Saving face

Spring makeup promises
to brighten appearances

By KIRSTEN TATE
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL

A sure sign of the changing season is the new trends in fashion, especially in makeup shades and textures.
The spring and summer lines from various makeup lines are an interpretation of the runway, said Charlisa Robertson, Estée Lauder counter manager at Christensen’s in Cedar City
For spring 2003 pastel colors are the new trend. Pinks, purples and greens are the most popular, said Judi Vandervest, makeup artist at Salon Divo.
Natalie Elia, director of Sephora at the Venetian in Las Vegas, said pink is definitely the color for eyes and lips.
“It’s all about shimmer and maybe light greens,” she said. “Pink is a universal color, and it is a nice, fresh, clean, spring look.”
Vandervest warned that what looks good on young women isn’t necessarily appropriate for older women.
“Young women can wear iridescent colors, but older women can’t,” she said.
The Estée Lauder spring line is called “Pure Eden” and the theme is lush greens and flower pinks and purples. The names of the different shades, like Serpent, Red Apple and Lemon Yellow, reflect the theme.
Other makeup lines have similar colors.
Robertson stressed the fact that makeup is personalized and reflects how a person perceives him or herself.
“Makeup depends on the person,” she said. “Your skin type, the coverage you want, your face and eye color; but the most important thing is to have fun.”
Vandervest agreed. The colors used and the way they are applied depends on a variety of factors, so each thing has to be determined based on the person.
Foundation can be an important step in applying makeup. Robertson said if a woman has good enough skin that she doesn’t have to wear foundation, then she shouldn’t.
Vandervest said the foundation should exactly match the skin tone. It can be worn to cover the whole face, or to “spot cover” problem areas.
She said most foundations already have SPF 15 in the formulas, so if a person is just going to spot cover certain areas, a moisturizer with SPF 15 should be used.
Bronzers are popular in the spring because they color the skin after the long winter months.
“They are so wonderful because they give the kiss of color,” Vandervest said. “It is so much safer than tanning.”
The matte finish that used to be popular is “definitely out,” Robertson said. Creamy, moisturizing
foundations are used to give a bright and dewy-looking complexion.
To apply foundation, Robertson said to start at the forehead, work down the T-zone and finish on the cheeks.
Blush is the makeup that artists say gives people the most trouble because the best way to apply it varies from person to person.
Vandervest said if a person has an oval face, they can put blush anywhere on the cheeks and it will look good. For a person with a narrow or thin face, put the color on the cheek bone and go straight out in a parallel motion. A wide faced person should start at the cheek bone and make an upward motion to the hairline because it thins out a fuller face.
Robertson said the intent of blush is to make a person look alive, not to give a shock of color. This season, Hollywood is wearing apricot and peachy colors. This looks good on people with tanned skin, like Catherine Zeta Jones. She wore an apricot blush over the apples of her cheeks to this year’s Oscars, according to US magazine.
Light pinks are the colors in Estée Lauder’s spring blush