OMG I just was packing up my makeup and I was overwhelmed. I’m not moving far, just down the hall switching apartments. But everything has to be boxed up for the movers. I started on the makeup, I must have twenty lipsticks/lipstains/lip gloss in various tubes and bottles. I could use a different one each…… Continue reading Make up
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Makeup revisited
My attitudes about makeup keep changing. First it was all about passing. Next it was about work and special events. Then I was mostly forgoing it because I was retired. On to a new phase. These days I regularly sport lipstick when I go out unless I’m just grabbing the mail. I have a few…… Continue reading Makeup revisited
Makeup – how many companies are there really?
Not many. Really not many. Here are some lists of who owns what. I’m intentionally omitting some of the other brands that are just nail polish like Essie (L’Oreal), or hair products, etc. L’Oreal Lancome, L’Oreal, Shu Uemera, Urban Decay, It, Maybelline, NYX, The Body Shop Estee Lauder Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Mac, Smashbox,…… Continue reading Makeup – how many companies are there really?
Buying Makeup – 9/2016
I’m sure my views on makeup and whether I care about it will continue to evolve. What’s important, how important, worth the extra money, all are a thing in motion. I suspect I’m a long way from being done changing as I get to be more complex and more subtle at the same time, learn…… Continue reading Buying Makeup – 9/2016
Betrayed by a bit of lace
I was sitting in a chair at Bare Minerals getting made up to try one of their foundations. I’m making the woman who’s doing the make up and another customer laugh. I told the beautician O that I had been to see some one who treats folks like me well, and I knew she knew.…… Continue reading Betrayed by a bit of lace
Makeup – Mascara
Where did mascara come from? According to Wikipedia’s article it goes back to using kohl in ancient Egypt 4000 years ago and that probably means it was being done well before that. Modern mascara is a tube with a pigment in some carrier and a wand that is put into the tube to pick up…… Continue reading Makeup – Mascara
Makeup – Lippy
That was one of those slang words I learned early that lipstick can be lippy. But there are a million things we can put on our lips from pale to black and wild colors too, blues and purples and greens. Lipsticks, stains, glosses, crayons all sorts of things. You could go mad. I’m just going…… Continue reading Makeup – Lippy
Makeup – are you blushing yet?
We’ve laid our foundation, or perhaps we’ve decided we don’t need to because we have flawless skin. We’ve learned that those bad little spots can be spot treated like laundry so the foundation can just to it’s work of evening things out. We have the blank canvas, what do we do now? There are a…… Continue reading Makeup – are you blushing yet?
Makeup – Why do we wear it
What, this never crossed your mind? Putting on makeup and removing it, even if you do a minimal job is going to take up about fifteen minutes. Five is about the minimum in the morning and five for cleaning up, but you take a few more getting things set up and sitting down and checking…… Continue reading Makeup – Why do we wear it
Makeup – Make overs and Sales
You’re interested, and I have more articles to go after this, but I thought I’d give you a clue before you wander, helplessly into the clutches of those seemingly lovely ladies at your local Macy’s or Nordstrom’s or Lord and Taylor’s or Sak’s or Dillards or you get the idea. The Make Over Getting a…… Continue reading Makeup – Make overs and Sales
My Gifted Life 