Beauty

[dosey]

Just bee, I have an apple corer/slicer like the ones you posted.  Isn't that a handy little thing?  One good press and the job is done.

[dosey]

Well, darn!  I have no empties to report.  Still very close.  I did give another eyeshadow palette to DD.  That's it.

[just bee]

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@dosey wrote:

Just bee, I have an apple corer/slicer like the ones you posted.  Isn't that a handy little thing?  One good press and the job is done.

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I guess I don't understand why someone would spend so much on packaged apple slices when it's more economical to slice your apples with this amazing kitchen tool.  I love gadgets!

We give our patients sack lunches and recently started adding apples and oranges which, of course, end up in the trash.  I drive around Albuquerque -- a city in one of the poorest states in the union -- and I see whole apples discarded on sidewalks.  When Honeycrisps are $16.97 at Costco and I have to choose a cheaper apple, it makes me ill to see perfectly good produce wasted on city streets.

Again, it's the end of Western civilization as we know it.

[just bee]

Baby barn owl, Rocky, is doing well.

Down the hatch!

He had two rats last night; what are you having for dinner?

It's curry here in ABQ.  Better-half's in the kitchen now, chopping away.

[just bee]

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@rnmom wrote:

As far as ComPacting goes, I've been pretty much flush over here. Some items have been coming in, some items have been going out. I've tossed several products that I just don't care for, especially makeup, but I've also bought some replacements. I've also used up some items. I want to try to go cruelty free as much as possible, so the makeup I've bought has been Physicians Formula so far, and I've tossed some Benefit, Sephora, Covergirl. I still have a lot of those brands here, but I tossed the items that I didn't really like anyway. 

I'm trying to find a replacement for my Ponds cleanser too and ordered some oils and facial wash from Vitacost to try. Ponds is basically just mineral oil anyway, so I'm going to try and switch to coconut oil or joboba/castor oil, etc. and see if it works as well and will be cruelty free. 

It's a work in progress for sure, but I'm getting there! By the end of the year I'd love to be just down to products that i use and love and don't have to worry about ComPacting anymore. I've been doing this for a couple of years now too and it's wearing on me. I'm just about ready to toss everything and start over with just the basics!

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Yes, me too.  I couldnt agree more. I feel the same way.  

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That's the goal!  That was the original plan: Find what works and stick with it.  Simplifies your life.  But I understand the frustration.  I still have clothes in my closets that aren't worn and I fantasize about donating everything and starting over with the most basic of wardrobes.  The purge continues.

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

Baby barn owl, Rocky, is doing well.

Down the hatch!

He had two rats last night; what are you having for dinner?

It's curry here in ABQ.  Better-half's in the kitchen now, chopping away.

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No rats for me--it's a meat-free Friday for me.🐀🙊

[aprilskies]

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@just bee wrote:

Baby barn owl, Rocky, is doing well.

Down the hatch!

He had two rats last night; what are you having for dinner?

It's curry here in ABQ.  Better-half's in the kitchen now, chopping away.

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My Grandma, what a big mouth you have. 

[aprilskies]

Well, I depoted a couple small 6 pan eyeshadow palettes and, yup, yup, fail. Note to self, when depoting  eyeshadows, do not multitask. It wouldn't of been hard either if I took the time to melt the glue a bit longer.  Of course, I experimented on cheap shadows.  Not sure I will keep these anyway, the quality isn't the best. I will try again though with a bit more patience, 

[aprilskies]

Makeup is a funny thing.  Why is it that one day it can look great and the next a powdery mess. 

I, too, am close on a few more empties.  One I have a replacement for already and the rest I am not repurchasing.  My backlog is slowly going down. Never again with backlogs. 

[just bee]

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@aprilskies wrote:

Makeup is a funny thing.  Why is it that one day it can look great and the next a powdery mess. 

I, too, am close on a few more empties.  One I have a replacement for already and the rest I am not repurchasing.  My backlog is slowly going down. Never again with backlogs. 

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Sometimes I think it's more about technique and what's right for your skin type and coloring and not the brand or the price.  I think I solved my recent powdery mess: I'm using less shadow and now there's less on my lenses.

There's a thread here about "mature" women: Is less more?  I think it's true for younger women as well.  There seems to be a trend now for a more natural look and I hope it continues.  For me, my face is a palette and I tend to use watercolors instead of oils.  Not a lot of layering.  I've always believed in bringing attention to the best feature and taking focus away from the feature that needs no emphasis.  For most women, it's a choice between eyes and lips. 

In the 60s my mother worked with a beautiful English girl who was a real headturner.  Without makeup she was invisible.  But with makeup... wow.  She always said that if her apartment was on fire and she could only save one thing it would be her eyeliner.

Of course, in the 60s, that was the trend.  Think Twiggy.  Big eyes and subtle lips.  As a creature who was influenced by the British Invasion, I tend to follow that rule.  Emphasis is on the peepers. 

As I age, however, my lips require some attention.  They're disappearing and I know I look better with a little color and shine, but I just don't like lipstick.  Haven't owned a tube since the 90s and ended up throwing away a draw full of colors because they weren't being used.  The right color is crucial.  And it seems like most women choose the wrong lip colors.

I had a signature color in the 80s and I found it accidentally.  I went to Longs and found a tube of Almay in the discontinued makeup bin.  Gray tube, pinkish-rose product.  I think it was called Barely Blush.  I ended up searching every store in the Bay Area, trying to buy up every last tube before it was gone forever.

I do need to get back into the habit of using some product on my mouth.  Lip balm isn't enough.  But I know it has to be subtle.  Without a little something, the "painting" looks unfinished.  That makes me suspect that attention is drawn to my naked lips -- the opposite of what I want.  Maybe I will make that my summer goal: Use up all those glosses I have but leave in the drawer.

That will also address the "backlog."