The Eyes Have It...

Remember the dreamy eyes of your first love?

Who can resist a beautiful set of eyes?

Your eyes are one of your most important features. Do you treat them like the treasures they are?

Even if your eyes are not 'to die for', you can make them truly memorable.

Eye Care:

Do you care for them the way you should?

Sunscreen on your lids? Sunglasses? Carefully cleaned and stored contact lenses? Makeup remover made expressly for eyes? Adequate sleep? These aren't merely suggestions.

They're requirements for stunning eyes.

Eye Color:

Do you take the time to make up your eyes every day

Take a minute to add some extra color and your whole face will light up.

Medium and dark complexions can't go wrong with universal earth tones.

Going to work? Apply brown tones on the lower lids, highlight with a light taupe at the inner corners, sweeping up and outward to the brow bones.

Going out on the town? Add a complementary bronze or deep gold to your outer lid, gently swept from the middle of the eyelash line to the corner of the eyes.

Fair faced women should use lighter colors as their basic palette.

Conservative? Use two colors for day - apply medium-gray or mushroom all over the lids to the brow bones, and from the middle of the lash line outward with a coordinating lighter shade from the same family.

At night, add a shimmering gold dust overcoating.

Eyelashes and Eyebrows:

Let's talk mascara. Brown is becoming ever more popular because it complements all iris colors. It works on everyone, as does the standard black.

And even though it's available, avoid blue and green tinted mascara, unless it matches your ultra-colorful dye job. Waterproof mascara is really not for everyday, unless you're especially weepy.

A water-soluble mascara leaves your lashes in healthier condition, and healthy is beautiful.

No one has the perfect arch without a little help from tweezers or a lot of help from a stylist.

All eyebrows need taming, whether it's tweezing to remove one stray hair or an all-out waxing at the salon. Tweezing is cheap, which is great.

And you don't need an appointment. Oh, and if you use tweezers...

Did you know that some estheticians (that's a highly trained skincare professional) will create a template for you to use when tweezing?

If you want to deal with your brows on a less frequent basis, investigate having your eyebrows waxed at a reputable salon.

It hurts, but many women feel the irritation is worth the gorgeous results.

Eyeglasses:

Wear them if you need them? Of course.

They're not just an accessory of necessity. Carefully chosen spectacles look great and can draw deserved attention to your eyes.

Just think how smart they make you look.

And smart is always in style!

Peter Vaughn
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