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HenchPAC NewsWHAT'S a gal to do without her personal hairstylist, image consultant and make-up artist?
If you're Sen. Hillary Clinton - who's been in style withdrawal since losing her first-lady perks - you just have to get out the Velcro rollers, drink plenty of water to reduce facial puffiness and use sapphire eyeliner and plum-tinted shadows to bring out those baby blues, stylists suggest.
"She's a beautiful woman, and there's so much she can do now that she's on her own," said Hillary Weidert, the West Coast beauty editor for Sephora.com.
"She just needs to realize that she can look well-groomed, trustworthy and respectable without looking frumpy, dumpy or tired."
In her last year as first lady, the once fashion-challenged Hillary Clinton morphed into a perfectly coiffed and polished businesswoman.
Her hair was always blown out and slickened. Her frosted highlights framed her face and matched her skin tone. Her make-up was airy and concealed the dark circles under her eyes.
All that has changed.
The new senator and working woman has been having bad hair days and turning up on Capitol Hill in lousy make-up and frumpy clothes. It's clear she's desperately missing the dozens of hair stylists, makeup artists and image consultants who were at her beck and call - often gratis.
She's not blowing out her hair - she's letting it look deflated and mousy. And her poor choice of make-up has aged her about 10 years, fashion consultants said. "She's obviously doing it all on her own now," said one Washington-based image consultant. "And boy, has she seen better days."
New York's throng of hair stylists and make-up artists have no shortage of do-it-yourself advice for the new senator. "She's showing much too much face with this new hairdo," said Borja, who did Hillary's hair for her hubby's 50th birthday bash at Radio City Music Hall. "When she does her own hair, she pushes it behind her ears and it looks awful."
Borja suggested that Hillary let her hair grow longer and add more layers to make it appear thicker. As for her hair coloring, which has gone from three shades of blond highlighting to one shade of mousy blond, Borja said she would brighten it with a non-bleach colorant.
"I would tone up the whole one-blond color and add more definition . . . She needs some darker blond hair around the face because when it's too light it makes her face look bigger."
"I'd also make it shaggier on the neck to give it some body."
Manhattan hairdresser Damien Miano of Miano-Viel Salon and Spa, who keeps Tipper Gore, the Gore girls and George Stephanopoulos looking their best, would send Hillary back to the past. "I would make her look like she did a year ago," Miano said. He said he would brighten her hair with lighter blond highlights and cut it shorter.
"Her hair needs to be away from her face, with a little height and volume," he said. "It just does not look good flat. "I guess no one showed her how to take care of her style. I'd be happy to give her a class!" said Miano. He suggested that Hillary "learn how to use Velcro rollers and stay away from styling products.
"The trendy muds, waxes and pomades makes your hair look dirty," said Miano. "If I were styling Hillary, I'd recommend a spray form of texture for her hair, like a simple spray gel." As for make-up, the experts say Hillary should have a make-over - pronto.
"She needs to find the right foundation and concealer," said Nadine Luke, a make-up artist for MAC Cosmetics in New York. "It can turn a blotchy face into a beautiful, even palette." "She looks exhausted," added Weidert. To appear livelier, she suggested that Hillary tackle the bags under her eyes.
"She could definitely start with a lymphatic massage facial to drain and minimize the amount of fluid under her skin, which is causing her eyes to puff out," Weidert said. " She should also drink plenty of water and sleep on her back with her head propped up."
Once the puffiness is reduced, Hillary should focus on the overall facial package. "She should use foundation on her face only where she needs it," Weidert said. "Her foundation should have gold undertones to take away from the blue and violet of her dark circles.
Then, she should find the right eyeliner, like one in a sapphire color. "She should also get an eyelash curler . . . It will really create the illusion that she has open, bright, vibrant eyes."
And take it easy with the mascara; Weidert said Hillary "should use it on her top lashes only, because we don't want to emphasize anything under her eyes." Make-up experts suggested soft shadows and warm neutrals and some berry colors for her eyes and cheekbones, including a bronzer that matches her skin tone.
And she should avoid products with a lot of shimmer. "If the camera catches her the wrong way, it could make her look very old," Weidert said. Luke said she'd like to see the former first lady bring out the baby blue in her eyes. "She needs a lot of mascara and beige and plum-tinted shadows to really accentuate her eyes," she said. "They're her best feature."
HENCH adds: I should have posted a barf alert, but then again, the whole Hillary page is a barf alert.
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