War Paint and Face Paint.

I am talking about make-up here if you haven't guessed. This post refers only to women although some men do look rather fine with some dark eyeliner. Just a touch. Too much and its Alice Cooper. Who? Look it up little girls and boys. Google "Tip toe through the Tulips".

You see teenagers and young adults with flourescent eye shadow that glow like toxic waste. They are allowed. Some of the concessions we give the young - and those models of course. They can wear wierd make-up that lights up dark dance floors and be silly. That's what being young is about. Then they grow up. That's where we older ones come in.

Its not about doing what's appropriate for your age. I have come to dislike that word, overused for want of a better vocabulary!

Its about growing into yourself and learning what makes you look good. The situation is different at every point of your life. If you have young children who keep you up all night, dark eyelinder at your lower lashes will only make you look more tired and worsen those dark circles.

Thick foundation is only going to make bad skin look worse and aggravate that acne. Tired eyes, emphasise your lips to take away attention from those eys.

We come to a time when the skin on our faces is not that firm, laughter lines form and get deeper. The solution is not to slap on thicker make-up, you would only be fooling yourself and those with poor eyesight. It is said that Nature compensates us with poor eyesight as we grow older so that we look just as good as we did when we were young when we look in the mirror - at least to ourselves.

What the heck! Never mind wear whatever make- up you like. Who cares? Certainly no one you should bother about. Make mistakes. Its not a life and death issue. We could do worse things in our lives.

Now get that make-up case out and start painting.