If you love the Doctors as much as I do, then you can’t miss today’s episode featuring “Medical makeup” GlyMed cosmetics. The foundation that was used on this young client (pictured below) transformed the skin into flawless, perfect skin.
The client has a Port Wine stain birthmark and it also covered areas on her body. The Master Esthetician on the show, Christine Heathman, had gorgeous skin, and she says she also uses the GlyMed cosmetics on her own skin to protect it from the sun. I am interested in trying this foundation and hearing about others who have tried it. I am assuming the product that Heathman used with the Tinted Photo-Age Pigment Protection Skin Shield, featured on this page: http://glymedplus.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=32
If you or someone you know has tried this, let me know your thoughts!
This is the hyped up mascara that creates “tubes” around your eyelashes. I first heard about it in a meeting with Beauty.com at work, and I really didn’t think it would work (I’m sometimes skeptical about mascara claims). The packaging is quite impressive; the mascara comes in a neat little metal tube with a screw top lid and the mascara tube itself is a really cool metallic silver.. it’s pretty hardcore. The brush itself has wide spaced bristle sections, which is something I do not prefer. The formula is very wet and I found it quite difficult to apply the first time. The trick is to wiggle the brush at the base of the lashline to get the tubes to form, I had to apply four coats before I was satisfied with the lash look. I felt like the tips of my lashes were really thin and puny, not full, so I ended up applying a coat of my favorite Maybelline Lash Stylist mascara to only the tips. I was not exactly impressed with the look.. it made my lashes very separated and fake-looking. (fake in a bad way)
I am a fan of full and thick lashes, not separated and thin lashes, so I won’t repurchase this mascara. When I washed my face using the Philosophy Purity foaming face wash, I had to manually pull the tubes off with my fingers and wash them down the drain. They looked like black sea moneys in the sink (if you know what sea monkeys look like, you can totally imagine the sight of this) and after several swishes of water around the sink, they finally washed out to sea.
My verdict: I am staying with Lash Stylist by Maybelline. I may also try to apply the Kiss Me mascara with my Lash Stylist wand to see if that makes a difference.
This is the stuff!!! I purchased the HD powder not too long ago, which I do really like (Check out my blog about it here: HD Ladies! I just had to try the foundation, which was readily available at Sephora… around 40 bucks.. but luckily I was able to try it out in the store to see its magic. The foundation is full coverage, but very natural looking. There were tons of shade choices to choose from, and you only need a tiny drop of it because it goes a very long way. Once I applied it all over and let it dry, I applied the HD powder and I looked completely matte and ready for the camera. I will have to say that this formula reminds me very much of the Revlon colorstay formula from back in the day (the 1990s!) but woe-is-me, nothing will be as good as ColorStay circa 1990s. Anyway, it’s a good replacement product.
The Verdict: My new favorite foundation. Looks AWESOME in pictures. Looks good in person. Goes on smooth and stays smooth. No breakouts for my senstive skin.
Is it just me who believes that the “D” in Dior represents DIVINE? No.. not Divine as in Mrs. Turnblad rocking the high arched brows Divine.. I mean.. the definition of the word Divine. Luscious, lovely.. OMG.
My best friend Kat and I crawled away from the kids for a moment to lavish ourselves in the Pleasanton Stoneridge Mall’s only gem.. the Nordstroms cosmetics department, where fresh, bright white teeth are there to greet us, and flawlessly concealed skin is just a few feet in front of us. This is heaven. Ahhh yes, not even the man above (baby Jesus) could understand the feeling of sitting in the makeup artist’s chair, being pampered and petted with a squirrel hair brush.
I floated over to the Dior counter, where amazing airbrushed photos of models were whispering to me, “This lipgloss was made for YOU.” I believed it. Every word. Sixty dollars later, I was holding a bag of two of the finest Dior glosses known to woman.
Diorshow Gloss Show. $27 dollars each. .21 oz.
Wow. So these are actually worth 30 bucks each. No freaking kidding! Even the packaging was impressive. If you want high shine and a shitload of shimmer, then these beauties are for YOU. I recommend them all.. if you can afford it, get them all. I was only able to purchase Sofia Silver, which is like snow for your lips and perfect for adding a highlight over dark colors or adding shimmer to a matte shade. Charlotte Moka is shown above. It’s a coppery shimmer that is very sheer, and looks really good with a mahogany lip liner.
Do me a favor and at least go try these on. They should be available at Sephora and Nordstroms (and that shitty place called Macys)
I scurried over to the NARS counter before I ended up handing my paycheck over to Dior.. which I would gladly do if I won the lottery. (I actually forgot that I had a Lottery scratcher in my purse until I just typed that. I just scratched it off and I just won $10.. no joke)
Anyway, I headed over to NARS and met a lovely makeup artist by the name of Ben. He knew my correct foundation shade the minute the slimming Nordstrom lighting hit my face. He just knew I was newly crowned Miss. Deauville the moment he set his eyes on me. Deauville is my shade from now until forever. I wasn’t a fan of powder foundation until Ben slapped me in the face with it.
Can you believe this stuff has UVA and UVB protection? SPF 12 and PA++ to boot.
$45 dollars, mirror, velvet application pad, refillable compact.. pricey but very much worth it. Years ago, I was loving MAC Studio Fix, but I broke out within minutes of use. Deauville is my new best friend (sorry, Kat) it’s better than Studio Fix and doesn’t throw a pimple party all over my face.
I didn’t want to walk away from NARS without making a two item purchase… hahah (Salesperson lingo) My wallet saving tip of the day is: only buy the products that made the biggest difference. The blush that Ben showed me clearly helped chisel my features and bring out my cheekbones without looking like I just worked in the coal mines for a week. The color is called Zen and it’s perfect for fair skinned ladies like myself.
See the blush list here: http://www.narscosmetics.com/Blush-C39_category_7.aspx
I also got a GWP.. gift with purchase.. and I think it’s supposed to be some sort of sex oil (hahah) because it really made me think naughty thoughts when I rubbed it on. Let’s just say that the day ended with an Orgasm.. and we are NOT talking the most popular shade of NARS blush.
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