I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

I'm shocked at how much of an improvement it's made. And it's helped me figure out that certain foods trigger reactions too, since my face is now not always red all the time.

so glad you mentioned it, rrobyn. this thread's made a lot of difference to my wellbeing lately! :D

i don't think i can do the bourjois because it is full of dimethicone and has denatured alcohol in it and a few other things that my skin will be unhappy about... i could probably use it once in a while but not for a full day/night. i know most foundations have those things in them these days though, which is why i went the mineral powder route, but sometimes the powder is too, yknow, powdery if i'm going for a more made-up look.
xp

yaay :)

Ahh, gotcha R. :) it feels like silk and has lovely but blendable coverage, I've never tried the Estée Lauder stuff but it feels like that review described it! Heh. But my skin is strong like steel, thankfully.

not sure where to post this but my bf complained that he had no counter space so i made myself an alternate makeup/perfume application area in my closet to use when he needs the mirror and im obsessed with it

http://imgur.com/2rjfW

old school 80s color-changing lights mirror and pink satin-lined jewelry box makes me feel like a major teen

oops that didnt work here it is
http://imgur.com/DbBlF

i suck

http://i.imgur.com/DbBlF.jpg

its in a suitcase on a shelf. haw. i want to live in it and not just do my makeup at it

http://i.imgur.com/RPpkz.jpg

love

it

so much

that is awesome!
i really really want one of those mirrors

Oh man, can I move in there too? Nice work!

LOVE!

It does seem very magical. Nice bit of theatre to get ready to.

Gah I can't think of a good IFP-N topic. I guess my niche is illuminators so I might go we that. Do we just post them up? Any standards/best practices guidelines I should be aware of?

Also I love the twitter idea. A facebook page might be a good idea too?

Also cant wait for insanegownposse.blogspot.com

Sunny - I read only the first part of that and though - duh, illuminators so, yes, write about them. :)

Yes and not as far as I know. If you need the login info again let me know. Sign your name and tag yourself.

I should have time this afternoon to investigate the twitter stuff.

Sunny, I *need* your illuminator piece

ENBB I just webmailed you my active e-mail address, will you send me login info?

done!!!

can we do insanegownposse tumblr? and just post pics of fashion things?

uh yeah

Careful that the FBI doesn't classify ilx has a gang next!

*as

that would make my life

okay just snagged insanegownposse.tumblr.com

I'll send out the email and password to everyone on the IFP-N email chain. If anyone else wants in webmail me!

sweet! :)

Just webmailed you!

i used a youtube tutorial for the first time last night while I was trying out my halloween Ace Frehley face

it was p helpful for getting the design & some techniques figured out but jeeez louise:

- if you are demonstrating a design for lips, it's a good idea to show them ON CAMERA WHERE I CAN SEE THEM

-oh you're going away & completing part of the look& coming back? fuck you. why even do the tutorial.

- no, i will not be setting the white face makeup with *white eyeshadow* O_o

the chick sounded so bored by the whole undertaking, it was v weird! out of curosity I looked up her other vids: she has a ton, 50% of them are Kim Kardashian looks. I was all, she has more than one?!

It looks incredible, VG! Make your own tutorial, for the benefit of future generations.

roxy i have an 80's vanity mirror too and I now cannot live without it

gonna make a blog post tomorrow about unearthing old makeup and giving it another whirl. yeah i know its a no-no but I AM ON A BUDGET.

i never throw out old makeup! it's like finding treasure, lol

i know a woman who has used the same eyebrow pencil for 20 years... that she inherited from her mother.

i am guessing she doesnt use it that often!

Oh gross. It's probably not even the same color that it originally was!

I need to revisit FFM's depotting posts on this thread. I've got three eyeshadow palettes that I've had long enough to know that I'm only going to use a few of the colors in each and I'm running out of room in my makeup box.

It's pretty toxic since I had to melt plastic to depot them in some cases.. but there are tutorials on Youtube! (All hail the mighty Youtube.)

We hired a dude to work in the new division I am transitioning in, who is an incredible makeup artist. He told me yesterday I should consider modelling because I have such flawless skin! (HAH. I like my skin, but I am no model.) I told him I have flawless skin on each of my six double chins and he said he will help me fix that. YAY. Expect me to be full drag by 2014.

w00t!

I want to work at your work FFM.

I actually decided to write today about sunscreen, after some illuminating research last week on SPF coverage. Basically after getting sun damage this summer (and I NEVER GO OUTSIDE?!) I have plugged the ingredients of my everyday SPF 30 sunscreen into an ingredient analyzer and discovered it actually is only about as effective as SPF 20 or so.

I am v interested on your findings.

It's pretty neat, homoII! Sure beats the seven previous years I spent slogging it out in the security industry. I've gone from 'Mom's old rejects & Cover Girl on sale' to stockpiles of false lashes and having to depot to keep my eyeshadows accessible. Hah!

Interesting about the SPF! I always just trust the number on the bottle.. I await the post!

oh - and my husband and I are going to whip up lazy Lucy & Ricky Ricardo costumes for Halloween so tonight I am going to experiment with Youtube tutorials for doing her hair (mine is way too long so will be wonky) and makeup. Eyebrows and lips ahoy!

omg that sounds awesome

I experimented with this eyebrow wax I'd never used in a Smashb0x pallette I have - pretty easy to manipulate! I hope I can master victory rolls with my thin, lame hair. Ah well. Hairspray and hair rats FTW!

omg victory rolls yay!

eyebrow wax? pls to explain more?

It's clear wax.. I have this huge pallette that comes with six different browns for eyebrows, and I use that every day to fill mine in.. but I used the wax last night to 'extend' the brows, which was kind of neat (eyeshadow on top of the wax.) My brows are sparse and I always felt like it could use just a couple more millimeters in the center of my face, but I simply can't get more than a couple of random hairs to grow there!

I'm going to try to blank out my own eyebrows then paint a new brow shape with the wax for 'Lucy' brows, get that fun exagerrated arch.

cool! I never knew of such a thing. I can't wait to see/hear how they turn out!

And I don't know what I am doing so I am also excited! heh.

FFM you can use an elmer's glue stick to get your eyebrows sealed up. thats an old drag trick.

use the one that is purple but then turns clear. then put concealer over it.