If you’ve been a reader of Fabulous Over Forty for awhile, you know I love books on makeup and skincare. In fact this past weekend I was going through several that I own and I always pick up a tip or two. Now I can add Style Eyes to my beauty library. It’s a book by makeup artist Taylor Chang-Babaian, whose work has appeared in several magazines from InStyle to Town & Country and on several TV shows too. She decided to concentrate her book on the eyes, since that can really be such an overwhelming part of makeup from making tired eyes look fresh to what and how to apply eye shadows and everything in between.
The book is easy to read and not overwhelming at all. There are some great visuals with images of things such as good and bad brow grooming, how to properly conceal under eye circles, basic techniques and so much more. One of my favorite things in the book begins on page 53 where she talks about the different shapes of eyes that we have and how to or how not to do color on them. This alone is priceless information! I know I’ve given advice such as “apply this color in the crease”, well that doesn’t always work for everyone, and as we age, many of us get a heavier, more pronounced lid so how we apply makeup has to change. She also discusses wearing glasses and how to do your makeup with glasses. It seems we’re wearing glasses more as we age, even if it is readers. This helps us to figure out how to do eye makeup properly with glasses.
On page 95 begins the chapter Eye Makeup at Every Age. Taylor gives us some looks from teens to “Forty Plus”. At the beginning of this chapter she talks about how not to be afraid to do some shimmer on over 40 eyes and how she has taught more women over 50 that they can do a smoky eye. I agree to both of those. But, in her descriptions and images in this chapter on the “Forty Plus” she shows neither of these looks which bothered me, along with putting all women over 40 in one category. Let’s face it, my eyes at 48 don’t look like they did at even 42 and I know they won’t look like they do now at 62, so I wish she would have added a few more examples for women 50 and 60 and 70+.
Overall, I think Taylor has created a great book that women of all ages and ethnicity’s can learn from.