I was going for the look of the new Shiseido ad or the cover of Allure with Taylor Swift on it. Both feature bright red lips. For the sense of vibrancy, it reminded me of Anja’s look in a Theme Week at Aromaleigh.

Shiseido’s ad is likely photo shopped to get such white skin. What a gorgeous picture! What a gorgeous woman!

You can see the Allure cover, here.

I used the lightest shade of makeup I have, which is too light for me, then used white liquid highlighter over much of it to get it even lighter.

It’s too red and too bright for day unless it were December, but we are going to a party tonight, and I think the look will translate well.

Sorry for the smudge here on the eye. I took care of it after the pictures.

Eyes: AL Balsam in crease
Pencil lined: Maybelline navy blue on top; MAC Light as Air, bright blue on lower with Sephora Flashy Silver white in the waterline
Dry Lined: AL Swank top and lower
Then AL Spaceoddity, then AL disintegration rocks! glam glitter to bring it more turquoise like the Shiseido ad
Brows: La Prairie pencil

Primer: AL
Foundation: Tova cream Lightest of lightest duo
Highlight: Clinique Zero Base A white, very shimmery liquid. I’d prefer it to be half as shimmery.
Powder: my sparkly mix
Lips: Shiseido 104

What do you think?

Karin

Originally posted 2009-03-28 14:43:58.

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Eyes:
Base: Beauticontrol Pink
Revlon Lilac Shimmer Perle (has sparks)
This will be my alternate to Queen Phyllis (which is off white.)
Milani #06 Royalty, also wetlined lower (remember the spark on this is only on the top — too bad — so now there is no spark on mine)
Lined top and lower: Shiseido Soft Black liquid
Over lined: Avon blue sparkle gel

Imagine a line down the center of my face.
I used the same primer, cream blush and my sparkly powder mix on both sides of my face. I used Revlon Age Defying Spa Face Illuminator in Light Pink 020 up the center of my face. The only difference is the foundation.

My Left side Cover Girl 210 Simply Ageless cream foundation — made to camouflage effects of aging.
My Right side Maybelline Matte Mousse #2

Until you compare it when applying it, the Matte really doesn’t look particularly matte. But in comparison the CG is slightly illuminating. CG would be the one that would lift lines by illumination.

The difference is very subtle, but the CG definitely is more illuminating.

The cream feels quite creamy, but not oily. The mousse feels like it glides on, so it likely has some kind of ‘cone in it. I like them both. If I were in the least bit worried about a T-zone in summer, I’d use the mousse. As it is, I can wear either of them year round. The colors I used are pretty nearly identical.

CG has an interesting way to determine what color you use. I bought mine at CVS, which didn’t have it, but at Target they had a chart. You place your hand under it, and when your skin disappears into the sheer chart, that is the color for you. Based on that, I bought 210, which is perfect for me.

Comparing

Lips: AL Pout + Karma + Silver Sparkles up the center

Showing the sparkle of the shadow:

Have you tried these two foundations?
What do you think? I like them both.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a FOTD, just lazy I guess! This is one of my favorite color combinations. I keep the two shades together so I don’t forget how nicely they go together. But I had forgotten how I had worn them the last time, because it had been a while. So today was just how it felt at the time.

Eyes: the usual mascara and brow
BE Primer, then Queen Phyllis for a smooth surface
Outer corners: AL lulu lustre
Inner corners and drylined lower: AL tanaquil lustre
Lined top and lower: Tidal Wavegel liner
Tightlined top and lower: MAC shade fluidline

Face:
Maybelline Matte Mousse # 1 — I usually use # 3. In RL this does not look this light — it looks too light when photographed. I used # 3 to contour my lower cheeks.
Highlight up the center: Revlon (new) (pink)
Chanel stick rouge
My sparkly mix of powder
Lancome Petticoat Pink Cream Blush

Lips: AL Pout with a bit of sparkle in the center
Just a simple lip, but such a pretty color, neutral, but with a touch of pink.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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This was yesterday’s FOTD.

