Make-up hints

This thread is great. Speaking of hair --I have a hair on my head product question - can someone recommend a product that will separate these curls and tame the frizz? I'm one year out of chemo and the curls are slowly going, but still a bit frizzy. 

I use a leave in conditioner and blow my hair dry on low, but I still have a bit of frizz in the front. Also, a nice hair spray so when I pin layered curly unruly hair up, it will stay.

Marin,

I do the same as Tina, apply my moisturizer (Oil of Olay Regenerist), let it set and then lightly put on my foundation (Clinique Super Balance, I believe). Although, I notice that while the foundation evens my skin out and provides a more "finished" look, it does make the wrinkles near my eyes more noticeable. The last few days I've just been using only my powder (grabbing makeup bag to see its name)...Dual Finish by Lancome, can use without foundation.

Raye

LOL @ "tissue drag"  hee hee

That's why it's essential to have a soft wet wipe.  I prefer cottenelle wipes and the CVS store brand wipes that are sold next to the playtex wipes.

Wipes aren't just for babie's tushies anymore.

One of my friends calls herself the 70's bush girl.  It's something, that even if for a fleeting moment I thought I wanted to have, I could never ever grow it down there.  I'm hair challenged.

I'm going to get the poetic wax today-- thanks for the link.  The funniest part is that I'll probably be posting here with all the hilarious details.  Pray that I don't hurt myself. 

Raye how short are your curls? I have banana curls that my friends love to pull on and watch them spring back (my avatar actually is my hair blown out straight, but as you can see within hours it starts to curl again).

With short curly hair you should not be shampooing everyday b/c it's too drying.  I love herbal essence totally twisted curls and waves shampoo and conditioner.  I also follow it up with an anti frizz condtioner. OR, when I get out of the shower I use the sun silk leave in anti frizz stuff (not the clear silicone gel anti frizz, its actually a white cream leave in, and you only use a nickel size amount for short hair). 

DO NOT PUT A TOWEL ON YOUR HEAD when you get out of the shower. Comb through your hair as soon as you get out of the shower.  Flip over, shake it out, then immediately apply your product to lock in the moisture.  I like gel over mousse, but if your hair is super short gel may be too over powering.

For mousse I like the big sexy hair line, and its in a blue can called big sexy curls- you can get it at CVS.

You should let it air dry for 20 min (longer as it gets longer) then use a dryer with a diffuser, and try not to TOUCH your hair except to seperate the curls.  The more you touch it, the frizzier it will get.

Then put in some hairspray and let it air dry the rest of the way. 

My routine is letting it airdry for 30-40 min, then flipping over, drying the underneath, then using shaper hairspray, then putting on my makeup,then I go back and take the diffuser off, flip over, finish drying it with big sexy hair root pump, and then I'm done.

I must say I spent my whole life mastering tha art of doing curly hair, and I LOVE my hair.  Losing my hair during cancer, by far was one of the most devastating times in my life.  And that first year and half of growing it is so slow it's PAINFUL!

But, now- my hair is past my shoulders, and the longer it gets, the further away I feel from cancer. 

I love my hair routine.  Does it take a long time? YES... but for me it's worth it.  I will never, ever forget the first time I put my hair in a pony tail holder after cancer.  I will never forget buying my first tube of mascara either.

The plus, is that I never would've worn my hair short ever in life, so it was cool to see what it looked like at all the different lengths.  I figure I've got one year left to go to get my hair where I want it.  And it's so healthy, and I love that cancer gave me a second chance to not mess it up again!

Beth,

Your hair is beautiful in the avatar - I can see the curls at the ends.

My hair is eh, approximately 5" in length (I am desperately searching the office for someone with a camera, so I can change my avatar to show the current condition of my hair).

Thanks for the advice. I've been making some mistakes I do believe. I use a towel after the shower, keep it on while I brush my teeth and then remove. I knew this was a big no no when I had long hair and would not use a towel, but with short hair I didn't think it mattered. Also, I blow it dry right away using my fingers as combs, hence, bringing on the frizz. I use Garnier's leave in conditioner.

