Wow! Sometimes little refinements or changes can have dramatic effects. Today I again used my new Diorskin Nude liquid foundation in shade 020. Prior to that I used Smashbox Photo Finish primer which I distributed with a MAC 187 Duo Fibre face brush.
Today I refrained from using the Diorskin Nude powder. For bronzer I used a really nice Soleil Tan de Chanel bronzer from a while back which is still going strong. Its in a compact and has 7 bands of different toned colors in it, but essentially I use it as if there were two: dark for the bronzer and then the lighter one which goes on the cheekbone similar to where blush will go but usually extended back more and blended in with the lower bronzer layer.
On top of that I used Chanel blush in the shade In Love which is a great color for my skin. Then, to finish, I used Diorskin Poudre Shimmer shade 002. From this compact I only use the lightest bands as the highlight above the cheekbones, under the eyes. The effect that the highlighter has is quite dramatic. I remember the first time it was ever used on me after a makeover with Dior one time and when I got home and looked in the mirror I was completely floored.
Highlighting shimmer is one of those beautiful, subtle touches which can be dramatic and just take a look to an entirely new level.
Today I went to Sephora and got the Make Up Forever “Mixt & Fix” fixing spray which I wrote about yesterday. I also checked out Urban Decay’s three fixing sprays. But I noticed that all three of them list alcohol as like the second ingredient. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’ve read that alcohol is not the greatest for the skin. Perhaps in the formulation they use it in it becomes innocuous. I don’t know.
I also noticed one of the main ingredients in all three was Aloe Vera. Aloe Vera is good to put on a burn, or sometimes even as a mouth rinse. Perhaps it can even be used as a special facial treatment to hydrate the skin or perhaps heal it after excessive Sun exposure. But I question its use in cosmetic products. Aloe vera gel is goopy. I’ve encountered it many times in hair products and my feeling is the same. Its just goopy and isn’t really a professional styling ingredient in my opinion.
Make Up Forever’s Mist & Fix uses acrylic copolymer which in my opinion has superb characteristics for fixing makeup in place. I put some on immediately after purchasing it today and tonight at the end of the day I was blown away that my makeup basically looked like it had just been freshly applied. I especially noticed that the finishing products (bronzer, highlighter, blush, etc.) looked superb.
This Mist & Fix, along with the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, are the two main “supporting” cosmetics products in my regimen. I haven’t really written about eyes, but the Urban Decay primer is more than just a primer. At the end of the day the eyes will look just as intense as when the eyeshadow is first applied in the morning. This is quite an accomplishment as everyone probably knows how easily eyeshadows fade away during the course of a day. Today I used my favorite Chanel gel eyeshadow in shade “Epatant” which is a sparkly-greenish color. I was shocked at the intensity at the end of the day. That was totally due to the Urban Decay primer.
So after my second full day of wearing Diorskin Nude liquid foundation I can say I’m very happy with it.
I think Thoreau once wrote something like “Beware of any profession which requires new clothes and not rather a new person in the clothes.” I’m too lazy to look it up but that was the gist of it.
I was thinking about that today because I’ve had this amazing new makeup on yet my mood was glum. I have this foundation with this fresh, glowy look yet my aura is probably all shit. Sometimes I feel battered by the world and it takes all my strength just to get through things.
Right now I’m just feeling like the world doesn’t make fucking sense to me very much. I’m sick and worn out from all the disconnects. I don’t know why but it seems like so many people just treat me like I’m absolute shit.
Today I was thinking that perhaps this is happening because I’m not a conformist. Everything is about being a cowardly, conformist fuck right now. It seems like there’s no courage, no individualism. People hide behind conformist bullshit leading these blah lives as the world just dives into oblivion.
And its not like I wake up in the morning and say “Yeah. Today I’m going to go out and break rules, provoke, and piss people off!” In fact I pretty much keep to myself most of the time. I dress the way I think is beautiful and I’ve always thought that people were supposed to be able to do that. But now I understand that hell fucking no, if one does not conform one is regarded as a piece of shit and a valid target for malevolence.
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