their best face forward. That’s outside the skill set or needs of most women, but there are a number of professional tips you can apply at home.

• For barely there lips, apply a good moisturizer to lips, follow with concealer. Apply pale lip gloss for kissable natural looking lips.
• For a light and luscious lash line, dot along lash line with eyeliner pencil then blend gently with a Q-tip.
• For perfectly groomed eyebrows, fill in and shape brows with a 3B or 6B graphite pencil instead of an eyebrow pencil. While too harsh for blondes, graphite will give brunettes a more natural look.

More tips next time