Beauty

[Azcowgirl]

Wondering if anyone has found a nice drug store option ?

[chickenmoo]

On 1/2/2014 wildcat fan said: Is there an ingredient to avoid if you want to be camera ready? I've seen some red carpet moments where the cameras photographed lots of illumination smears that apparently weren't visible to the naked eye. I wonder if that's an issue with application or ingredients in the powder.

I read somewhere that its from improper blending. You don't have that problem if you use correctives *under* your makeup. There are really great contour/highlight products (Ben Nye has a great cream) you can apply, then buff on a foundation over-top. That way it blends down the contouring while still allowing it to do it's job. It takes a very skilled makeup artist to put highlighter/contour *over* makeup--and that's where you can get the visible "oopsies" going on.lol I've personally been using the Ben Nye cream contour/highlighters for a few months now and love them!!! After Melissa Joan Hart's highligter horror, I will never use anything on top of my foundation--only underneath.

AZcowgirl, L'Oreal has a MagicLumi pen that you can use like a sheer highlighter. Its the only product I would dare to use on top of my foundation, because it blends well and just lightens--not shimmer, shine or anything like that..more like a sheer, light concealer.

[crush]

One trick that I use is that normally I dust on the illuminating powder BEFORE my regular foundation (I do use a powder foundation...mostly Laura Geller Bal. & Brighten or IT Cosmetics Celebration Foundation). The illumination just sort of "glows" beneath the powder foundation. If I do want more of a pop, I can put it on after the foundation.

[Wackers3]

I've been using an Illuminating Moisturizer by PTR and love it. I use it solo, under JM's Protect and Prevent SPF Moisturizer or Dr P's NFF or combine it with the TM. Really like this product but think he might be discontinuing it.

Maybelline just came out with a new cosmetic grouping and they have an illuminating powder in it. It has multiple shades of color in it, in little triangles, likely to complement different skin tones. I don't know if it contains any shimmer as I haven't tried it. It is in that same group with the new cream blush someone raved about the other day here on the BB. It's new so many drugstores are showing it where they have their new product displays.

I do think the brush can make a big difference as all those positive reviews on the IT Illuminating Powder all mentioned how important the included brush was for applying this to get the best finish.