Hi! Yes I have some seriously oily skin. I don't have a great skin care routine down yet but I use a cleanser by cetaphil made for oily skin... can't remember the name of it at the moment but it's in a white bottle with a purple pump. I have the same line's moisturizer but I like boots expert oil controlling moisturizer better. my full oil controlling makeup routine: Cover fx concealer (I used to have bad cystic acne. Still get one or two here and there but the only thing that helped get rid of most of them was going off hormonal b/c. Now I mostly use concealer to cover dark red marks left by my cpap mask. ) Dr Brandt pores no more primer NYX blotting powder (or too faced cocoa powder foundation) Hourglass immaculate foundation A light dusting of setting powder... love my pumpkin and poppy glow powder in celestial.
I use the NYX blotting powder for mid day touch ups too.
I found that In the summer the above routine is just too heavy. So on warm days (or when I just don't have the time) I use too faced cocoa powder foundation with my pumpkin and poppy powder and just deal with having to do a few more mid day touchups
I'll look in to some of these products! I would love something light like you mentioned because it's super hot and humid here most of the year. I've never heard of Pumpkin and Poppy, but I'll check it out. Thanks!
Not sure where you are at *unless your screen name is indicative of your geography... lol* but HSN has the Too Faced Cocoa Powder and kabuki brush set for $39 right now, which is a good buy because individually those two items are both $34 each. With free shipping. (I'm not sure if they ship internationally, however. If that applies to you, you'd just have to check.) And you could probably find a coupon floating around the internet that would make that an even better deal.
I'll look in to some of these products! I would love something light like you mentioned because it's super hot and humid here most of the year. I've never heard of Pumpkin and Poppy, but I'll check it out. Thanks!
Not sure where you are at *unless your screen name is indicative of your geography... lol* but HSN has the Too Faced Cocoa Powder and kabuki brush set for $39 right now, which is a good buy because individually those two items are both $34 each. With free shipping. (I'm not sure if they ship internationally, however. If that applies to you, you'd just have to check.) And you could probably find a coupon floating around the internet that would make that an even better deal.
yep and the Naked Pallets were in the €70+ range.
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OMG this is crazy! I just bought a naked 2 in Spain a few weeks ago and paid €48 which I thought was totally crazy, but I guess it could be worse.
Do you ever fly anywhere through Singapore? I planned my recent layover there so I could go to Sephora . The prices were definitely higher than US prices, but way lower than what you're talking about.
Yeah, I don't use the Clarasonic on the area I'm broken out. The woman at the Estee Lauder counter I went to yesterday told me I needed to use my Clarasonic on my acne and be really vigorous "to really scrape out all that bad stuff that's in there." Oooookay. Thanks for that awesome advice.
OMG. Worst. Advice. Ever. I have a Clarasonic, and even with the most delicate brush head they have I need to be careful not to use it more than once a week so I don't make my ultra-sensitive skin mad enough to break out.
Sometimes people at cosmetic counters are just ridiculous. A few years ago after I'd been eating mostly fruits and veggies and drinking water in massive quantities, one of them asked me what my secret was for "such beautiful glowy skin". I told her - water water water and a metric ass ton of produce, and she proceeded to very earnestly explain that those things made no difference at all and it was only the product I put on top of my skin that mattered. Hey, you're the one who asked.
First impression of the nighttime Ole regime is that it's pretty fragrant. The night cream kind of stung. Then adding the sheer transformation on top made me really shiny. But it seems to have all absorbed somewhat quickly, which I like.
Signature look - sort of. I always like doing bold eyes and though I don't think the angles of the wings are even I'm finally not screwing up my right eye.
Face - Clinique SPF 25 primer, HG Immaculate, Mac blotting powder, HG Ethereal Light, HG Diffused Heat and Nyx Blush in Taupe for contouring Lips - Mac lip primer and Please Me Eyes - Anastasia brow wiz (auburn), Essence wp mascara with Clinique High Impact mascara layered on top, Lorac eye primer, UD 24/7 pencil in perversion, MUG Cosmopolitan all over, MUG Razzleberry in the inner corner and UD Urban in the outer corner.
My signature look for about the last 10 years - pink cheeks, neutral eyes, glossy nude lips.
Cheeks: Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Tipsy Eyes: a couple of colors from the Elf Happy Hour quartet, CK One Mascara (the birthday one from Ulta) Lips: Burt's Bees Lip Shine in Blush
The ponytail because I did not wash my hair and puffy eyes from lack of sleep are pretty much signatures too, lol.