Beauty Tips in the Time of Coronavirus

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Dog Days summer face

Wear lighter makeup for that fresh, natural, outdoorsy look.

Dog Days late summer face

Use a peach blush to highlight your cheekbones to bring out that fresh summertime glow. Finish off with a peach tinted lip gloss. Viola!

Dog Days fall face

Fall brings darker, more earthy colors, so go heavier on the eyebrow liner and eye makeup, and use a darker lipstick to pull it all together.

Winter face

Winter lasts about a week in Texas, and 80% of my wardrobe is winter clothes. Be sure to moisturize to keep that dewy skin look. Highlight those cheekbones as the face loses its summer tan.

Smooth as a baby's butt Spring face

Don't forget to shave those errant hairs that everyone notices except you.

Minimizing eye bags

Walk around with this expression if you want to minimize your eye bags.

Incognito Casablanca face

For those exciting dates to curbside grocery pickup, go with an exotic business look. Guaranteed to make people in the next car stare.

Black never goes out of style

Pair with a bright red lipstick for contrast.

The great outdoors face

Go all natural in the great outdoors with a barely there foundation base and clear lip gloss.

Over-wear your favorite colors face

Don't be shy about trying different makeup shades and eye shadows. Keep people wondering what's different about your face.

Support the Armed Forces face

Your makeup can say many things, including this "I'm all about my kids" face. Match the cap with a pretty pink lipstick.

Dumb & Dumber bangs

Cut wet bangs 2" longer than the length you want. Otherwise you end up looking like Jim Carrey's Dumb & Dumber character's mother.

Saving a fortune on makeup face

I had fun with this 30-minute photo shoot. Only the top third of my face has makeup on.

One of the positive things coming out of the pandemic is that it is helping us reprioritize what's important in life and what's not. It's helping us put things into proper perspective. Fashion and makeup are fun, but they can also be superficial masks that we draw confidence from, rather than being secure and self-assured in who we are on the inside. I'm speaking from experience here. But a gift of aging for me is becoming more accepting of who I am on the inside since makeup can only go so far anymore. : )

Disclaimer: Donna Van Cleve has a lifetime of photos showing how out of fashion she was, and she has absolutely zero experience in beauty expertise. This introvert is loving this time of mask wearing because she can travel in public places looking like a hobo (no offense to hobos) without being recognized. She is seriously considering continuing wearing the masks after the pandemic is over.

Donna Van Cleve

August 2020

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