I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

They have a long lash which is p good, and their lash-defining has a cool brush that has fat bristles on one side and narrow comb-y type bristles on the other side so you can get really feathery lashes if you want (also good for combing out clumps in other old mascaras

I will also rep for the brush on the dark green boots mascara. I don't use the mascara but I sometimes use the brush because the comb thing is that good.

Any prolonged sun exposure combined with sunscreen and I end up with a week's worth of itchy face, even if I don't burn at all.

I'm going to make a very controversial confession that I only wear sunscreen in July and August and only if I know I'm going to be out in the direct sunlight for more than ten minutes. As soon as the earth tilts enough that my morning bus stop is shaded during my morning commute, I stop using it.

i mean i don't feel like i am disguising the fact that i am a disgusting hag if i wear foundation -- i feel like i am preventing my skin from being dry and also protecting my skin from the elements, like sun damage, etc. no one even knows that i'm wearing it! how could it possibly matter to anyone but me.

xpost yeah carl I'm kind of the same. I pretty much work indoors for the entire 8 hours, I'm not a huge outdoorsy person anyway so sunscreen is camping, outside music festivals, hanging by the pool etc.

most sunscreen is awful shit

my chest is still recovering from two days of sunscreen on it two weekends ago. my shoulders and back seem okay, but my chest is more sensitive and broke out in several little red zit-like dots, grr. i put neutrogena ultrasheer on my body (never ever on my face omg no), but should've known better. the clinique city block is okay for days when I know I'm going to be outside all day but, yeah, combined with sweat and all-day wear, i mean, my skin just can't handle more than a day or two of that.

i wore clinque's almost make-up throughout my teens and 20s, which had spf 15 in it - i think they stopped making it though :/
i'm content with my mineral make-up's spf but i know it's hardly anything to guard against spending any real time in the sun. hats and big sunglasses are good though!

yeah I did Neutrogena baby sunscreen for 4-days of camping 2 weeks ago, and then 3 days of clinique city block last weekend...my face is such a mess I'm having to go sans makeup to work this week, it's too irritated. bleh.

not irritated so that anyone else but me could tell though...just kinda bumpy and flareup itchy and grrr

that news about the jar imprints on makeup was astounding. most of mine didnt have jars but i think its because they rubbed off from being old!! my chanel liquid eyeshadow said "6m" lol i've been using it for like 4 years

yeah i think the city block formula changed or my skin now hates it or something bc while i didn't break out, the skin on my face felt kind of rough and itchy, which never happens when i just wear my reg make-up + moisturizer. i do have another zinc+titanium-dioxide sunblock for face but it's not perfect either.

all in all, i think my face has fared pretty well this summer considering how much i've been out in the sun and how tan my body is!

I've been finding that out, because I started reacting to the Aveeno one, and I can still use the Almay PABA-free one but I can't put it around my eyes or lips, and the Burt's Bees chapstick with SPF just makes my mouth dry & cracked, so jesus christ, what's a girl supposed to do?

the skin on my face felt kind of rough and itchy

OMG THIS!!! My cheeks were like ALLIGATOR SCALES after two days of the Aveeno hypoallergenic, non-clogging, formulated-for-face, oil-free shit!

i feel like all sunscreens sting a tiny little bit when applied

(to the face)

Is it the alcohol? I think some of the chemicals that have the UV-protection properties are also alcohol-soluable.

i used to use a DDF zinc sunscreen for face - got it at sephora in nyc - it is pretty good actually. i'd forgotten about it.

what's a girl supposed to do?

Sun hats. Also I'm counting on Amanda to bring the parasol back into style.

it seems they don't make that particular sunblock anymore though
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yep, hats!

i have already begun to use my parasol and so far no one has laughed at me
i think it's rather attractive, really
my only complaint is that it requires a hand so if i have dog on a leash in one hand and parasol in other, i can't carry a cup of coffee

Did you get the one from Amazon? How is the quality? I would like one myself although Jeff has suggested that he won't go outside with me if I use it.

He goes outside with me when I wear my most ridiculous of floppy sunhats, so I am not sure why the parasol would be any more embarrassing.

honestly though, my mineral make-up does a pretty good job of warding off the sun!
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i had an idea for a parasol handle-extender when at the beach earlier this summer. like to make a regular umbrella seem more like a beach umbrella. maybe there should be an extender that fits on a purse or an armband or something, haha.

