I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

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)

Yeah, I used to be able to use only that. *sigh* It is very good for that though and for brightening in gen.

I felt like sometimes it looked a little cakey?
Either it does and I go around looking cakey all the time, or maybe you were using a little too much? either of these things could be true, i realized that i am somewhat out of touch with what normal people do/look like lately.

No, I meant the Lancome one!! These things also react differently on different people. I might not be cakey on J but I have dry skin so maybe it's a little to dry for me?

This stuff has some good reviews. I'm gonna be near an Ulta this weekend so might go try some out.

http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2143569&productId=VP12250&navAction=push&navCount=1&categoryId=cat80024?cmpid=PSGO&CAWELAID=772013124&catargetid=1542180449&cagpspn=pla

I gob on the under eye cream when I get out of the shower (it is visible because I put it on so thick. Same with moisturizer) so that's probably why it works on me. If you find something that is not cakey but also doesn't make mascara run, please oh please post it here!

I will! I also do want to start up the blog again soon now that things are calming down a bit.

Oooo concealer that looks interesting. Please report back!

fyi - I am still really into that stick foundation I talked about. Napoleon something or other. It evens out my face really nicely and I don't feel like I'm wearing foundation. Kind of magical, really.

Ha, I'm so bossy today! ENBB TELL ME ABOUT YOUR MAKEUP ON THIS BOARD.

hahaha

My make-up lately is boring. I think it's stress but my skin is driving me nuts and the worst it's ever been in my life. Granted I've always had pretty good skin so it's not really THAT bad but I'm breaking out here and there like a freaking teenager and it's driving me crazy.

I have no makeup news to report other than I tried Clinique stay matte powder (in 'stay buff', ha) and it seems v good for, well, staying matte.
Also I got a bit fed up with They're Real! mascara feeling plasticky so I went back to Chanel Inimitable Intense which felt amazing for about a week then went flakey and fibery so They're Real is back to being my #1. I think it just doesn't last as long as I thought.

xp yeah my skin went mad during my time of mega-stress last year. I am so bummed I can't get the cheap lotion stuff here that I got in the US that sorted out my chin :(

my skin goes totally apeshit during times of stress as well.
it'll pass!

Much as I am v happy with the Revlon Colorstay, I still just can't wear foundation every day. It still feels very mask-like.

I know I probably should really investigate this properly and find a lighter kinder foundation, because I do feel weird giving everyone my oh-hai-I'm-pink-no-makeup face at work, but while I'm trying to heal this rosacea it just feels like it's worth it to leave my skin alone in that regard as much as I can.

No-one really notices but me, but the Cerave/Cetaphil is really working well I think. But it's going to take a long time. I've heard up to a year before results from the barrier restoring doodads really are noticeable.

I also read from a medical journal paper on rosacea and skin cleansers that waiting half an hour after washing your face before applying moisturizer can help reduce redness too. So I'm trying that as well. I dunno, I feel like it's all helping.

I'm using Bobbi Brown tinted eye brightener, and it seems to not sink into my lines as much as the little BB pots of thicker concealer used to. Although it also probably does less for me. I can't tell, honestly.

i need a new mascara. i want big 80s lashes

loreal voluminous does big honkin lashes, i dig it

i will check it out