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I'm trying to cut back on my makeup. Once I have very little or no makeup I'm going to go out and buy all natural/organic/mineral/whatever and just restock. It was so hard resisting all these beautiful shimmery mineral lip balms at the natural grocery store today!! MyChelle has all these adorable little eye shimmers/lip balms. They're in like the exact same package as the Burts Bees lip shimmers but are filled with concealers, eye shimmers, or tinted lip balms. I waaaaant!
Hey this is what was in the link:
Tell Cover Girl: Stop Animal Testing
Overview Letter
Targeting: Procter & Gamble (Cover Girl Cosmetics )
Started by: Annie Hartnett
Under their parent company Procter & Gamble, Cover Girl is one of the largest companies conducting animal testing in the United States.
Procter & Gamble states that theyve discontinued animal testing on 80% of their products.
But what about the remaining 20%?
Cover Girl still uses the outdated Lethal Dose 50 (LD50) test in testing their cosmetics. This involves the administration of a substance (in this case, make-up) to a group of animals at increasing doses. This continues until the experimenters reach a dose that kills 50 percent of the test subjects. The substance is often administered to the animal through a tube inserted into the stomach.
There are many other make-up companies that refuse to test their products on animals, why does Cover Girl continue to perform these cruel and meaningless tests?
Sign this petition to tell Cover Girl that animal torture isn't beautiful.
Awww haha I know the I want feeling. That's me everyday. I don't know where this drive to accumulate and "have" comes from! My mom says I'm hoarder-ish 🙁
But yeah.. I've been trying to use up more stuff before I buy too. Just think of your makeup area as a shop 😉
I'm trying to cut back on my makeup. Once I have very little or no makeup I'm going to go out and buy all natural/organic/mineral/whatever and just restock. It was so hard resisting all these beautiful shimmery mineral lip balms at the natural grocery store today!! MyChelle has all these adorable little eye shimmers/lip balms. They're in like the exact same package as the Burts Bees lip shimmers but are filled with concealers, eye shimmers, or tinted lip balms. I waaaaant!Hey this is what was in the link:
Tell Cover Girl: Stop Animal Testing
Overview Letter
Targeting: Procter & Gamble (Cover Girl Cosmetics )
Started by: Annie Hartnett
Under their parent company Procter & Gamble, Cover Girl is one of the largest companies conducting animal testing in the United States.
Procter & Gamble states that theyve discontinued animal testing on 80% of their products.
But what about the remaining 20%?
Cover Girl still uses the outdated Lethal Dose 50 (LD50) test in testing their cosmetics. This involves the administration of a substance (in this case, make-up) to a group of animals at increasing doses. This continues until the experimenters reach a dose that kills 50 percent of the test subjects. The substance is often administered to the animal through a tube inserted into the stomach.
There are many other make-up companies that refuse to test their products on animals, why does Cover Girl continue to perform these cruel and meaningless tests?
Sign this petition to tell Cover Girl that animal torture isn't beautiful.
Awww haha I know the I want feeling. That's me everyday. I don't know where this drive to accumulate and "have" comes from! My mom says I'm hoarder-ish 🙁
But yeah.. I've been trying to use up more stuff before I buy too. Just think of your makeup area as a shop 😉
that's horrible!!!!!! 😥
I also went to sephora today with my sister...good thing I was kind of hungry and tired otherwise I would have surely caved!! And that's a good suggestion 🙂
I ordered a Unii palette ( http://www.uniicosmetics.com/ ) and it came today but I can't get it yet because the PO is closed!! rage!! I'm super excited. I want to consolidate all of my "everday" makeup into that palette and maybe I'll order another as an evening/special occasion palette.
that's horrible!!!!!! 😥I also went to sephora today with my sister...good thing I was kind of hungry and tired otherwise I would have surely caved!! And that's a good suggestion 🙂
I ordered a Unii palette ( http://www.uniicosmetics.com/ ) and it came today but I can't get it yet because the PO is closed!! rage!! I'm super excited. I want to consolidate all of my "everday" makeup into that palette and maybe I'll order another as an evening/special occasion palette.
