CHI - Summer 2008 - (Page 61) ously removes moisture and polishes strands to sleek perfection. ■ baby talk. Certain hair accessories evoke more sophistication than others: yes: A wide velvet headband. no: Tiny flower- or butterfly-shaped barrettes perched above each eye! MAKE-UP ■ down to earth. For eyes, stow the bright colors and the glittery formulas until the weekend and assemble a palette of pleasing earth tones for business-like weekdays, says Lynde. Highlight your brow bone with a pale mocha powder and sweep a rich, brown velvet shadow over lids. Line eyes top and bottom with a coffee-colored pencil liner and finish with two coats of black mascara. ■ feature this. Sophisticated make-up design highlights one feature, leaving the rest minimal. Examples? A nude, barely-there eye paired with a brightly colored lip. Or smudgy, smoky eyes with a sheer, peach-toned mouth. how to look: 10 pounds thinner even wider. Instead, I’d opt for a sleeker look for this body type.” ■ avoid extremes. A super-short crop or a curtain of hair that extends beyond the shoulders are two slimming “don’ts.” “Extremely short hair makes the body look larger,” says Gandara. “And extremely long hair can make a person look shorter and stockier.” Layered hair that lands just above the shoulders is flattering for most bodies, and soft, sideswept bangs will narrow a wide face. HAIR MAKE-UP ■ chiseled ■ trick the eye. Use your cut, color and style to contour and highlight your face, just as you use your make-up, says Lisa Marie. So, if your chin is full, for example, diminish the appearance of the area by wearing your hair longer than your jaw and placing brighter highlights throughout the top of your hair to draw the eye upward. Basically, says Lisa Marie, “Your cut and color should be narrow and dark where you’re wide and lighter where you are narrow.” One of Gandara’s favorite slimming tricks: create a narrow band of darker hair color around the face to shade the widest areas. ■ balance head to toe. Be sure that your stylist considers your entire body when designing your hair style, instead of simply looking at you from the neck up. “I always look at someone in thirds,” says Lisa Marie. “From head to shoulders, shoulders to waist and hips to feet. The hair should balance all of these areas. So, for example, if someone has broad shoulders, a full, curly hair style would make the shoulders appear cheeks. This technique from Chris Newburg produces instant, “supermodel” cheekbones: Dip a fluffy brush into powder blush. Start on the apple of each cheek and sweep the color up and above the outer corner of the eyebrow. (Let the color gradually trail off as it progresses upward.) Then, trace the inner corner of the c-shape that you’ve created with the blush with a shimmery, luminizing powder (top of the cheekbone, up and above the outer corner of the brow.) The color accentuates the bone; the highlighter “lifts” the eye upward. ■ brow power. Well groomed and arched brows provide an instant lift for a full face. Be sure to avoid tweezing too much from the center, though—brows that are too spaced apart can make a face look wider. ■ bronze mettle. Using a fluffy brush to control the amount of color deposit, lightly shadow the entire perimeter of the face with bronzer. Choose a natural color, says Newburg, and avoid anything that appears muddy, sparkly or orange. n Volume IV, Issue 15 61
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