I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

afaik the major difference is that bb cream has a primer? idk i haven't used tinted moisturizer in 20 years and it was not good when i did.

Christine!

Hello Christine!

I like the L'Oreal BB cream just as much as my Prescriptives light foundation, but no 'boom, wow!' effect.

Hi everyone!

(I have some tinted moisturizer from some time ago, see.)

Guys I am very seriously considering firing up the blog again if anyone is interested?

Yes! I am!

YAY. :D

Wanna brainstorm some potential topics? Also, I as thinking we could branch out a little into wellness and things that have to do with beauty via that? Like, it doesn't all have to be tutorials or product reviews.

~ Summer beauty looks
~ Natural beauty products

I could set up a lil wordpress installation for that (but only domain I own is my name = kinda lame for the blog to live on)

lol i don't even know what that means?? Can you explain? The old one was on blogspot I think?

Oh, well Wordpress would allow tags & search and customization in a way I think blogspot doesn't? But it needs to be installed on a web domain (="hosted"), not on free sites. Maybe once it gets busier!

I need this in my life. I'm trying to write a lil every day. a blog entry every week or couple weeks would be a good incentive.

I want to do this so badly but I can barely answer texts much less commit to blog posts. :(

Can we have a BB and/or CC cream roundup? Must have SPF. I burnt my face using the L'Oreal one this summer, because I forgot it doesn't have SPF and I was in the UK during a crazy uncharacteristic real summer heatwave.

Misscha BB cream? http://missha.ca/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2238_2239_2265&products_id=4053&zenid=gvu2cgjjrok48b7nkoc5mdv791

Clinique CC cream? http://www.clinique.com/product/11480/29795/Makeup/Foundations/Multitaskers/Moisture-Surge-CC-Cream-Compact-Hydrating-Colour-Corrector-Broad-Spectrum-SPF-25

I swear by Peter Thomas Roth cc cream

Have used it for over a year now, would not use anything else even though it is kinda $$

I use a Revlon CC cream basically as a tinted moisturizer and I like it a lot.

http://www.paulaschoice.com/beautypedia-skin-care-reviews/by-brand/revlon/_/Age-Defying-CC-Cream-Color-Corrector-Broad-Spectrum-SPF-30

I liked the Loreal Photoready, which reviews say is a little oily but in a dry climate it might work out fine--I was happy with it all summer. For winter coverage I actually prefer

http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Face/Foundation/Infallible-Advanced-Never-Fail-Makeup.aspx?shade=Creamy-Natural

Thanks! I'll be near a Sephora today so will check out the Peter Thomas Roth in there, and the other two in the drugstore.

I have been trying a lot of makeup stuff I used to be way afraid of. eg most of it. Fun & I like how it looks. Except there is a learning curve where somedays I realize I did my eyebrows way too dark/full and I feel like Joan Crawford.

ive been using a lot of stuff i used to be afraid of too!

ive been pencilling in my eyebrows too and get compliments on my brows all the time, something ive never experienced in my life! i use a med brown pencil so i don't look like bert

also: purple lipstick

I love purple lipstick.

I need to re-dye my eyebrows but the dye also settles into my pores and gives me blackheads so I have to go buy another one of those extraction tools first (I lost mine somehow) for the after-care. But yes, eyebrows make a HUGE DIFFERENCE on a face and I'm still kind of in awe of them! As someone whose brows are blonde and invisible in photos.

I do use a pencil for stage make-up and photos but I don't think I have the skills to get pencil to look natural close-up.

ive been on a really stringent skincare regimen for all of 2015
every day: wash my face with a jojoba/macadamia nut oil-based cleanser every night, then witch hazel as toner, and jojoba/vitamin E oil on my face and neck (and hair), also biotin supplement and 64+ oz water. weekly: pore clearing mask, brisk exfoliation

skin looks very bright and healthy tbh

jojoba is a miracle

hahaha the days when I never left the house without makeup
/new mum

i have a medium brown/dark blond laura mercier eyebrow pencil that looks natural and i love it - it has a brush on one end to smooth out harsh lines - try it, laurel!
eyebrows and blush are my necessities now for make-up, whereas mascara and cover-up used to be. i guess i really am 40, ha

haha yeah re: new mom, my skin has become better now that i don't have time to fuss with it in the mirror! i still use the clindoxyl (acne rosacea 4evah) and a basic moisturizer though.

