Starting Over - Page 2

San Antonio Gal · ‎05-18-2017

@lavendar wrote:
I meant to say my black mascara looked dreadful.

@lavendar - I heard Bobbie Brown recently say that you should always use black mascara. She said black mascara will make your eyes pop more so than brown. Perhaps you could try another black one?

Essence "Lash Princess" makes a great mascara for 5.00. If you decide to try it, it's the black one with the green writing.

Essence Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara #1

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Shanus Right now I don't know whether to de-friend you or send you a huge thank you! Probably the latter!

Your above post about using less solidified a thought that has been floating in my head for about 2 weeks. SO, I just spent two hours digging out and throwing away makeup and skin care, cleaning drawers, the cabinet in the bathroom, emergency makeup bags, a small box under the bed and my bathroom vanity drawers.

It wasn't that I really had that much, but things were scattered and stuck here and there. The little box (like a small shoe box) under the bed had some skin care I no longer like but thought I might use, and a few makeup brushes, and the nail-file stash I had lost! LOL!!! So that's all gone!

It was mostly things like scrubs I'd gotten free, toners I didn't like and that ilk! BUT tomorrow is trash day and it's all on the curb! Thanks to you!!!!!

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@Sooner So, I assume you decided on a Thank You? Lol

I figure if it's samples...it owes you nothing, so a toss is fine. Any makeup or skincare that's old (old enough you don't remember you had it) should probably go out, too.

Anything that you purchased and didn't like or enjoy, well in that case, the money's been spent, can't get it back, so why jam drawers full of those things?

Going through everything gives you the space to enjoy (and see) the items you love, right?

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@lavendar wrote:
@Stanus To qoutone Dolly Parton" I takes a lot of money to look this cheap."

I make every effort to play to look more natural. My copper e/l is really a bronze and is dark enough to show.

I am very fair and dark blonde. I saw a photo. The mascara was black and look ended. I changed to brown mascara.

I have good skin but it looks better with tinted moisture. Sonetimes I do a quick minela veil. I am so fair I'm always take the fairest color in foundation.

My eyelashes and brown are blonde. Without mascara I look like a bunny rabbit.

My eyeliner is more of a bronze and does show up.

Like you, I try to make my m/u as subtle as possible.

I really enjoy reading your posts.

@lavendar I appreciate the compliment.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

ITA @San Antonio Gal . That's probably why brown mascara is so difficult to find. On the rack w/ the L'Oreal mascara I wear, even the brown/black or just black is always left. The Blackest Black shade is the first to sell out.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Shanus Yes! It's absolutely "thank you." After I had a good nap. . .

catwoman48 · ‎07-02-2011

Nikole Johnson, not Jackson, or you’ll never find her on YouTube!

lavendar · ‎03-10-2010

I think even Bobbi Brown would put me in brown mascara. It's become hard to find; I started having problems about three years ago. Dior stopped making one I really liked. I can still find Benefit.

There's another reason I don't like black mascara. I have Sjogren's syndrome which means my eyes are very sensitive. Black seems to be harsher and more irritating. I did stage m/u in college and when I taught high school. We had pros who I learned a lot from.

.My fifty two year old niece has similar coloring. When she saw me in brown mascara she threw out her black. Just for readheads.com has some great items for redheads and blondes.

Re cream m/u etc. I agree but sometimes I make an exception. In the winter I do wear IT cc foundation. It's heavier than I need but I always get compliments when I wear it. I really like cream to powder items but it's hard to find. Laura Geller makes a really nice blush.

I am told I don't look my age. When I was in the hospital last year the nurses were a riot; they kept asking me what I did to look younger. Finally I wrote down, "use a sunblock and retina micro" and sent it to the nurses lounge. I couldn't stop laughing; I had just gotten a transfusion.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@Shanus wrote:
@Sooner So, I assume you decided on a Thank You? Lol

I figure if it's samples...it owes you nothing, so a toss is fine. Any makeup or skincare that's old (old enough you don't remember you had it) should probably go out, too.

Anything that you purchased and didn't like or enjoy, well in that case, the money's been spent, can't get it back, so why jam drawers full of those things?

Going through everything gives you the space to enjoy (and see) the items you love, right?

@Shanus - I need to clean out too. Could you give us your advice on how long to keep products?

I have some Laura Geller Baked blushes I still use that I bought years ago. I think those are OK. I also have Baked eyeshadows from a while back.

What about eyeliner pencils (that you have to sharpen) or gel pencils.

I assume you will say to get rid of any liquid foundations "of a certain age "!

Any other advice on tossing or keeping? I do read different articles, but I trust YOU!

@Sooner - Congratulations on your successful clean out. You are my hero!