Archive for June, 2007
Posted by: admin in Meow, Lumiere
So, I gave Lumiere a better try. I think that last night I got a little carried away and applied it like I do Meow Purrrfect Puss, with a heavy hand. This morning I did my usual routine (moisturize, silica, concealer and foundation) and applied it with a lighter touch. The result was reallt smooth coverage and no “masky” feel. I find this foundation a bit more matte than EDM original glo, but goes on more “moisturizy”.
I had a lot of fun last night re-trying all of my foundation samples, every time I get a new foundation in the mail I go swatch crazy and put just about evey half-decent-match-colours on my face in little patches on my face. my poor BF then gets recruited to pick the best match.
Here is a typical exchange:
“Which one matches best”
“I don’t know, where are they?”
I point to my jawline.
“Ok, that one”
“Now look in natural light, which one now?”
“Maybe this, one” He looks at me to see my reaction “Well…maybe this one.” then looks around me at the computer, I guess he considered that an acceptable answer.
“Your not taking this seriously, are you looking at my neck or my face?”
“Your face” he guages my reaction “….. well your neck….ok both”
Are you comparing it to my overtones or undertones?!?”
“what are those?”
“UUGGHH!” I stomp away, and pick my favourite one anyways.
(so far it’s still Frisky Sphynx, boy am I ever hoping that Flawless Feline is my HG formulation).
Have I mentioned how much I love Cheval by Taylor Made? It’s makes such a great wet liner! It’s a dark browny plumy colour and it’s matte and opaque. I have to get myself a full sized version of this, since I’m pretty sure that I won’t be able to dupe this without a grinder.
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 I’ve been on holidays the last couple of days, Yay! That’s why I haven’t posted a new entry in a little while. But I have been reading and catching up on the message boards, getting new ideas on how to spend my money. Today we took a trip to the city and ended up buying the much touted Urban Decay Primer Potion, (I must say that this stuff had better be good because it sure isn’t cheap!) and some cute shoes for $20 (I love a bargain!).I had some really good intentions to get get a lot done this weekend, although I procrastinated on a lot of chores I did end up formulating a new eyeshadow/liner colour in a dark blue-brown-purple colour and a pretty pinky mauvy blush that goes on pinkish-red.I still can’t get over how much different product you can get from just a few colours. I think that formulating my own colours have slowed down my spending on MMU a (teeny-tiny) little bit. Now when I see a great colour I try to dupe it before I buy, some times I don’t quite get it and some times I get pretty close, but even if I get it wrong I still come out with a wearble colour. Now most of my spending is on lipgloss, and trying to find my HG foundation.
On another note, I am really liking wet n’ wild lipglosses, I find that they have pretty good colour payoff for the price and they smell pleasant (vanilla maybe? it’s definately a sweet smell). Some people might find the gloss a bit sparkly but I like a bit of sparkle for the summer, my fav colour so far is Mega slicks in Rose Gold. I also tried N.Y.C. lipglosses they also have nice colour, and are shimmery but don’t smell as nice. You definately can’t beat the price!
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Posted by: admin in Lumiere
I’ve been thinking about how much money I have been spending on MMU. I did an informal tally of how much I have spent on MU in the past 2 months, and even with being generous (I mean, you can’t really count brushes, right?) lets just say it was pretty heart-stopping. Especially for someone who’s entire yearly budget was around $20 (not I’m not kidding if anything I am erring on the high side). This recent addiction is costing me a few pennies, and my list of “must-tries” is getting longer and longer by the day! I really must go on a “no buy”, but every time I do another sale comes up, and then there’s the fact that I still haven’t found my HG foundation yet, and I’d love too try some MM lippies and…. well you get the picture.
Oh! I almost forgot. I got my travel sized Lumiere foundation in Flawless Face in med/light beige, and a sample of med/light cool. I’m having a hard time telling which one matches best, my face seem to have both pink and yellow undertones, and red overtones, plus my neck is a little bit more yellow. So far I’m leaning towards beige as a closer match. But I’m not sure if it’s just becase I have a full travel jar of it. So far I’m finding the feel of it a little masky, but I’m reserving judgement until I give it a fair shake.
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 I always like seeing other peoples storage and tools. I’m always on the look out for more things to spend my hard-earned money on (aren’t we all ). I decided to post up my storage and brushed in the hopes that others will join in with their pics. Here is my storage case, right now I am using a Caboodle that I’ve had since I was 13 making it about…well let’s just say a few years old. The other case you see is a little tackel/craft box I bout at the dollar store, I use it to store my own creations.
Here are my brushes:
 On the top row is my Rimmel Kabuki & Lumiere Kabuki, from left to right on the bottom row is my Put Minerals Chisel brush, Clinique smudger, Pur Minerals Powder brush, some random eyeshadow brush, Clinique Blush brush, Everyday Minerals Flat Top, generic eyeshadow, American Painter #6 brush (which doesn’t work well for wet application which is what I bought it for), 2 more generic brushes, & an American Painter 4300 Shader (which is awsome for wetlining).Well, there is my storage and tool stash, It’s not too big yet but it’s growing pretty darn fast!On a different note;
I can’t believe that I missed Meow’s Fathers Day sale! I’ve been lusting after a Flawless Munchkin (what non-MMU people must be thinking I’m talking about )
Here is my current (ever expanding) list on what I’d like to buy:
GOW:
- emu oil
- squalene
- Lemon grass cleaser
Meow:
- Frisky Sphynx in Flawless (Can’t believe that I’ve missed the sale!)
Taylor Made:
Everyday Minerals
- I’d like to sample some cool colours: Fair Med, Light Med, Sunkissed Fair.
TKB
- Extra Bright White mica
- Radiant Gold mica
- Oriental beige
- Sparkle turquiose
- More Soft colours
- Maybe some reflect colours
- And maybe another Sampler kit
Wow I’ve got to start saving some greenies!
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