to look like Sarah Jessica Parker

by Henna
www.canadianbeauty.com

It seems that I can't do anything these days - take the bus, read my favourite website, or head out to a pub without seeing or hearing about the new Sex and the City movie that's coming out.  Like everyone else, I loved the show and its heroine Sarah J.P., though Maxim named her the world's "unsexiest" woman.  Of course, her husband and most of the rest of the world doesn't agree and if you don't believe me, check out this pretty picture.  

She's not at all fake, and S.J.P.'s makeup artist does know how to play up her best features - her cheekbones and the angular planes of her face.  You too can get her look but just know that it probably looks better in pictures than it does in person. 

No worries.  You're going to need black eyeliner, a neutral eyeshadow in a gold or bronze colour, Benefit's Rush Hour, and Stila's Contouring Trio. 

Start by applying the eyeshadow all over your eyelid.  We're not going to get fancy here, so just blend it on, and then use the black eyeliner to line all the way around the eye, starting from the inside corners and working out.  If you're good with the liner, try to make it thicker on the outside of your eye and thinner on the inside.  Finish off with mascara. 

Take Benefit's Rush Hour and apply it on the lips.  Because it's a cheek product too, dab it on the very top of your cheekbones and blend downwards so that your cheek has colour on it but not any towards the nose.  Set the blush with a sheer powder. 

Finally, take your Stila Contouring Trio and a cheek brush (I like Billy B.'s Brush #1).  Dip the brush into the darkest colour in the palette, suck your cheeks in and blend in an up-and-down motion following the hollow of your cheeks.  Take some of the same colour and blend on to your temples.  Use the lightest shimmery colour to highlight your brow bone, the bridge of your nose and your chin.  

The key to contouring is that you shouldn't be able to see it - it just works, so the less product you use the better. 

You're done! And in case you're wondering what Sarah Jessica's response to Maxim's article about her was: she basically said that although it angered her, not having fake boobs and lips didn't mean that she couldn't be sexy.