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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Saturday, August 30, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
5:29 PM (Pacific)
I'm back from shopping! I was pretty good today. I bought a ticket for a MAC seminar on September 10th. It was 50$ but I can buy products with it so it's not so bad. And I need a new Fast Response Eye Cream (my very favourite eye cream ever; it doesn't irritate my sensitive skin and goes very well under makeup). That already costs 32$ so I only need to buy 18$ worth of products. I've been eyeing the velluxe shadows so it shouldn't be too hard to reach the 18$ (all canadian money by the way). And I want a concealer brush so I might get that too.
Apart from that, I went to the Nars counter to check out the new stuff. Love the Outlaw blush but I definitely do not need another blush. The Babylon duo is very nice but I don't need it. The peach looked a lot like MAC Jest which I gave to my sister because it was too peach for my skintone (actually I could have used it but I prefer MAC Hush which is pinker and still looks peach on me). The purple looked a lot like MAC Blackberry with maybe a bit more purple. So if I want the look of this duo, all I'd need to do is use some MAC stuff I already have... The Arctic duo was nice too but I have more reddish shadows than I'll ever use. And I don't really want silver right now. I have Nars Bombshell that I use as a silver. It's a more interesting colour than plain old silver. So that leaves the Ireland duo. That, I liked very much. The grey is quite light and matte. Lighter than my other greys (I have a medium and a dark grey). And the green is frosty and light. Very pretty. I would have liked the Nars MA to show me how to use the duo but she wasn't there so I left without buying a thing. Maybe next time.
I also visited the Bobbi Brown counter. I really need to buy something from them. I love their displays. I can just never find anything I NEED in them like I do at MAC. When I visited MAC, I saw at least two velluxe shadows that I wanted. At Bobbi Brown, I saw a bunch of beautiful ones but as always ended up thinking, "But do I really neeed this? No." I think it's because everything is so neutral at Bobbi Brown. Even her lilac looks like a neutral. Someday, I'll need to just go and buy something. Maybe make an appointment for a makeover...
My last stop was the Benefit counter. I love love love that place. The new collection was in (they revamped the whole line) as was my favourite MA. He remembers me despite my never having bought much there so I like going to his counter. Really nice guy and he knows his stuff. Anyhow, the new powder shadows are absolutely gorgeous. Some very nice neutrals and some fun colours. It's not a huge collection but it's good. I bought "check's in the mail" which is a light greyish green. Great as a base. And my eyes love green. Aren't the names of the shadows the cutest things? I could buy all of them just for the names! I also got a creaseless cream in "moon doggie". It's a turquoise colour that's kind of scary to me. I have a hard time with turquoise. Just don't know how to wear it. It does go on quite sheer so I should be able to do something with it. In any case, I'll have fun experimenting.
The MA told me about an event they'll be having Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It includes a little makeover and food. Thing is, I'd need to buy something, right? I'm sure I'd find something to buy but I'm not sure it's a good idea for me right now. I mean from a financial point of vue. I still have some Fall clothes to buy. I also have the MAC thing and an appointment with my esthetician on Friday. She's expensive and I may end up buying some of her also expensive products so I need to put a cap on the cosmetic spending. I think even Nars will have to wait till October now... Ah well. That's not so bad. I can wait.
To answer your question about MAC Twig, on me, it's quite brown. It was perfect for me when I got it but I think I'll go for something a bit pinker when I finish it. When Twig fades though, it turns bit pinker on me. I like it better when it has faded a bit. Now, I don't look good in brown lipstick but this one does work with my skintone so it might work for you too. If I were you, I'd go to the MAC counter and tell them I want a pink-brown, more on the pink side. They have quite a selection. The Amplified collection is still a bit small but it's nice. Don't know if they have a pink-brown though. I have Craving and it's a very nice medium plummy pink but maybe you don't want plummy? In any case, I've gotten compliments from people on this one so it might be worth looking into even if we have different colourings...
You have me thinking about the perfect lipstick. Or in my case, the perfect lipstickS. My collection is pretty good right now. I have every colour and type I would need and I have the lip pencils to change the colours a bit. I may just get one more lip pencil in a light pink but that's it. Now, I really just need to replace what I finish which is why I'm itching to finish MAC Twig and Sheer Plum. Twig will maybe be replaced by a Benefit lipstick and Sheer Plum will be replaced by MAC Sophisto (it'll be free because I have my six empty containers). Hmmm, I need to go in planning mode again rather than buying mode. If I stay in buying mode too long, I end up with stuff I never use. Bad...
Raphaelle
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