As you can see from this photo, taken in March when Stee was visiting London, I do not powder my nose anymore. I’ll carry acircular my gorgeous Estée Lauder gold compact (a freebie from EL’s PR department) if it’s made its way into the right handbag, but I gave up on the fantasy of perfectly matte-yet-natural skin at minimum a year ago. I decided that life was too short. I am 99.9% sure I am right.
But this piece in today’s Sunday Times is making me have a rethink. In the past, I would have run right out and bought the Becca powder that Hannah Betts is gushing about, then realized I’d just flushed away a enormous chunk of cash just to delay the onset of shininess by about five minutes. Now, I might head to a Becca counter and attempt the stuff out, with no expectations whatsoever, yet secretly hoping for a miracle. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do when I get to London next week.
Do you powder your nose?
Original post by Jackie Danicki
I was looking for something nude with a lot of sparkle, to replace a loved but lost product from Smashbox. That was a limited-edition holiday product, a lipadhere rather than a gloss, and the density of sparkle was like the paint job on a lowrider Buick Riviera–layer upon layer of sparkle flake, essentially. This Victoria’s Secret gloss is not what I was looking for, but it is awesome for daytime. It makes the nude lip more interesting to have a little shine going on.
Original post by Hillary Johnson
Here’s the deal: I have very dark hair, and it grows fast. If I had my way, I’d shave my legs every day. As it is, even doing it every other day still leaves me with legs that burn all day and have tiny ruddy dots all over them.
Yes, I use warm water on my legs first.
Yes, I use shaving gel.
Yes, I moisturize like crazy.
Also, I have a ton of bruises all over my legs, which is annoying, considering all the money I just spent on beautiful summer dresses. I’m using arnica on the bruises, but still, is there any way - apart from not being a born klutz - to avoid bruising? Maybe I’m missing a mineral or something? Somebody please, help me.
Original post by Jackie Danicki
