Make-up hints

abbadoodles

Apparently the Physician's Formula felt tip eyeliner only comes in three shades according to their website:  Two blacks and a brown.

http://www.physiciansformula.com/en-us/productdetail/eye-definer-felt-tip-eye-marker/02431.html

While you're there, check out the eyebrightening mascara in black/bronze.  Woo Hoo.  http://www.physiciansformula.com/en-us/productdetail/eyebrightener-brightening--curling-mascara/01900.html

There is also an eye brightening eyeliner that looks interesting.  This could be some shine on old lids without the wrinklies.

Raye99

Besides sounding like a god/goddess we should worship, the Amminah sounds like a beautiful nail color - and and all the better to show off my tan hands my dear. (bad incorporation of Little Red Riding Hood). Tina, I can't wait to see a picture of the buttons. Can you post one soon?

I did indeed check out that link above to the bronze black mascara - sounds great. going on vacation in two weeks and it definitely sounds like a vacation-type mascara. Bright, bronze...I love it.

BethNY

The one I'm talking about is new.  I looked again today and it's only in black, and still selling it with the shimmer duo-- I guess to roll out the new liner.  It's the most incredible liner I've ever used.  It doesn't budge.  It's like a liquid only doesn't look like a liquid, and it's easy to get off with makeup remover.

I want to write them to tell them to invent more colors... not like they'd listen.

abbadoodles

Had the haircut yesterday.  I like it.  The husband likes it.  About 1 to 2" hacked off.  To tell you the truth, it is not so different but a lot less hair.  I am no longer looking like Richard Pryor but now am looking like Trixie Belden, girl detective.  (So, go to eBay and search books if you never saw ole, vintage Trixie.  Item number: 170234099504)

Still, there are a lot of curls left, esp. in the back.  I will take photos one of these days and post.

BethNY

I'm getting a haircut tonight at 6:30.  Wish me luck.  I think now that my hair is so long my curls are getting weighed down- and it looks flat on top, so I'm thinking of some long layers in the front.

Raye99

Hair sounds adorable, Tina. I remember Trixie, alright, when I read every Nancy Drew book, my dad started buying me the Trixie Belden ones - remember Jim, Martin, Moms, Diane and her best friend next door - can't remember her name, she had a "governess."? They lived up near White Plains.

Beth, I love long layers - they make the hair full without losing a ton of length. I wore my hair in long layers before bc.

I about a hour I am heading to the tanning bed - I bought a 10 consecutive visit package and am quickly running out of days. Who can really go 10 days in a row?!?!? Better than paying by visit though.  

abbadoodles

Well, Beth, how's the do?  Happy or hiding your head in a bucket?

Raye, Oh, I'm so glad someone else knows about Trixie.  Remember Donna Carson?  She was one of the lesser girl detectives.  Let's see, there was, besides Nancy Drew, The Dana Girls, Cherry Ames, Vicki Barr (the stewardess, when they still called them that), Connie Blair......remember any others?  When I was a kid, we lived not far from a St.Vincent dePaul store in the city and I used to spend afternoons going through the used books and choosing my treasures.  I also found some of those movie star mysteries, such as the ones with Jane Withers.  They just thrilled me!

I've slacked off on the tanning lotion but have been trying to get in the odd hour here or there, between thunderstorms, sitting in the sun and burning off the detritus of the past couple of years.  God, it feels so good.  Sort of a purge.  Still, I protect my face.  Bought a nice cocoa colored straw hat on sale at Chico's the other day.  At $20 on sale, a far cry from that Helen Kaminski at $175 I was coveting.  Oh, I guess this belongs on the Fashion thread.

My nails today are Zoya's Sadie.

BethNY

She blew out my hair like a movie star.  It was amazing- everyone in the salon stopped and said something.  I called Matt to tell him we had to go out to dinner b/c I couldn't waste this great hair do.  I woke up this morning, and it still looks awesome, so I'm not even going to wash it today.

She cut half and inch, then cut very long angled layers in the front to give it some lift and bounce.  The real verdict will come after I wash it and style it in my curls- then we'll see how it really came out.

Anonymous

Pics!!

iodine

How about Cherry Ames?  She was the nurse who did every job in the book.  Loved that gal in 3rd grade----guess that's when I was trying to decide between nursing and ballet.

BethNY

http://shopping.aol.com/beauty-health?ncid=AOLCOMMshopDYNLprim0001&icid=200100397x1205213987x1200246445

I enjoyed reading about so many of these products.  I definitely want to try a few.

puppyholic

Beth - I just want your body - haha!

Raye99

yeah, forget the products, Beth; I have to agree! I want your fab boobs and no muffin top flat belly!!!! Give em up, girl.

