As someone who knows some stuff about fashion and how to put on makeup, I can honestly say I have watched numerous online videos on how to achieve a variety of looks.  Most are really quite simple with the right amount of practice.  As I have written about before, wearing a lot of makeup is not something particularly conducive to a superheroic life - neither would its application be a valuable use of time, nor would it really stay on much through the amount of stresses the heroes undergo.  Power Girl may be a fairly polarizing character in comics.  A lot of female fans regard her depiction as one of the most unrealistic in comics with her near impossible proportions.  She of course has her fans, but this is not the main reason something drew my attention recently.  It is this picture:

Maybe she puts on her make up at super speed. Are you trying to be funny again, because I can't tell.

@GundamHeavyarms

Do I ever try to be funny?  I was trying to make a serious point - an already overly sexualized character gets more sexy.  And by the way putting on makeup at super speed makes no sense whatsoever.  Its not as easy as shaving or brushing teeth. 

@RazzaTazz: Maybe she was out for the night and then suddenly had to pull in the costume and fight some crime? ;)

@Aiden Cross

Its the first thing I noticed.  Though as I said it wasnt my intention to write about the depiction of her chest size (thats been done).  In a perfect world comics wouldn't depict a female like that, but I know it is partially fan service so it doesnt really bother me.  Still the way her breasts are drawn here looks kind of out of proportion (and I don't mean in terms of size). 

Yikes, I am not a fan of this image.

I think it is the cover for upcoming issue 27

@RazzaTazz said:

@.Mistress Redhead.I thought of that, but then it makes me want to see some more characters who had a date interrupted by the JLA beacon. Power Girl is not the only one that can wear makeup.

Agreed, but perhaps she is the only one who cares enough to date lol

@TheCrowbar 
 
I think it is the cover for upcoming issue 27

@RazzaTazz said:

@TheCrowbar 
 
I think it is the cover for upcoming issue 27

It is.  Like I said, it's an inventory cover DC decided to use; probably because of problems getting someone else to do that cover.  And it's from 2010, both of which explain why the background's blank, and why there's nothing at all about the issue that the cover tells us---the artist simply had no idea what his cover would be used for, if anything.

@TheCrowbar: Not necessarily, depends on the quality and who put it on

@TheCrowbar: I mean I am sure some makeup artist somewhere in the world could put on makeup that wouldnt streak  at supersonic speeds.  

@achilles100 said:

@RazzaTazz said:

@TheCrowbar 
 
I think it is the cover for upcoming issue 27

It is.  Like I said, it's an inventory cover DC decided to use; probably because of problems getting someone else to do that cover.  And it's from 2010, both of which explain why the background's blank, and why there's nothing at all about the issue that the cover tells us---the artist simply had no idea what his cover would be used for, if anything.

I'm not blaming the Artist because I know it's probably just his rendition, I blame DC for constantly trying to oversexualize PG on the covers. It's not a credit to what has a been a surprisingly good series.

Huh, now that you do mention it, it does seem the makeup is overemphasized (at least I noticed on the second look!). I think its really just for a good visual and artwork style to be honest...even if functionally it makes no sense to have such things out when busting bad guys.