STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

halleybird · Hermes

So I am a blonde again...(makeup question)

Amelie · Kenneth Cole

Do you have pale skin? If so, I would say brown eyeshadows and pale pink lips. If you think black mascara is too harsh, maybe try a dark brown. I also think rosy cheeks is a must if you have pale skin and blonde hair, so a blush like NARS Orgasm would be perfect.

If you have tan skin, I would still use brown shadows, but maybe add some dark brown liner and dark lashes. And for lips, how about a pinkish red matte lipstick with a nice gloss (or rosebud salve) over?

Hope that helps! My hair isn't too blonde anymore, but I tried...

By the way, can you post a before/after pic? I'm interested in changing my hair color and I would love to see how yours turned out. Thanks!

halleybird · Hermes

oh, I am pale all right. I played around today and I think I just need to wear less eye makeup. For some reason I think I could get away with more makeup when my hair was dark.

Anyway, you wanted pictures. Excuse the poor quality of the first and the pjs in the second:

as a brunette... and now back to blonde...

OK sorry. The first pic looked huge on my computer, but teeny on everyone else's

. Fixed

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Amelie · Kenneth Cole

Oh, wow! Thanks for posting! I love your color AND haircut-- you look great!

Ally S · Kate Spade

The Blonde looks beautiful on you, I liked the Brunette but love the Blonde.

rlutz · Chanel

you are so cute as a blonde and a brunette...but I think, from what I know about you, that I like the blodes better....great pics...love your dogs...so cute

Mia · Kate Spade

Have you tried red lipstick? Not cherry-red, maybe closer to a brickish red (although not quite brick...sorry...explaining badly). I have a red Stila lipstick called Salome that ROCKS and I have the same colouring as you - a little blonder but also v. pale. perhaps slightly paler than your skin. The red looks very good on me, something I never would have guessed until I tried it (I always thought I was too 'colourless' to do red and assumed it was only for olive or darker skintones - I don't like the way it looks on G Stefani, for example - too harsh).

I also second the brown eyeshadow recommendation. In the summer I'll play around with bright eyeliner - bright green, or teal, usually.

halleybird · Hermes

Thanks for the compliments everyone...I am still kind of having second thoughts, but whatever, it's just hair, right?

Mia...I was just running out to the drugstore when I read your post and I picked up this reddish brown lipstick -- I really do like it! (Post blot, of course)

-- Edited by halleybird at 00:36, 2005-01-02