Mary Kay Eyes, except where noted:
Crease: Blue Metal
Inner corners: Chocolate Kiss
Outer corners: Steel — then more blue over it, as it didn’t show up well
Lower dry line: Blue Metal
Tight Lined top: Borghese Charcoal
Lined lower waterline: MAC graphblack, then earthline below it
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Stiletto + Tarte on the lower lashes
Concealer:

Primer:
Foundation: Chanel, discontinued
Rouge under powder:
Powder: my sparkly mix
Blush: YSL Touche Blush 19

Lips: Too Faced + Beauté to rim
Caspian Pencil topped with Shell Gloss + Allure to rim

I liked these shades of blue.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-02 08:06:38.

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I’ve played with this set for several days changing placement of the colors, but I didn’t take any pictures until today. Generally I don’t wear gold or brown shadows very well, but these are quite nice.

Maybelline Eyestudio 05 Give Me Gold
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Lips:
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2009 was a good year. Any time one’s health is good, and that of one’s family and friends, it is a good year. Then throw in a few good times, a lotta good perfumes, some good books and movies, and it becomes a very good year indeed.

It’s always nice to put some thought into those things we love.

Best Perfumery Trends in 2009:
It has to be oud, which is everywhere, suddenly for us in the west, but always a presence in the east. I am not located in a place easy for access to many of these, so I’m personally limited in knowledge to the ones I’ve sampled.

Kilian Pure Oud

First, perfumes.
As for perfumes, remember I’m in the back of beyond as far as easily sniffing some of the lines, so if you have a favorite or are a favorite, if I have samples, I’ll be glad to add my voice.

Best expensive niche:
Andy Tauer Une Rose Chyprée: A wearable rose, with vintage aspects, not quite dirty.
Anything by Ormonde Jayne or Andy Tauer or Ayala Moriel or Neil Morris or…

Best less expensive niche
Anything by Sonoma Scent.

Best in fragrances more easily found, some niche:
Kilian Back to Black
Kilian Pure Oud
Guerlain exclusives, take your pick. I like a number of them, including Moscow, Double Vanilla, 68, Chypre Fatale, La Petite Robe Noire…then there’s also Mon Precieux Nectar…I buy from Guerlain @ Palazzo in Las Vegas, ask for Claire. Call (702) 732-7008 or email: GuerlainPalazzo.STORE@lvmhuspc.com. Be sure to tell him that you heard it from me. (I saw them recently on a trip more locally, but the sales agent blew the sale with me. That’ll teach her, LOL!)

Serge Lutens, take your pick.
Prada, the original, and L’eau Ambree.
Chanel exclusives — I like Coromandel.

Best surprising fragrances
Le Jardin Retrouvé should be more fully known. I was glad to get a chance to review them.

Best inexpensive fragrances
Make Me Smooth
Bathed and Infused

Skin care that really works:
These are not new for 2009, but they still are going strong, and more importantly, work.

Best Moderate to expensive
Arbonne products RE9 or FC5; RE9 for the body is terrific.
Estee Lauder New Perfectionist CP+
La Prairie Cellular Anti-wrinkle Firming Serum; Cellular Hydrating is good too.

Best inexpensive skincare
Avon Ultimate Gold or Anew Alternative Intensive Age Treatment

Best cosmetic trends 2009
Minerals, everywhere. Some much better than others in texture and look.

Best color products, Not Mineral
High end
Chanel

Less expensive
Arbonne
Aromaleigh
Maybelline
NYX

Best lip gloss
MAC dazzlers comes in first
Beaute
Arbonne
Chanel

Best mineral niche
Aromaleigh or Fyrinnae

Best new product
Kindle 2 International — would be made better if it incorporated the ease of reading library ebooks, if our library had any. Please send us a free wireless download to add this in order to be competitive with Sony’s ereader. (Elena, you will really enjoy yours! Congrats on receiving it as a gift this Christmas.)

The best things in life are still free
You can find a gazillion free ebooks to read on your Kindle or other ebook reader before you even consider buying any ebooks.

Don’t forget to take time to view sunrises or sunsets or enjoy seeing bodies of water, free to all if we but take the time.

Internet friendships that become RL friendships. This is an amazing time we live in, when we can be instantly connected to friends around the world. You know who you are! I regularly keep in touch with friends in Europe and China, as well as at home from coast to coast. Not to mention checking in on blogs and yahoogroups I love that originate anywhere.

The qualities of hope, inspiration, gratitude, happiness, safety…

Don’t forget prayer…

What are your favorites?

