I was so happy to see Linda’s book at Barnes & Nobles and with such a great space in the store. -Laura

Here is a lovely photo of Damaris, doesn’t she look elegant? Her makeup was done by Dana. She is wearing a black gel eyeliner, Smokey Olive eyeshadow, nude gloss on her lips, black mascara and the cream base Mulan.
Most women  would suit this polished look: clean skin, a well defined eye and a nude lip.

Sometimes I allow my interns to get some makeup practice on each other. Yesterday Thalita did this beautiful makeup on Dana. Thalita used an earth concealer with the Snow White cream base and translucent powder. For the blush she used Coral and on the eyes she used some Topaz eyeshadow on top of the Pink Tint. On the lips she used Shy lip gel with a touch of the Coral lip color.

Our Intensive Makeup class is coming up on May 1st-6th www.lindamasonprofessional.com. There are a few spots left, so contact us if you are interested through linda@lindamason.com or by calling 212-625-0490.

While I was away in England, my assistants rearranged all the solo makeup pieces- doesn’t the hot pink look fabulous?

For those of you are tempted, but would rather have a tube lipstick see Talluaha below, which is a slightly deeper shade of hot pink.

Hot pink really is the perfect shade for now.

“AGELESS”    Photography and Mixed Media- PRESS RELEASE
March 29^th to April 29^th 2011
In her “Ageless” series, Linda Mason uses body paint to defy the signals of aging.  In the vivid range of colors that pervades her artistic work, she uses thick, wet brushstrokes on the face and body.  These acts transform her subjects, in this case, women over forty, and the surface of the skin becomes a living canvas subordinated to paint and color.  Markers of age, exaggerated by our youth-obsessed society, lose their potency behind the mask of the paint.
At the same time, the energy of Mason’s models defies their own age as much as the paint.  Mason has worked with many of these women (celebrities in their own right) in the past in the fashion industry.  In her “Ageless” photographs, the same drive and motivation that existed within these women twenty years ago is still present.  Mason concentrates on this inner fire while negating the importance of age, replacing exterior signs with heavy, vibrant strokes of color.
Linda Mason’s artistic career began with makeup.  Since the late seventies, she has worked in the world of high fashion and beauty alongside the best in the industry.  She became an influential force in her field for her innovative and creative work, particularly in magazines and runway shows.  “Ageless” can be seen as a reflection of Mason’s familiarity with the world of fashion, not only in terms of her aesthetic, but also in her invalidation of the conventions of the industry.

Three of my beautiful guests at the launch party for Makeup for Ageless Beauty. Gunilla Lindblad, Kim Alexis and Coco Mitchell. See Coco in the background too. Come by and see all the models from Makeup for Ageless Beauty in a different form than in the book, in the art show “Ageless”.

My typical routine at the moment is my yellow and blue eyeshadow placed asymmetrically with a touch of a red-brown eye liner on the outer corners of my eyes. I believe in accentuating your personality with your makeup and at the moment that best accentuates mine. Try it! It’s fun and can be quite chic especially if you already have two very different eyes, you don’t have to focus on correcting their natural asymmetry.

Today, the 22nd, is the day that Makeup for Ageless Beauty goes on sale. So, the publishers sent us this great poster of our cover-girl Carol Alt for our window. Next week you should come down and see her in the artshow “Ageless”, which will be up beginning Wednesday the 30th of March till the 30th of April.

This bright, vibrant orange from my lipstix’s line is an orange that looks good on almost everyone. It’s slightly redder and easier to wear than the very yellow orange from my lip colors, but just as long-wearing.