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Best Things This Week July 9 2010
July 13, 2010
Very often, we don’t want a lipstick look. We want color and softness on the lip, but not the heavier look of lipstick, especially when we’re not wearing much makeup on the rest of the face. These Lip Glazes are costly but if I’ll use mine (Stolen Kisses) to the end and dig out the last bits.
It’s uncommon that every lipstick in a given line will be so well colored that it will be right for certain Seasons. Usually, there are a few colors that don’t flatter any skin that I can figure out and/or the color is too gray or yellow or off in some way. Not the case with these.
Best Things This Week June 15 2010
June 22, 2010
With Passion Pink (Bright Winter), Perfect Plum (Dark True Summer or True Winter), Barbie (Bright Spring), Sweetheart (the Light Seasons), Soft Touch (the Darks), Mocha (True Autumn), Irony (True Spring), and a few others, well…there’s a good color range.
Read moreA Magazine, A Mascara, and Good Hair Goop
May 1, 2010
I allow planned days off from school gladly. Friends are amazed that I am teaching them to hide from their problems and be lazy. I don’t want them to live in a world of time clocks, me vs. The Boss, of their achievement schedule being decided by someone other than them. If their work is done at the end of the week, let them be innovative and self-determined about where and how. If they can achieve in their sleep, or on an island, they’ve won.
Read moreThe Best Thing About Aging 3
April 11, 2010
…is being able to bypass a trend without a second thought.
Talk about freedom from the fight! This is a doozie.
Read moreFaster Better Makeup 3 : Eyeshadow
April 7, 2010
Eyeshadow can often go all over, even when you begin with a pressed powder type. If the brush happens to flick, you have a puff that lands in the inner corner of the eye or some other undesirable spot.
Read moreFaster Better Makeup 2 : Concealer and Eyeliner
April 3, 2010
Blend nothing. It tugs the skin. A price will be paid for that.
Plus, it takes time I don’t want to spend on makeup.
Let the layer coming next serve to blend the one before.
Faster Better Makeup 1 : Glow Without Frost
March 29, 2010
A glow is nice but doing it with shimmer, especially in several places, looks real and flattering if you’re under 40 or Bobbi Brown is your permanent house guest.
Read moreThe Best Thing About Aging 2
March 18, 2010
Tell the world who you really are. Look like you really look.
Read moreGoodbye, Lipliner
February 1, 2010
A line around the lips first seems like overkill. It’s too much paint and too much time. What if you could apply a transparent sealant around the lipline that sets a shape for everything to come, and didn’t let it smear?
Read moreProduct Review : Merle Norman Luxiva Timeless Age-Defying Makeup
December 21, 2009
My search for good quality AND colour in cosmetics, laid out intelligently so women could understand how to use them, led me to MN. I don’t use the skin products because they’re not at Beautypedia, but I relax that rule for makeup. It’s hard enough to get colour right. Timeless foundation has been a happy find.
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