I use a pencil and brow gel. Highly recommend it.

two friends of mine visited me right after getting their eyebrows threaded in my neighbourhood and they looked amazing. they both have naturally dark and bold eyebrows. i don't think i have enough eyebrow to warrant it but i kind of want to anyway just to see...

Oh I like threading! I don't have dark, bold brows either and it works for me. I actually just discovered a place that is relatively convenient to my home that is $7 for brow threading!

the anastasia brow whiz pencil is awesome - looks totally natural. i figured out something after watching a couple of lisa eldridge vids: she doesn't fill in the first quarter/widest part of her brows, so they don't end up looking overly penciled or fake.

i have a little brow box that has two brushes and a wax and a powder -- it works pretty well
i've tried pencils and powders and now i need double strength i guess

also i went to ulta to replace my eyeliner and they were all out my standard brown
a young man offered to help me and i was like "should i get the purple instead?" and he said "you've got glow in the dark eyes, yes absolutely" and i appreciated his quick and efficient salesmanship + compliment

i want to get my eyebrows threaded i think

mine are dark brooke shieldsian caterpillars that i've never done a thing to, kinda think some tidying is in order

it makes a big difference, you're gonna love it!
i remember when i first started grooming my eyebrows -- it was like a total transformation, borderline new face

what is eyebrow threading?

it sounds painful, somewhere between bikini waxing and gum surgery

ancient method of hair removal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threading_%28epilation%29

most people i see getting it done aren't screaming -- i think it's not that bad?

of course the first thing that really caught my eye was:

Verma, S. B. (2009). "Eyebrow threading: A popular hair-removal procedure and its seldom-discussed complications". Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 34 (3): 363–365

I think I am just culturally embarrassed by paying people to do things like that for/to me.

No, it's not that bad! It's on par with waxing, pain-wise, although it makes me sneeze like crazy. It's basically like high-speed plucking.

A bit of eye brow shaping and coloring can really make a face stand out. I remember the first time I saw my friend - red head with wiggly blonde eyebrows - the first time after she'd threaded them, and I figure out why she looked particularly stunning that day... It was all in the brows!

Even if I don't do any other make up, I do my brows - and imo it's esp effective if you wear heavy framed glasses

I tweezed my own eyebrows tonight!
I did not like it but more importantly I did not fuck it up yay. Not very styley but at least neater & a bit more shaped. Also bought a maybelline eyebrow gel spooly brush hoonja doonja, works p good!

Oh AND i think I have finally mastered my eyeshadow technique

Going to a semiformal do next week, hence the sudden beautifying

oh and can I add that my local ulta sucks baaaaaalllllls

my only advice for plucking is: do it after a hot shower (it hurts way less), go slow, and do it frequently so you don't have to do a painful marathon plucking session.

thx!!

i found a really good tutorial video for hooded eye smoky eyeshadow makeup. it's kind of commonsense but I found it v helpful for technique
plus I like she does the tutorial on a real girl rather than a model, and interacts with her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4J_RrbsxRc

ugh LE makes it all look so effortless :/ but i have def picked up a few good tricks from her.

That was great.

Wow, if I'd been a teenager in the age of YouTube my make-up would've been so much better! Maybe. I guess it was the 90s though so my liquid-lined nude top lid was de rigueur.

I need that lady to come over and do my makeup for me because that looked amazing but I can't could never replicate it.

i think i have hooded eyes, idk. i cant see my eyeshadow when i open my eyes

I have the Anastasia brow pencil but I very rarely use it but I think I lucked out with my brows in that I don't really have to do much to them.

I've also been adhering to a pretty strict skincare regimen since Jan and I don't think my skin has looked this good since I was in college tbh. I'm so happy!

Things I've been loving recently:

This W&W is $5 and it's amazing. I don't wear foundation but I've been using this + concealer and I really really like it. http://thelittlewolf.net/2015/02/18/new-wet-n-wild-cover-all-primer-base-de-teint/

This is the best blush I've ever used and the cool pink color is AMAZING. http://www.makeupforever.com/us/en-us/make-up/face/blush/hd-blush

The Covergirl lip lava lipglosses are really bright and/or sparkly but a lot of fun.