I love makeovers and found these at The Today Show website. There are 108 of them! I got carpal tunnel by the time I got to 25. Some of the women look completely different and ten years younger.
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That's fun! I didn't always like the makeover (I'm not very far into the pix.)
And what I wondered was, if these women are not used to taking care of themselves/doing the best for themselves, will they bother to keep it up?
And of course, you can't replicate hair cuts always -- and if they don't get it done, it won't look the same.
I know someone who basically does nothing, and it shows. She never will.
Avon has before and after pix of three different age women, from 30's/40's/50+. She didn't believe that skin care and makeup would make such a difference. Lopping years off the face.
And what I wondered was, if these women are not used to taking care of themselves/doing the best for themselves, will they bother to keep it up?
And of course, you can't replicate hair cuts always -- and if they don't get it done, it won't look the same.
I know someone who basically does nothing, and it shows. She never will.
Avon has before and after pix of three different age women, from 30's/40's/50+. She didn't believe that skin care and makeup would make such a difference. Lopping years off the face.
Wow!! There are some amazing transformations!!
Some are, some aren't. I did notice that they went WAY overboard with the frosty eyeshadow on some of the older ladies.
I don't know if they use the same makeup artist for each makeover, since they've been doing these quite a while. I think Louis Licari always does the hair color, though.
I don't know about these, especially some of the choices made for the older women. This is also making me question my long-held belief that women usually look better in shorter hair after a certain age. Maybe it's that the short haircuts look too "done" or something, but I think a lot of these women look better with their longer, more natural-looking hair. Ditto for the few women whose gray hair was tinkered with -- I think almost all of them look better gray.
QUOTE (Reiha @ Sep 21 2008, 01:31 AM) 
Some are, some aren't. I did notice that they went WAY overboard with the frosty eyeshadow on some of the older ladies.
Yeah, too much eye makeup on the old ladies. It emphasized the bags and wrinkles.
QUOTE (Cathleen56 @ Sep 21 2008, 06:37 PM)
I don't know about these, especially some of the choices made for the older women. This is also making me question my long-held belief that women usually look better in shorter hair after a certain age. Maybe it's that the short haircuts look too "done" or something, but I think a lot of these women look better with their longer, more natural-looking hair. Ditto for the few women whose gray hair was tinkered with -- I think almost all of them look better gray.
I was thinking the exact same thing , but did not wish to say lest I sound like a broken record repeating my no cookie cutter hair mantra. I had a hard time sorting out the before vs after in some of the cases.
Mixed reactions. He seems to use that same too-warm blonde color on too many of the ladies and the cuts are really not the best for some of their faces. Some great ones as well, though.
QUOTE (mrs veneering @ Sep 21 2008, 06:43 PM)
I was thinking the exact same thing , but did not wish to say lest I sound like a broken record repeating my no cookie cutter hair mantra. I had a hard time sorting out the before vs after in some of the cases.
Yes, it wasn't what I expected, but liberating just the same -- all ideas/mantras/convictions are open to question, aren't they?
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