I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

I feel like I can't put on regular lipstick symmetrically at all
Like I seriously feel like these lip stains work for me mostly because I was raised by a pack of 8 Crayola markers

hahaaa i think this is prob true!
my reasons for wearing lipstain are very similar to yours - i find the smashbox and revlon ones don't dry out my lips, whereas so much other lip colour doesn't just dry my lips but causes an extreme-dryness allergic reaction of sorts - blargh!
that said, the lipstain colour doesn't last all that long for me. maybe i talk to much or subconsciously bite/lick my lips too much, but i don't think so. maybe my lips just wanna be free.

i would like to investigate this clear lip liner bizness

I am pro-lip stain for all the reasons Abbot listed, although I do need to reapply it. The Revlon kind doesn't really dry my lips out BUT I say this on the morning of the first truly cold and dry day we've had in Chicago so get back to me in a couple of weeks.

– doesn't go everywhere or get in my hair (lip gloss & regular lipstick right out)

This part about the hair, oh god, is so OTM. Standing at the bus stop while the wind blows my hair onto my lips and then it sticks because I'm wearing gloss or something... bleurgh. I also hate lipstick transfer onto my work coffee mug, because I generally wash it at the end of the day so I have to live with a lipstick lined rim which is skeevy.

Still lolling at normal eyed people <3 I love you guys

I have noticed that with the lipstain i have* i tend to underfill my lower lip and then stare in the mirror trying to work out why i look funny. and then once i've managed to actually follow the shape of my lips i feel like i have too much on and blot like a maniac.

but yeah, a world in which i have coloured my lips and it doesn't transfer onto stuff is a world of which i approve.

* just bitten, in 'twilight', because i had to (also it was the best colour)

i like the sephora brand lip stain
i cover with cherry chapstick and it's not glossy, but is moist

OK so apparently there is a new thing called BB cream and we all need it???

Will do more reasearch and follow up.

I am getting an "ancient chinese secret" vibe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_cream

haha did you just watch that sali hughes on primers? i'm fairly sure that's where i just heard about bb cream. but i couldn't face looking it up, given that i barely even wash my face every day.

"some newer ones will have functions of primer, foundation, moisturizer, sun block, pore minimization and skin refining together which can save time and money in make-up.[citation needed]"

hahahahahahahahahahaha hm no.

Yeah they're supposedly all-in-one miracle creams. There are a couple marketed in the US (Dr. Brandt and Clinique make them iirc) but most are Asian ones that people buy on Amazon. I've heard that ppl sometimes have a hard time matching the skin tones which are designed for Asian women but if they find one they like people tend to love them. One of the properties a lot of them claim to have is "skin lightening" which freaks me out. What the hell is that? Bleaching? Brightening? idk. I've obviously read up on them and thought about trying one but, tbh, they make me weirdly nervous for some reason. No one product should do that much! It's just not right. lol.

Oh, I think that Garnier makes on that's available in the UK but it hasn't been released here yet.

I'm always late to the convo. I loved my CoverGirl Outlast for years, and the Smashbox one is fun too (IME less drying than Outlast, but I used it for so long I got used to it.. one coat of gloss on top and I was good for the whole day). I will now begin living in fear that my SBX one's cap might fall off :(

I wear 'Guava' and it's insanely bright but I love it. I'm insanely bright! Or in my head I am!

Guava is the Smashbox one I own and I love it! I think orangey lip colors look good on me. idk maybe it's all that Sonoran Desert seeping into my brain, gotta look good against all those sage green saguaros and fuchsia sunsets and turquoise kokopellis ;)

woahhh that bb article mentioned missha and i got all sad when it closed but then i googled and apparently missha has online shopping!!!!

oooh what is it?

Also, which birchbox did you get?