What shaper hairspray to you use? The Big Sexy Hair one? I like that line of product; when I had long hair, I used the Sexy Straight hair products to tame my waves and loved them.

Good luck with your waxing - be careful down there.

Raye

Good luck Beth!

Tina...You're so funny! So is Emelee, offering to give Beth a demo ! We do get into it here, don't we? Having acknowleged that anything goes, then, I'll address Tina's "concerns"...I never had "tissue drag" during chemo (or now), but the stream can sometimes go in wonky directions, since it has no hair to "guide it." You get accustomed to it and develop a few techniques (position changes) to accomodate it. As for the bare look, it really is a matter of preference for both women and men and for both oneself as well as one's partner (that's right, for those of you not in the know about this isuue, men ALSO get "Brazilians" or, at least, a full shaving of their member...quite nice, I'll say!). Some people get very creeped out and feel like prepubescent girls and some men also think it's yucky for that reason. Typically, that would be the older guys, who like a women "trimmed" or a landing strip. But the young guys are all about a very clean "work area." Enough said.

Thanks for the tinted moisturizer tips. I guess I'd like to find something that moisturizes, sets & keeps my foundation, and makes me glow! It might be an unrealistic desire to find all of that in one product. I'm so lazy.....

~Marin

I wonder if the something else you wanted to ask (at least I did) I thought the hair there helped direct the stream to the correct area and not "all over".  ???

Ah, I just love woman talk----very little is sacred!

ROFL @ Marin...my GOD you crack me up!!!

Marin, I was gonna comment on the hair and stream thingy but thought, no maybe that is too much information.  LOL  I have a friend who still does the pin to separate the eyelashes.  I can't watch. HAHA

Colleen, I tried the Arbonne stuff too and it made my skin greasy.  Not gonna pay big bucks for greasy skin.  I use Dove Self Cleaning scrub and an Avon moisturizer, I got both at the Look Good Feel Better program and liked them.

We are some seriously insane chicks, aren't we? So be it.

I tried the gooshing together of moisturizer and foundation today and it worked great! Tomorrow, I'm gonna really go wild and mush in some liquid blush. I guess this kind of combo makeup isn't marketed because the companies make more money selling the items individually. If they did have a moisturizing tinted foundation, I'd buy stock in the company because I'll bet it would sell like crazy!

So I have another question....what do you all do to refresh and replenish your mascara when you can't remove it and re-apply? I have difficulty getting a natural look if I need to glop more on at the end of the business day before an event or a date. By then, alot of it has flaked off, but it still coats the lashes enough to make new mascara application not very smooth. Anyone have tips or suggestions?

~Marin

LOL re the pin thing on the eyelashes ... been there and now prefer to try to avoid poking my eye!!!!!!!!!!!

Marin- I don't think there's any grest way of refreshing mascara once it's been on all day.

I agree with you- if I'm going out after already having day makeup on, I refresh my eye with new eyeliner, and added shadow, but there's no way to reapply mascara and not have it clumpy looking on the ends.  If someone figures it out, it will be nothing short of a miracle.

The only thing I could think of, it if you got a different brand of mascara, like that new one from loreal where the tube looks like a magnifying scope.  The brush is shaped like nothing you've ever seen, and it's so tiny, that you may pick up new lashes, that missed color in the morning.

I don't like to use my fingers anymore, I used to do it until I discovered sponges. Now, I am using a brush I got a few months ago. One thing I like about the brush is that none of the foundation "soaks" into it. What goes on the brush, ends up on the face. 

When you get to my age, you'll start back with lipliner and brushes.  I also use MAC pro lip somethning or other, has a color end and a gloss end.  Love that stuff.

Found a new L'oreal that's a good stay on too, i use the brush with it.  It gets the lipstick in the right places and very smoothly.  the lipliner is a very necessary item to keep from getting runs in my creases and keeps the lipstick from roaming on my face.  LOL