Nikki Nicole — Less is More

Nikki Nicole

There’s a really cute commercial that depicts a woman standing in her kitchen when the children stroll in to pick up their lunch before leaving for school. Fully prepared to greet her they are stopped in their tracks when they realize their mother is impersonating a raccoon. She chides them by telling them it’s the newest thing – smokey eye. The kids take the lunch she has prepared, turn and walk off shaking their head in disbelief.

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What’s your point Nikki? If you saw the commercial you probably think the exaggeration was overdone. After all, she did an almost perfect portrayal of the furry creature sans the ringed tail. But this isn’t about her, it’s about degrees of makeup application.

Inventor of “smokey eye” Samantha B. Raccoon

Less is more when it comes to makeup. It is so easy to overdo it. Heaven knows if you’ve looked at some of my pictures you see a little too much green making me look like the female stand in for a Lucky Charms commercial. I did the same thing, yes made the same mistake, with blue makeup. My attempt to match the blue miniskirt, blue patent leather five inch platform pumps, blue sweater over a faux satin blouse that was dominated by, what else, blue! All I needed was blue hair and blue tights and I might have been mistaken for a naughty Smurf.

Okay there Nik, what’s next, red on red on red to emulate a she-devil? No, but retreating to black and silver seems to have settled my makeup brushes. That and a stop by the Lancome counter at Boscov’s department store gave me the confidence to build slowly and stop! Right — stop when things look good. Leave it alone Nikki, stop trying to wear two days’ makeup in one night. I started with black in the crease with a slight bleed onto the eyelid and palette below the brow. Girl it was difficult to put the black away. I was tempted to continue to apply. The makeup sheriff — in a low, menacing voices said to put down the brush and step away from the black eye shadow. Using a more narrow brush I hemmed in the black with shimmering silver to the edge of the lid and halfway up the palette above the eye.

Again, temptation lingered like haunting perfume trying to persuade. Go ahead woman, just one or two more dips into the eye shadow. You’re not going to stop now are you? But I held firm! Taking the small angled brush I worked the white and then blended. Talk about getting the makeup withdrawal shakes. Is there such a thing as makeup addiction? Honey, blending is like only eating half of your dessert when the remainder sits in the dish in front of you, beckoning coyly.

I’m happy to report that I am now on a makeup diet. The first days weren’t easy but I’m over the jitters and happy to report the prognosis is excellent for a full recovery!

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