I have always liked makeup but as I age, I have become more interested in it.
My husband took a photo of me for a campaign for local government and I saw smile lines (or crow's feet, whichever you prefer to call them) next to my eyes. This just got real!
I have always used whatever was cheap or on sale, not really paying attention to brands but then I fell in love with Clinique's Three Step line. I love their face scrub too. The face lotion just made my face feel like a baby's butt. I don't splurge often but honestly, when I get whatever brand is on sale, I don't feel as good about my skin.
So what is next? Well, I sold Mary Kay for a while and I didn't like their products really. I stopped using anti-aging lotions after I found out more about Retinol. I tried to order Mary Kay after not selling it anymore, but I found that I was just disappointed with the products for some reason or another.
I next tried LipSense. I haven't worn lipstick in probably 10 years, other than a rare occasion, and feel funny in anything that is not nude or almost nude. But, I had a friend who had a LipSense party and I loved her lipstick, so I had one of my own. I ordered a lipstick and an eye shadow. I hate the eye shadow after using it a few times. But I LOVE the lipstick! Figures, I'd love a lipstick that costs me $25 for the color, $20 for the gloss sealer and $10 for the remover in case I want it to come off easily or I make a mistake putting it on! But I have yet to find a lipstick I really like better. Plus there is a guarantee with it that if I don't like it, I can get my money back.
Apparently, one of my other friends sells LipSense now too and she turned me on to their foundation. She says that she uses it and it has changed her skin. She is my age and she says it has made her look younger since using it. So I am going to give it a whirl. I am used to Cover Girl Creamy Natural and when I run out I get whatever is on sale and every time it seems I am disappointed or get the wrong shade. Even if I buy Cover Girl, if I buy another product like the pressed foundation or a different type of foundation (they have so many out there now) and I get the same color as usual, it disappoints. So I use it up because I am frugal when I can be and by the time I use it up, I forget what color was the color I liked and what was not, and which kind of foundation I liked and which I didn't. So, I thought I could give the MakeSense Foundation a try. Here goes nothing....and $50.
My eye lashes are also an issue with me. I find one mascara that I like then I try another because it is on sale and it leaves me unhappy. My favorite so far, I can't even remember the name but I remember the container if I see it, but I can remember I paired it with Loreal Lash Boosting Serum. I tried Mary Kay's Lash Intensity Mascara with the Lash Primer but it really didn't give me the look I wanted. So I go back to the drawing board again. I have another friend who is selling Younique and I have seen her Lash Serum and her Mascara and if it can do that for me, I am game! She was having a secret grab bag where you pay $20 and you get an item shipped to you of her choice. I got the Esteem Lash Serum so hopefully I will love it, it is regular $42. And I just bought some mascara to go with it. Their Epic Mascara regular $24.
So here I go! Join me on my journey to discover if I really am a makeup snob or not!
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