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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009

    HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO THE MAKEUP MAVENS!!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2009

    My what lovely lips you have! Do you think she had collagen injections?

    Happy V Day! Hope you all have a LOVEly day!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2009

    Tina! - Wow...so adorable...and so pretty!

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    Had my hair cut/styled again yesterday and had a little bang cut at the same time.  Also had a tad of highlighting in a neutral blond shade done "up top."  It is called a "splash" and is subtle but noticeable.  Just a little something to break it up.  Looks pretty good now but I'm waiting to give a final verdict until after it's been washed a few times.  I am hoping it doesn't turn brassy.

    I am happy to have some bangs again. 

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2009

    Well, we'll help give you our opinion if you post a pic......8-) 

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    Ahhhh, ya don't wanna see my homely mug but I just posted a photo of a corner of my living room over on the Home Dec. thread.  Take a look.

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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009

    PS had brochure on eyelash treatment: Latisse.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2009

    I guess no one liked the kissing cow? Cry

    Tina - I saw your "corner" - wow... it looks like a shot out of a magazine! The pottery is beautiful... the colors are great... I love it... it all works so well together. 

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited February 2009

    Laura, I loved the kissing cow.  Tina, I'm going to check out your living room.

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    HeeHee Laura.  Who wouldn't love the kissing cow?  Reminded me of my (deceased) father-in-law with those smoochy, rubbery lips. LOL

    How ya feelin', Kathi?  Back to the old you?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2009

    Yippie! lol

    Deceased FIL - OM - too funny!

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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited February 2009

    Laura ~ I sent Valentine emails containing your smooching cow to much of my family. Kiss 

    We all got a real kick out of it! Thanks!

    Lisa

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    Went cosmetics shopping and came home with a bagful.  Thank goodness a friend of my dh's gave me a gift card for $100 to Macy's!

    Tried the violet/purple eyeliner and it looked pretty good but then did my Marine Blue on the other eye and it looked much better so am sticking with that.

    Also bought a light blu-ish pink lipliner and new pink lipstick to hopefully make me look loverly.  Also bought a new Clarins product for lip hydration.  The Clarins rep told me to hold onto the receipt and the box because it is Macy's policy that you can return cosmetics (and fragrances) within a reasonable time if you have the box and sales slip.  So, I thought I'd go for the $24.00 tube.  If it really works well, better than my Blistex, I'll keep it and be happy I found it.  If not, it goes back to the store.

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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009

    I have that Clarins product in my arsenal and will open as soon as I finish the one I'm using now.

    I think the old taupe/brown/ivory palette is not as becoming as lighter hues with a bit of glimmer on New Forty eyes!!! It does take a bit more thought.....so I will go experiment before going out (in cold rain) to art event downtown~~~where I and the catering staff will be the most up-to-date!Wink

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited February 2009

    Tina, I haven't felt like myself in so long, I forget what my self feels like.  Thanks for asking.  Love those gift cards. 

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    Product report.

    Do you receive those DHC flyers in the mail with the samples of products?  I received a couple of them recently so decided to try some new stuff last night.

    Scoop:  Used the moisturizer and eye moisturizer (Q10) and woke up looking parched.  Thumbs down for me.

    Scoop:  Their Velvet Skin Coat is supposed to be like Smashbox's PhotoFinish.  Wrong.  VSC went on okay but more matte and as soon as you touch it, it flakes off.  I did one side of my face this morning with VSC and one with PF.  No comparison.  PF wins hands down.  Also, the VSC left my skin looking parched while the PF looked perfect.

    I did use the new Clarins lip stuff and it goes on like a dream.  So far so good.  I'll wait a few days to issue my verdict.

    Daff, I also bought the Clarins gel self-tanner but have not tried it yet.   Soon.  The saleswoman, though, said she floats to all the cosmetics counters and it is only at the Clarins that people keep coming back for the self-tanner products.  I consider that an endorsement.

