Beauty of Sophia Loren

If there is one woman in the world who can exemplify eternal beauty, it is Sophia Loren. In one of those rare instances, as she gets older, she looks beautiful in her own way. I have never seen any signs of her trying to look younger. She just looks right for her own age. And that is what the strategy should be for all of us. Many of us often look older than our age because we have not taken care of ourselves or have not kept up with fashion and style or have simply lost that enthusiasm for living. To do this you do not need designer clothes or plastic surgery or expensive makeup - you just need to think that you are beautiful and take care of minor things like wardrobe, skincare, and makeup.

Makeup transformations

In my years in the beauty industry, I have seen in front of my eyes how women react when they see themselves all made up. I saw them coming in the morning for a day of beauty looking, well, ordinary, and others just jumped out of bed. Then at the end of the day, the transformation happened after the makeup session.

After a makeup application, the reaction was as if someone inside them has been allowed to come out, someone beautiful has finally emerged. Someone they knew or suspected they had inside, but it was hiding. The self-confidence level goes up making these women even more beautiful.

I always ask myself if this feeling was going to last. Is it going to change something permanently in this woman or is it temporary? I do not know the answer. But, as for myself, I know that even though I am a makeup artist (at least I have a diploma, though, I do not do that to make a living) I do not always apply makeup, not even as recommended by minimalist makeup artist Bobby Brown.

I find makeup exciting, it can change how you look. Just a bit of lipstick adds color without changing who you are. I love to browse makeup books. I love the books of late makeup artist Kevin Aucoin. One of my favorite new makeup books is “5 Minutes face, the quick and easy makeup guide for every women” by Carmindy (“What not the wear” makeup artist). This book is very instructive and it has a lot of good tips for the novice and even for the more serious makeup user.