If you think your breasts have changed a lot in your own lifetime — you’ll be astounded how breasts and lingerie have changed over the past century. Evolving beauty standards, technology and even historical events have contributed to the bras we wear and breast shape and sizes that we desire. Fill your cups with knowledge when you click through this visual herstory of bras though the ages.
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“If you’re over fifty and you’re not wearing eye makeup, you should be.”
–Beauty Expert Lois Joy Johnson, The FOF Beauty Bash
FOF makeup artist Sandy Linter has been helping models and celebs look gorgeous for three decades. In her book, The Makeup Wakeup–co-authored with beauty editor Lois Joy Johnson–she brilliantly demystifies her techniques. At this year’s FOF Beauty Bash, she took it one step further, and created the perfect eye-makeup look, live, on a real FOF woman.
Watch this video from the event and then tell us what you think. Could you create this look at home?
The Best Eye Makeup Of Your Life from faboverfifty on Vimeo.
1. Use a 10x magnifying mirror.
2. Do your eye makeup first–before you do anything else, including your foundation.
3. Use a primer or oil-free concealer on your lids–it will help you eye makeup stay in place.
4. Hold your eyelid skin taught and apply black pencil along the upper lash line, in short strokes, from the outside in. Line the bottom lashline as well, and stop at the center of the lower lid, right below your pupil.
5. Don’t line the inner corners of your eyes.
6. After applying your pencil, apply liquid liner to your upper lid, right against the lash line.
7. Define the crease by brushing black or charcoal shadow along your brow bone.
8. Add concealer to the inner corners of your eyes.
9. Curl your lashes and apply black mascara.
10. Keep the lid light–using a color on your lid can actually detract from your eye color.
Next weekend (Oct 1 & 2) at The Beauty Bash, FOFs will be stunned to see the total transformations of Cathy Furegno and Karen Hansen, last month’s makeover winners. Both will receive $3,500 transformations including new clothes, new makeup, new hair and a color consultation. Meet them, below.
Meet Cathy:
Why did you enter this contest?
I thought ‘why not?’ I am a bit on the shy side and never had much self-confidence. I felt if I won, this would be my 15 minutes of fame. I always dreamed of being a model.
How has your appearance changed since you turned fifty?
My weight is about the same, although I do have a tendency to fluctuate by about five-to-ten pounds (but don’t we all?) My face is a bit longer and I have ‘parenthesis’ but no wrinkles. My eyes also look tired at times. I have some gray hair but I dye it. I’ve always had baby fine hair.
Describe your self-image.
I am not ashamed of how I look, but I don’t spend much money on myself. I have 4 children and a husband and always felt guilty if I put myself first.
Describe your style.
It’s on the conservative side, although I admire flamboyant people because they are not afraid to wear what they want. I don’t spend much money on clothes.
Do you have a fashion icon?
Jacklyn Smith. Her taste is simple, yet she always looks wonderful. She was and is one of the most elegant women in the world.
What are you looking forward to most about your makeover?
Learning how to bring out the best in myself. I know I will enjoy all the attention. A dream come true!
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Meet Karen:
Why did you enter this giveaway?
I’ve always wanted a makeover. I grew up in the straight hair, no makeup, jeans and t-shirt generation and have never been great at putting myself together. My kids always said I was ‘hair and makeup challenged.’
What do you wish you could change about your appearance?
I wish my thinning hair was nice and thick. I’d like to get rid of the wrinkles starting under my chin and neck. My biggest wish is weight loss.
How would you describe your personal style?
Confused. I love the preppy look, like the “hippie” look but also like my jeans-and-T-shirt days. It all depends on my mood and activities.
How do you want to look on your 60th birthday?
Younger — like 50 on my 60th. I feel 24, my body acts 80 and my birth certificate says 58.
What do you hope to get out of this makeover?
How to look my best. I want to learn how to accentuate my best features and how to play down my flaws.
This week it’s our turn to host Fashion Flash! We love being part of this amazing group of bloggers and look forward to reading their weekly fab fashion and beauty advice. Here’s a roundup of their best posts this week:
Tired of schlepping in jeans and a sweatshirt on your day off? The Glam Gals show you what to wear to look wow on the weekend.
Do shows such as the Learning Channel’s Big Sexy play into stereotypes of plus-size women or redefine standards? Jodell Raymond of the Black Cat Plus blog weighs in.
With a wave of people switching from highly chemical to more natural products, Fab Over Forty tells us how natural your beauty routine really is.
Deb of No-Nonsense Beauty Blog explores Zoom tooth whitening.
Looking for ways to get your significant other involved in your fitness journey? Is it a touchy subject? Female Fat Loss Over 40 Expert, Shawna K helps out.
Ugg Boots get a new look for Fall 2011. They are still as comfortable, but with a little more style. Check them out at Obsessed with Shoes.
