Published: 00:01 GMT, 5 October 2014 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 5 October 2014
Our weekly Q&A from the Beauty Bible experts Sarah Stacey and Josephine Fairley, whose latest book is The Ultimate Natural Beauty Bible. Their series of Beauty Bible books are now bestsellers worldwide – and this column solves your beauty dilemmas. Visit their website, beautybible.com, for lots more information, tips and exclusive offers. If you have any beauty dilemma you would like them to answer, you can e-mail them there too.
Q My friend has partial sight and finds it difficult to apply make up. Have you any tips?
A Actually we included advice on this topic from make-up artist Jenny Jordan, a long time colleague and friend, in our very first book The Beauty Bible. Since then, companies have formulated products with sheer colour and soft textures - notably Clinique’s Chubby Stick range - that are pretty much mistake-proof to apply.
Here are Jenny’s updated suggestions for your friend:
· First, spend some time tracing the features with fingertips to become familiar with the outlines.
· Before you start making up, tie back your hair and have a facial wipe handy.
· Pop along to a Clinique counter and ask for help choosing the most complimentary shade of Chubby Stick for lips, cheeks and eyes. Because the formulas are so sheer and the shades so soft, they are perfect for daytime and can be built up for evening.
· For cheeks, Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm, £19, comes in four shades. Jenny suggests choosing a peachy shade, eg Robust Rhubarb. To apply, first find your cheekbones by tracing from below the iris of your eye out to your ears, the area will be about an inch deep by three inches long. Then stroke the colour in from your ear so you have less colour under your eyes, which will look more natural. Then just smudge gently with your middle fingers.
· Chubby Stick Shadow Tint for Eyes, £17, comes in 20 gorgeous shades, so your friend will need help to choose the most flattering one. Jenny advises swiping the tint once over each lid, then using ring fingers to smooth over the lids and into the sockets. Doing both at once helps to get them both even.
· The most practical way to define eyelashes is by having them tinted. Do choose an experienced beauty therapist to do this who will give you a patch test 24 hours before tinting.
· For lips, Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm, £17, has been a runaway success with everyone who tries it (including us). In 17 shades, it’s a doddle to apply by stroking over your lips then smooshing them together. Try a soft rose, such as Curvy Candy or Mighty Mimosa. Alternatively a tinted lip balm such as Lanolips Lip Ointment, £7.99 in five gently coloured shades, is wonderful for conditioning and nourishing lips. Burt’s Bees also do a lovely range of Lip Shimmers, £5.60, available at Boots.
Find Jenny Jordan’s salon at 22 Englands Lane, London NW3 4TG, tel: 020 7483 2222, jennyjordan.com.
Beauty Bible loves ? Dior Rouge Baume, £26
There’s a real trend for lipsticks that feel as soft and smoothing as balms – and we’re pleased to add Dior Rouge Balm to that list, with its super-glam Dior packaging.
The four shades are pretty enough to put a smile on anyone’s face: Star (transparent pearly white, also good over an existing favourite), Spring (soft, coral pink), Lili (our favourite – a beautiful delicate raspberry), and Diorette (bold fuchsia). Each is pretty sheer, though, so even the stronger shades look natural.
And the slimline packaging? A-Dior-able.
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