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  • StarWish624
    StarWish624 Member Posts: 101
    edited February 2009

    I learned a HARD (and funny) lesson when I lost my eyebrows during Chemo. One day during a hot day, I patted sweat from my forehead - and wiped off one of my drawn-on eyebrows. I walked around looking surprised (or, as I thought - rather like Mr. Spock) with one eyebrow for the rest of the day. Since then, I make sure that I have a brow pencil in my purse.

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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009

    Abba, Clarins tanning products are superb! They have the self-tanners in every strength and every application, spray-on, cream, gel, as well as regular sun lotions, including a line for babies.

    all the surveys say their products also smell the best....or least!

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    Just thought I would thank you ladies for pointing out to me many months ago (when I posted a pic of my eyes) that I could use a bit of brow work.  I am happy to say that I have been religious about using my Anastasia to fill in little sparse spots and my brows, not to mention my old face, look so much better!

    Thanks for the heads-up.  Isn't it nice to have long-distance, semi-anonymous advice?

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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009
    Browsed at the library and picked up Carmindy's book as well as Allure Beauty Secrets by Linda Wells. I will let you know if I learn anything new! (I have learned that none of it works if you don't use it!!)
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  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 2,927
    edited February 2009

    Well if you want to be picky Daff...so that explains why the cabinet of dusty lotions and powders hasn't done me much good :D

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  • Daffodil
    Daffodil Member Posts: 829
    edited February 2009

    Whike I never discard as soon as they say, some of that stuff does "turn", smelling funny and separating and..yuck!

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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited February 2009

    I wanted to try the new Oil of Olay mousse foundation. The bottle looks like foundation swirled with moisturizer. It comes in three colors, but it's $30 for a tiny tube!!!

    Has anyone tried it?

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2009

    Oh Beth you want it because it's pretty! AND a mousse...must be good! That's really pricey for Oil of Olay, gettin' kind of big for their britches, eh? 

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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited February 2009

    You're half right... I AM drawn to it, because of the way the product is swirled in the bottle! But, I don't wear foundation on a regular basis, b/c it's too heavy on my face. I look too "done up." However, lately I've felt like my skin tone is becoming uneven (I really need summer to hurry up and get here so I can get some sun and have a natural face glow) so I figured since I love oil of olay face moisturizer, that maybe this product would work wonders for me.

    I just don't know if I should go with the medium color or the darker color (it looked pretty light in the bottle) and for $30 a pop, I don't want to try the wrong thing.

    I've never returned cosmetics to a store like CVS. Do they do that? or is it Rite Aid?

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited February 2009

    Yes, CVS Does accept returns.  One of the reasons I like to go there.  walmart will accept them, too.    If fact, I have returned to Walgreen's, too.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2009

    I still haven't had the nerve to return boo-boos. I just can't do it? What do they do? Throw it away...so do I? And then of course I still need a replacement...sigh. Are they bitchy? Give you a hard time? Call you an idiot? 

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited February 2009

    I've returned cosmetics and toiletries to CVS on at least three occasions.  Never got any lip from the employees.

    Once, I returned a body lotion because I hated the scent.  No problem.

    I say "go for it" and I'm even a CVS shareholder.  LOL

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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited February 2009

    Beth, I think you have hit on the major drawback to this product: there is a very limited range of color. I find that women's complexions do not fit into simply light, med, and dark! Most foundations are available in about a dozen colors, and even then it can be a challenge to get the right one. A close match is so important in a natural look - not like the make-up is changing your complexion, just enhancing it. For $30 I'd go to a dept. store and try some shades on for real.

    Lisa

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited March 2009

    Lisa, that's why I use Chanel makeup; they are the only ones I've found that have the right tone makeup for me.  Yes, it's about twice as expensive as drugstore brands, but a little bottle lasts me forever and I'd rather be the right color than frugal.

    Report of the Clarins lip stuff:  It really and truly hydrates my lips much better than drugstore "sticks."  Gets right into the skin and softens.  All the ones I've used before soften on the surface but have that waxy feel that kind of sits there.  I am finding that using the deep penetrating stuff first, waiting a while, then using the waxy stuff on top is very effective. 

    Good "sticks" are the ones by Aveeno and that LipSyl.  My least favorite is ChapStick because it is too hard.

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