I know really sad :/
Haha that is a good thing then! Sephora is my Mecca. 😛 Every once in awhile I reorganize my makeup counter and bring things out to the top that have been buried and stuff like that and then it's a little more exciting! And then you realize how many colors and things you really have. I have never seen those palettes before they are super cool! I want one. haha, tomorrow. Oooh and that is a great idea having 2 palettes... drool... I wanna do!
Got Stila Lip Plumping Glaze in Cherry Mint and Stila Luxe Gloss in Happiness.
I tried out the plumping one and I love it! It's a really pretty light pink color that makes my lips look luscious. And it's not sticky. I will try the luxe gloss tomorrow!
Also,
the color wheel (using skin tone and hair color) for lipstick at the Make Up For Ever section in Sephora is right on! It pointed me toward a beautiful color which I will post tomorrow as well 
Here they are.
First is Hello Kitty's Charmmy Eyeshadow stick in Cookies (dark brown)
Then Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense lipstick in #35
Then Stila Luxe Gloss in Happiness
and finally Stila Lip Plumping Glaze in Cherry Mint.
I don't like the Luxe Gloss color for me *so far*. Maybe because I haven't tried it with any other makeup on. The feel is nice and smooth and moisturizing though. Love the plumping glaze- yum! Make Up For Ever's lipsticks are always good so I am excited to wear that! The eyeshadow stick remains to be seen! Dun dun dun!
ooh nice glosses! I love stila in general (I have concealer, tinted moisturizer, cream and powder eyeshadows, and tons of glosses from them). I got the 8 set of mini glosses from urban outfitters at xmas. idk if they still sell it but it's really a good deal...you get the amount of 5 regular sized glosses for $25 and I think one regular is like $20 or 22. I find if I put too much on they are way too thick/sticky but just a little bit is good.
my unii palette came today!!! I spent like and hr and a half prying stuff out of its case and arranging it just right. I'll post some pics later once my hw is done.
Here it is! I love it! If only it was thick enough to hold a mascara I would make a shrine and pray to it. It's loaded with...
Stila tinted lip balm
Bobbi Brown lip gloss
Sonia Kashuk matte lip crayon (all melted down into empty eyeshadow pans)
Sephora, Hard Candy, Sonia Kashuk and Stila eyeshadows in 5 neutrals plus a shimmery white (for highlighting inner corners/brows)
L'oreal powder
Co. Bigelow lemon lip balm (top right corner)
sephora eyeshadow brush
paintbrush I use as a lip brush (hate dipping my fingers into lip stuff)
ps sorry for really crappy webcam pics but its the fastest way to upload pics and I'm lazy
and yes I'm in my bathrobe
^ Wow!
Oh interesting I didn't know places like that sold Stila! Probably just the holiday sets right? Yeah my aunt got me one of them last Christmas, I love it. They are so cute when they are that small too haha. All Cosmetics Wholesale has a bunch of Stila lip glosses discounted!!! You should check it out.
You are hilarious haha I would worship it too! Looks so fun/awesome. I want one now. I love all the products you have too, they sound good or like stuff I've used and liked. I would totally do an evening palette too that would be fun. You are very pretty
yeah jsut a holiday sets. they also had super cute little palettes with 4 eyeshadows and a cream blush for $10 but they sell those at sephora too.
omg...ACW looks fabulous. must resist! must resist! geez thanks bek 
I would totally recommend getting one. playing makeup mad scientist and melting and depotting all that stuff is so much fun!
I was thinking about getting a black one and using that as my evening/special occasion one. I'll see how this one works out first.
gah you are too sweet! thank you
yeah jsut a holiday sets. they also had super cute little palettes with 4 eyeshadows and a cream blush for $10 but they sell those at sephora too.omg...ACW looks fabulous. must resist! must resist! geez thanks bek 😛
I would totally recommend getting one. playing makeup mad scientist and melting and depotting all that stuff is so much fun!
I was thinking about getting a black one and using that as my evening/special occasion one. I'll see how this one works out first.
gah you are too sweet! thank you 🙂
Oh yeah I've never gotten one of those... They look cool but I just feel like I would probably not use it and why waste $10? Do you get them, are they as good as the regular products?
Hahaha. ACW IS fabulous!!! Just think... you can save money when you start buying again!! 😉
Yeah tell me how it works... I might have to create one for my upcoming vacation!
