I received a copy of the new beauty book Makeup for Ageless Beauty, written for women over 40 by makeup artist Linda Mason.
Linda has a makeup studio in NYC called The Art of Beauty by Linda Mason and over the years has worked with many top celebrities and models such as Brooke Shields, Paulina Porizkova and Anne Bezamat, Carol Alt and more.
In this book, Linda touches briefly on preparing your skin – from sleep, food and exercise to creating a perfect canvas with concealer and foundation. Then she gets into further details of how to create colorful looks.
There are 40 looks on women of all ages and colors featured along with the details of how she created the makeup looks on these women. Diagrams with product colors and placement work to help you create the looks at home.
Clearly Linda is not afraid of color, and she does not want us to be afraid either. Just because a woman is over 40 doesn’t mean she can’t wear color on her face. In fact, she embraces it. Just look at the lovely Carol Alt on the cover and how she used color on her. Not all the women in the book are models either, so you don’t see only women with perfect, flawless, airbrushed skin. She shows us how to work with what we have to enhance and make our lives a little more colorful.
Linda Mason is giving a workshop this coming Sunday at the IMATS in NYC. since i live within a train ride of NYC have planned to go on Sunday during general public admission hours. I Planned to attend her session on Sunday, had no idea she had written a book. Now am more excited than ever to hear her. Thanks for the info.
Looks like a useful book to have. I agree. Very nice picture on the cover and wonderful use of colourful makeup
This is on my amazon wishlist, along with Sandy Linter’s book.
Carol Alt’s lipstick looks closer to Kate Winslet’s video shade than Rose Veil.
I just bought this book yesterday in Coronado, Cal. It is great, tried some of the looks and they are so flattering, I’m 62 and so far wrinkleless. I love the different styles for different moods this book shows. A must buy.. really.
Breck
That’s so great to hear!
Oh course women at any age can rock color! It’s all about the intensity and placement. I’m glad to see that a respected MA has come out in favor of it. I cringed when one well known MA was insisting that women over forty could only wear matte beige colors. How boring! I’m in my mid-sixties, active and physically fit, I take excellent care of my skin (face and body!) and hair, and dress fashionably. Why shouldn’t I be able to have some fun with the various trends that come along? Some of the most stunning women around are older women who add a layer of confidence and strength to their beauty.
So true!
I have her other books and will be sure to get this one as well.