Archive for August, 2008
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Alice Cosmetics Eye Shadow Guard, $3.99, is a great tool that helps keep you from ending up with mascara or eyeshadow where it shouldn’t be.
It did take me a few times to figure out exactly how to hold the eye shadow guard while I was applying my shadow - and my eyeliner, but after I figured it out, it definitely worked.
If you’ve tried an eye shadow guard, I’ve love to hear what you think about it, and if you have any tips for using it.
You can read more about Alice Cosmetics at:
Alice Cosmetics Review
Buff Palette - Alice Cosmetics
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
I’ve been really happy with the Jane Be Pure Mineral Liquid Foundation.
Of course since I have been wearing powder mineral foundations for the past several years, I haven’t worn pressed powder, so when I tested the Jane Be Pure Mineral Liquid Foundation I didn’t wear any powder with it.
It took me two days to realize that my mascara was smudging because I didn’t have any powder over the liquid foundation that I was wearing under my eyes, but that’s the only problem that I had with the Jane Be Pure Liquid Foundation.
My face did get a little oily, but that’s to be expected with my skin.
I didn’t experience any breakouts while I was wearing this foundation, and my makeup didn’t seem to fade any faster than it normally does - with the exception of the mascara smudges.
This will definitely be my first choice for liquid foundation the next time I want to wear it.
If you’ve tried this please leave a comment and let me know what you think about it - or what your favorite liquid foundation is.
You can read my first thoughts on the Jane Be Pure Mineral Liquid Foundation at Jane Be Pure Mineral Natural Foundation - First Thoughts
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
How many times do we hear people say “Listen to your intuition,” and how many times do you ignore your intuition?
I went to the library yesterday to drop off some books, and I thought “I really shouldn’t park here, I don’t want my car to get hit.”
If I haven’t told you there was more damage done to my car in parking lots the first 6 months I lived in Minnesota (where I park in a garage, and rarely drive it) than there was for the previous 5 years in Georgia, where I parked under pine trees (with falling pine cones) and drove it everywhere since it was the only car I had.
Since I’m paranoid about my car being damaged anyway, and since the parking space was on the end of a row, with only one car parked beside it I didn’t listen to my intuition.
When I got out of the car I noticed a woman and her son were walking towards the black SUV beside me.
I was leaning over getting the books out of my car, when my car door hit me.
I don’t know if the woman backed up without looking and didn’t see my car door standing open, or if she was in a rush and figured she wouldn’t hit me, but when I stood up and turned around she was just staring at me.
Of course, I looked at my car, and said it was ok, then she rolled down her window (still staring at me of course) and asked if I was ok.
The door had barely tapped me, so I said I was fine and she drove off.
I guess I should have listened to my intuition, and not parked by that car!
Do you always listen to your intuition?
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
If you’ve been involved in the online beauty world for a while you might remember when Milani Luminous Blush was all the rage.
I was one of the ones who had to have it, and after I got it I fell in love.
Luminous was my go to blush for everything, and if I could only have one blush for the rest of my life this would be it.
I remember freaking out when I heard that Milani was discontinuing it, but by the time I heard it was out of stock at all of the stores in Savannah.
Even when we moved I went looking for it - I even called Milani’s customer service to see if they carried Milani locally after I couldn’t find it at any of the stores around here.
Of course they didn’t :-(.
I never found a backup Luminous and I started to only use my old blush for special occassions.
As time went by the stores around me started carrying Milani, and one day when I was looking I saw it.
A blush that said “Luminous” on it.
But…it wasn’t the same as the old powder blush.
This blush was Milani Minerals Blush with brush, so I wasn’t sure if it would be the same.
I’ve heard horror stories about makeup that changed their formula and it was never good as the original.
I looked online, and didn’t find any comparisons of the two Luminous blushes, so I was nervous about getting it.
After a few weeks, I decided to go straight to the source, and I emailed Milani and asked if the new Luminous was the same color as the old Luminous.
They replied and said that it was 95% the same.
I went to the store, and looked through all of the Luminous blushes to see which one looked like my old Luminous blush.
