still a hottie, lauren hutton

That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort.

- Lauren Hutton

lauren hutton is the epitome of aging gracefully. i remember flipping through a j.crew catalogue and my mom pointing her out as such, and giving her kudos for keeping the gap in her teeth.

anyway, when ms. hutton returned to the modeling world at the age of 46 she realized that most makeup was being primarily advertised to, and made for younger women with heavy textures, bright colors and lots of shimmer that, as she put it, "act like airport runway lights in every line, wrinkle or pore, saying 'Look over here!'" so she created her own line of makeup.

now i haven't actually played with her makeup, but i can only imagine that it is as high quality as lauren hutton is timeless.

if you too are over the age of 46, and looking for a few new products, or ready to re-vamp your entire routine, you should definitely try a few products! i mean, just look at the before and afters below.... again with the makeovers- i just LOVE 'EM!!!

what i love (and a sign that this a great line) is that the first step to purchasing any product is determining your skin tone, so that you aren't blindly buying something totally wrong for you.

here's a little excerpt to juuuust wet your whistle:

Pink (Light)

Before After
If you are very fair, burn before you tan, and your skin has pink or porcelain under tones you should choose pink.

Yellow (Light or Medium)

Before After

If you are Caucasian and have beige or yellow undertones you should choose Yellow. Asian or Light Mixed Race also fall into Yellow. Most Caucasian women fall into Yellow so if you are unsure select Yellow, like Lauren.

Olive (Medium)

Before After
If you are Mediterranean, Latino, a Fair-skinned African American, or dark mixed-race, then you should choose Olive.

Brown (Dark)

Before After
If you are African American, deep complexioned Indian or any other dark skin color then you should choose Brown.

the grass is always blonder

so the grass is always greener on the other side, right? well, in my case, that means that i've always been a brunette, and thus always fantasized about the lighter side of life... as a BLONDE.

now, i neither have the funds nor the discipline to keep up with highlights right now, so how do i satiate my desire for change???

INSTYLE.COM MAKEOVERS!!!!

omg, this is the most fun site EVER. i even tricked my aunt into thinking i had ACTUALLY gone blonde once when i sent my 'rents a pic of me with cameron diaz's hair on!!

so all you do is upload a photo of yourself without any hair in your face and you can try on every celeb hairstyle under the sun. they've also added makeup, so you can try on entire celeb looks.

here's my before, for comparison's sake. thanks tlm and tru for peekin' in my picture.

so when kim kardashian went from dark dark brown, maybe even black hair, to blonde i was super jeally! i thought she was one of those people that HAD to have brown hair, but she looked super great and summery with her dark blonde/light brown highlights!

and here i am with her hair! i like it! i think it brightens up my entire face. am i going to do it... well, not right now, but maybe??

now i had always thought that if i went blonder, it would be darker blonde.... say, like, gisele bundchen's hair.

gisele not only has great hair color, but great hair. i would be lucky to have this kind of volume any day... so i must remember, it'd be this COLOR not this HAIR.

but still, mmmm, i love her light warm brown!

now here's someone's hair that is categorically blonde, blake lively.

and i still like it! i know i am clearly trying on very similar hair styles, but hey it's all hypothetical here, so my hypothetical hair can be whatever it wants to be.

i think my eyebrows are light enough to not make me look like a crazy bottle blonde...

but just to switch up the style, here i am in reese witherspoon's adorable bangs!!!

i never considered bangs, because my hair's really fine, and thus has a tendency to lie flat on my head, which in the bang world means greasy greasy greasy- so they just seemed like more work than they were worth, but these are kinda cute??

i think this would be a MUCH harder cut to actually get than it looks- i mean, her bangs are all different lengths and they're styled really well so that they separate all on their own... mee likey, but mee not readyy.

another thing you can do is FLIP each hair style, so you can finally figure out which side you should be parting your hair on!! i usually part my hair, or in this case, mamma mia's amanda seyfried's hair, on the right (first pic) but am not looking like a complete alien in the second picture with it parted on the left! i've even been considering rocking the middle part every once and while... but my middle part debut is still TBD...

here's not just vanessa hudgens hair, but her makeup too!

see, i told you this site is RIDICULOUSLY fun!

bold lips paired with bold bangs?? i love it! but this is a VERY stylized (read: ballsy) look to pull off!!

i don't love my jawline with bangs, but these bangs are so long, you could easily brush them to the side for soft side bangs anytime i felt like i had fat face.... something to think about!!

and finally, i will leave you with my favorite look yet...

yup. kate gosselin.

i mean, what's NOT to love??? the spikes in the back or the fact that it looks like a toupee?

hope you enjoyed all these pictures of me (a self-absorbed blogger, whhaaattt??), and you should really play with this for yourself!!

but, if you happen to be employed/don't have enough time or patience to play on your own, send me your pic and i'll do it for you!!

SRSLY!

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