Restaurant critic Anna Maslovskaya about cosmetics and beauty
FOR THE FACE "HEAD" we study the contents of beauty cases, dressing tables and cosmetic bags of interesting characters to us - and we show all this to you.
About beauty
In my youth I didn’t like my eyes: they seemed small and the bags under my eyes were hereditary from my grandmother. At school, I was painted under Britney Spears (Smokey Aiz, foundation and lips of beige shades) and looked older than I actually was. But over time, the vision of their own appearance has changed dramatically. Now I know my strengths and weaknesses and I do not feel any tension about this. With age, on the contrary, I turned from an enemy to myself into a better helper.
Partially influenced by men. When you look at you with eyes full of adoration, and in fact love you very much, it is impossible not to believe and not to bloom. Along with this, it was also understood that my appearance is liked by those who like me - a divine attunement, which applies to all kinds of relationships. This awareness, by the way, eliminates the problem of so-called unsuccessful photographs. I know that they are all good, they just work for different audiences.
Pro makeup
For the last ten years I have not changed two means: Lancôme proofreader and Chanel waterproof eyeliner - fortunately, they are not being discontinued. Exactly so much, I do not use mascara and eyeliner. First, it saves time on makeup and its removal, and secondly, I just do not see much difference. I draw arrows in one minute, for the same amount I apply concealer: the skin around the eyes is thin, veins and capillaries are visible. They can also cover up other problem areas that appear from time to time.
The third permanent makeup product is lipstick. Now the daily version is Givenchy, just her lips are painted on the photo. The color is suitable to revive the face, but not to make the lips very bright. For a serious accent, I have about a dozen other lipsticks of different shades of pink and red. I use them less often and I don’t apply them tightly, on the contrary, I wipe with a napkin, leaving only a bright pigment, - the tendency comes from 2005. That was the year I bought my first red lipstick, Yves Saint Laurent.
My eye pencil is not black, but brown, in order to look more natural with hair and eyebrows, it is also of a cold shade. This is fundamentally important: warm brown can make your eyes sick, if the other tones on your face are cold. I have white skin, the color of blush is cold pink. The perfect shade of lipstick for every day is not easy for me. When I find my own, I buy two or three identical lipsticks at once, because, unlike pencil and corrector, they are often removed from production.
About care and cosmetics
I am not friends with most chemical fragrances, in addition, my ex did not tolerate bright odors at all. Finding odorless makeup is difficult. Therefore, until now the shelves in the bathroom are filled with Kiehl's jars. For cleansing, I use micellar water, then - Biologique Recherche lotion and cream of the same brand. I don’t like to spend a lot of time on leaving, so I’m choosing really working means, albeit often more expensive than I think is adequate. Releasing half an hour in the morning I spend on meditation. It also makes me more attractive: from clarity in the mind and emotions, a smile appears more often on the face.
About hair
I sometimes joke that my trump card is hair. In fact, there are more of them, but hair is the most noticeable of all. In the first class, I was carded off, but when I myself began to control everything that happened with my appearance, the length rushed down. Now, if I suddenly find the madness of “cutting back a car like everyone else”, my friend and hairdresser Yevgeny Zubov stops him. With Zhenya, we are almost half of life. Friends say that hair is an important part of my image, I agree with them. But natural data is not everything, without the hands and advice of Zubov they would look different.
In my case, more important than shampoo and conditioner (I constantly experiment with them) hairspray and texturing procedures. All my life I have used Osis with the strongest fixation, it still remains the basic tool that is always at hand. But recently I turn to Oribe. I do not like the fact that the products smell brightly, but they are madly in love with the effect they create: the spray is completely invisible, and the volume is crazy.