And no problem!
umm I think it's ok. I've never used another of their cream blushes but I don't really use it anyways. It's too light as a lip color and I don't use blush because my cheeks are already pink and so if I use it I look ridiculous. The eyeshadow is ok, the colors aren't as vibrant but that seems to be it.
I went to a nordstrom rack in July and I got a lot of stila there...the cream shadow, 2 lip stain pens, lip gloss, eyeshadow. it was sweet.
is the ACW stuff like...not expired/useable? it looks like a lot of the stila stuff to me is old/taken off the shelves. I know you've ordered from them before (I watched your vid, I swear I'm not a stalker lol) so are the non-powder products not dried out or anything?
umm I think it's ok. I've never used another of their cream blushes but I don't really use it anyways. It's too light as a lip color and I don't use blush because my cheeks are already pink and so if I use it I look ridiculous. The eyeshadow is ok, the colors aren't as vibrant but that seems to be it.I went to a nordstrom rack in July and I got a lot of stila there...the cream shadow, 2 lip stain pens, lip gloss, eyeshadow. it was sweet.
is the ACW stuff like...not expired/useable? it looks like a lot of the stila stuff to me is old/taken off the shelves. I know you've ordered from them before (I watched your vid, I swear I'm not a stalker lol) so are the non-powder products not dried out or anything?
Hmmm. Yeah I feel like they are cutting corners on those a lil bit.
Ooh yeah Nordstrom Rack has Smashbox, Stila, and Paula Dorf a lot in my area!
Hmm. Everything I've gotten is perfectly fine. Haha no I'm glad you watched it that's cool! I got lipsticks, lipgloss, etc and none of it was crusty or dry. 🙂
Here they are.
First is Hello Kitty's Charmmy Eyeshadow stick in Cookies (dark brown)
Then Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense lipstick in #35
Then Stila Luxe Gloss in Happiness
and finally Stila Lip Plumping Glaze in Cherry Mint.
I don't like the Luxe Gloss color for me *so far*. Maybe because I haven't tried it with any other makeup on. The feel is nice and smooth and moisturizing though. Love the plumping glaze- yum! Make Up For Ever's lipsticks are always good so I am excited to wear that! The eyeshadow stick remains to be seen! Dun dun dun!
So I used the luxe gloss with the MUFE lipstick and I love it! What do you guys think?
bek what makeup do you use on a day to day basis?
my routine really varies with how much time I have, what mood I'm in, how my skin is doing, etc. but the basic pattern is clear/under 5 pimples I do nothing, if I'm breaking out I go all out with concealer or foundation, powder, mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick.
bek what makeup do you use on a day to day basis?my routine really varies with how much time I have, what mood I'm in, how my skin is doing, etc. but the basic pattern is clear/under 5 pimples I do nothing, if I'm breaking out I go all out with concealer or foundation, powder, mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick.
Hmmm.
Mine varies a lot too. I have a lot of stuff to use up so I try to do something different every day lmao. My skin makeup depends on how much I'm breaking out and if my skin looks dull. I used to do full face makeup everyday but now it varies. I always use moisturizer primer and powder though. :]
Also I always wear something on my lips though now that I think about it. Usually lip gloss, if I am feeling like making an effort lipstick :]
I think because I have been wearing lip makeup for so long that I can't go without it! Sometimes my lips get dry. Are they addicted? Lol!
lol I think so, mine too. I have to use something at least once or twice a day otherwise they r really dry. my dad never uses lip balm though and he doesn't have dry lips?...
hows the la roche posay sunscreen? I've been wanting to try that. I have neutrogena dry touch spf 45 and shiseido spf 55. I use the neutrogena when my skin is normal, shiseido if its irritated or I'm going to be outside all day. but I've been really bad about weraing sunscreen for the past like two weeks b/c I've been doing the just water thing. I'm using cleanser again now but I'm spoiled and wont put on sunscreen
lol I think so, mine too. I have to use something at least once or twice a day otherwise they r really dry. my dad never uses lip balm though and he doesn't have dry lips?...hows the la roche posay sunscreen? I've been wanting to try that. I have neutrogena dry touch spf 45 and shiseido spf 55. I use the neutrogena when my skin is normal, shiseido if its irritated or I'm going to be outside all day. but I've been really bad about weraing sunscreen for the past like two weeks b/c I've been doing the just water thing. I'm using cleanser again now but I'm spoiled and wont put on sunscreen 😛
Haha I think I end up licking mine, as weird as that sounds. And then they get chapped. I bought a mini set of Estee Lauder lipsticks from TJ Maxx to keep in my car lmao, in case I don't have a lip thing with me. It's perfect, cute blue satin box and the colors are pinks-nudes.
