Comments on: SARAH JESSICA PARKER IN ALLURE MAGAZINE

By: Christine MS

Christine MS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:35:49 +0000

Jenepher – I agree about Allure. I still buy it but every month, I tell myself it will be the last month. The makeup layouts would be silly on women of any age group. I’m all for creativity but large flecks of glitter glued around the eyes, extreme looks, color combinations that even the model couldn’t wear to a job interview, … I don’t see how that serves women or teaches them anything. I agree that it seemed more real with Kevyn, though I didn’t know he had any artistic input into the rest of the magazine.
I’m fortunate to know your makeup approach first hand. Because I really do love makeup, I can easily get too heavy-handed with it. A visit with you is like a reality check. I’m liking my makeup now better than ever before. Thanks for that.
Gina – SJP is pretty cool. I can see that there’s a fine, and maybe artificial, line between makeup and plastic surgery. It’s all enhancement. And none is wrong or right, just what it right for you. Things have moved around on me too and and I DO mind where they went! but, would I do anything about it? More and more, I figure “I is what I is” and I’ve learned that what matters is that wherever it is, it works. Having said that, I’m secretly hoping that a line-erasing laser procedure will come out in the next 8 years.

By: gina

gina — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:36:12 +0000

I too absolutely love SJP. She is the quintessential woman in my mind. She dresses well, has great shoes and is so grounded she makes you wonder if she really is a celebrity. Now I know that I am viewing air-brushed photos of her and that she has had some ‘work’ done. I am fully aware of this.
Still it is ‘who’ she is that makes her incredible.
A big fan of ‘Sex In the City’ her character was brilliant.
I have not had anything ‘fixed’ yet and at 49 I wonder when I will look in the mirror and say “okay it’s time” Things are not in the same place but I don’t really mind where they went. I am more active now than I was ten or even twenty years ago. And I like myself far more. I have nothing to prove. I am healthy enough to run 4 or 5 times a week and sweat until I can no longer see.
Yes Sarah epitamizes the ‘woman in control’ to me. Lord knows her day-to-day life is probably as hectic as the rest of ours. Well let’s face it…. far more hectic. She is simply more ‘real’ than those we are bombarded with.

By: jenepher

jenepher — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:18:46 +0000

Hey Christine, I appreciate all that you write here. From financial advice to creative marketing info i.e. Ted.com
Allure is the only mag I faithfully buy each month now. I loved it more way back when Kevyn Aucoin was alive and contributed. It seemed a bit more honest. Anyway, I had’nt read the article on SJP but I now will. Plus I
am a 42 yr old women who struggles with the make-up face forward into the world vs no make-up. its what I do for a living yet I love going out without a stitch of it on my face. I don’t know if I can explain it or maybe it would take too long. Or maybe its my way of showing women that even if its what you do for a living, make-up, that you don’t have to do it or be a slave to it. Its a form of expression. Much like the clothes you chose to wear that day or the words that come out of your mouth. if this makes sense, one of my favorite expressions is, “Talk less, Say More”
I think that is also my approach to make-up.
Thanks
JR