What would you do to look younger? Take the Menopause Makeover survey today, located in the right-hand column!
Fashion Flash time! This week, it’s hosted by Catherine Hogett of Obsessed With Shoes, a blog about– you guessed it — shoes! Check out her amazing shoe reviews and enjoy all the other links from our fab Fashion Flash friends.
Fashion Flash time! This week, it’s hosted by Kari of Fabulous Over Forty, a blog with practical yet fabulous insights on maintaining your beauty sans surgery. The brilliant blog is researched and written by FOF beauty blogger Kari Solyntjes. Check out her amazing advice and enjoy all the other links from our fab Fashion Flash friends.
5 FOFs will get to test two fab new products from Paulmaier: 12 Benefits Rapid Blowout Argan Oil Blow Dry Spray and 12 Benefits Instant Healthy Hair Treatment. To enter, answer in the comments below: Do you blow dry your hair every day?
Thank you for entering. This contest is now closed.
What’s the formula for gorgeous, lustrous hair? 95% protein, 3% moisture and trace elements, and 2% natural lipids, according to researchers at Paulmaier, who have been studying hair for over sixty years. It doesn’t take much to throw off this delicate balance–chlorine, salt water, UV exposure, flat ironing, and blow-drying all strip hair of it’s natural lipids, leaving it brittle and unmanageable. But Paulmaier promises that its 12 Benefits duo restores natural lipids to FOF hair “dramatically reversing the “AGED & DAMAGED” look and feel.” You be the judge! 5 FOFs will win a set and put this product to the test.
Enter to test 12 Benefits Rapid Blowout Argan Oil Blow Dry Spray and Instant Healthy Hair Treatment. 5 FOFs will win. To enter, answer in the comments below: Do you blow dry your hair every day?
(See all our past winners. See official rules. One winner is chosen at random from all those commenters who answer the question. Contest closes September 8, 2011.)
Fashion Flash time! This week, it’s hosted by The No-Nonsense Beauty Blog, a truly savvy guide to FOF beauty, researched and written by FOF Deb Chase, a seasoned science and beauty reporter. Check out her sage advice on everything from Botox to brown spots, and enjoy all the other links from our fab Fashion Flash friends.
20 FOFs will get to test Eye Defining Contour Strips by Victoria McGill. To enter, answer in the comments below: What would you most want to change about your eyes?
Thank you for entering. This contest is now closed.
About fifteen years ago, FOF Judy McGill had a bug bite that turned into a scab above her eye. The scab had a lifting effect, pulling taut the loose skin on her eyelids. She wondered if there was a way she could recreate the look, this time on both of her eyes, after her scab healed. Judy, who worked at a grocery store at the time, perused the aisles and experimented with different materials until she found what she was looking for — surgical grade medical adhesive. She cut it to size and began wearing it in the contour of her eye lid.
“The effect was instant,” says her daughter, Victoria. “It tucked the loose skin into its natural crease and gave her such a youthful look.”
Judy spent the next few years making modifications to the strips such as adding “makeup-gripping” material to the top to hold liner and eyeshadow. She finally patented the product in 2001. Victoria began marketing and selling it when her mother fell ill with leukemia. “I knew how happy my mother had been when she wore the strips,” says Victoria. “I said to her, ‘what if we bring this to everyone?’ And we did.”
Today, celeb makeup artists including Patrick Eichler and Jennifer Snowdon swear by the crescent-shaped adhesive when they want to create a lifted, more defined eyelid–instantly. Be one of 20 FOFs who put them to the test…
Enter to test eye contour strips by Victoria McGill. 20 FOFs will win. To enter, answer in the comments below: What would you most want to change about your eyes?
(See all our past winners. See official rules. One winner is chosen at random from all those commenters who answer the question. Contest closes August 11, 2011.)
It’s Fashion Flash time! Check out these great posts from the best blogs for FOFs on the web:
Finding the right foundation for your skin can be tough. Tim Quinn of Giorgio Armani Beauty offers Fab Over Forty suggestions to find the right foundation.
Want to get inspired? Take a look at one woman’s fitness and fat loss journey with Shawna K.
Are you suffering from chronic pain? Staness, creator of The Menopause Makeover, recently discovered a drug-free option that can change your life.
As a part of the trend towards all things plus size, stay tuned for TLC’s newest reality show which follows five plus-size New Yorkers as they break into the fashion industry.
Alexander McQueen shoes are always coveted, but this fall, his bright pink velvet, peep-toe pumps are the shoe for turning heads.
A professional beauty tester shares her five favorite products for women over fifty. (Plus, win three of them!)
As Congress struggles with their budget, No-Nonsense Beauty Blog explores her own approach to a balanced beauty budget.
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This week’s Fashion Flash is hosted by The Glam Gals, JoJami and Deborah from Fabulous After 40.
