Graphic designer Alyona Salmanova on the search for yourself and your favorite cosmetics
Under the heading "Cosmetic" we study the contents of beauty cases, dressing tables and cosmetic bags of interesting characters to us - and we show all this to you.
Interview: Margarita Virova
Photo: Alyona Ermishina
Alyona Salmanova
graphic designer, party organizer "Ponicaraoke"
I rely only on my sense of beauty, and I'm super
About yourself and healthy sleep
I am a graphic designer, I work in butik.ru, I make friends covers for books and DIY magazines. Together with my friend Lana, the Ponicaraoke party is a big, perky karaoke rave that grew out of the eponymous public on VKontakte. In general, I live the rich life of a millennial in a big city.
I am not one of those people who can get together five minutes before leaving the house: I always get up early so as not to hurry anywhere. I have a perfect morning alone (or just silence), this is a kind of meditation - I only do myself, tune in for the day, and a cat runs around me and tries to drag off another tube. Without adhering to such a ritual, I feel as broken as I can be, work poorly, and snarl at people. I also follow the daily regimen, fall asleep and wake up at the same time. And in general, I consider healthy sleep the best medicine for everything.
About beauty and accepting yourself
I really thought about my appearance only when the head of the institute said between times that I was beautiful, but I responded and started looking for "imperfect" and "disproportionate" features, found them everywhere and lost peace. There was a desire to like it is not clear to anyone, while I did not have an understanding of what beauty is all about. In the end, it worked like a time bomb. I felt really bad when I suddenly discovered that I was not really me, but a reflection of everyone I like. It may sound like a speech from ugly personal growth training, but I began to strive to understand myself, my real desires and separate them from the desires of others. At one point, I just got angry, went to a small inner Mongolia and returned as a new person, more self-confident and knowing what he wants.
On care and make-up
In choosing the means for care, I am not guided by someone else's opinion: for two years I worked in the cosmetology clinic and I know very well how the skin works, how the means and procedures actually act on it. Everything is learned by trial and error: I have a combination of dehydrated skin, and the less money I use, the better I look. Therefore, while the care is minimal: micellar water, washbasin, tonic with salicylic acid and moisturizer (in the summer - with sun protection, in the winter - nutritious). And make-up is just another way of drawing and a reason to remember that I have an art education. I don’t like myself at all when I try to do something by someone else’s rules and advice, I don’t like bloggers and all those endless tutorials on make-up with three layers of contouring and grand smokes. I rely only on my sense of beauty, and I'm super. I don’t deny invasive cosmetology, I hope that in the future there will be more benign and light procedures that will help women and men feel comfortable.
