A beautiful face commands attention, so do beautiful hands or feet. Many want to achieve overall perfection and body make-up comes handy to make you picture perfect.
Why?
Not all of us are blessed with perfect skin. Birth marks, burn scars, skin pigmentation, sun tans and other skin discolouration on arms, legs, waist, back or neck make our skin tone uneven. Body make-up helps to make the skin tone even and create a flawless look. “Body make-up is required to conceal scars, marks and blemishes to achieve a perfect look,” explains Shonali Mohite, make-up artist.
How?
Many useful products are available in the market to give your body ample of glow and sheen. Tan sprays, bronzer, shimmer powders, body concealer, glosses, light reflective body oils, body glow and air sprays and now even certain moisturisers (see Beauty Kit for recommendations) are available to give you an even-toned body.
• If you want to wear a two-piece swimsuit but are worried about the surgery mark on your waist, you can apply water-resistant concealing spray or liquid make-up to cover up the mark.
• If your veins are prominent or you have a little scar on your knee from a childhood bruise or freckles on your arms, body make-up can be handy.
• Stretch marks can be taken care of with the help of body make-up.
• Create an even tone with the help of loose mineral or light reflecting powder.
• Use the bronzer on your shoulders, back or navel to achieve the glam goddess body look for a party.
• You can use it to cover tattoos as well.
On a daily basis?
According to Berzin Irani* body make-up can be used by people on a normal day if they want to hide their scars, pigmentation and marks. Tan lotions, powders or sprays can be used by women and men who intend to create a tanned look for a beach side or pool. But for others it is not necessary to use body make-up on a normal day.
Models on catwalk or shoots may require a body make-up more than anybody else on a normal day. Usually body make-up is used on special occasions, marriages or night time parties, as it is time consuming and precision is required to create a natural look. Over use or improper application may result in an overdone, ‘cakey’ finish, which could look ghastly.
To do or not to do
To conclude we can say that body make-up is as important as face make-up for overall beauty. It helps to enhance confidence in people who suffer from any skin flaws and also helps to achieve certain cosmetic results for those who want to flaunt a perfect body but
*Berzin Irani is a make-up artist who is associated with salons such as Beyond the Fringe and with make-up artist Cory Walia’s design team. He can be reached on berzin@rediffmail.com
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