FACIAL HEIR

You inherit your face!

Take a look at your family tree and search for relatives that have a face similar to your own. What do you see? What "secret" makeup tricks did those people use? How did they wear their hair.

I'm sure you've heard the comment: "Ugh! When I look in the mirror I see my mother looking back at me!"

Well that has certainly been true for me! Thank goodness! My mother was a beauty and knew how to take care of what she was given (great genes - inherited) up to and (almost) including the day she died.

Our faces weren't exactly alike . . .she didn't have my eyelids (they came from my father's side of the family tree). For example, mother loved the way I wore eye makeup and wanted her eyes to look "just like" mine. Of course, she tried it . . .in spite of the fact that I said "it won't work" . . . and little by little she understood the limitations of her "facial boundaries" and embraced her (lovely) differences.

Watching her grow older (with my eyes and ears fully open) helped me over the years. "Stay out of the sun." Advice she didn't follow . . .I did it . . .and it made a difference. "Don't wear powder - it'll dry your skin." I don't because it did on her! "Take a walk every day . . . it gives your skin a glow." "Fruits and vegetables are better than lots of meat and French fries!"

"God has given you one face," she would say as I longed to be tan without freckles, "take care of it!"

Use the organ just behind your face to listen and learn from those who looked a little bit like you in past generations - it's called a brain.

Make conscious choices to study the components of your face . . . review its boundaries . . . play with the dimensions using makeup. Have a good laugh . . .and maybe even a good cry.

Step One
Purchase the right mirror

Step Two
Put the mirror in a good light

Step Three
Look at your Face. . .love your face . . .embrace the way your face looks.

Step Four
Take a close-up photo (commonly referred to as a "before" photo)

Step Five
Email photos of you (and your ancestors) to me with questions: suzie@suziewoodwardmorris.com

I'll give you "Step Six" . . .

Remember you may be someone's facial heir . . . what will they learn from seeing you?