Raye99

Just now reading the above threads. I didn't read Cherry Ames or the Dana Girls, although I've heard of them and would have liked them (especially Cherry, since when I was younger I wanted to be a nurse). I don't remember Donna Carson or the others, although I do remember these four boys who had mysteries, they would hide out in the "cabin" in the backyard and plan their escapades, I loved them, but cannot remember their names. they would go to places like Skeleton Island - just great.

My family played volleyball all afternoon on Sunday and I got some nice natural sun - it does feel so good.

No new makeup to report. Speaking of straw hats, I'll dig mine out of the pine end table/trunk for vacation. It is bright pink, but not really straw - more like paper? Guess that is why it was not $20, but about $5.00 - not a bad deal on Ocracoke.

 Raye

abbadoodles

I'm tempted to try one of these Sephora brand eyeliner pencils.  Look at the colors!

http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P42218&categoryId=C17357&shouldPaginate=true

Raye, did you mean The Hardy Boys mysteries? 

Raye99

oh oh, dark copper brown and bronze!!! Sweet colors.

The Hardy Boys. Oh yeah - that's them.  JK, no I've heard of The Hardy Boys and have some of the books - I'll go on Amazon and see if I can find those other boys.  

Totally O/T here, but I am thinking of getting boobs!!! YES - B.O.O.B.s. Maybe, bilateral lat flaps with implants. Beth - my expert, what do you think? I am afraid of TRAM, can't do DIEP, can't do regular implants cause of rads - you know the story. What about lat flaps? This really belongs on the recon board, doesn't it?

Where is our fiesty Marin - busy with boy perhaps?  

Raye

BethNY

Raye- the expert is here. lol.  Why not do silicone implants with a lat flap? You get the benefit of the size with the implant, and the salvage of the radiated tissue with the lat flap.  But, it's all about the surgeon.  Where do you live again? 

And ladies, if you take my tummy and my breasts, you need to take my fat a@@ too, so be careful what you wish for. 

Surgeon really cut away a lot of my nipple today-- so it looks like I may be on a faster road to recovering- we've got 8 weeks minus one day till the engagement party.

 Back to the makeup... so I went to my friends place the other day, and she had HIP (high intensity pigment) makeup it's by loreal.  I had used one of the lipglosses recently, and although it wasn't sticky, and smelled like vanilla, I wasn't impressed with the color.

Anyway, she had the eye powder, in a million different shades, and the pigment, and glittery look (without the glitter) that it gave to her eyes amazed me.  I loved one color so much that she gave it to me (I have the greatest friends), and I wore it the other night, and I love it.

So add that to my recommendation list.

abbadoodles

Well, much news today!

Beth, I just read about your latest excursion to the ps and am glad progress is being made.  He is quite a guy to be "servicing" you on his vacation!  Wow.

As far as a fat you-know-what is concerned, you cannot hold a candle to me, I'm sure.  I am a pretty small person when viewed from the front. However................LOL

Raye!  You are considering recon???  That IS news.  We are so lucky that Beth is here to guide us.  You two put your heads together and you can't go wrong. 

Marin?  Heck, she has more interesting things to occupy her now.  One of these days, she'll come back and give us the lowdown. 

Am going right on over to the Loreal site to look at the HIP stuff.  I think I missed the CVS sale on this.  Rats.

Anonymous

I think that my ears are ringing...or whatever it is that rings when someone is talking about you ?

So I spent the past almost-week on Emerald Isle with P and some friends and it was more than awesome! I am the very tannest I've ever been and actually lost almost 5 pounds just from the activity () and healthy ingestion of fruit and seafood. Yum! Anyway, I can't wear any face makeup at all unless I want to buy an entire new line of cover-up and foundation....in deep bronze. So no. But pastel on my eyelids and the white Rimmel liner look amazing! I am so grateful to you chicas for recommending them! And now, Tina has posted about the Sephora liners! I love the blues and violets and for $4...wow!

OMG, Raye, you will look waaaaaaay outstanding with boobs too! As it is, you're already irresistible! Do you have a good PS....or I'm sure that Beth will recommend the best in your area. Too bad you're not down here at Duke...we have Michael Zenn who is, supposedly, one of the absolute best! I actually wish I could get him to work on me....anything, I'll take anything!

I'm so silly....

Anyway, Beth, it sounds like you will be all healed up for the party and be able to move into your new life all prettily-packaged. Oh yeah!

Okay, I need y'all to put your heads together on this one. I absolutely MUST do something about my nails. Since chemo and my misadventure with the phony, self-applied nails, my own nails have been peeling and splitting incessantly. I can only keep polish on for a maximum of 2 days before a new peel pops up and ruins the look. I take biotin and am careful about grooming them, but what else can I do to restore them to their previous strength?

~Marin

iodine

Taking gelatin caps is supposed to make them stronger.  Or it was told years ago. 

abbadoodles

Marin, I'd probably refrain from using ANY polish on my nails for several weeks and see how they respond.  If you cannot do that, try using a polish without harsh chemicals, such as formaldehyde. 