I thought about carrying the old one into the store, just to make sure they looked the same, but I was embarrassed to, so I didn’t.
I got the Luminous, and tried it on, and it looked good, but I thought it was a little bit peachier than my old Luminous, in the pan, and on my skin.
I’ve switched between the new and the old for over a week now, and to be honest I always thought there was a little bit of a difference, but that it was still within the 95% range that Milani said it was.
Then today, I decided to do swatches.
It looks almost exactly the same on me.
I’m so excited!
No more searches for the perfect blush, no more hoarding the old one because I am scared I’ll run out.
Now I can wear my favorite blush whenever I want too, with no worries.
Have you tried either of the Luminous blushes?
What do you think about them?
What’s your favorite blush?
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
I recently read something about mixing your own makeup, and for the life of me I can’t remember where I found it.
If you know, let me know and I’ll link to it.
Anyway, it inspired me to try mixing some of my own colors, so this morning I poured a little Key West Palm shadow, and way too much tootsie shadow (from the now defunct Twisted Fayte) into my trust buff palette.
The Key West Palm is a “gorgeous blue-green shade with gold undertones and a shimmer finish,” while Tootsie looks white with a lot of pink and green iridescence in the sample baggie, but goes on sheer with a pink iridescence.
I wasn’t really sure what I was expecting - I just wanted to lighten the Key West Palm a little because it’s a pretty bold color.
After dumping the excess Tootsie back into the bag it came from, I mixed the two colors together with my MAC 239 brush.
I ended up with a paler version of Key West Palm with a pretty pink iridescence.
The new color looks green on my eyes, but it looks blue in the swatch - unless the light hits it just right - then it looks pink.
My first experiment went pretty well - except for pouring too much shadow from the bag into my palette, but overall I’m excited, and I’ll probably be mixing a few more colors in the future.
Have you ever mixed your makeup to create another color?
What happened?
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Do you prefer wild or mild eyeshadows.
I like playing with color, but I don’t usually were overly bright eyeshadow colors, unless I’m using the shadow as liner.
I normally wear light brown or taupe, and pale purple or blue shadows, with a black or silver shadow used wet as liner.
And of course I wear mascara, although I didn’t when I was wearing contacts on a regular basis.
I have been experimenting with more vibrant colors though, but when I wear them in public I feel self-conscious the whole time.
I think part of it is that I’ve been looking at lots of different eye makeup looks for my Eye Shadow and Eye Makeup Tutorials lens, and while some of the looks are great, some of them just don’t look right to me.
I’ve seen a lot where the shadow colors don’t look right with the person’s facial coloring, and I have to wonder if they wear that look out in public :-0 !
And obviously if they’re doing a makeup tutorial for the look, they must think it looks good, so I wonder if what I think looks good on me really doesn’t.
At least when it comes to the wilder looks.
Do your prefer wild eye looks or mild eye looks?
Have you noticed people who’s eye looks don’t seem to go with their facial coloring?
Leave a comment and let me know!
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Time for another reader question!
Mary left a comment on Cutting Long Hair that basically said:
Hi, I need a bit of advice. I’m 17, and 5 ft 1 inch tall, with hair that hangs to my knees.
It’s very thin, but also very soft and shiny. I can’t do anything with it. I can’t have have it down, have it up, curled, or even in a ponytail.
Its forever in a bun because it is too thin.
I’ve been begging my mum 4 years to let me get it cut.
Now she’s said yes.
I dont know what to do with it.
I need it cut to about the middle of my back.
Has anyone got any suggestions to make it look good.
It’s a big change for me and I’m scared. Haha, Please help.
Mary I can imagine that such a drastic change would be scary.
I have thin hair, that isn’t as thin as yours, and I would suggest a non layered cut to the middle of your back.
When I had layers my hair always looked layered - it never looked like it was supposed too.
Of course since your hair is different it might be fine.
Self Trimming Instructions for long hair shows pictures of the straight across trim, the U shaped trim, and the V shaped trim that might help you decide what you’d like.
I’d love to hear what you decide to do, and thanks for visiting Mystical Beauty’s Musings.
If you have any suggestions for Mary please leave a comment and let us know about them.
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