"Jack...I want you to paint me wearing this.."
"OK..."
"...wearing ONLY this."
So maybe this isn't as shocking as Kate Winslet in Titanic, but going bare always seems to get me a lot of attention.
When I was a teacher in Korea, there were a few times when I overslept and would have to waltz into class without makeup. And by makeup I mean only eyeshadow. I put on foundation, blush and concealer before I put on my clothes.
"TEEEEEEACHER! Oh, TEACHER! NO MAKEUP TODAY! Bare-face!" came little under-age shrieks.
"Children, this is nude makeup," I would explain grandly.
"...Nude? What is...nude, teacher?"
"...ummm....
...it's when things are plain and they haven't been used or painted or disguised yet."
"Oh. That's boring."
But it got your attention, didn't it, little kids?
This look really depends on pretty much fabulous, flawless skin so I usually don't INTENTIONALLY try this out unless I've been having a series of stress-free days with plenty of sleep and the requisiste amount of fluids and hardly any candy. So yeah, hardly ever.
But the best way to pull it off is to mix foundation with a drop of moisterizer so it really sinks into your skin. Use cream bronzer on cheeks, temples, and eyes. Yes, eyes! It sounds insane (but I like insane)(I heard it as a tip from Jay on America's Next Top Model so of course it's insane) but bronzer around the eyes really works to make your eyes pop. Dab on a tiny bit of cream blush and then dust mineral translucent powder over everything to set it and add that polished sheen.
Make sure the powder has a yellow tinge, otherwise,
you end up looking like a Kabuki Dancer
and there goes your "nude" look.
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