I loooove it! It's a moisturizer and a sunscreen in one which is perfect, I already do enough layers on my face! And it doesn't make my Duac get all nasty. Haha put on your sunscreen girl! So you will be a lovely old lady. I get moles and freckles (HATE) so I wear it now cuz the sun's coming back out. How did the water method go for you?
So this concentrated brightening serum from Shiseido is amazing! 
I got it from TJ Maxx super discounted. I have a red mark/ scabby type of thing
on my forehead and I've been applying the serum morning and night and it's
fading sooo quickly! Stuff on my forehead usually takes for-ever. I hope this continues!
where do you buy the LaRoche Posay stuff? I never get moles but I get freckles (hate too! when I was like 12 and under I had like a medium amount but they were pretty obvious but now they are WAY faded, I'm pretty much a daywalker not a ginger lol).
The water method was...ok, effectiveness wise. I made a lot of mistakes though, I think I'm going to figure out my diet and then try it again. I've since learned even a little dairy can break me out so I'm going to cut out 100% dairy for like a month and see how it goes. one great thing about all water is no products!! sooo nice because it took me like 30 seconds to get ready, esp. if I didn't have to do anything to my hair (really lazy about my hair and don't care about hair products...makeup? thats another story 
)
Have you tried the Shiseido serum on hyperpigmentation? I have it on my forehead and edge of mouth. That eye look is really cute! what did you do?
ps love ur red eyebrows... r u a natural redhead or brunette?
where do you buy the LaRoche Posay stuff? I never get moles but I get freckles (hate too! when I was like 12 and under I had like a medium amount but they were pretty obvious but now they are WAY faded, I'm pretty much a daywalker not a ginger lol).The water method was...ok, effectiveness wise. I made a lot of mistakes though, I think I'm going to figure out my diet and then try it again. I've since learned even a little dairy can break me out so I'm going to cut out 100% dairy for like a month and see how it goes. one great thing about all water is no products!! sooo nice because it took me like 30 seconds to get ready, esp. if I didn't have to do anything to my hair (really lazy about my hair and don't care about hair products...makeup? thats another story 😉 )
Have you tried the Shiseido serum on hyperpigmentation? I have it on my forehead and edge of mouth. That eye look is really cute! what did you do?
ps love ur red eyebrows...:P r u a natural redhead or brunette?
Hahaha. I get it at CVS! I love it. It's perfeeecttttooo. A lot of other moisturizer/spf combos I've tried have been annoying, greasy, dry, or ineffective. I wish mine would fade... ugh.
Oh my gawd, good luck with that. I would die if I had to give up dairy so I don't think I'll ever know lol. My favorite foods usually include it in some way. You go girl. Woah, 30 seconds. That is insane. It must be nice haha. Do you wear makeup when you just wash with water? Seems like you wouldn't be able to really. I am so lazy about hair too 😛 The only reason I do it is for dates and because I get better tips at work when I make an effort haha. I am going to cosmetology school soon though and I am going to learn about hair! Maybe I will get inspired.
Hmm, what is the difference between red marks and hyper-pigmentation? Like brown marks or something? I should know but I don't. If it's the same thing it really worked fast! Healed the scab up and started taking the color out of it. Thank you baby jesus. It's so hard to cover forehead acne + marks.
The eye look! My boyfriend had to make me into Athena for an art school project so I figured I'd do a subtle goddess-y look. I probably could have done a lot more but I didn't for some reason. I used a shimmery light pink from lid to eyebrow bone and a golden brown in the crease. I used a metallic green shadow as a liner on the bottom and black gel eyeliner on the top and bottom. Lastly I put a little silver pearlescent eyeshadow on the inside corner of my eyes to make them reflect light!
I am actually a natural brunette/dirty blonde-ish thang, but I made the dye my eyebrows that time with my hair lol since they did my hair so red!!!
