christina

what exactly is a "new" musician?

dear christina,

as this picture shows, you are a very pretty woman. I've spoken before, though not on here, about beauty v. "hotness" v. prettiness v. sexiness, and how just because your body's good doesn't mean you're hot or beautiful. it just means you have a nice body. the inverse is also true: queen latifah is beautiful. she is not, by any stretch of the imagination, hot. whatever. people, if you're truly talented, don't care how you, as a performer, look. I mean, just look at keith richards. or jewel. anyway, expect an email and some polemicizing. for now, let's get down to making you forget about yourself when onstage.

I’m guessing you own a lot of stretch and crushed velvet(een), chokers, and black leggings.

in the trash. along with all of your dark red, brown, and (please let this just be my imagination) black lipsticks. tenty tops? out. gel? out. 6 inches of hair? off. (trust me, people, there are multiple pics required for a makeover, not just the one that gets posted.)

things you need to get: tinted moisturizer. cream blush for the apples of your cheeks, color=petal. lipstick in pink and light berry colors (the raspberry, toffee, or praline here). black mascara, top lashes only. this haircut: you have a high forehead, and it will work wonders to not only frame your face, but also define your neck. blow-dry straight with a round brush. abandon the red-brown color for a pure brown or mahogany, no red overtones. your eyebrows need tweezing or waxing (I hate waxers and wouldn’t trust them, but suspect that you have no prior acquaintance with mr. tweezerman. maybe you have a friend with great eyebrows who could help? or you live in the NY-metro area?) shape from the underside of the brow to give it an arch: don’t touch the top line or the area between them, as they don’t need to be separated. fill with a very fine touch of dark brown brow pencil. goodness this is hard to convey in prose. go to the bookstore. hit the beauty section. get kevyn aucoin’s face forward and study the brow section. don’t give yourself fishhooks.

clothing. fuck it, I was looking around for a picture of the hair I have in mind, and instead found this. the man knows what he's saying. and I hear he's a dream of a person off-set.

xo,
me.