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In theory beauty editors shouldn't be making makeup mistakes. We interview expert makeup artists all the time, we try new makeup products daily, and we write about bad makeup on celebrities and vow never to do the same to ourselves. But in reality, even the most experienced makeup mavens can mess up now and then.
That's a lesson we learned the hard way when we talked to New York City makeup artist Susmta Patel. When she told us about 11 super-common makeup mistakes she sees almost daily, we were stunned. And more than a little embarrassed. Because all of us at some point or another had committed these blunders (and most of us thought we looked pretty good at the time to boot).
Click here to see 11 bad makeup mistakes you're probably making.
However, once we recovered from our shock and humiliation, we were glad she shared. We'd rather know (and fix!) our makeup mistakes than strut around looking like clowns. And now that we know, we can share these mistakes with you, so you never walk out of the house with bad makeup (again). Plus, in the spirit of sisterhood and community, we've each 'fessed up to the makeup mistakes we've committed. Join in and share which ones you're guilty of -- no judgment. After all, your confessions will make us feel a bit better about our own misguidedness.
See Next Page: Mistake No. 1: Wearing the wrong foundation shade
By Sarah Carrillo
There was a time when the regular rules of make-up did not apply for photographs, because makeup for photographs needed to be exagerated, much like makeup for the theatre stage.
In my estimation, this is no longer the case. This is partly a style thing with me, but I believe it is the best opinion on the subject. It also has something to do with the type of people photography being done. During the years that I was a color prducts sales manager with Canon, and later with Xerox as they sought to claim their market share of the color printer industry, I had access to marketing studies that indicate that people want to view over-saturated color rather than realistic color.
Over-saturated color means that the color is fairly correct as far as tones and hues, but it has been pumped up to be more intense when viewed. There are a lot of reasons speculated about why viewers prefer this extreme color, but it really doesn't matter--the fact is that they do.
However, as digital imaging technology has advanced, the ability to capture color subtleties, and just as importanly, to display them once captured has improved vastly. In my opinion, although over-saturation is just as important to viewers as ever, those two other factors are especially at play--the ability to capture subtle color, and the ability to display those subtle colors.
So, this is much of my reasoning as to why I feel that make-up no longer has to be exagerated as much as it once was. So, with this too-long explanation, I submit that these makeup rules, may ideed apply for some types of portrait photography.