I’m sure I left something out…
If I think of anything amazing, I will add it as the day goes on…

Have a good one!

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

Check out the other particpants:

http://mossyloomings.blogspot.com

http://1000fragrances.blogspot.com/

http://ayalasmellyblog.blogspot.com/

http://bittergracenotes.blogspot.com/

http://qwendy.typepad.com/shoescakeperfume/

http://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.html

http://www.scenthive.com

http://olfactarama.blogspot.com/

http://journal.illuminatedperfume.com/

http://arosebeyondthethames.blogspot.com/

http://thenonblonde.blogspot.com/

http://underthecupola.blogspot.com/

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Maybelline Eyestudio 20 Sapphire Siren
4 colors: sparkly white; medium toned sparkly teal; medium toned sparkly bright blue; sparkly deep gray almost-black

I’m not sure if the sparkly goes all the way through. I believe it does not. I wish shadows would not show sparkly if it doesn’t go all the way through.

The look is similar to yesterday, just a tad deeper. I like the colors. I will not like them as well if there is no sparkly, as was the case with the Milano shadows.

What do you think?
Have you tried these?

Karin
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I was struck by how pretty all the colors were in this new display, plus the price is right, about $9.99 each at Walgreen’s. It’s a little tricky going from a mineral loose powder to controlling how much to grab on your brush from a regular shadow. But I was happy with the way this turned out.

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I don’t know if the sparkly goes all the way through. I’m guessing it does not.
4 colors: from a beige to a copper; light aqua; medium slate blue.

Arbonne Delicious lip plump gloss (a red)

Have you tried these?
What do you think?

Have a great day!

Karin
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Is Spinlash a gimmick? or a gimmick that has found its time? It’s interesting that so many oscillating, spinning, and vibrating mascaras have come out at about the same time. Perhaps an inventor made a presentation to a major company — and was turned down, similar to the story of the variating wiper blades for cars — and then the idea folks at the major companies brought out their own spin, pun intended.

Ah well, we consumers reap the benefits.

I had not heard of Spinlash mascara — I’d missed all the TV ads — until my 13 yo came home and told me that one of her good friends had it. Did she like it? yes. Did it work? yes. And she wanted one…and wanted one… She’s new to mascara and doesn’t like it to look like she has it on, particularly, and definitely doesn’t want any heavier places or clumps.

So, when I found one, I bought it to give it a try.

Here’s what it looked like on me today. And this is the first time I’ve used it on the bottom lashes.

On the whole, the mascara is great. The wand is bigger than most and a tad heavier. There are dual buttons that work nicely to spin the brush in opposite directions depending on whether you are doing upper or lower lashes.

It goes on smoothly. I don’t like to do multiple coats, so it took a couple of day’s applications to figure out how hard to press the brush into my lashes to get the amount of mascara that I wanted.

It worked easier on the bottom lashes today than I had expected.

Unlike Lancome’s Oscillation mascara, this brush doesn’t have any particular sensation when you use it. LO can be addictive simply for the little fairy finger massage your lashes get. And sometimes do-it-yourself massage pampering is a very good thing.

Try it, you’ll like it.

Karin
5 for how the mascara lasts and doesn’t flake or smudge
5 for ease of application once you get the hang of it
3 for size of the wand, it’s a bit bulky
1 that you can’t change out the battery
4 for price $14.95, less than Lancome, more than Stiletto

Originally posted 2009-03-04 09:13:52.

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It pays to wander around CVS because you have some of their coupons.

If you don’t have one of their little cards/numbers that track your purchases, you are missing out on a lot of freebies. And meantime, you shop the store because the coupons expire (I’ve been known to not use one and find it when it is out of date.)

I had some coupons burning a hole in my pocket, so I decided to buy more of the Revlon gloss that I liked so well. While wondering around, I noticed they had several coupons out: buying $20 of certain Revlon products gave you a $10 coupon. Ditto for something similar with Milani products, buying $10, gave you a coupon — might have been for $10, can’t remember now.

I used my free coupon on the Revlon gloss (I bought 3) which gave me $10 and I turned around and used it for another one.

In Milani, I bought two eyeshadows. They come in round packaging. One was Royalty; the other was Coffee Shop. Royalty is a beautiful orchid color, shot with irridescent, blue-purple glitter. CS is a gorgeous cross between brown and copper, shot with copper gloss. Unfortunately, the glitter is only on the top and not through them. I’m using the color only in one spot so I can see the glitter they used with it.

