“I’m just a backwards Barbie in a push up bra and heels might look artificial but where it counts I’m real”
From her extra long acrylic nails to her eighties blush, it just takes a quick glance at Dolly to see she is a multiple make-up rule breaker. Not only that – she has brazenly made it her “signature look” and built her career around it.
She admits to sleeping in full make-up when on the road, says as a little girl she wanted to look just like the town tramp when she grew up, she routinely performs the make-up hat trick, and falls into the “Muton-ista” make-up category and yet she has a universal appeal that you just cant ignore.
So why do some people thrive on breaking make-up rules where the rest of us fail miserably.
Here is why she’s able to pull it off:
She is a larger than life character
She owns her look and made it her signature
She openly discusses her multiple surgeries and physical maintenance regime (she is 63 after all!)
She is willing to laugh at herself
She has an amazing ability to connect with people through her music and in interviews
She has fantastic bone structure and great skin (which is an easy canvas to work on)
Dolly has built her career on being an exception to the rule in many categories and make-up is absolutely one of them. It’s obvious to see that breaking rules can work in your favor, but if you are going to do it with make-up you need to own it – unapologetically!
Dolly Facts:
She has written over 3000 songs
She has won 7 Grammy’s
Her theme park Dolly Wood is the state’s number one tourist attraction in Tennessee
She is the founder of The Imagination Library, which distributes books to kids under the age of five
