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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2014

    Smart to use the compression of a soft bra with no underwire. That would be comfortable too. 

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  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 1,724
    edited February 2014

    Ariom... hope things are more comfortable today.  What a fascinating life you've led!

    Crazy-busy here.  Snow-snow-and-more-snow, but I think I'm the only person in Canada enjoying it.  Went for two long hikes on the long weekend on local trails: my butt hurts from all the hills, but this is a good thing.  Sore butt means butt is tightening up.  Been feeling butt slowly slipping down the back of my legs with the lack of activity during the extreme cold snap.  Hate that feeling of slipping butt.  Almost as bad as the feeling of butt slipping out of low-rise jeans.

    OMG, I love that "erase" under-eye cover stick/roll-on!  I swear it shaves years off my face!  Woot!

    [Edited to add]  PS  I've just replaced all my blushes (with the exception of a light-peach cream blush) with Physician's Formula "Bronze Booster" pressed powder in Medium to Dark.  It's an all-over facial bronzer, but I just use it like a blush along my cheekbones.  Pretty happy with the result; look less made-up and "rouged", and more natural and "healthy glow".  I'm vain enough to want everyone to think that it's all me and not very carefully applied artifice.  Winking

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2014

    I had my make-up done at a MAC counter yesterday. Didn't learn too much new. She put blush on my apples instead of sculpting my cheekbones which I found weird. BUT, she lined my eyes with powder (my request - not liquid) and kept it ABOVE my lash line at the outer corners. Kind of swept it over instead of down to follow the lash line, but not a cat's eye. It REALLY lifted my eyes! She even showed me the concept on paper and it made a difference on a picture of an eye as well, so holy cow!!

    I did buy foundation primer, eyeshadow primer (losing too much product during the day), um, concealer and uh, oh yah, powder foundation with a SPONGE applicator that I love so much!! $142 for a "free" make over....sigh.

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  • wyo
    wyo Member Posts: 541
    edited February 2014

    hi all- I have also been a recipient of the free make-over that is not free LOL.  Of course in san francisco at sephora the clerk who is helping you with your make-up is frequently of the male persuasion- takes a bit of getting used to discussing coverage and skin care with the gentlemen.  I went into work today and the bay was so pretty I took a picture out my office window with my phone for all of you who left your hearts in San Francisco back in the day! 

    image

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited February 2014

    Oh yes Barbe, the "Free" makeover! Still, if you like the product it's ally worth it.

    I have stopped buying the high end stuff I always used and have started using some from our home shopping network. Skinn by Dimitri James has the best cleanser I have ever used, hands down, and much of his skin care is really good. YBF cosmetics are filling my makeup bag these days, the woman who has this company comes up with some great packs and she does some of the best brown or taupe eye shadows, also yellow base things, not pink. 

    WYO, thank you for that photo, it took me back, in the nicest way!

    Kay, I haven't seen the movie, but I loved those clothes too, and I always loved a man in Levis, boots and leather, but I am guessing that's not the style you're talking about! LOL    

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited February 2014

    Wyo, that is a great view. It really is a pretty town.

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    I have always loved San Francisco! Thanks for the great picture wyo.

    Found out yesterday that we are going to Istanbul next June! Anybody know the area/have any travel tips? We will be there 11 days. DH has a conference which will be arranging some tours.

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited February 2014

    yorkiemom,

    Istanbul is a fabulous city. If you don't know her already, lookup "stagefree", our gal in Istanbul. She is one of my favorite ladies on bco and an Istanbul resident (native?) who clearly loves her city. What a great trip to look forward to.

    Caryn 

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited February 2014

    Yorkie, come see ME! It is only a hop and a skip from Athens ;)

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Caryn, I do know of stagefree and just love her posts. I'll PM her. Istanbul is a place I have wanted to see for a long time. Really looking forward to this trip!

