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Suzanne Blons, The Beauty Shaman, has been in the beauty industry for nearly 40 years. A former Revlon Charlie Girl, she is now a professional makeup artist and has worked with such luminaries as Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and Arianna Huffington. Today, Suzanne shares her beauty secrets on her YouTube channel, The Beauty Shaman. Check out her store, blog, coaching, and beauty courses.

Latest Posts By Suzanne Blons

10 months ago

Choosing the Right Lip Color for Women Over 60: Expert Tips and Recommendations

How many lipsticks have you purchased that are now in the reject pile, and how many in the everyday use pile? If you’re like most of us, the ratio is probably 2 favorites to 10 mishaps, with lots of regret tossed in there. Finding the right lip color can feel arduous…

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10 months ago

Quick and Elegant Summer Makeup Ideas

Summer makeup is about shine, gloss, and glimmer. Having said that, how do you look elegant as a woman over 60 when anything shiny drips down to your belly button, glimmer sits in fine lines, and gloss lasts about 30 seconds? Today I am joined by my good friend Sandy

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10 months ago

Dating in Ecuador: 3 Friends, 3 Man Magnets (or Not…)

The three of us live in Ecuador; Polly, Molly, and Dolly (I’ve changed our names to protect the innocent). We are up to no good about 85% of the time, and the rest of the time we are fairly useless, but trying to do kind things. All three of us have gone through marriage, kids, trauma…

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11 months ago

Elegant and Youthful: How to Rock 3 Gorgeous Lip Balm Shades for Mature Skin

Summer is officially in full swing, which means cold iced tea, balmy evenings – and glossy, feel-good lip color everywhere you look. To celebrate, I bribed my best friend Laura (retired digital designer, fashion maven, and lifelong “one-lipstick” woman) with coffee and convinced…

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12 months ago

Quick and Easy Makeup Tutorial for Mother’s Day

My mom knew how to bake the best cinnamon rolls on the planet. She made Cinnabon look like dog food. We would come home from school, smell the aroma, fling our backpacks in the corner and BOLT into the kitchen. Her cinnamon rolls were like eating crack…

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1 year ago

The Best Wedding Makeup for Mature Women 2025

It’s wedding season! Weddings can bring out your inner fairy; leap brightly around finding the perfect dress, makeup, and shoes in preparation for a fun-filled, entertaining day, or turn you into an ostrich that sticks its head in the ground to avoid the extra effort. If it’s your own wedding…

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1 year ago

3 Fabulous Makeup Tips for Crepey (aka Crinkly) Eyelids

If there was ever a makeup dilemma that can make us scream out loud it’s crepey eyelids. Having had my share of meltdowns while applying eyeshadow to dry, crepey lids…

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1 year ago

3 Makeup Trends Taking Over for 2025 (and How to Wear Them)

Most beauty trends are dreadful and make me snort. Having said that, the zeitgeist of 2025 trends are out and, love ‘em or loathe ‘em, a little switch up in color choices, application methods, or style can make a huge impact on looking current and staying inspired…

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1 year ago

Mocha Makeup Look: Pantone Color of the Year!

The 1960s rocked brown. Here we are in 2025 and ladies, brown is back. Like a blitzed rendition of I Can’t Get No Satisfaction while wearing bell bottom pants and a wide collared brown shirt, the proverbial color of mud rolls in as a badass color. Can you dig it, man?

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1 year ago

The Fabrication of Female: Fighting Back, Being Real

“I’m sorry for being here.” It is the ultimate statement of disempowerment; to apologize for not meeting society’s or someone’s expectations. Trouble is, society’s expectations are whack-a-doodle.
Specifically, everywhere I turn, older women…

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