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Wednesday May'9, 2001 · , THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Make-up demonstration fundraiser at Wellspring By W ilm a B lo k h u is OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF What is the first colour a child sees? Red, says Jacques-Lee Pelletier of Montreal, Canada's make-up artist to the stars. Demonstrating his skills at making women look taller, thinner and more beautiful just with a little bit o f blush and shading on their faces, Pelletier said young mothers should wear red lip stick. "Not necessarily because it looks good on them - it may not, but because red is the first colour a child sees. A child learns to recognize the mouth as the source of words, and learns how to speak ear lier - the child's brain picks it up quicker - if the mother wears red lipstick. "Colour is a silent language." And, with a bit of rouge here and some brown shading there, Pelletier can lift smiles, highlight cheekbones, lighten the neck area, accent the eyes and make lines disappear - giving a woman a whole new profile. "I can make you look 10 years younger, six inches taller, and 20 pounds lighter." He demonstrated this by using several women as models at two fundraisers held last Wednesday at Wellspring Cancer Support Centre sponsored by the Oakville Zonta Club. Pelletier, an artist and sculptor by training he's won world acclaim for his live sculpture - has worked as a make-up artist for 26 years. "I've done make-up for photography, TV com mercials. cinema, dance, theatre and the opera." Plus, he has a number of private clients includ ing Barbara Walters. Bianca Jagger, Candice Bergen, Joan Rivers. Lady Sarah Ferguson, and Princess Marie Christine of Belgium. He conducts seminars, similar to his presenta tions at Wellspring, across North America. He's also worked in Europe. Pelletier was the only make-up artist to be invited to the American International Esthetics Association's first convention in New Orleans 15 years ago, and has twice participated in the MidWest Beauty Show, North America's largest hair event, attended by over 40,000 hairstylists, in Chicago. He challenged the so-called experts who gave make-up advice in glamour magazines. Instead of using light shading, apply dark shading "and then highlight" to accent features o f the face. Pelletier advised as he demonstrated. Pelletier focuses on the `positive,' not the `neg ative,' in his approach to applying make-up. "And. covering up flaws (`negatives') is a very good example of what I don't do. You can hide all of the flaws but you can't change the person. is a worldwrcli ____________ Photo by Brent Foster Show n with Jacques-Lee Pelletier are, from left. Judi Perry Brinkert of W ellspring; Catherine Bobesich, president, and L ian a Renwick-Palm erio, past-president of the O akville Zonta Club. "It's all about how the people who love you see you. When you look at yourself in a very `posi tive' light, then the `negative' becomes less impor tant. "In my 26 years of doing make-up. I've never seen flaws - they don't exist. It's the synergy of lines." For this reason. Pelletier calls his workshops `Synergy to Empower Your Beauty.' "Beauty is all about synergy, looking at your self as a whole, not as part of a whole. I work on empowering the profile." If a woman has a slight downward `negative' line at her mouth, he `lifts' it with a bit a lip liner. He follows natural muscle lines when applying shading and highlights around the brow and hairline, eyes and mouth. "The brow is the most important - it's the hor izontal structure of the face." W e lls p r in g a m o n g c h a r itie s s u p p o r te d b y O a k v ille Z o n t a Wellspring is just one charity the Oakville Zonta Club supports. The others include the Women's Centre, the Halton Rape Crisis Centre. Hope Place Women's Treatment & Support Centre, Ian Anderson House, Distress Centre Oakville. Halton Women's Place. Ontario March of Dimes, Salvation Army, and O akville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. The club also provides emergency clothing kits for victims of rape. Over the past three years, the club has raised $100,000 annually, said Liana Renwick-Palmerio, past-president. Last year. Zonta gave $50,000 to Wellspring at 2425 Sixth Line. It has more than 30 programs for cancer patients and their caregivers, and provides all services free. The money was raised at last year's Bell Classic women's golf tournament. The Oakville Zonta Club was one of eight clubs hosting the tournament that raises funds for breast cancer research and local centres. The Oakville Zonta Club currently has 15 members - all businesswomen, who raise money for charity. The local club, part of Zonta International, was established 25 years ago. Zonta International is a worldwide service organization comprised o f professional and executive women, and has a mandate to improve the legal, political, and economic sta tus of women. Founded in 1919 in Buffalo, NY. Zonta has grown to include more than 1,176 clubs with over 36,000 members in 68 countries. The Oakville Zonta Club meets monthly at Wellspring. For information, call Catherine Bobesich, president. 905-849-1741; or Liana Renwick-Palmerio. 905-338-3873. UPGRADE FOR LESS! *FR E E Canon B JC PRINTER - 2 1 0 0 W ITH P U R C H A S EO F ANY C O M PUTER AND MONITOR! 1After $50 mail-in and 49.95 instant rebates. Taxes extra. 9655200000000000 6 8 3 5 P A V IL IO N C O M P U T E R 2 · Intel C eleron 8 0 0 M H z ceteron· 5 6 K d a t a / f a x m odem · 3 0 GB h a rd drive · CDRW · 128 MB SDRAM · M S W o rk s 6 .0 · Polk a u d io sp e a k e rs · M S W in ME 458764/450240 Our Prite 1473.00 Mail-in Rebate -75.00* Price After Rebate: ` $50 U.S. @ 50% exchange rate. (* § > CO M PAQ . 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