Brand manager Anna Sazonova about make-up and favorite cosmetics
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 care
I was lucky with the skin, but I would not call it perfect: it is prone to dryness and quite sensitive. The ritual "washed - rubbed my face with a tonic - applied moisturizing or nourishing cream" I do on the machine in any condition, every day, morning and evening. In all my pockets, bags, on the tables and in the nightstands, I have a hand cream and lip balm hidden away - without them nowhere. A humidifier saves me from dryness - I turn it on for the night. In the past two months, the skin has never been so dehydrated that I wanted to put my face in a barrel of cream.
Once the skin before my eyes dried up to a state of peel for a day. I went to the doctors: someone advised me to use eczema ointment, someone to burn all the cosmetics and wash with raw dew. Everything turned out to be simple: I am allergic to micellar water, and absolutely any brand. Micellar cells write about hypoallergenicity in banks in huge letters, but this is not quite true - allergies can cause essences and oils in the composition. For three months, while I was trying to find out the cause of the catastrophe, the skin around the eyes was visibly injured, fine wrinkles appeared. Since then I wash off cosmetics for centuries only with milk, and after that I will apply a cream.
About good habits
A few years ago I quit smoking and drinking a glass or two of red at dinner. The body responded with gratitude, and I continued the experiments: I reduced the amount of sugar and flour, began to eat more vegetables and drink a lot of water. The result struck me. I realized that the more fast carbohydrates I consume, the less energy I have, but from simple and light food, vigor and the desire to move mountains appear. In addition, five extra pounds are gone.
I dream to wake up with the first rays of the sun and happily do exercises, but every year I understand more and more that this is utopia. Tearing me off the bed in the morning is a real feat. Without waking up, I turn off all alarms, ignore calls to get up immediately and instead of "well, five more minutes" I sleep for half an hour. Because of this, at one time I chose the evening department of journalism, because at the day time I would have been expelled after the first semester for absenteeism.
About make-up
Since the days of high school and the course to the third, only concealer, mascara and rouge lay in my cosmetics bag. I do not know at what point everything went out of control, but now my color cosmetics lives in a small suitcase, and I constantly replenish its reserves. My husband jokes that he derived the formula for the ideal amount of lipstick, eyeliner and shadow: N + 1, where N is the current amount of funds.
My daily makeup is simple: the tone on the whole face, concealer under the eyes, bright blush on the cheeks, eye shadow shades and mascara on the eyelashes. If I have time, I highlight my cheekbones and apply a highlighter. Then begins disorderly conduct - I put accents. I never have a plan, as I make up today, usually everything entirely depends on my mood. The worse it is, the brighter the details.
For example, if there is a chilly dullness outside the window, and I have not slept enough - I’ll draw golden glitter arrows and I will proudly illuminate the Moscow metro with them. If the day in the middle of winter turned out to be sunny and white drifts treacherously emphasize my pallor, make-up lips with plum lipstick, which on light skin looks simply luxurious. I love to make up my eyebrows with H & M gel with gold glitter, which is almost impossible to notice. Wearing it is especially pleasant in the days of fatigue: even if others do not see, but I am delighted.
From my friends I learned a lot of useful life hacking self care. I like to listen to their opinions about various cosmetic products, and even more I like to go shopping in stores with them - it is always a lot of fun. Yes, probably, this is how you can describe my hobby: cosmetics just gives me joy every day.
About hair
I have thick good hair, the same as my beautiful mother. I passed the whole university with a mop of golden-caramel color up to the middle of the back. I adored her and considered the best that I have, daily I received compliments. But it took me a lot of time and effort to care, because my hair, although thick, but dry, and therefore terribly confused. Moisturizing shampoos, nourishing masks, a special mode for a hair dryer, a comb are always in sight, in the winter - a braid, in the summer - a bun, to the master at the other end of the city once every month and a half. I could not stand it and cut my hair.
It turned out that keeping your head without long hair on your shoulders is much easier. Inside the head, too, there was more room for other things, and not for an endless race for smoothness and brilliance. Now all care is in a moisturizing shampoo, balm and cream Davines MOMO Hair Potion. I don’t spend any time on styling: I dry my hair upside down, then add textures with sea salt. Beauty should not be burdening. If something does not bring you joy, change it and do not regret anything.
