Putting my face on

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

About the sponge/brush~ you can use a brush on liquid make up? Wow, that is an interesting concept. Seriously like painting your face.

Yes! Not everyone likes it. My mom tried it and hated it, so she gave me her brush. I *love* it. I think it goes on more smoothly or more sheer or something than with the sponge.

[Ponine]

Hands I have absolutely NO issue with.
For some reason I am very good to my hands, its my face that I have issues with.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

That eyelash curler looks interesting. Does it take a bit to figure out how to use it? LOL I've only used the old metal ones and yes, thanks for the reminder of the pinch. That hurts so much!

It took a few tries to get right, but once I was shown how to do it properly, I was sold. Never had such attractive lashes with no pinch, no "had to do it a few times to get it to have a curl instead of a kink that makes them just go up. My lashes aren't lush, nor are they long. If mine looked this much better afterward, I wonder what someone would look like if they did have some decent lashes of their own.

About the sponge/brush~ you can use a brush on liquid make up? Wow, that is an interesting concept. Seriously like painting your face.

I love my brush. What I like is that I use hardly any foundation. A little goes a long way with the brush, and it really helps things look natural and not over done.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I love my brush. What I like is that I use hardly any foundation. A little goes a long way with the brush, and it really helps things look natural and not over done.

Okay, I bought the lash curler, and the moisterizer that Ally reccomended via amazon.

Now... about this brush thing....
where did y'all learn this technique?

Obviously I misunderstood at first, and am now very interested.

[BarTopDancer]

Since my two skin tones are transparent and lobster I am a sunscreen junkie.

I use Neutrogena spray sunscreen like it is going out of style. On my face I use Oil of Olay lotion with SPF 15 and the Bare Minerals also has sunblock in it. I forget my ears but my hair is usually down.

A few weeks ago we were down in Crystal Cove. Had lunch in the sun and I turned red. And then a little brown. So there is hope that I can get beyond the two tones this year.

[alphabassettgrrl]

That Dove ad was really interesting. They can do some amazing things with the computer. I saw a site once that was showing all the things they could do for your models to "fix" their "flaws".

And I agree- every girl should feel beautiful just as she is.

Sunscreen? Absolutely. Face, neck, hands, ears. Fifteen usually but higher if I know I'll be in the sun longer. My hands are starting to look like old lady hands; I wasn't always so good about the sunscreen.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

My hands are starting to look like old lady hands; I wasn't always so good about the sunscreen.

Yeah, when I looked at my hands one day I sort of freaked out. They had always looked the same; pudgy little girl hands. The same hands I'd looked at all of my life.

And then they were my mothers hands.

I remember sitting in her room watching her put on all of her creams, Ponds being one and then some cream, Esoterica? for the brown spots.

Now this has me thinking, the nails. When do nails start to look 'old'? What can be done for this????? {those of you who know what I am talking about, well, you know what I mean...}

My feet seem to look alright....for a hobbit....

And yes, we all need to feel that we are beautiful because it isn't all just what people see. When I had put on weight, some people told me that my husband was going to leave me because I didn't look like I had, sort of like I bait and switched. I was so very insulted. Didn't he marry me, for my qualities, not me for what I looked like? How sad and shallow. {oh, and he didn't leave me, I guess it was my qualities...and definitely cooking not being one...}

[Cadaverous Pallor]

A girlfriend of mine and I wandered over to the Clinique counter last weekend to pick her up some of her fav moisturizer. I decided to let the lady in the lab coat have at me with concealer and foundation. She tapped my forehead for ages. When I looked in the mirror I looked...the same. In fact, I thought I looked worse. Same contrast between normal and freckle skin, but paler all over. Lame.

There was also this great moment where I explained the freckle and she said "like sunspots, right?" Yes, like sunspots, a word so heavily laden with baggage that it makes me cringe, but yeah. Then she point-blank asks "how old are you?" and when I promply (and honestly) reply, she says "you sure don't look it." Right. I believe that you mean that, really I do, after you made sure to label the two-inch wide thing on my forehead a sunspot. I guess I should be thankful she didn't call it an age spot.

Anyway, I'd have to go darker to really conceal my Old Age Spot. I'd have to look tan every day. I'm obviously not going to do that.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Anyway, I'd have to go darker to really conceal my Old Age Spot. I'd have to look tan every day. I'm obviously not going to do that.

Did you see my comment about it being caused by the pill?

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

A girlfriend of mine and I wandered over to the Clinique counter last weekend to pick her up some of her fav moisturizer. I decided to let the lady in the lab coat have at me with concealer and foundation. She tapped my forehead for ages. When I looked in the mirror I looked...the same. In fact, I thought I looked worse. Same contrast between normal and freckle skin, but paler all over. Lame.

There was also this great moment where I explained the freckle and she said "like sunspots, right?" Yes, like sunspots, a word so heavily laden with baggage that it makes me cringe, but yeah. Then she point-blank asks "how old are you?" and when I promply (and honestly) reply, she says "you sure don't look it." Right. I believe that you mean that, really I do, after you made sure to label the two-inch wide thing on my forehead a sunspot. I guess I should be thankful she didn't call it an age spot.

Anyway, I'd have to go darker to really conceal my Old Age Spot. I'd have to look tan every day. I'm obviously not going to do that.

Hit up Sephora (I'll go with you if you want ) and try out some of their stuff. The other nice thing about them is they have testers galore and make-up remover. So you can play and experiment to your hearts content. I'm sure there is a solution to cover that spot without looking tan every day. You just haven't found it yet.