Pick a color…
Any color. For some reason, I’ve been noticing a lot of people on television (news anchors, TV show actresses, celebrities on talk shows) that have two-toned faces and bodies. It’s most often the result of too much foundation being applied to the face, and not enough to the neck area. It’s especially noticable during the summer months when ladies wear V-neck shirts and their neck and chest is super light compared to their dark faces. It drives me nuts.
It’s unbelievable to me that no one notices these things. Or, if they do notice them, then why are they allowed to go on television like that? With as much money as people pay to look good, they should pay more attention to the big things….like making sure your skin tone is even on the exposed parts of your bod.
Take Charlize Theron, for example. Beautiful woman. Naturally very attractive. Look at her, though, last week when she got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
It’s all over the place, though. News anchors are the worst offenders. They’re notorious for having the two tone look about them once 5:00pm hits.
My crazy roommate my first two years of college suffered from this as well, although she pulled a Charlize (ghost white face with darker neck). In all of the pictures I stashed in shoe boxes and duck taped shut (crazy roommate= bad memories), her face is at least 10 shades lighter than her neck. She tanned a lot and her face never quite tanned as well as her neck did, so in pics from functions, she had the Casper-esque face and the Navajo neck.
The scary light face was in addition to the lovely arm pit stains she sported in nearly every pic. It was gross.
A relatively easy remedy for any sufferers of this disorder is simply changing your foundation color. I wear a darker foundation during the summer months because my skin is more tan due to being outside more. Although, the increasing number of “celebrities” facing the two-toned problem lead me to believe their make-up artists clearly hate them!
A close relative to the two-toned disorder, and also a problem with the Hollywood folks, is the “I want to be an orange” syndrome. Sufferers of this are addicted to the Mystic Tan booths at their local tanning facility. Mystic Tan, for those of you unfamiliar with it, is the spray-on tanning. I have used the Mystic Tan a couple of times. It is relatively easy to use and provides a little color to your skin without the UV rays tanning provides. However, too much Mystic Tanning too close together can lead to Orange skin. Folks…just say NO!
Comment by Martha | October 11, 2005
Oh, memories… I never lived with aforementioned psycho roommate, but I remember all the stories. And she had serious two tone issues… as well as some mental issues. I guess it’s hard to worry about looking good when you’re worried about coming up with the next crazy thing to tell people about yourself and those around you.
Comment by Jennie | October 17, 2005