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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Monday, August 18, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
5:58 PM (Pacific)
I haven't rambled much, beauty-wise, in ages.
That said, I am looking forward to some of the new stuff. I already have my staples; it's more a matter of adding on a piece or two to keep things fresh.
What are my staples? You know how long it took me to figure out what my staples are? The thing is--skin. I've improved my diet, I take a multi-vitamin...both have helped a lot. I change my pillowcase and keep my powder puff clean (you can wash them a few times before they disintegrate on you). Aside from that, skincare to me is almost beside the point. If your skin is good, then topical treatments aren't going to matter that much. If it's not, then you have to figure out why not and do something about it.
I use a tinted sunscreen...it's TerraSport sunscreen tinted with a little Zia liquid foundation (this keeps really well, which is important when you use only small amounts at a time) and jojoba oil.
On top of that I'm still using up my Almay Oil Blotting pressed powder. Good stuff. I'm going to try MAC Blot after that though. I've read too many good things about it and the price isn't that different.
My staple eyeshadows are: MAC Vapour, Shroom, Laven-dah!. I also own Sable and Swish but I don't wear them as often.
Also, The Body Shop Clover Pink. I own Taupe and Damson: great shadows but I'm not sure if they qualify as staples.
Also, I just bought a Milani Blush Duo, Wine and Roses, to wear as eyeshadow. Hum. The staying power is excellent and it's cheap ($3). The colors aren't right, though, for shadow for me. They're too bright. Not half as bright as they appear in the pan, but too bright on my skin.
My fave Sonia Kashuk shadow is Starlight. A staple? Not really. A really nice shadow though.
So what would I ever need in addition, shadow-wise? It would have to be something radically different. I might branch out into that Nars Dain keeps going on and on about. :) How different is different? Is it $28 different? That is the question.
Blush...I own blush. I have one blush. Lancome Blush Subtil in "Rose Charmant." It's stupendous, but then I don't wear blush every day. Hence I still have it.
Lipstick...now those, I have enough of. Staples: MAC Delish. I pitched Rizzo. I like Rizzo but...? It was a fling, not a marriage.
I have Ecco Bella Peach Frost, Bonne Bell Liplix in Gotta Date? (wearing that now), Maybelline Wet Shine Sweet Sorbet.
The last time I was at the MAC counter I swatched "O." It's a popular shade but I knew it was not for me. I checked out Viva Glam IV (I think it was IV, I'm so clueless) and Fresh Moroccan. Nice, but... Lipstick is the most personal cosmetic alongside perfume. Like perfumes, there are very, very few that I like. (Odd talk for a former lipstick ho.)
So my staples are the Delish, something from Ecco Bella (Peach Frost or that Rosewood I was eyeing), something from Maybelline and Bonne Bell (inexpensive but good quality). Maybe another MAC. That would be it.
Perfume: staple is Givenchy Organza.
Well that's it.
--Josephine
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