I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

Reblogged on tumblr by one of our very own here (I'll let her own up to it if she wants to), but damn I want this stuff:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/9456ab28c192915683fe0b3412ef4a19/tumblr_midjotIWhT1qj5vfno1_500.jpg

The labels! The Luv Puff!

I also am enjoying Olivia Hussey's eyebrows very much.

Ha! I love Olivia Hussey and the packaging is so cute. Luv Puff!

Out of curiosity,I spent a week wearing my Clinique foundation every day. Decided I def need to switch up my game.

Went back to Bare Escentuals primer which has been the kindest to my face & doesn't aggravate the way Smashbox and Clinique cityblock do.

Read some rosacea borads and found a lot of positive talk re Revlon Colorstay foundation, of all things. Which seemed kinda "Wha?" to me. But since it's cheap & easy to find, I'm giving it a whirl.
Accidentally got a shade darker by mistake but it looks not too bad! Bit of color seems to do me good, lol.

So we shall see. It's 24hr which troubles me as far as removal goes, but may be a plus for not sliding off my face. Formula is v light & does not touch off once applied which will be a godsend since I am a terrible habitual face toucher.

Exciting!

i never stray from cheap revlon blush tbh. sometimes cheap stuff rules

Considering switching to liquid eyeliner everyday - used to do pencil as it's softer but the smudginess has started to look a bit uneven or weird, can't really put my finger on why it looks off after over a decade of using it... But enjoying Stila's liquid liner and it looks a lot fresher. Not bothering with flicks or anything as I have about 30 secs in the morning to do it and that is a recipe for disaster!

Annoyingly tho if I put it on over eyelid primer it doesn't go on very easily. Which is the opposite of pencil.

i just started using gel eyeliner which i thought i would hate and i LOVE IT

Looks tricky? I guess no more than liquid with a brush but i'm rubbish at that too (hence stila pen)

i thought it was going to be tricky too but i find it easier than liquid tbh

Gel liner is the stuff in the little pot with the brush, right?

yep. its very very thick and therefore kind of applies like a solid eyeliner, but with the smoothness of liquid

I have a gel liner in a pot but it doesn't go thickly enough onto the brush. Maybe I'm supposed to layer it on?

Posted that, then went back to reading a paper for school. Got totally got the wrong mental picture from the next line, which was 'Subsequent information is mapped onto this foundation'.

i just do the bic lighter/kohl pencil for gel eyeliner, seems to work about the same. I looooove the depth it gives, looks so theatrical and rad.

New foundation Day 2 - am v pleased with the results so far.

I decided the too-dark color I purchased was a little bit tooo dark - not orange but just a little odd looking. So I mixed it with a lighter shade and came up with a pretty good match. I love the finish, and it holds up SO well for daywear.

Interested to see how another week of wear will go -- no breakouts or horrible itching yet, so fingers crossed.

carl agatha fyi I am on the blotting papers train

Yes!

My new job has toilet seat covers so that's what I've been using to blot my face (I don't sit on them bc our bathroom is private, clean as hell, and gets thoroughly cleaned every day so I rub my allotment on my face).

that's a good idea!

Can't find the L'Or3al lineur intens3 in brown (as recommended by io upthread) other than in the felt-tip version. Ended up getting their Infallible 16-hour liner. It did pretty well yesterday I think, although I kind of forgot to check my face.

I looked for it too, after laurels rec - no dice, but it is on amazon for cheap

Huh. It's in every Duane Reade but maybe that's a chain ordering thing!

I'm the opposite wrt lineur intense - I only like the felt tip one but I'm pissed because they discontinued my favorite color. :(

I find the felt tip a lot easier to maneuver than the brush but I can use that one too in a pinch. My mom used the brush one for years.

No duane reads out here - I checked cvs etc.

I think Duane Read is NYC only. When I was in the city in Dec I popped into one because I forgot deodorant and omg it was awesome and fancy and had sushi waht?!

Try Walgreens if you have those. Duane Reed is a Walgreens subsidiary so they may carry similar product lines.

Heh. No, I know DR is an NYC chain, just meant the item is commonly found here, did not occur to me it'd be difficult.

Although I don't normally pay any attention to makeup expiration dates, I decided that my mascara being more than three months old would be a good excuse for buying something new. On a whim I tried Pixi Large Lash - http://www.pixibeauty.com/makeup/eyes/large-lash-mascara-468 - and so far I like it a lot! No clumps, and I didn't get that stupid smudge of mascara under my left eye (always and only my left eye...) by the end of the day. It also washed off really easily. It's pricy for a Target product, though - $18.

what happened to the blog?

also, can anyone ID the model in this ad? i feel like her name is karen but i can't remember?!
http://25.media.tumblr.com/be2f31d5ec73370d61ba2e8df5ddfe47/tumblr_mjxkgsabTR1rlbyzno1_500.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BGyDm19CcAA8OH4.jpg:large

Wanna try leftmost three rows down, but predict it will end in watery eyes.

Oh carl thank you so much.

The leftmost on the 2nd row down is my normal jam but now I want to try so many more.

um in a word yes

iPhone wallpaper now - thanks CA!

Yay! I thought this would be a hit. Looking forward to photographic documentation of you steady handed people's attempts at new looks.

I am in awe of this nameless eyeball model's amazing eyebrow.

seriously i physically can't do any eyeliners like that -- they make me look like a crazy old lady! it's smudgy pencil or nothing for me because i don't have the hand to even try.

Ha, me, too. I can get something in the general vicinity of the top right eye as long as nobody looks too closely to see the wobbly top line (which is due in part to my lack of skill and in part to my aging eyelids).

I would be willing to sit still and let anybody try any of those out on me, though.

my problem is my eyes are set deep and the browbone area has not a lot of real estate

I loooooooove wearing lots of eyeliner but it makes my eyes look small. But yeah I'm inspired to try some of these jams,

i've wondered if maybe my eyes are just not the sort of shape that takes well to upswept eyeliner. every time i've tried it i just wind up looking like or at least feeling like baby jane.

i get mad wobbly line due to my eyelid skin too. I have quite a steady hand otherwise :(

under eye concealer reqs go

My old one just ain't cutting it anymore. I need a powerful one that won't sink into the couple of fine lines I seem to have developed :(.

My eyelids are hooded, so I have no idea how to do a winged line that doesn't make me look like an 80 yr old

i use this in buff
that's right, "buff"

http://pics1.ds-static.com/prodimg/195044/300.JPG

I was struggling to find undereye concealer that didn't do that "settling into fine lines" crap and this is good, albeit pricey - http://www.sephora.com/effacernes-waterproof-protective-undereye-concealer-P54438

I have that and it is very good but I felt like sometimes it looked a little cakey? I still do use it occasionally and might go back to it if I don't find something else.

I use Touche Eclat but it doesn't really cover like a proper concealer. Also I mainly use it on the inside bit on the side of the nose where I have huge shadows (it's v good for that)