I got my Lumiere travel brish set today. It seems smaller to me than what I imagined, but perfect for my Walt Disney World Trips (I am also a huge WDW addict, check out the DIS boards if you like visiting the “mouse” too). I imagine that I will get the most use out of the powder brush, blush brush and crease brush.

Speaking of brushes, has anyone tried TKB’s new brushes? I would like to try the Goat Hair buffer. The price is really good at $2.75 (this is just the intro price, I think they will go up). Also their Kabuki is $3.50 (also intro price), this might be a good option for someone starting out, or as a gift (if you are trying to get someone else addicted LOL). I am really interested in the quality of these brushes.

Yay, I finally got my EDM order in the mail today.
It seem like I have been waiting for EVAH! I took 2 weeks and 1 day, from the shipping date, to arrive. Usually, for me, it takes about a week. The only thing missing was the blush, I guess it was backordered. Oh well, now I have something else to look forward to in the mail.
I haven’t tried the tinted silk dust yet, or the concealer. I’m crossing my fingers that they aren’t too dark. They do look pretty close in darkness to the foundation though, so here’s hoping.

I have to say that my collection of leave-in hair products rivals my collection of MMU. I am constantly on the look out for the perfect gels, lotions and leave-ins. Specifically I’m looking for a defrizzing cream that has some hold to it. I thought that I’d try out a bottle of Sunsilk defrizz lotion. I can’t say that I’m too crazy about it. It’s sticky and makes my hair look a bit greasy, not a great look. Any recs?

I’m still sticking with OCM, but now my skin is breaking out a bit (almost a rash on my cheeks), not sure if it’s the OCM, Meow FF, or just hormones? I’m hoping it’s hormones because I really like Meow FF and OCM.

Now the only thing I’m waiting for in the mail now is my back-ordered blush from EDM and my Lumiere brush set. I’m trying for a bit of a no-buy but now that my skin is going a bit crazy GOW is looking pretty good (hmmmm, here’s my imaginary cart; GoW Vegetarian Azulene Base Cream, GoW Takrai Lemongrass Cleanser, GoW Cobalt Foaming Cleanser, Carrot Seed Oil, Carrot Seed Hydrosol).

Last week I recieved my newest sample kit from EDM and finally narrowed down my HG mineral foundation colour for summer YAY!! And just in time to use the Yahoo group coupon code (I’m not sure if we can give it out, I think you have to be a Yahoo Group member.) You can alway sign up at the Yahoo group to search for the code at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/emusergroup/ it ends tommorrow and is for 10%, My summer colour is cool medium, I really find thier colour names and swatches to be innacurate as I’m usually a med/light, so I find that with EDM I really have to take advantage of thier free sample kit.

For the last little while I have been trying out a few different things. I have recently started the OCM and after an initial “purging” my skin is starting to look more “glowy” and is settling down nicely. After trying a mix of 50% mix castor oil and olive oil, I’ve settled on using closer to 10% castor oil to 90% olive. I was getting dry skin form the first mix. I think that I might try adding some almond oil to the mix after I find some at the grocery store.

I’ve also started using Monistat Anti-Chaffing gel (Soothing Care, unscented) as a primer and so far I like it. I’ve only worn it a few times so I can’t coment on whether it has broken me out (Lumiere’s did, do I’m really crossing my fingers), but I have found that it allows for smoother coverage and keeps the colour of the foundation truer (I find that sometimes when mineral foundation melds with my skin it can turn a bit darker/orangy).

What I’m waiting for in the mail:

EDM starter kit, with siesta blush, cool med foundation, medium concealer (I hope it’s lighter than it looks in the swatches), tinted balancing powder & foundation brush.

Lure beauty:
Sample sized Mango face and body cream, Body butter in coconut, Eyebrow Fillers in Espresso and Hazelnut, Mineral veil.

Meow:
Frisky Sphynx FF in a munchkin jar.

What I want after my “no buy”:

GOW (in the far future):
Lemongrass cleaner, Veggie base cream, Camellia oil.

TKB (in addition to supplies, when I need them)
Pearl powder sample, lip balm base sample, lipgloss tube x 1, apricot kernel oil sample.