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Drag Queen, or Diva?

When wearing makeup, just what effect do you want to create, Drag Queen, or Diva?

The answer is in your hands, but most women’s makeup will vary from occasion to occasion, and also reflect their moods.  

Makeup for going to school for a parents’ evening, will differ from makeup appropriate to going to the office, from a dinner-party, or making a night of it at the local nightclub.

Makeup is mere paint for a blank canvas. You supply the canvas and the makeup companies supply the paint.

So to say there is one look, or type of makeup that’s suits every woman and every situation they might find themselves in, is plain wrong.

The basis of good makeup is subtlety. Okay, a trip to see the Rocky Horror Show, or a hen night out with the girls, might deem necessary a different approach when a slap of ‘war paint’, applied with a trowel across grinning features, might be a good idea.

But, generally, in the eco-conscious beginning of the 21st Century, the trend is to use makeup as a way of enhancing natural beauty, rather than creating a look which relies on multi-layers of paint.

So, when planning a look, it’s always best to start with the idea of playing down the Drag Queen look, and moving towards a woman of beauty and refinement, a Diva in other words.

The trend these days is to play down some of the crucial building blocks and selectively use makeup to highlight key facial features.

It might be that the lips need help, or that vivacious eyes are deserving of some special highlighting. Or maybe the judicious use of some lip gloss will do wonders for a tired face at the end of a day.

Whatever the technique, the days of plastering on the old slap with gay abandon are long gone, banished along with power shoulders and over bouffant hair.

The art today is to take a long and hard look at your face, and talk to someone you trust, and use your makeup sparingly; as a way of bringing out the natural highlights and features, and not as a way of getting ready for the role of the Step Mother in the Christmas pantomime.

This article was wrote by eCommerce Associate for Best Cosmetics

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Auction Estimates:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/sothebys/item/170129

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