Cosmetic things that worked for me - sharing girly stuff

Bare minerals makes an eyeshadow primer that I use instead of a shadow. It's easy to apply, blend and for me doesn't collect in the crinkles over time.



Apple, please post a pic!

Love this thread.  I've been using Lancome High Resolution Collaser-5x on my radiation scar and it's really helped! It says it has intensive collagen.  My radiation burns were pretty bad. Went to buy more and it's discontinued. What do you thhink about buying discontinued makeup off ebay or amazon?

Indigo, I think a lot of us use liquid foundation as a primer on our eyelids, so we have to make up in that order. You`re the only woman I know in the whole wide world that uses loose shadow! I can't even imagine how you don't sneeze or drop or twitch and lose it all!!

I like the loose shadows because even the lighter shades are highly pigmented and a little goes a long way. My eyelids get oily also and liquid foundation never has given me enough staying power. In recent years, BE has put a little screen in the tops of their containers, but you're right, they still aren't spillproof. Part of the experimenting, right? :-)

I do love your glasses! :-)

barbe1958 - I wear my glasses all the time now (instead of my contacts), and it kills me to pay several hundred dollars for them each time my Rx changes. (I lost my Vision Insurance when I retired.)

Then I found zenni.com where a single vision pair of glasses starts at $6.95, including frames and lenses.

They have glasses for men, women, and children, in single vision and bifocals. They don't have trifocals. There are more than 5,000 frames to choose from.

The easiest way to start is to create a account for yourself. That way you can start a folder of favorites as you see them. You can be very specific about your search parameters, and even "try on" frames on models who look like you, or I think you can even upload your own pic.

You will need your glasses prescription, as well as your P.D. - your pupillary distance. That will be on your prescription, or you can just measure the distance between the center of your pupils in millimeters.

It also helps to have the measurements of a comfortable pair of your own glasses...that way you can see how they measure up to the ones you are considering online.

I've never returned any of mine because there was no reason to.

Because they are made in China, I ordered a very cheap pair to start. Then I took them in to my Optometrist and asked him to check the prescription. He said it was exactly right, so after that I wasn't nervous about getting wonky results.

I think my most expensive glasses were $39.95 - those were black prescription bifocal sunglasses with Swarovski crystals.

I think I'm to about a dozen pairs...in all different colors and styles!

(And all my girlfriends who have kids who wear glasses have started ordering their backup pairs from here, since so many get lost or broken.)

Blessings, love the thought, but I have a prism to deal with as well. When I picked up my latest pair, they had gotten the degree percentage wrong and it pulled my eye the wrong way. I knew they weren't right. I could literally feel my eye being turned. One opthamologist said they are like braces to teach your eyes to straighten out (or something to that effect). Otherwise I be one "enter" key behind you! Others will appreciate the link....

I went on a buying spree just recently. I purchased Touche Eclat, as someone posted here about it. Works well on dark circles!

I have had a heck of a time with foundations, though. I purchased a nice small tube of Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer for days when I am not going to work in an office and weekends when I need something on my skin.  I also purchased a foundation and primer from Sephora, but when I put it on at home it made my skin look chalky! I need to return it.  In a panic before my last business trip, I went out and got Lancome Teinte Idole.  It looks great on, but frankly, I broke out pretty badly on my cheek. Since I basically tried 3 different foundations in the course of a week, I have no idea which one caused it!!!

Anyone have good tips on foundation that COVERS?  I liked the look of MakeupForever at Sephora.... any experience with this?  What about the primers? I think it's such a gimmick that the cosmetic companies have such light coverage on foundations now, and then expect you to buy a primer to look like you have an even complexion!!

Also, anyone here ever have a laser treatment on your face or a chemical peel? 

I do love the BE foundation but as for concealer, I'm with you, Barbe1958. The Maybelline Age Rewind is an excellent product - works better for me than any high end product I have ever tried, and of course, you can't beat the price. I do have bad circles that nothing short of surgery will hide completely thanks to the bags, but the Age Rewind does a great job, and works even better for spot concealing. They have several different skin tone shades, too. Since the concealer is creamy, I apply it first and put on the mineral fondation. The concealer seems blendable enough, though, that you could do without foundation too.

Hey gals - this is cosmetic related I guess. One month on generic Femara. Have always had problems with facial hair even in early 30s and am nearly 60 now. Dark headed white/gray now with still lots of dark in the back. MO told me Femara would not increase my facial hair. I find that very hard to believe. No changes yet but would not expect to see any yet; too early. Not terribly sure of the pathway Femara blocks estrogen but wouldn't it increase circulating androgens which is what promotes the hair. I'm a nurse and worked for an endocrinologist 25 years ago and we treated lots of "hairy women". I shave the mustache, good electric razor, foundation. Chin and neck hair driving me crazy. RO commented on my "rash" then asked why I had never done laser tx. Anyone do that and any comments on cost, frequency, effectiveness, side effects? Hoping to retire at years end and budget will be very tight.

Barbe - will have to give Age Rewind another try. For a concelear I have used Benefit Erase Paste in the tiny little jar. Even though I have dark hair and tan pretty easily most concealers/foundations are too dark for me. And have always had dark patches, too. My gyn. didn't believe me that Evista made them worse.  But I do praise it that it kept my BC squashed down. I don't mind spending the money if I use it/like prod. but hate like the devil to waste it on something that doesn't work/don't like. Also not the kind of girl that goes to cosmetic counters to get made up. Why don't companies put out those little samples of new stuff? Remember when Cover Girl/Maybelline would pkg 2-3 use samples of diff. foundations; I don't see that anymore. Too expensive to manufacture?

Thanks all. This is one thread I pull out of my many to read when I'm short on time.

Thanks Barbe.  Did not know it only worked on dark hair and yes, about 1/2-1/2 dark-gray ratio. I can handle upper lip.  The chin, mid chin, neck sides are the worst.  Can't see well enough to pluck well.  I don't know I can wax that much.  Never done wax.  And yes I hear you on the coarseness.  That's the way I find most of them. 

Gram, I had understood that about shaving or debiliatory removal as it cuts the hair in half so the hair looks coarser. I actually find that with waxing the hair comes back softer and finer. I'm finally get sporadic growth so maybe it's all slowing down. Is the hair removal product you're talking about a razor?

My hair is growing back and I always notice fine hairs growing in all over my face at that time.  I successfully remove them with my husband's shaver and never notice regrowth or darker hairs.  (not a very hairy person tho).  I notice now that many women are oblivious to these extra very fine hairs.. as if they didn't know they were there.  I guess i do maintenance about once a month.  it makes my skin look a lot smoother.