Hi Carmen! Wow, I just had a similar observation noted by another forum member yesterday. This is a great compliment to a person who is turning a year older tomorrow. I love you guys :7 :7 :7
While I agree that I really love the way my hair and make up came out this time (yes, a new wonderful make up artist who has a love for perfecting eyebrows and smoothing frizzy hair....I just loved her and didn't want to wash my face at the end of the night, LOL) I have to say that lighting, camera angles, make up and wardrobe colors play a huge role in how you look. I remember looking at Power Hour and barely recognizing myself when we edited that workout. The opening speech to the Hard Core's was another one where the lighting and clothing colors totally changed my appearance.
This time we got new camera's to take action shots with (those you see on the blog), NFL's top of the line lighting and production crew, and a new hair and make up staff.
As for myself, yes, I have let my bangs grow out (which seems to be a big hit with family and friends...who knew, LOL), I have changed the color of my highlightes to a softer caramel color, I have really stayed on top of my skin care regime (which usually during film time I tend to get dehydrated, but made an effort to really stay moisturized and kept a water bottle at my side at all times). I have also discovered some eye make up colors and eye smoke/smudging techniques that seem to have made my green eyes a brighter green.
Please understand that it is NOT my nature to go on and on about myself like this. Actually it feels very awkward to me and I'm a little embarrassed. I just thought that maybe I should share this since this question seems to be a "hot topic" :7