Walgreen's was featuring this in their store not too long ago, plus they had Light-Medium foundation and a blush open to try. I was able to sample both in the store on the back of my hand. I bought Light. The foundation comes in 3 shades, as does the blush.

How does it work?
I have no idea, but it's quite a fun little technology! The makeup looks white, but as you trace circles with it on your skin, it becomes the shade for your skin. Ditto for the blush, which has a pinker tone to begin with. How have they figured out this magic!

Does it work?
Yes, surprisingly, it actually does, though I don't know if Light (the lightest shade) would work for skin lighter than mine or if Medium (the darkest shade) would work for darkest dark. If you are either of those categories and have tried this makeup, let me know how it works for you.

Foundation: Your skin only better
Your skin only better is my description of this foundation.
It looks as good on Book Girl, as it does on me. Light on her looks completely different than Light on me, so it really does change color with your skin. It is a bit deeper and more olive on her, but her perfect shade. She's borrowed mine a couple of times now.

How do you apply it?
The SA told me to trace circles on my skin. I think this is the best way because the circles will overlap each other. There would be no possibility for streaking.

Coverage?
It is more sheer than some foundations, but it offers more coverage than a moisturizer with color.
I think you could layer up for more coverage; it seems buildable. I don't have any trouble with streaking, but if you didn't blend it out, you might.

Coverage on Hands if you want to soften dark marks on your hands
The SA applied some on the back of her hands, and it covered sufficiently to soften age/sun marks on her hand by partially camouflaging them. It covers more fully on your face, if you use powder.

What I like is how easy you could apply more, whenever you washed your hands. Plus it isn't heavy, so it wouldn't smudge onto other things, such as your clothes, assuming you were careful in applying it.

How about men?
I've read of at least one man wearing this makeup for natural coverage, or as I put it, his skin only better.

Let me know if you try it!

Blush:
The blush looks pink-white in the tube, but it changes when it's applied. I bought pink. It also comes in Natural and Berry. I used the blush both as rouge and blush -- under and over my powder. It also looked good on Book Girl.

Here's what it looked like:

I'm glad I didn't buy the Light-Medium, though that color looked good on my hand.

My take:
This is a fun trick up your repertoire. The key would be how well it matched each person's skin. It worked for me. Because I can't answer that question with my sample of 2 (Book Girl and me) I'd have to give it 3* or 4* out of 5. It's pretty amazing to see it change color before your eyes.

Do you wear this?
Have you tried this?

Karin
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Originally posted 2009-09-26 11:58:16.

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I've been captivated by the current ads for Maybelline Smokey Eyes. The Emerald Smokey Eye ad was simply gorgeous, so I thought I would use some colors I already have to get a similar look.

Green is always a good color with my eyes, whether teals, avocado, or khaki. And I hadn't tried these samples from Meow yet.

Eyes:
Base: MAC Luna, then Meow
Lids: Meow Leona H ScandalEyes, sage green --brighter avocado
Crease and drylined top and bottom: Sourpuss Purrl IdealEyes, olive green with bronze shimmer -- looks like deeper avocado
Tightlined: MAC blackgraph with earthline on the bottom

Lips: All Arbonne
Illusion Lipstick + Gleam Prep and Plump -- then lined with Nice to give it definition

What do you think?
I thought this turned out well. It's a lovely neutral, not as vibrant as the Maybelline quad which I decided to buy.

Here's what it looks like:

Target's prices are better than Walgreen's, but Target did not have the Emerald quad.

Karin
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Originally posted 2009-09-12 22:18:37.

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