Finest Inspiration, Concepts for Hair and Make-up You Can Do Your self

For nearly two years, a jumbo-sized Diptyque candle sat on a bookshelf in my lounge fully untouched. I insisted I used to be “saving it for a special day.” This, in fact, was ridiculous. Life is a special day. (And it is nothing if not unpredictable: I lastly burned that candle throughout a days-long energy outage.)

A number of months into stay-at-home orders, I used to be reminded of this as my eyes danced over the brilliant lipsticks and colourful liners in my make-up assortment that sat gathering mud. I may wait to put on them for a special day — possibly my first day again on the workplace, or to one in every of many weddings postponed to late 2021 — however… why? As an alternative, on a random Wednesday night time, I poured myself a glass of purple wine and reintroduced myself to my favourite eyeshadow palette. And fire-engine purple lipstick and cream blush and a contouring palette. As a result of even when it’s important to keep inside, you may nonetheless go all out.

I would be mendacity if I mentioned I did not snap a number of selfies (I am a millennial, in spite of everything), however that wasn’t the purpose. The purpose was to thrill within the course of, to relish in each flick of my mixing brush and dab of highlighter. I’ve at all times checked out make-up as armor — but it surely seems the very act of making use of it may be simply as empowering as strolling by the world with it on.

Within the months since, I’ve taken to pairing loungewear with a swipe of lipstick or a wash of sparkly eyeshadow. Sure, even on days I haven’t got Zoom calls. In truth, it is normally the night — as soon as the ping of incoming emails quiets and I discover myself aching for a connection to pre-pandemic life — after I discover myself fastidiously making use of a cat eye, or swiping on layers of lip gloss. And generally I even mild a candle to mark the event.

So within the spirit of discovering pleasure in getting all dressed up with nowhere to go, we requested make-up artist Maki Ryoke and hairstylist Evanie Frausto to dream up fantastical at-home seems for our February challenge. And boy, did they ship. Scroll down for his or her inspiring takes. —Dianna Mazzone