I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

No, it's basically still a concealer as I understand it - but the guy in the shop called it a 'corrector', meaning I think 'those circles are going to need a heavy duty product'.

shop people can be such jerks.

What brand is it?

Bobbi Brown Corrector. I just looked at the reviews on makeupalley and people love it for the most part. And yes, they all say they have particularly bad circles. I think I'm going to invest.

Yeah the BB is supposed to be really good.

I also need

- new foundation with some of that light-diffusing business (been using Prescriptives Real Camellia for about 15 damn years)
- a new eyeliner, probably a gel, that's 1. doesn't immediately smudge and 2. is a *soft* black or vv dark brown (considering Bobbi Brown Caviar gel)
- a new blusher that doesn't make me look sick when I wear it with black like Orgasm sometimes does.

I'm the kind of sap that's easily duped into the high end of the market, so any low-end recs on those very welcome...

we still need to go to sephora (or maybe bloomingdale's? they're right near each other in friendship heights.. the department store people usually know their stuff better, i think)

i could use some kind of.. either a different foundation, or powder or some kind of primer or something to stop my face from getting too shiny. i'm not really sure what to do, i like the tinted moisturizer i use right now but it can get shiny. feeling kind of dumb here. i never really learned how to wear makeup.

Totally not low end, but I just bought my first Bobbi Brown product last week - blush in Tawny 2 - and I love it. The color is perfect and it's got a lot of pigment in it so a very little goes a long way. The last thing I need is to develop another high end make up brand loyalty but dag. This stuff is nice.

Daria, maybe a primer? I think some folks here have good recs on that.

I have new favorite foundation: Laura Mercier powder foundation. It is somehow ten times better than Mac's Studio Fix powder foundation, and I had loved that for many years! Pricey but I bet it will last 8-12 months with more-or-less daily use.

For concealer, I've been using Benefit's "Stay Don't Stray" eye primer, which is supposed to go *under* your concealer. But it seems to do some light-reflecting/dark circle diminishing on its own, so that's how I'm using it. Very easy to blend. I also use it around the sides of my nostrils.

daria, do you wear powder?

I kind of want to start wearing foundation or some kind of face meakeup – something I have never done bcz (minorly gross revelation?) I have v flaky skin, esp on my nose & forehead. Which, foundation just accentuates hugely. There is really no way to get around this, is there?

there is!!! its a moisturizer that is p cheap called compound 15! if you put that on before makeup, you will never flake again

sorry its actually called comPLEX 15

:O

The secondary worry is that, not ever having worn foundation, I will look like a 13-year-old girl putting it on for the first time. I will call my sister for help with this one. I am p sure she will love getting asked to do her job for free (just kidding, I usually send her a gift card or something when she helps me out w/cosmetic concerns).

http://www.amazon.com/Complex-15-Therapeutic-Moisturizing-Lotion/dp/B000056KK0

i've totally given up on foundation until i am willing to spend $$$ on it: it just seems to look like paint on my skin, totally unnatural and gross! it looks okay under certain lights, but then i live in a paranoid state that i'll be under neon lights and ppl will start pointing and laughing at me for looking like a clown.

ooh quincie i may have to try this laura mercier!

The makeup that I think looks garish on me looks too light to everyone else. I've realized that I can't judge myself on this.

One thing I've never been able to understand: I was allowed to wear whatever type of makeup once I reached the age of 12...everything, that is, except powder. I was considered too young to wear powder all through my teens even though I was wearing everything else. I've never been able to understand that. Can anyone else figure this out?

Weird parents?

Older parents? But I've never been able to find any reference to face powder being considered particularly adult in the Thirties or Forties when they grew up. So I don't know.

Thirties *and* Forties, I should say.

parents always think their kids' skin is perfect and beautiful and does not need to be f'ed up with foundation and powder, maybe thats it

i was allowed to use powder before i was allowed to use foundation!

same here

me too

so yeah, Christine, what Abbott said, weird parents.

i was allowed to use powder before i was allowed to use foundation!

Me, too. I can still smell the Cover Girl Clean Make Up by Noxema.

I still use CG pressed power. Never found one I liked better.

hahaha yes! that smell!!!

I used the hell out of Coty loose powder. The smell of that is so evocative that I can hardly stand it if someone else is wearing it. My Coty thread was not very popular, but I bet everyone who grew up in the US has used one of their products at least once. Their lipstick used to be like a permanent stain iirc.

I also used Maybelline pressed powder when I was like 12. My mom didn't really care.

Oh man – my best friend in jr high reapplied her Coty powder every couple hours.

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/4sCEm2Igb3YlhBUc4bu3kWogYF1J1cY5U-XRcCkWWg4Kc8wAelgT43RSBw8zZfYg6z6nsxCK5pIL6rVNiBGCQp_UDJwq3qd-QM-O2Zw7Eu3H845IddP5Qu4R_XSnPN84XmQ5n072gHtrp4D9VOuKEvHpZTEl4lIQ

She had all this peachfuzz and the putting all this powder on top of it gave her face a fuzzy, biscuity aura. Maybe this is the reason I am a little nervous about powder to this day.

lol @ biscuitface.

my v pale sister kelly used that in the 80s - hers was just totally white
i thought it was fancy when i was little, lol!

That powder is actually supposed to be excellent and is still praised by make-up artists because of it's fine texture. I've always wanted to try but I need something I can cary around with me hence he CG compact.

That's it! Mine was so so so white.
Their powder made me feel super old fashioned, so it matched my thrifted old lady handbag and old lady dress. I think I even used some super flowery old lady perfume (Laura Ashley maybe?), just for consistency. I sprayed it into one of my purses so the smell of mothballs and perfume always reminds me of that purse.

I think maybe this girl was doing something wrong to make her face look like that – idk what – she just had a bad track record with aesthetic experimentation. Por ejemplo, she tried to spike her hair by using a hot glue gun, and had to cut off most of her hair after.

omg

Oh bless her heart.

Powder foundation! I didn't even know you could get foundations you apply with a brush. Thanks Jenny for the BB blush suggestion even though high-end. Looking forward to checking these two products out.

re makeup remover: there's a kandee johnson vid that suggests mixing olive oil with witch hazel as an eye makeup remover (50/50)

hey is that girl on the makeup video youtubes on the kashi commercial? i swear she looks exactly like one of the 'customer reviews'.

I have v flaky skin, esp on my nose & forehead. Which, foundation just accentuates hugely.

My cheeks can get really flaky. Exfoliation and moisturizing helps a lot.

I've been using a bunch of things from philosophy, and they seem to be working.

What do you like from Philosphy?

Philosophy, that is.

I use their micropeel set thingie and it has helped A LOT with dry skin. Pretty serious stuff though, in strength and cost. Still cheaper than aesthetician prices when you consider how many peels you get from one purchase.

One thing I've never been able to understand: I was allowed to wear whatever type of makeup once I reached the age of 12...everything, that is, except powder. I was considered too young to wear powder all through my teens even though I was wearing everything else. I've never been able to understand that. Can anyone else figure this out?

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, March 21, 2011 11:00 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

for me it was black bikinis. apparently white bikinis that go semitransparent when wet were just fine.

I did the micropeel this morning, and it totally got rid of these persistent dry circles I've had all week. I bought it when I had a 20% off coupon from Ulta.

I like the stuff in the Makeup Optional Kit.

the microdelivery peel? i love that stuff! i gotta spring for the kit... i was just telling daria this last night!

can you guys link to this?