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  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 1,724
    edited February 2014

    wyo... how on earth do you get any work done with a view like that! 

    yorkie... how exciting!!!  Istanbul!!  (Because of my historical training, I still think of it as Constantinople.)  I've always wanted to see the Hagia Sophia.  #sigh #jealous

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Selena, I'm putting Hagia Sophia on my travel itinerary. Don't know what it is, but if you recommend it, must be awesome! 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2014

    Can I come with you yorkie?  gotta go google HS...

    meanwhile....

    WYO - oh, my.  Just looking at a gorgeous views sans snow, is delicious.  Also, seeing THE Bridge.  OK.  So who else remembers where they were and what they were doing on 8/8/88.    Harmonic Convergence, for you youngsters who missed the Good Times of the 60's.  Well, I was walking ( alone) across The Bridge, chanting greetings to the Goddesses, Gaia, Hindu Goddess of Wealth ( Lakshmi) and others.  Then wandering around Sausalito, and back to SF.  Joy.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2014

    FAB office view! I agree, unless you're in creative and need the view for inspiration, how DO you get anything done?

    I've been to the east of Istanbul (also prefer the older names like Persia, too!) and LOVED Turkey! It was so clean and disciplined. You could eat off the tarmac at a gas station! We landed in Marmaris Bay from Rhodes and continued east. We really got into the local culture and were touted about by the Harbour Master who "picked us up" when we docked and spent the next couple of days showing us around. I don't think you could have a bad time anywhere there. 

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Sunny, hop on in my pocket, just don't forget the sorts! I always need a few extra after jet lag. 

    Barbe, thanks for the info! I think it will be wonderful. Have never heard anything negative about Turkey, at least not for a long time.

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited February 2014

    Haghia Sophia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usp6GLrzdws

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Momine, wow, what a beautiful place! Definitely a must see!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2014

    Momine - what a PERFECT Youtube, thank you...glorious, what a Holy place..

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited February 2014

    Keep in mind that Hagia Sophia was built in the 530s. That is five hundred, not fifteen hundred.

    There is also the Topkapi Palace. 

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Momine, are these places on most tours? I know the University my husband is presenting at will be taking participants on one or more tours.

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    DH just gave me a link to the Blue Mosque. Just amazing!

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited February 2014

    I'm sure all the places that have been mentioned will be on an organized tour. They're like Istanbul's "greatest hits". 

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  • kayfh
    kayfh Member Posts: 790
    edited February 2014

    Stagefree took a whole pink bus full of Stage IV people on a lovely virtual tour.  Look for Autumn in Istanbul .... sometime around thend of October 2013.  She is an amazing funny sensitive woman who you must try to meet 

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  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 1,724
    edited February 2014

    Yorkie... the Hagia Sophia is a World Heritage site, so I imagine that it will be on most tours.  It's huge and hard to miss.  I took a university couse in Art & Architecture of the Medieval World and the Hagia Sophia was one of the buildings we studied.  I'm sure the very stones of the place vibrate with all that's happened there! 

    May I say again #jealous

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    It sounds so cool Selena! 

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  • AmyfromMI
    AmyfromMI Member Posts: 241
    edited February 2014

    Yorkie, you are going to love it!  Istanbul is lovely.  We went in spring four years ago when the tulips were in bloom.  So beautiful!  We had our two little kids (10 and 4 at the time) in tow, too, and we all had a great time.

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Thank you Amy! Everything I am reading from those who have been there is so positive. Getting excited here!

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited February 2014

    I love markets (bazaar) anywhere in the world. If I recall. Istanbul has a great spice market. Planning is so much fun!

    Caryn 

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2014

    Caryn, yes it is! My DH usually does most of the logistical planning and I spend months reading up on the areas we visit. If anybody can recommend a good historical read about Istanbul and Turkey I would greatly appreciate it! Just finished Lawrence In Arabia, which obviously had a lot of information about Turkey during WWI.

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited February 2014

    William Dalrymple: From the Holy Mountain It is not about Turkey specifically, but gives a very good idea about some of the history of the whole area. It is also a good read.

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