Have you a Merle Norman nearby? Their Cameo Shrimp or Gold Plated Bronze are nice. Both are from the Creamy Lipcolor line that I’ve loved this week for application and long wear.

Would LOVE the soup recipe. Sounds right up my alley. I love barley and lentils because you can eat a ton of this stuff and still stay very trim.

I really like the Maybelline lipsticks at $5.00. I can make mistakes. I have not gone to check out the Estee lipsticks but did look on line. Would try one if Lauder does one of their great gift with purchase thingies but the Maybelline feels great and does seem to have some staying power. A lot of this stuff dries my lips out.

I have a hot filling good for you soup recipe that I made here the other day in sunny 90 degree Fla. and thought of you. Would you like the recipe? It has lentils, split peas barley and leftove r cooked chicken.

Always enjoy hearing from you. I’ve looked at your picture before and wondered about your season. One gets the impression of a warm season and not a really dark one, but that still leaves Soft and True Autumn and Light and True Spring.
I agree about the clothes. How great would it be for women to walk into a store that has wardrobe basics in the key colours of each season. The purses, the reading glasses, the makeup. I understand how complicated it could get but for so many items, and so many women, it would be a dream.
I’m not sure about the perfect lipstick because I don’t know your coloring for certain. My current absolute favorite, either on its own or with something layered over top, is Estee Lauder’s new Double Wear. They make a Ginger that’s lovely but may be too brown. There are 2 pinks and a coral. Ruby is lovely too. This lasts hours, layers perfectly, and never dries or crumbles.
If you are able to take a focused close-up of your eye, send it to me privately. I can often tell some things about season from the lines and colours in the eye. It needs to be VERY focused and VERY close. Took me an hour with my camera to figure it out.

I finally made a Maybelline lipstick purchase and found a place to buy them for about $5.50. I bought Park Avenue peach after looking at lots. I am an Autumn pretty sure but not sure which one. I have a lot of yellow in my skin, natural hair color is middle brown, but now red towards towards copper and green-hazel eyes. I would love to buy one or two more because the consistency is great. I saw your remarks about lots for Autumns but I sure am having a tough time. Browns and pinks are completely out!

I am looking for something to wear with magenta clothes that is toward the purples plums but must have some orange in it. I cannot wear my bright oranges with magenta. With all those colors you might think I can find something. Any suggestions I also like Cinnamon Stick but its pretty similar to what I bought.
I tried Cover Girl Outlast but find it much too drying esp. compared to the Maybelline.

My normal trick is to take a more plummy lipstick and then add an orange over it. I had one I loved but they discontinued it. I dragged it every place to try to match it including Sephora but it seems everything I buy turns darker on me. MAC 3-D Frost I bought but turns much too dark on my lips.

I need you to come to Florida and help we have a guest bedroom on the water! or better yet make suggested tries. Too many colors and I get confused esp since light is usually bad in the stores!

You need to start carrying a line of clothes. I went to a house party for a line called Gabi everything was dark and lots of black and stark white-both of which I know do nothing for me. I am a brown girl and natural linen. Bright colors are great on me and since I am only 5’2″ and 115 I stand out a little more if wearing the brights!.

Can’t wait to see what I should check out. I have really enjoyed some of your latest blogs.

Rosalie

The Sally Hansen sounds lovely. I’m not a huge fan of cream blush, but I could become one. In my little town, there’s no Sally Hansen makeup. I’m not sure about the bigger Canadian cities. I keep a list for when I’m in the US, so I’ll check it out.

When I’m looking for a M.A.C. colour swatch, I go see Christine at Temptalia. I believe she’s swatched every product they make. I found Flirt And Tease, and I agree that it looks lovely (but shiny, as you say).

These were the posts I looked at:
http://www.temptalia.com/mac-cosmetics-products-blushes

and
http://www.temptalia.com/mac-cosmetics-paint-pot-swatches-blush-swatches

Loverush and Plumfoolery look fabulous. Loverush may apply muddy on fair people but it has that elusive mulberry colour I search for. The Plum may be shiny. Still, I feel a purchase coming on.