It almost seems like deceptive packaging. This has happened to me with other brands.

There is one, though, that is shot clear through, made by Vincent Longo. I have it in several colors: flesh, black, and a copper shade.

I have plenty of glitter from Aromaleigh that I love and can top the Milani ones with — that’s not the point. It just seems too bad that they didn’t put it all through the product. I’m going to tell the SA next time I see her.

Lid: light neutral beige with glitter
Crease: Royalty
Outer corners: CS
Topped with: AL Rocks Glitter, Shake it up
Lined bottom with Mac Black on waterline and MAC brown just below it
Mascara: Maybelline Stiletto on top; Lancome mini on bottom

Now what lipgloss do you think this is? I have no idea, and I thought I’d remember, so I didn’t list it above. I think it is gorgeous! Perhaps it is the Rimmel? I’ll try that again tomorrow.

It is Revlon Lipgloss 020 Pink Afterglow. It has subtle sparkles in it.

Karin

Royalty and CS 5 for color
-3 that glitter was only on top of the product
2 overall rating because I really hate that!

Originally posted 2009-02-28 12:05:03.

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Eyes:
Base: MAC Luna, then BE Queen Phyllis
Trish Face Essentials 10 — I’ve had this quad for a long time, but I’ve used it infrequently, because while I liked the idea of it, I didn’t like the execution. This set leans towards pink and is softer in tone than the other set I bought which leans towards apricot. The left most color is a brown-pink blush, but it can be used on the eyes. The other colors are beige, brown, and navy. Like the Arbonne sets for Smokey or Aubrey Eyes, the darkest color can be blended with the brown to deepen the depth.

Wetlined lower: MAC Fascinating (white)
Drylined: Navy from the Trish set
Tightlined lower: MAC blackgraph
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Maybelline Pulse Perfection Blackest Black

I was happy with the way this turned out today. I think the MAC liners snapped it. I’ll definitely try this again.

Primer: Smashbox
Foundation and concealer: La Prairie
Rouge: Chanel Raspberry under my sparkly powder mix
Blush: Maybelline Dream Mousse 25, then Arbonne Promise

Lips:
Arbonne Bubblegum, then Delicious gloss in the center of the bottom lip

What do you think?

Karin
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These are similar to the Maybelline Smokey shadow quads, but they are less deep in color, though the placement is the same.

Left: 20 Velvet Crush
Right: 32 Lavender Fields

If you would like to try a more subtle smokey look, these are for you. I liked them a lot.

I also thought it would be fun to try colors between the quads or use some of the deep colors as liners or outer corners with other brands, but so far I haven’t tried that.

The colors seem quite lush and buildable, though subtle.

Have you tried these?
These are very reasonably priced at ~$5 from Target (~$6.50 from Walgreen’s), so it is definitely doable to try more than one. There are quite a few more colors than what I chose to choose from.

Karin
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Today’s look (Weds.)
These colors are all rather subtle lavender browns.

Eyes and Mascara Maybelline
Lavender Fields is a lovely soft lavender, leaning into a bit of brown.
Tightlined: Clinique Starry Plum pencil — I wanted a softer liner compared to MAC blackgraph or Arbonne’s Eclipse. It was the look I was going for.

Lips: MAC Rags to Riches gloss

Karin
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Tuesday recap: This ranges from soft pink, through two browns, on to a very pretty deep blue-gray. It gives a soft smokey look.

Eyes:
Shadows: Maybelline 20 Velvet Crush
Mascara: Pulse Perfection
These colors aren’t true: the top two and the left are more brown, with the lightest having some pink.

This picture shows how nice the mascara is.
Lips: Avon Beach Plum

Karin
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This is a recap of Monday’s look. Normally I wouldn’t choose browns, because they don’t do a lot for brown eyes, but these browns are quite beautiful. The lightest color is a beige; the other colors range from medium taupe-brown, to almost a black brown.

Eyes:
Shadows: Maybelline 02 Natural Smokes
Mascara: Pulse Perfection Blackest Black

Lips: MAC Rags to Riches gloss

Karin
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don’t steal my posts — you know who you are!

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