I have worn glasses since I was 11, says Nicola.
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I have worn glasses since I was 11, says Nicola.
(I asked Nicola, our beauty guru about the whole wearing make-up and glasses deal. I don’t wear glasses other than for reading and writing but that is plenty of the time in my world. I never know about the eyes and what to make-up so I tend to adopt the less is more approach. I’m sure there is more to it.)

Chronically short-sighted; I had to wear ghastly peach framed horrors all through school and contact lenses were a revelation to me in my early teens. Glasses were confined to Sunday nights on the sofa with a box set. Now however it seems that as well as being short-sighted, I have the addition of reading glasses and I have to say, I like it.  
There has been a renaissance in the world of specs in recent years and it is now cool to wear facial furniture, which has become somewhat of a fashion accessory.
 
I had lunch with my friend and fellow speccie, make-up artist Sara Raeburn this week and we got talking about the art of makeup with glasses. I always feel unglamorous when I wear my specs and never make much of an effort with my make up when I wear them and I wanted to know what I should be doing make up wise when wearing my glasses, I loved what she had to say.
 
Sara says: “Everything is relative to the size of your glasses so if you have a larger frame, check where the shadow of th...