There is nothing to set me apart from any other 50 plus woman on the street but I do like good make-up and with each passing year I find it a greater challenge to find products to suit me. I call it midlife beauty in retreat. A few months ago I wrote about putting your best face forward, here. I mentioned my frustration over finding a make-up consultant that I could put my faith in. They were all too young, were to quick to give me 'the latest' and could not relate to my plight (midlife beauty).
I am happy to report that I persevered and met two women who have been more than helpful. I now have two great consultants and a few 'reliables' in the Laura Mercier make up range that I can no longer do without.
I have Kamanza behind the Laura Mercier counter at Harvey Nichols in London to thank for giving me 'the talk' on foundation and lip colour. With a few tweaks here and there I finally found the right products for me, Hydrating Foundation Primer and Creme Smooth Foundation applied with a Sponge. Using all three gave the finish I was looking for. Sigh of relief.
Kamanza also took the time to help me find better shades of lip colour. We talked about clothes, fashion and bad hair days. I left with a few shades of Lip Plumper and Creme Lip Colour to give me an extra lift. With my credit card in despair, I had to stop. As I left, she mentioned working on my eyebrows next. Of course, I have been able to think of nothing else since.
Yesterday, I had an hour to spare before the Chelsea Flower Show and thought I would test my luck once more. I stopped in at the Laura Mercier counter in the Peter Jones store on Sloane Square and met Jamie, another good listener. I mentioned Kamanza's comment about my eyebrows and got the all knowing smile in return. When she said she could take 5 years off me, she had my full attention. She first sent me across the aisle to 'Blink' to have my eyebrows threaded. This was a totally new concept to me but I thought why not...5 years? I'll take it. I asked a million questions, laid back, and watched as the woman wielded her threads ( a spool of regular sewing thread) in whizz bang fashion. I sat up, looked in the mirror and was pleased and relieved. It was an improvement.
Sartorial Male, review on Blink, here
I then headed back to Jamie at Laura Mercier. Jamie showed me the trick to touching up eyebrows with the Eye Brow Pencil . Did you know there are three points on our eyebrow that we should look for when defining our brows? Jamie added soft flicks of natural colour followed by a brush. I felt like a new woman.
How to, here
There you have it, a few Beauty Notes...hope there are one or two ideas in here for you too!
Jeanne xx
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