Yay Abbs! Guava power! My hair has some orange in it now so I like the effect. Who knew - I only ever went for red redddd lipsticks before.

missha was a store in nyc - some asian skincare store that was ridiculously cheap. they had this really great after shave soothing stuff for your legs, and those fun asian face mask thingies. it looks like they have changed their product line a bit.

birchbox: bracelet, scrub, eye makeup remover, nail polish, protein mist for hair, chocolate that looks insane

I got the same one. I like it! The hair stuff smells divine. I just ate the chocolate. It was insane, insanely good.

Oh and you know who else has that bracelet? Check out the as seen on right here:

http://baublebar.com/index.php/fashion-jewelry/womens-bracelets.html

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

also LOL

I KNOW!!

A bracelet?!?

Ahh...could one of you hire me? Please? I want to start buying all of this stuff!

this $10/month is my indulgence to keep me from buying $40 eye creams tbh

lol yeah

I have a lot of points now. Might use them to get a nice cream soon. I stopped smoking (mostly stopped) so I justify this because it's small change compared to what I was spending on cigarettes before.

ok i feel kind of ridiculous saying this but i got a $5 eye cream from garnier that i actually really liked :/

been using estee lauder lately tho

I see your Garnier eye cream for $5 and raise you a travel size Lumene face cream for $3.99

The eye cream I was using for a while came free in a bag of samples a few years ago.

yeah i get a lot of mine for free from my mother in law

jana that sounds nice!

oh hai I am wearing monostat anti-chafing gel on my face!

kinda liking it!

wait can you guys explain why you are putting monistat on your face? i've missed something here...

loll

LL it isn't the yeast-infection treatment product from monistat; it is an anti-chafing product that contains silicones and is pretty much a cheap drug store version of cosmetic "primer" products. It is a really thin, clear gel (almost a straight-up liquid, really) that feels really nice on; I think it maybe makes my pores a little less noticable under my foundation.

I forget who told me about the Monistat antichafe stuff (someone here I'm pretty sure), but it's the same main ingredient as the spendier primers.

I got dried up like a mummy from not drinking enough water in Las Vegas and have been drenching my poor chapped lip with as much Blistex as humanly possible. Once it's back to normal I've got two of the Just Bitten stain colors to try (Twilight of course and some other more neutral one)

Tried Bo-ing and Erase Paste and didn't like either as much as Bobbi Brown concealer, sadly. I think I wanted some kind of miracle, like new eyes or something. Maybe I will look into brighteners on top of the Bobbi concealer.

merchandiser just threw out entire set of brushes, encased in a plastic display (same you'd see in Sephora). Grabbed it, must now figure out at home how to get at the brushes, LOL. YAY!!!

Hammer! GO!

I totally will! Downside: apparently they are glued into the display, which means the wooden handles might be a little crusty but you know what? I will put up with that for what is probably $400 worth of overpriced brushes!

wow. and think of all the fun stress relief you'll get banging the crap out of that hting ot get them out!

I broke the plexiglass! It was fun. Now I'm going to try and remove the brushes themselves with pliers. The brushes are much shorter than the regular size ones, but the bristles are still there. Yay!!

Are you Birch Boxers still getting your Birch Boxes? Do you still like them?

we've talked about them a bit here... i'm kind of on the fence right now because i haven't gotten anything i'm wild about lately... and all the premium sized samples have been things i can't use (2 bronzers and some orange eye shadow)

Yeah I remember that. I was hoping things got more awesome since you last discussed it. But maybe you haven't gotten a box since then?

I still really like it. I'd agree with T that I haven't found anything I've been totally wowed by in the last few boxes there have been several things I've really liked including a nail polish (the color isn't really me but I LOVE the formulation esp because it's 3 free), a hair masque, and a lip balm (bought the full size). I also still really like the whole process of getting the box every month and unwrapping everything and I used my points yesterday to place an order that I literally paid nothing for - not even for shipping.

Tza can I has your bronzes?? I will swap you for... something

it was so cute the other day my boyfriend was like "honey have u heard about this birch box? i think it might be good for u" and then he explained what it was

and i was like "no but that's cute of you"

They're coming out with one for dudes.