Mona Lisa at the Counter

 Mona Lisa, after five hundred years on a wall, might well have welcomed a visit to the makeup counter for an update. Time to look less 'enigmatic', and more 'empowered'.

After thirty minutes' work on the part of the sales assistant, however, she still looks somewhat pouty, perhaps because she remains in black and white, when she had in mind something a little more colourful. It always surprises me (and it shouldn't) that women renowned for their beauty can profess dissatisfaction with this or that aspect of their appearance.

Not entirely happy, perhaps, but decidedly more cheerful given the restrictions of the copyright-free engraving in which she here resides. The sales assistant has gone for the 'natural look', as Mona Lisa is, after all, a virtuous wife. She has added definition to her subject's previously rather sketchy eyebrows, and, after minimising the under-eye shadows with a cream concealer, has  highlighted those lovely large brown eyes with a light dusting of taupe eyeshadow and the restrained application of some volumising mascara. The final touch is a very pretty pink moisturising lipstick which can only enhance that expressive mouth.