I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

is it ungreasy?
i hate a greasy spf!
i used to use a laura mercier tinted moisturizer w/ spf that was oil free but i still felt sticky.

I would say that's probably subjective. It's less greasy than some but not ungreasy because it's pretty heavy? I dunno.

got some stila tinted moisturizer which i rly like

that's what i use, it's great. the one i have is spf 30

um i'm like so happy with it

stila is usually too yellow for me :(

you know what, the one i got has a TOUCH of pink, so it's good. have any new and improved makeup secrets tza? how's summer skin workin for you so far?

hmmmm what is it called?

i think foundation is a bad look for me for summer. i feel so greasy ALL the time. so humid. what a disaster.
also my chin is broken out but i think that's hormonal.
i am loving COLOR lately. red lips! pink lips! brightly colored dresses! etc!

it is "illuminating tinted moisturizer" in shade 2 (NOT shade 1)

yes! pops of color! it's like, vital

i fear shade 2 will be too dark for me!

you know what, it might be. you are a fair lady :) ugh whatever it's not like anything makes a difference in this humidity anyway!

sigh.

This humidity - it's the worst. My hair is doing all these weird Farrah wing things. ugh.

oh god don't even get me started on my hair :(

i try to get my hair to do farrah wings every day!!!

OMG guys I bought ILLUMIFILL (Line Filling Illuminizer) today and I swear the lines DISAPPEAR. So sweet. Also Sephora radiance mist is pretty nice too.

oh and why did noone tell me nars orgasm comes in liquid illuminator form?????????

That seems dangerous!

So this girl I know is a make-up artist and she and another friend are throwing a Beauty Bar thing tomorrow night where she is doing makeovers for ppl and they're serving martinis. Sounds pretty silly but it's for charity and I like make-up and martinis are OK. Anyway I'm pretty interested in seeing what she winds up doing to me. Will let you know if I learn anything interesting.

Sounds pretty silly awesome

seriously i went to such an event once and this lady gave me the best smoky eye ever and i have never been able to duplicate it and it haunts me

that was meant to be an encouraging story, not a sad one

Oooh smoky eye could since that's something I don't really know how to do myself. Maybe I can request something like that!

that was why i asked for it and the woman was a wizard! i should have made her draw me a diagram

Thanks for the suggestion - I think that's what I'll do! My previous post was supposed to read "could be good" btw.

it sounds fun imo you will have a time

too funny

lol

So it was fun and I requested a subtly smoky eye and she delivered. It felt like I was wearing SO MUCH makeup but I think that's cause it was just a lot more than what I'm used to. Final result: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/Decorated%20images/DSC_0033.jpg

never gonna be able to recreate that btw - oh well

aw so pretty

doesn't look like too much makeup at all btw

What blush is that? I like it.

i can't get a good feel for the eye - are there any straight on pics?

Ljub - I'm not sure what the shade was but she used like 3 diff things on my cheeks. They were all cream MAC products - two illuminators and one blush.

T - a friend took the pics but she didn't send me a straight on one. I know she took one with my eyes closed to I could have a guide if I want to recreate the eye. I'll ask her to email me that one and post the link.

surm i know a product that you might like since you like to be glowy and highlighted and blushy and bronzy: it's this little circular quad from Hard Candy and they are all creamy, sheer, shiny highlighters. white, pink, bronze and purple. i have started using it every day and it is an easy quick way to highlight everything you want to, get your blush on and glow. every time i use it i think "surmounter would love this product"

i am interested in ilumifill

ooh roxy that sounds promising, i am planning another sephora trip soon so i will lookout

i am also v interested in illumifill

you know something i learned not to do is put any highlighter on my nose

that took me too long to figure out

i do love a little blush on the nose tho

<3 your new dn, haw

I met a woman with lovely skin at a baby shower this weekend and she was telling me that she used a primer that is all natural and by a company that starts with an A, I think, that is distributed via the Mary Kay model (by sales reps instead of by stores). I can't remember the name of the brand, though. Does anybody have any idea?

arbonne?

Yeah, that sounds right. I just looked it up and that mess is expensive! Even for me, and I am kind of ridiculous in my willingness to spend bank on cosmetics!

Just had to stop myself from getting off train a few stops early to go to sephora bc the moisturizer I want is so $$$ I'm not quite ready to let myself buy it yet :(

Which one is it?

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P42894&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=4171

i know there are many more expensive moisturizers in the world (hi dere, murad) but for something that's kind of a primer i'd only use in am, it seems pricey. that said, i had some sample tubes of it a while back and it's so nice for summer when you feel greasy. matte finish moisture but you don't feel too dry. ps the smell is delightful!

the problem is that i also need to get this, which is an amazingly gentile exfoliator, but the two of them add up to like $80.

still lol'ling at the idea of us all meeting ENBB dressed in drag makeup

drag FAP.

I had a straight guy compliment me on my eyeliner today. I don't think that has ever happened before!

Has anybody ever tried The Present from Philosphy? http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P75338&categoryId=B70

I am chuckling at T's "gentile exfoliator"--poor Jews have to find their own exfoliator.