Breath of Plum is pretty but YES, it is PINK! I’ve been mixing it with Almay Mauve, which I bought hoping it would be good on a True Summer. Alas, too brown, but I’m finding that mixed with the other, it tones the pink down with a touch of brown and deepens it a bit. I think it’s working ok.

THANKS for the info. Makeup is such fun.:)

I bought Tinted Taupe from the Maybelline collection…lovely shade and its staying power is quite acceptable. Very little feathering but I did use a MAC undercoater with it and a liner so that could be the reason as well. Still the colour is true and rich. No one can say anything about the cost…. to the point that if you don’t really like the colour you have not spent your child’s education fund, so relax.

The real news here is the EL Stay All Day lipstick…..okay I bought Stay Ruby….I know I am a Deep Autumn but this colour looks fabulous! That being said the texture is not too dry and not too moist ( my hair can still get stuck on it at dance class but that is forgivable). Here’s the kicker…..this stuff does not move….SERIOUSLY it doesn’t feather, bleed, leak, run, walk, saunter, promenade….it is as sedentary as cream cheese on a knife that has gone through the dishwasher. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Paula was so right on this one. Yes it is $30! I don’t care! I want every shade I could possibly wear and maybe the ones I can’t. I mean it Chris …you have to review this one. Tell your readers, tell your friends, tell every woman on the planet who is looking for a lipstick that stays put…. EL has done it. I even wear this without a base or a liner and it doesn’t go anywhere. They could be more inventive with the names and at the moment there are only 12 shades but the EL lady at Sears in SJ (sweet woman) said she was optimistic about expansion of the colour line. Lord have mercy! I am saved!

I looked at Summer Sunset too. Unlike so many of these colours, this one actually goes on lighter than I expected. I like it too. It has a clarity that works well with Winter. I found it a little orange on me (many colours do that on my skin) and wondered about it for a True Spring, but that didn’t feel quite right. I’m glad it worked for you. Certainly for evening, it would be excellent, a good color statement without the too-dark colours so often worn in the evening.
Let Me Pink is stronger but still good – maybe it’s the deeper colour that makes so many of these pinks good on Winters. Dark Winter is normally a season of brown-red, plum, and especially mulberry makeup. Hard to find a true Mulberry. L’Oreal Colour Riche makes one by that name but it’s for True Winter, a lovely red-violet but not muted enough for Dark Winter.
I looked at Lancome Color Fever 324 lately (name escapes me, maybe Framboise something?). Very pink, but rather lovely I thought. Let me know if you try it.
Darker people in brown or orange is … wrong! Many Summers are dark-haired, Winter is dark, and Spring can be dark, and none of them wears brown or orange.

Let me know what you think of the colours. They go on darker than they look, I think. There are a lot of shimmery shades but I don’t think it interferes. I’ve been wondering if I spoke too soon about this lip product, in that I’m still working on a colour for myself. I do like the relative dryness of it, so it lasts, feels fine, leaves a stain, and doesn’t wander about. Those are still true. But the colour now… I look for mid-range mulberry. I’m finding they’re either too blue or too dark. Maybe I’m too critical. Can’t settle on one. Let me know what you choose. I can certainly see Blushing Brunette- but does it go on dark?
I know what you mean about men and shopping with colours. They have a whole different spin on it. For us, we want to look as young and beautiful as we can. For them, they want shopping to become fast and hassle-free, but it’s too big of a leap of imagination for them to go from “having colours done” to “shopping becomes a sure thing”.

Searcy,

You know, I tried to do that. As I said to Gina just above, I tried on a few more shades, but many seemed darkish or too intense to blend into the face without being conspicuous.

I also had the initial impression that all the seasons were reasonably well served, though of course Autumn always has far more choice than anyone. Women feel more comfortable in brownish, nude, flesh-toned shades if they’re not sure just what to wear. And 4 of the 8 Neutral seasons need some brownish tones in makeup. Winter is underserved group. They get the token FireEngine Red, Blue Red, but I’m not sure any of the pinks are the right red-violets and plums that work.

If your attention span is nagging at you, you might look at Pink Quartz and Pink Wink.

I’ll keep working on it. It has my interest now.