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Hollywood fucks with shit.
Sep. 12th, 2010 01:23 amI am just watching The Mothman Prophecies (I'm having a week of watching terrible paranormal flicks, starting off with The Fourth Kind) and Debra Messing is in it. I've seen her on TV so many times, her face is totally imprinted in my head. It's while I saw a close-up of her face during a make-up application montage that I realised they put the red line of her lipstick WAY up over her natural lip-line.
Later in the flick, she's in bed in hospital, waking up. Minimal make-up, probably just stuff to even out her skin tone, but she looks like she's had most of the make-up washed off and a bit of mascara to make her eyelashes show up. Her lip-line? Natural.
Oh. My. GOD, her face is brought to life. She just looks stunning with her natural lip-line! A cute little pointed Cupid's Bow, that is totally in harmony with the shape of her eyes and the lines of her cheek. She looks like a sweet peach-skinned nymph rather than a brassy-haired overdone Hollywood actress.
It taught me a lesson - Nature knows best. Sometimes, your natural lipline is better for your looks than you realise. We're not all supposed to have big puffy lips. Sometimes, thin, pointed lips are *just* as beautiful. Trust me, I'm an artist, I know. (Eg: My icon!)
ETA: Here's a good example picture:
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/1632701/debra-messing-makeup-free-04/
Call me crazy, but I think she looks stunning there. Maybe it's because she reminds me a bit of my big sister Cati, who is one of the most beautiful women ever as far as I'm concerned (I'm definitely biased).
Later in the flick, she's in bed in hospital, waking up. Minimal make-up, probably just stuff to even out her skin tone, but she looks like she's had most of the make-up washed off and a bit of mascara to make her eyelashes show up. Her lip-line? Natural.
Oh. My. GOD, her face is brought to life. She just looks stunning with her natural lip-line! A cute little pointed Cupid's Bow, that is totally in harmony with the shape of her eyes and the lines of her cheek. She looks like a sweet peach-skinned nymph rather than a brassy-haired overdone Hollywood actress.
It taught me a lesson - Nature knows best. Sometimes, your natural lipline is better for your looks than you realise. We're not all supposed to have big puffy lips. Sometimes, thin, pointed lips are *just* as beautiful. Trust me, I'm an artist, I know. (Eg: My icon!)
ETA: Here's a good example picture:
http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/1632701/debra-messing-makeup-free-04/
Call me crazy, but I think she looks stunning there. Maybe it's because she reminds me a bit of my big sister Cati, who is one of the most beautiful women ever as far as I'm concerned (I'm definitely biased).