Have you been taking a multi-vitamin along with your Biotin?  Maybe you are deficient in something other than Biotin.

Well, as I suspected, you have been out having fun.  Way to go, Marin!

I have a beauty question about the colored eyeliners.  My eyes are gray-blue, my brows and lashes are dark/ash and my skin is very fair.  How blue could I go with the colored eyeliner for UNDER my eyes?  Would too blue look out of place and silly?

BethNY

Tina I think I'd have to test it out-- personally I'd be rocking dark blue if I had your features.

KLynn

Okay so I just tried the jewelry cleaning idea, I  think it was your post Beth, (not sure it was back a ways) BUT it worked fantastic !!!!! Love the idea of microwaving the water and windex..Like you said, you can see all the little junk and cleaning and hair care produsts just falling off into the cup..Amazing , my rings sparkle so beautifully, and you don't realize how much hairspray build up you get on your earrings..Thanks.... this is a great  thread, love the homemade remedies, so easy ...

Hugs Klynn 

BethNY

Thank you!!! Can I tell you how many people look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them my jewelery cleaning trick.... and then they actually do it, and are amazed.

Cheapest way to get your jewelery sparkling!

NarberthMom

Marin (and others) -

Do you take enough calcium?  I'm wondering whether that might help your nail growth.  My onc NPN, who's big into survivorship issues, said that we post-chemo gals should be taking between 1500 and 1800 mg calcium/day.  Your body can't absorb more than 500 mg at a time, so you need to spread it out. I buy viactiv (or similar calcium chews from Trader Joe's) and stick them in my handbag to munch at lunch. A bowl of cereal with calcium-fortified milk in the morning and a regular multi-vitamin plus an extra pill of calcium citrate in the evening, and I've got my calcium!  (Of course, also need the vitamin D).

Well, I made the decision to stop growing out my hair for the summer. No matter what I do, it's at the bushy stage and heat and humidity are doing a number on it. I'm really loving the curls and the length right now is fine. So, I had my wonderful hairdresser take out a lot of the bulk in the back and sides.  My hair grows so fast and it is even thicker than it was pre-chemo (could it be the calcium??) that I'm not worried about stopping the growing out process until October.

 Still haven't figured out my eyelid problem, but I think that it's a combination of factors.  

Hugs,

Hillary

Raye99

Beth - thanks - that is what I was thinking - bilateral lat flaps with silicone implants - my only fear is what if I don't like them, what if the expanders are unbearably painful? That type of thing. I have a consult with my ps tomorrow. I live in the Akron/Cleveland area (Akron, but very close to Cleveland). So glad to hear that your nipple is shaping up nicely. Party is right around the corner.

Marin - so glad to hear you're having a ball (or balls - oops - sorry ) - you must look ravishing with your tan and just a bit of makeup - gorgeous!!!  You are having a fabulous summer!!!

Tina - I agree with Beth - dark blue would look totally fab on you!! give it a try. Now the nails: I am going to recommend formaldahyde - don't shoot me girls, but I swear by it, that stuff gives me the hardest, strongest nails. Sally Hansen contains formaldahyde and formaldahyde resin - as does Nailtek. Great stuff.  As of late, my job has been so stressfull, I've proceeded to bite my nails almost to the quick. Very nice look for vacation next week. A nervous, nail biting weirdo. BUT the sun (may be something to that vitamin stuff after all ) makes them grow strong as well. And my hair! It grows like a weed during vacation week - yeah literally a weed unfortunately.

Raye 

BethNY

where are you going on vaca?  I seriously got a little sun burn today from driving with my top down.  My nose looks like rudolph the reindeer.

Don't stress about reconstruction.  It's a process, and yes, there will be days where the expanders hurt like a ..... and once you get the finished product the goal is that all the pain will be well worth it.

We'll talk more when you're ready.

isn't formaldahyde like REALLY REALLY bad???

Anonymous

Hi, guys...

I use a product called Nails Alive that I got at the "off brand" open to the public beauty supply store. I just got out my DH's readers and --- DAMN --- it contains Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Resin also. It really works, tho!!!!!

I don't remember reading about the jewerly cleaner, but have to go back and find it!

BethNY

You take blue windex and fill a cup with it half way.  Then fill 25% of the cup with water.  Then microwave the cup WITH NO JEWLERY for 15-20 seconds.  The cup will be very hot.

Then put jewelery in cup- you'll see the dirt and particles in the cup actually coming out of the jewelery. Sometimes I swish it around or just leave it for a minute or two, then take out and rinse.

Raye99

Formaldahyde is bad (or so they say and scientists do preserve things in it- eeks)- but I look at it this way; I am putting it on my nails, not drinking it and YES, Laura it does really work. I suppose it could get into your system through the nails?

We are heading to the Outer Banks of NC. Cannot wait!! 

My PS appt is today; I'll let you guys know what he says.

Raye