Did you see our article on crazy celebrity makeup looks? We compared good and bad faces from some of our favorite stars. I think the overall lesson is that less is generally a lot better than more. What do you think?

If you haven't seen the gallery yet, check it out:
http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/package/p_worst_makeup

Written on: 07/11/2008 (11:53am)

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Although you posted that Christina's look broke the rules of makeup, many of woman have done so and some have even made that look famous. Her makeup style in the "Leave it" pic resembles the pin-up style.

Written on: 07/15/2008 (04:10pm)

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Well, this is a really good way to learn, especially for those of us who don't have just absolutely stunning looks in the first place. Christina is so pretty, but it was obvious that she had made a "leave it" mistake from the looks she created on the left. It looks phony and plasticky. The other side is really beautiful look and really just from following that one rule--emphasize only one feature. It was a good lesson for me.
Thank you!

Written on: 07/22/2008 (10:53am)

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I actually don't think she looks so bad on the left...anybody agree?

Written on: 08/19/2008 (11:28am)

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I think most of the critique was right on, but I also think that people who are deliberately trying to look goth or funky, like Kelly Osbourne or Helena Bonham Carter, should not be judged by the same standard of "rules".

Written on: 08/19/2008 (08:07pm)

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i think we are too harsh on celebreties. They are, OMG only human like the rest of us. You want disasters, try the 24 hour grocery store at 3am on Sunday night, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL
As far as Christina Aguilaera is concerned she is one of the women who are so beautiful, she would look enviable wearing outfits or makeup which the rest of us would look terrible in.Besides, entertainers are used to being a bit over the top to get attention, especially when on stage. That is part of their job, who cares if they are a bit excessive sometimes. They can get away with wearing things the rest of us can only dream about.

Written on: 03/26/2009 (05:14pm)

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All these women made their careers on looking over-the-top. I would expect nothing less of them.

Written on: 03/27/2009 (10:25pm)

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I think that Amy Winehouse is just really ugly..I mean look at what the drugs done to her...and Pamela Anderson just looks like she had too much plastic surgery done on her face.

Written on: 05/29/2009 (07:19pm)

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christina looked good in both pics, maybe a little heavy on the blush and bronzer but still fabulous. denise richards needs to cut back on the highlights. i love blondes but she is just not meant to be that blonde!!

Written on: 06/09/2009 (04:42pm)

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Shimmer makeup has been around for ages,but how you can get the ethereal look with the use of shimmer makeup . While the version decades ago was the sort a teenager experimenting with makeup might use. I had a shimmer eyeshadow palette in my teenage days. The eyeshadow just didn't last. I had to apply a lot to see the color and even then, it faded away hours after application. The other kind looked really tacky.Nowadays, shimmer makeup is a lot more friendly. It lasts longer too.

This season's metallic makeup is for both day and night. The effect of today's makeup is no longer like the cheap glitter you might use for art and craft. Today's metallic makeup is subtle, albeit glamorous. It stays on longer then the powdery fairy dust of the past. What really caught my attention this year was that ethereal look many models wore in the Fall 2007 to Winter 2008 fashion show. They looked like extras from some sci-fi movie, what with the silver sheen on their faces that made look out of this world. That look is perfect for parties. Looking at the photos of the models for Chanel, and for a number of other haute couture shows, I wondered how they achieved that effect. The models seemed to be lit with some silvery light. As if fairy dust had been dusted on their faces. It looked wonderful with the black on black outfits paraded on the runway.
In a sense, fairy dust was applied on the models in the form of shimmer powder. In short, that ethereal look is achieved with the addition of shimmer powder dusted lightly over the entire face. You can get a softer, radiant effect by dusting shimmer powder where light hits your face. The tops of the cheeks, forehead, tip of the chin and tip of the nose, places where sunlight normally hits, could use a touch of shimmer powder for that ethereal radiance. For the eyes try a gentle shimmer for day. Metallic eye shadows in lighter shades work well if worn with a light hand. Slick on some mascara and your eyes are done. For night, slick on a shimmery eye liner in a deep or bright color. Use a strong eyeliner and line the upper lash line, thickening the line and winging out at the outer edge of each eye for a dramatic finish. The egyptian eye is in, so use a thick line over upper lashline of the outer half of each eye for that cat eye effect.
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Written on: 08/11/2009 (07:12am)

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