December 4, 2006

Face Off

Makeup Artist Tracy Ewell at Rockit Salon

Sure, losing your wallet blows. Your cool? Worse. But your makeup — stocked with priceless potions, samples, and your lucky shade of, well, everything?

Words aren’t enough.

Makeup specialist Tracy Ewell might be worth seeing while you still have your wits about you. The former New Orleans boutique owner knows all about cosmetic catastrophe: She lost nearly all her supply in Hurricane Katrina.

Perch atop her chair and chat about your look over hot tea, water, or wine. She’ll assess your skin, give tips, and position crazy reach-around mirrors so you can watch.

Need natural? She’s on it — and has DIY tricks for transitioning into night. Want vamp? The woman’s got smudgeable shimmers in hues that don’t even have names yet.

Finally, she’ll recreate her handiwork on a chart and file it for future visits (and unforeseeable “What the crap am I doing?” calls).

Think of Ewell as emergency beauty insurance.

And protection from looking like you, yourself, have lost it.

Tracy Ewell at Rockit Salon, 1604a DeKalb Avenue, Candler Park (404-378-0988 or tracyewell.com).