Television Character Makeup: More Influential Than We Think
By Bryan Barron, Writing and Editorial Assistant to Paula Begoun

I'm a big fan of HBO's former sitcom Sex and the City, but not because of the title or the thrill of watching urban women get through daily travails in fabulous shoes. Resisting the show during its original run on cable, I became immersed in the show upon receiving the DVD box set of the entire series. Contrary to what I had imagined the show would be like, it was instead a witty, often hilarious, and, at its core, an interesting perspective on relationships between women and, of course, lots of men. Aside from the permutations on romance, I'm mentioning this show in particular because it is a great example of how makeup, even everyday, casual makeup, is used to convey character. Read more.

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Applying Mascara The traditional upper-lash application of rotating the mascara wand by round-brushing from the base of the lashes up to cover all the lashes around the entire eye is the most efficient, expedient method. Keep an old, cleaned up mascara wand in your makeup bag to use for removing occasional mascara clumps (it can happen with the best mascaras) and separating lashes.  Read more.

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