Did anyone elso go into a complete panic last night when Lumiere’s website went down? Just as I was hitting the “Pay” button the site crashed, my DBF was looking over my shoulder saying “Maybe it’s a sign that you shouldn’t spend any more money on makeup.” What I said:”Maybe it’s a sign that I need to reavaluate my purchases to make sure I didn’t miss anything.”
I didn’t buy much, I already have way more foundation that I’ll ever need in my entire life. I did end up buying the 9pc brush set I hope it’s good, I was caught between buying that and just a blush brush, as I really don’t need any of the other brushes. But it does come with a cute case (that’s reason enough for me!).

I got my Meow order today, Munchkin in frisky Sphynx FF and a few samples. I haven’t had the chance to try it yet. I’ll probably try it tommorrow.

I also finally tried my MAD eyeshadow samples, and I must say that their eyeshadows have the best colour payoff that I’ve seen so far! Definately a winner in my books, if I didn’t have so many darn TKB micas I’d be placing another order. I wonder how they get the colours to be so intense, mine end up look a bit dull (mmm, i mean neutral).

I’m still using the Oil Cleansing Method. This is definately my HG nightime cleanser! It seems to stop my zits from appearing I’ll see one starting to form and before it even appears it’s gone. I’ve also been using pure unrefined Shea butter as my nightime moisturizer it works great, although it’s a bit greasy, it smells incredible.

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.

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.