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"  Makeup magnate Bobbi Brown transforms the epithet know-it-all into a compliment. Spend just five minutes with her and it&amp;#039;s clear she is a know-it-all of living the goodlife\u2014and we&amp;#039;re not talking about blinged-out Bentleys or Ace of Spades magnums, but rather about rhinestone earrings that trump diamonds as the ultimate black-tie sparkle (hers are from J.Crew) or doctor-designed crackers that give you glowing skin (they&amp;#039;re called Flackers). &amp;quot;I stop people on the street and say, &amp;#039;You have the most beautiful haircut; who did it? Where did you get those shoes?&amp;#039;&amp;quot; says Brown, who shares her findings in her best-selling books. For Pretty Powerful (Chronicle), her newest makeup and lifestyle how-to volume, she persuaded women she admires, from friends to celebs to fashion-industry VIPs, to go barefaced for before-and-after makeovers. You&amp;#039;ve got everyone from musician Estelle to Spanx founder Sara Blakely in your book. What do all those powerful women share? They&amp;#039;re comfortable in their skin. That&amp;#039;s the secret. It took me a long time to get to that point. I would walk into a fashion party with all these celebrities and editors, and it&amp;#039;s like, Okay, I can be really uncomfortable, or I can just have a good time. When I first heard of BB creams, I thought they must be named for you: What&amp;#039;s your opinion of them? Early Korean BB creams came in one color. So when I designed mine, it had to work for all skin tones. Think of it as extra help for the rest of your makeup. It&amp;#039;s like Spanx, in a weird way, for your face. So I&amp;#039;ll still need to wear something on top of a BB cream? I recommend a concealer. BB cream is too flat to go under the eyes. And you need a lighter color of coverage there. I like extra moisture, so I dilute BB cream with a moisturizer. If you&amp;#039;ve got oily skin, you might want to finish with a powder. Will any powder work? No, I don&amp;#039;t make a translucent powder, because I believe that they make us all look ashy. Nobody is the color of translucent powder. Instead, choose a powder that matches your skin tone. What&amp;#039;s your approach to the P.M. makeup touch-up? More powder? First thing: Drink a glass of ice water immediately\u2014sometimes you are just dehydrated. And eat a little protein, maybe some almonds. And then you need to add moisture to your face. If I&amp;#039;m really dry, I&amp;#039;ll put on my Face Oil and layer Extra Moisturizing Balm on top. I&amp;#039;ve seen you apply moisturizer with a foundation brush. Why? After I brush on my moisturizer, I&amp;#039;ll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer. Plus, it just feels so great. Click here to see some of Bobbi Brown&amp;#039;s favorite products and makeovers from Pretty Powerful! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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