I always get moisturizer with SPF and have never had any probs with it but I don't add any additional SPF on top of it or anything. I think right now I have Cetaphil with SPF 30.

No, it's Cerave.

I might have to try that instead.

I've also abandoned the clinique BB cream...it was only good for a couple of days before I was breakout city, and in natural light my skin looks kinda grey and dead looking which creeped me out.

this has been a baaad month for my face in general, lol

You should return the bb cream and tell them it made you break out!

Poor VG. It sounds like you need a break from everything for awhile, or at least bring it down to the bare minimum of products that you can get away with.

when my skin is having crazy times, esp in summer, i rinse (not necessarily wash) my face at noon and again in evening and then again at end of day and that helps

i also live in (very minor) fear of them ever discontinuing Impruv moisturizer, which has basically been a skin saver for me

in cosmetics news, i've decided that my autumn present to self, aside from a new pair of cute shoes (my close-toed shoe situation is dire!), will be a new red Dior Addict lipstick yaay :)

(i had coffee this afternoon)

ive never tried anything in the entire dior line of makeup but its v attractive to me as a makeup line. they seem like they have a lot of interesting "gimmicky" things for lack of a better word. like makeup that DOES things besides sit on your face

haha yeah srsly they're really into makeup that plumps and enhances and motivates yr face into another state of being or something

though i've only ever used their lipstick, which i love, and mascara, which i was meh about compared to the clinique i've used for years. it's very $$ is the thing... but i think i will see if i can get a sample of an appropriate foundation just to see if it turns my face into a thousand tiny shining stars

xxpost rrobyn - do you just rinse with water? that might be a good idea.

the cerave cleanser/moisturizer has been p good overall, it's just all the other shit that's been slathered on my face that's giving me a hard time.

I feel weird taking the BB cream back -- I've had it for like a month.

Did you get it at Sephora?

take it back if you have time - think about it in terms of them needing to know that it made you break out, even if they don't really care. a month is not that long when it comes to skin stuff.

yes, just rinse with tepid water, like to get sweat and dirt off

I seriously returned shapewear and pierced earrings to Macy's last week. I was sure I was on a fool's errand but they took everything back without blinking.

I've taken stuff back to Sephora that I had for about a month. They have a good return policy. Hell when I bought the foundation yesterday the lady told me that if it turned out to be too dark for me once summer was over, I should take it back.

I got it at Macy's and I don't have the receipt or the box anymore.

Oh well you're probably screwed.

shrug

At least now I know I should keep the receipt for a while at least -- I never thought I could return opened cosmetics. Good to know!

yeah i got the one with battenburg lace
it's black
doesn't offer the wide coverage i was expecting, but it does the trick

B0urj01s is sold at Sephora

Not anymore :(

I can hardly tell you how happy it makes me that someone else knows what Battenburg lace is.

I have to say - I got a lip liner that is clear/silicone and it works like a charm. I had a bunch of lip glosses that I never used because of smudging and now that I have this, I just outline the outer edge of my lips, slap some lipgloss on and nothing runs! Finally the tube of MAC's Russian red is getting some play. To be fair, I never really experimented much with standard lip liner (the dark brown lines of the 90s still haunt me).

Oh what a neat idea! That makes so much sense.

FYI, I love this Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation. It took me a couple of days to figure out the right amount to use but I got it and now I'm a foundation convert.

aha
the right amount! that's an important thing.

laurel will remember when i tried some bb cream at her place and at first it was like an extremely thick weird almost waterproof grey kabuki mask
then i fixed it, but wow that stuff was weird.

TARTE DISCONTINUED my foundation :(

However, I have discovered Estee Lauder Double Wear - THIS SHIT IS THE BUSINESS. Best foundation I have ever used by a long shot.

I got bored today and did crazy makeup.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9qsioG9A31qztqkgo1_500.jpg

homo you're a vision! so beautiful!

its a very carefully manipulated glamour shot... i had to take it a couple times because my undereye bags looked insane. BUT THANKS!

pshht you always look fab :)