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Oscar night makeup disasters or, what not to wear in makeup
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If you have even a peripheral interest in the movie industry, you were probably glued in front of your TV during Oscar night. How can you not? It’s full of flash, glamorous gowns, big smiles, the red carpet, Sophia Loren, (how old is she anyway?) and the invariable buffoons doing back-flips during their acceptance speech. All in all, a perfect evening.
Those of you who watched Reese Witherspoon hand the best director award to Danny Boyle might have wondered what was wrong with Reese’s face. Was she trying to conceal a black eye? Is she in desperate need of a spa getaway in order to reduce bulging under-eye bags? Or were you just too drunk to be seeing straight?
That, my dear movie buffs, was the unfortunate result of makeup gone awry; namely, the “raccoon eye” effect, or, as the fashionistas like to refer to it, the Smokey Eye. The Smokey Eye can be accomplished by first using a thick base makeup, followed by several layers of dark eye shadow best applied by a 2 inch spatula and completely covering your upper and lower eye surfaces. The more shadow and the darker the shade, the better. The result is a startled facial expression resembling that of a well-known mammal native to North America, which, Wikipedia informs me, is omnivorous and usually nocturnal. The coincidences don’t end here, either. Again according to Wikipedia, the coon can be found in forests, mountainous areas, coastal areas, and urban areas due to its great adaptability as a species. Did someone say southern California?
Ladies, I beg of you, beware of the raccoon eye. Don’t be fooled by spreads of the top supermodels in popular magazines sporting this latest trend in makeup. Just because you saw it on Linda Evangelista and Reese Witherspoon doesn’t mean you have to inflict it upon yourselves. But if there’s absolutely nothing I can say to convince you otherwise, then here’s a helpful picture worth a thousand words; because if you really want this as an inspiration for your next cocktail party, who am I to stand in the way?
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