I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

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 :)

ooh so glamorous!
I would like to get a more glamorous foundation for occasional fancy evening wear. Maybe that one is it...

I couldn't pull off that lipstick but I love it a lot. Pretty lady.

I want to be able to 'do' those eyes!

woww mandee

What brand/shade is that lipstick? I like it.

homo II, as always, gives good face
que bella!

LOVE your eye makeup (well, the whole thing, but hell yeah on your eyeliner in particular)!

Oh and ELDW gets major kudos on makeupalley. Hence the fact that I know it is known by acronym.

lipstick is Ben Nye "Pink Tart" - they are only about $9.

I have a gigantic Sephora palette that I got for Xmas last year. I get one every year. They are worth the money (and are only like $50!)

All over the lid I used a really light blue. In the crease, a bright copper. In the outer corner of the eye a darker copper brown. Then shit tons of eyeliner (Liquid on the top, a pencil on the bottom and along both the water line and underneath the eye)

ooooooh what do you use on you waterline? I can't get anything to stay there :(

Some cheap Revlon thing... I have trouble getting eyeliner to stay there for very long, too.

revlon colorstay always stays on my waterline

Love mand33's makeup too!

Work is hosting a video contest for new product, I said what the hell: behold my cheesy self, low production skills and utter lack of talent! Ran out of light so had to do with the best of a few shitty closing shots. Sigh. But there aren't many entries iirc so maybe I'll win anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWZjzwTX80U

(posting this bc I'd get a total kick put of another ilxor video, let's all make cheesy videos yeah?)

Ha! Your delivery is perfect. :)