Article: Putting Yourself in a Flattering Light

In most rooms, the goal is to find lighting that makes the space look good. In the bathroom, the lighting needs to make us look good.

Whether for shaving, putting on makeup or dressing in front of a bathroom mirror, the ideal lighting will let you see what you're doing without making you wince. "When I look in that mirror, I want reality -- but I don't want harsh reality," says Bhramara Heid, who teaches lighting courses to interior design students at Montgomery College in Rockville.

The answer, lighting designers agree, is balancing multiple sources of light that will illuminate your face from more than one direction. Ideally, that means a combination of task lighting, such as a fixture ...

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