Re: Ladies- beauty questions

Oy! EVERYbody has a version of this mineral makeup. At my Wal-Mart,
there's a whole line by Neutrogena and L'Oreal, both with built-in brushes.
The Revlon one is just a promotion for now, only has two sparkly skin tones
and two non-sparkly blushes. The "Caramel" blush is just plain orange on
my yellow tones, but the pink/rose looks fine in moderation.

The L'Oreal one feels like it has a high percentage of talc in it - it's much
more opaque than any other line, and has that 'creamy' feel of talc. The
Neutrogena one has just a tad of subtle sparkle that doesn't really show
up on your skin. Both lines have a lot of different colors in them, and
I'm not sure, but they might be equivalent in color names to their liquid
foundations, if you know your color in the liquid. I didn't see any of
those transparent plastic color swatches for either one.

I bought the Neutrogena one, and when it's first opened, you've gotta
kinda 'pound' it on a hard surface to get the powder to come out through
the brush - you can't open the powder compartment to use it with a separate
brush, but at least it can't get messy like the L'Oreal one - You unscrew
the brush top to reveal the powder, then dip the brush into it.


Ginnie ( >^..^< ...see?? You got her started... )

You can catch more flies with funny than vinegar.
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Carole wrote:
I have to say that I don't order much from QVC anymore. By the time I pay the shipping and handling and sales tax, it makes the item so much more expensive. I like HSN as they don't charge sales tax and many times they offer free shipping. I tried the Beauty Bridge but they are out of stock on the medium. I never know what color to order as I have brown hair, brown eyes, but sometimes medium foundations are too dark for me. I have the kind of skin that burns and then fades to a tan.

I didn't know Revlon had a version of this type of makeup. Maybe I'll check that out next time I pop into Walmart.

Thanks!
Carole

Ginnie wrote:

Forgive me if this was already posted, but Bare Escentuals is available
on www.QVC.com, too. 'Course there you have to pay shipping, but
they should have a lot of whatever else is in the product line, for
online research 'porpoises' if nothing else.

I use the Philosophy version, which has a very slick applicator and
mirror built into the product. And I think you get a huge amount
$$-wise, ounce-for-ounce. I compared the per-ounce price with
Revlon's version at Wal-Mart and they were the same!

Philosophy has several base shades - the middle tone is "Natural",
which I use, and I'm a yellow-toned hazel-eyed dark blond without
much tan. They have a dark tone for ethnic skin, plus a blusher and a
bronzer.

What's funny to me about the whole powder-as-foundation thing
is that Philosophy's doesn't 'sit' on my skin looking 'powdery' like
a good dusting of flour. The applicator kinda 'burnishes' it onto my
skin, so I end up with a satin finish, not matte.


Ginnie ( >^..^< ...don't get her started, she's a make-up freak. )


You can catch more flies with funny than vinegar.


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