I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

I've been using monistat as a primer - seems to work pretty well, but I've never tried any other actual primer.

wait, what? the yeast infection stuff??

Carl, i haven't tried CC cream. I love Maybelline's BB cream but all the others I've tried seem useless. I wonder what was added to make the CC grade.

skipping directly to ZZ cream

ampersand cream

oh sorry. ampersand ampersand cream

The gravy train stops at PP cream, we'll never make it to Z!

re: monistat

http://www.myvanitybasics.com/2012/04/monistat-chafing-gel-vs-smashbox-photo.html

I had a sample of miracle blur, thought it was a BB or cc cream not primer? Anyway it was magic bc it looked white so I put it all over my face despite being 'medium' then 10 sec later I was bright orange...

I don't wear primer that often but when I do I use the Monistat stuff too!

XP idk maybe i'm mis-remembering and it wasn't miracle blur. Does it start off like white cream then the colour gets kind of activated when you user it?

sorry i also was confused. the one i love is revlon beyond natural. it is the best primer i've ever used.

I've only used benefit primer which was good enough to convince me that primer is a real thing but it sometimes leaves little bobbles. Might try some smashbox for upcoming family wedding

woah monistat. i had no idea!

kinder i know maybelline bb cream starts off white. I think most of the alamy smart shade stuff is white. Smart shade is definitely an 'adapts to your own shade' line.

i like bare minerals 'prime time' primer. I used smashbox for a while but it made me break out a lot. I'm still planning to try the magic green primer that sunny recommended up thread

OK so I am making little list here of drug store primers to try:

Monistat (actually I tried this once before and it didn't seem to really make a difference to me? But was definitely not awful)

Revlon Miracle Blur

Others? I'm after something that I can wear alone that will I dunno look better than naked skin, and can also help with sweating? Maybe this is a fools errand.

sunny maybe it was the maybelline stuff then! it intrigued me and I was like YEAH and then NOOOO

I think a lot of primers are silicon (silicone? I never get this right) based, so they're essentially blocking your pores - so not great if you're prone to breakouts. I wouldn't use it regularly for that reason alone.

Monistat vs. Smashbox

I tried the Smashbox color correcting primer -- i don't see any difference? there's nothing really corrective about it for me. It just looks like I have regular primer on my face, idk. I'm going to return it.

wait wait woah. the green one?

yep! i dunno if my redness is too, i dunno, ingrained? but there's not any noticeable difference. today I made sure to wait half an hour after washing my face to moisturize, and then waited another 30 min or so before applying the primer, so make sure my face was as calm as it could be...no discernible difference

also has anyone returned product they're dissatisifed with to Sephora?

I never knew you could, so this would be my first time. Just wanting to make sure they won't give me side-eye

Nope! Go ahead, they're used to it.

:D

Yep, several times. They're really great at customer service and won't think anything of it at all. Once I returned something there and later realized I'd bought it somewhere else! Whoops.

lol!

I love Sephora, don't have it in the UK any more afaik, saw at least two branches on holiday the other week and had to be held back
I still need to claim my free prize/points/birthday thing :((

When I was living in London they opened one right near where we were in Islington but I don't think it lasted long at all. I remember the first time I ever went into a Sephora. It was in 1998 in Paris and I'd only read about them in magazines because I don't think there were any yet in the US. My grandmother and I were walking along the Champs-Élysées when I saw one and pretty much dragged her in there just so I could see it and buy one electric blue eye pencil that I probably never even used but omg it was from SEPHORA. lol.

I've returned stuff to Sephora and Ulta and it is nbd.

We got our first Ulta a few months ago but I haven't visited yet. I don't know whats wrong with me.

Awww I feel bad that I recommended it now, Veg :(

Speaking of recommendations, can anyone recommend a really pore minimizer?

lol s'okay! <3

Carl, do you use Dr Feelgood over or under foundation? I've been using it over, but I feel like it takes it off. Maybe I need to apply more carefully and pat rather than rub.

Lately I've been using it alone. I've also used it over primer, which is sort of a weird primer and primer combo, but it seems to work. If I wear foundation, I will pat it on over it to sort of set it. The over/under question seems to also plague Make Up Alley posters. I really think it's a matter of personal preference, so I would try it both ways and see if either works.

There are also really mixed reviews on it - it seems to be a love/hate kind of product so you may also come down on the hate side. I sort of hated it at first (the smell!) but now I'm on my third tin so I am clearly a lover.

i always used it under, as a primer or alone without foundation

I like the smell! Will try it under.

returned the Smashbox color correcting primer to Sephora, they were v nice about it. And I asked them about other 'redness' corrective type products that might be more effective, and I got a sample of Peter Thomas Roth CC Cream - spf 30, and doubles as a moisturizer, apparently.

contains 'camu camu'. salesdude made a point of telling me this fact with raised eyebrows so I just nodded along and pretended to be impressed. could be extruded monkey shit for all I know

so we'll see how it goes! I'm wearing it now. feels kinda nice, the correctiveness seems to work but when I asked mr veg he just stared quietly at my face for a while and said 'I dunno'

:/

http://thegoodvillagerdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/nanu-nanu-mork-and-mindy.jpg

camu camu

haha exactly

when I asked mr veg he just stared quietly at my face for a while and said 'I dunno'

hahaha this makes me laugh so much

ok it's only been two days which isn't really enough time to gauge but: no breakouts! my face looks kinda nice with this CC cream/nanoo nanoo stuff.

it goes on so light, I'm kind of blown away by how good the coverage is. I feel like a normal girl almost. I get a bit shiny with daywear, but nothing a little bit of powder won't fix.

only downside is this shit costs $48! but they've kinda got me over a barrell..it's the first stuff I've found that works, and I don't need to use very much it seems... so I'll probably pony up and get it anyway, assuming I don't have any horrific breakouts or reactions in the next week.

VG does the CC cream have chemical sunscreen? I am curious! PTR sunscreen always worked like a dream for me but the chemical sunscreen is a concern

it has physical sunscreen (mineral?), not chemical. which I think might be another reason I'm not breaking out...

oh and when I said last night to Mr Veg that I think the cc cream is working, he said 'Yeah! Your face doesn't look all blotchy and weird now'

<3

L. OL. OL. OL.

not to harp on about this but i'm now 4 days in, no breakouts, no itching, no nothing and every time I look in the mirror I just grin because my face looks so nice again!

the powder I had isn't working well though, seems to make me more oily -- will maybe try some bare minerals sheer powder over top, and maybe look into one of their foundations powders for more fancy-face coverage.

huge confidence booster though, lemme tell ya. and I'm not constantly scratching my face!

whoa, I am impressed and gleeful that it has no chemical sunscreens in it! i am going to go buy this after work. PTR sunscreen always made my skin look awesome but I ditched it because of the octisalate.

I would recommend getting a sample first --- it only comes in 3 shades and the lightest, light/medium does have a slightly orangey cast to it. It hasn't been a problem with my skin tone but I've seen a lot of reviews to that effect, so def test it before dropping any $$

oh yeah that might be an issue. I am the most pale person alive.