Hi there, ladies. Sorry I’ve been incommunicado lately. I’ve been running ragged considering that early this morning. While I was in Hawaii last week, a dear friend of mine, someone I’ve known a lot of of my life, lost her daddy to cancer. This morning was the funeral, and while it was a great ceremony and a fitting sendoff (music played a big part as it was one of his greatest loves), it was still an emotional day for us all.
Then, after the funeral, I swung by my parents’ house in the east Bay for a low-key birthday celebration for my mom.
I’m pretty spent ideal now but have so much I want to share… I think it’ll have to wait, though, until I’ve gotten some sleep.
Hvordan var dagen din? What was the highlight?
Tonight, I went digging through the blog archives and found this post from nearly three years ago. I’m due for a new DMV picture soon, and this post pertained to mind.
I double dare you to email a scan/photograph of your DMV picture to me (karen@makeupandbeautyblog.com ). pretty please? and if you’ll let me, I’d like to post it on the blog.
Natti natt…
Your sleepy neighborhood friendly addict,
Zzzzzz…
My mission today is possibly one of the greatest of all of appeal challenges: I have to go to the DMV to take a new license picture and somehow make it look cute.
The nasty florescent lighting, the institutional blue paper background … there are lots of elements that point toward certain disaster. Plus, I think the picture-taking dude that works at the nearby DMV really HATES his job. He purposely waits for your eyes to be crossed, or for you to look like you’re confused before he snaps away, thus preserving your startled doe-in-the-headlights look for all eternity.
The only respectable license picture I ever took was when I was 21 and weighed 20 pounds less … needless to say, I need a little bit a lot more help now, considering that the fresh blush of youth and innocence has left (I’m not bitter!).
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So this morning I did a lot of research on what to wear and what makeup to use to make your DMV picture look good. apparently it’s not a absolutely impossible thing to do!
Here are some ideas I found:
Klær
1. Wear a white, black, gray or neutral-colored fitted shirt.
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Katter og sminke -sweatshirt ??
42 dollar
Handle nå
2. Wear your favorite neckline, weather it be scoop, v, boat or bateau — whatever you feel pretty and comfortable in.
3. Skip patterned tops, bulky knits, cowl necks (ewww) or turtlenecks.
Hår
1. Wear your hair down — pulling it back makes it look too severe. (Random cautionary tale: Years ago a friend of mine took her DMV picture with her hair pulled back. She didn’t realize she had a stray ponytail bump sticking out from the top of her head, and she looked like she sprouted a horn).
2. If you can’t stand to have your hair down at the very least wear half of it down and half of it up.
3. To make your hair look fuller wear it down with a center part, and bring the ends forward.
Sminke
1. Use blush!
2. No smoky eyes. No smoky eye/pale lip or pale eye/bright lip combos, either.
3. Avoid dark, sparkly or bright shadow colors.
4. Avoid dark eyeliner. opt for brown, rather than black.
5. Use foundation without titanium dioxide, a sunscreen that can make your face look chalky.
6. Keep your makeup natural, or professional looking.
7. Use blotting papers or powder to lessen shine.
Holdning
1. Keep your face forward, but twist your body away from the camera.
2. Try to elongate your neck.
3. Tilt your head upwards to lessen dark circles. a lot of people have a “good” side — try to tilt that way as well.
Smykker
1. Wear long earrings and let them show through your hair to get some sparkle in your picture.
2. Avoid flashy jewelry.
Andre ting
1. Relax, and think of something that makes you delighted before your picture is taken.
2. Don’t blink!
I ended up opting for a black, short sleeve, bateau neck top. I wore a pair of sparkly crystal chandelier earrings for some bling. I also wore my hair down – I have wavy hair but for pictures I normally like to straighten it, just ‘cause it’s a lot more work to get wavy hair to look and stay neat.
For makeup (yay, the best part), I went for medium application of neutrals with very little sparkle.
Face and cheeks:
Laura Mercier foundation Silk Crème foundation in Hazelnut Beige
Laura Mercier Translucent Powder
Neutrogena Soft color blush in Soft Suede
Eyes:
MAC Ricepaper on the browbone
MAC Soba in the crease
MAC Mulch on the lashline and just below the eye
Dipdown Fluidline liner
Two coats of Dior show Mascara in black
Lips:
Laura Mercier Lip liner in Chestnut
Laura Mercier Stickgloss brown Sugar
When it was time to take my picture I tried to channel America’s next top model and attempted to pose myself into cuteness. but the bitter DMV picture person absolutely yelled at me. first I twisted myKropp vekk fra kammen – han hadde ikke det. Så prøvde jeg å vippe hodet opp og mot venstre for å vise min gode side, og han skrek “Ser fremover! Du gleder deg! ” Jævel. Jeg klarte å vippe litt i siste øyeblikk-vi får se om jeg ender opp med å angre på dette ikke-DMV-sanksjonerte trekket.
Jeg er nesten ferdig med reisehistorien min, takk Jeebus! Jeg begynner å gå litt nøtteaktig fra å skrive om. Du vet, det gjorde meg alltid gal hvordan på “Sex and the City” de aldri viste Carrie -besatt over omskrivninger. Hun ville alltid posere på sengen sin, skrive på den bærbare datamaskinen, snu krøllene og spytte ut de beste setningene i en designerkledd lykke. Det er sååå ikke sånn! Halvparten av tiden har jeg på meg pyjamas og håret mitt er ikke engang børstet. I tillegg bruker jeg timer på å skrive om og omskrive og omskrive og besette ting som den riktige måten å indikere tid (det er 07:00, aldri 07.00) og når og når ikke å bindestrek.
I går kveld innså jeg at jeg kanskje ble litt gal da jeg plukket opp min Associated Press Stylebook, vugget den forsiktig i armene mine og ga den et lite kyss. Arrgh!
Hei, men det er fredag, ikke sant?
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Uansett hva du gjør, håper jeg det er morsomt, og det innebærer en cocktail eller to. Og hell førti for meg Shawty, â € ˜Salen jeg skal skrive om hele helgen.
Din vennlige appellavhengig i nabolaget,
Karen