New Purchases @ CVS

Friday, July 25, 2008

Yesterday, I went shopping at CVS since I hadn't been there in a while except to get the stuff for my burn last weekend. Of course, just as I walk in there in front of my face is the makeup section. What luck!!

Did a quick browse of the Maybelline displays and nothing caught my eye so I proceeded on back and saw...Rimmel! I like Rimmel. It may be a drugstore brand here in the US, but apparently, it's quite high-end in the UK. Usually, I only see this brand at Walgreen's so I was shocked to see it in my favorite CVS store.

Allure magazine had just profiled the Mousse Blush and that really caught my eye. I often use my lip glosses as quick blush just for a hint of color that looks fresh. Juicy Lychee is the color I selected since it's a neutral and will look good all year round. Plus, this cute little pot only cost $4.99, which seems to be a great price! BTW, I had no idea this was an Oprah pick. Is that a good thing?

While I was at the kiosk, I also looked at the eyeshadows. Last year, I thought I'd try a green eye shadow. Not that the old-fashioned electric green shadows, but the modern less bright shadows. My friend and makeup enabler (in a good way), Kieran, suggested I purchase a less expensive one to try out. So we went to Walgreen's at lunchtime and saw that Rimmel has a nice trio of eyeshadows for the whole eyeshadow experience. I have to admit that eye shadow application is not my strongest suit. What I'm trying to get at is that I also purchased another Rimmel trio in Spice. Nothing outrageous. This was also a steal at $4.99.

While I'm on the subject of eye shadow, I have to talk about eye shadow application. As many/most of you know, I'm not working and have been meeting with a career counselor from Lee Hecht Harrison an outplacement service my company has been paying for. She's a great help, but I can't help but notice that she has very deep set eyes and wears very dark eye shadow. This makes her eyes look like they're sunken, and her mascara is clumpy, which emphasizes it. I would love it if she used lighter eye colors and instead of dark mascara, maybe a brown or even clear. She's probably in her mid-to-late 50's and would help her look years younger or at least not like her eyes are sunken. This was the first thing I noticed about her and that's not a good thing.

Every few years, take stock of the makeup you're wearing and make sure it's age appropriate. Dark eyeliner at 18 is much different than dark eyeliner at 35. It's different if you're going out to dinner or to a club or at a dance recital. Day to day makeup should be light, almost as though you're not wearing any.

Thankfully, I couldn't decide on any facial products and I got out of CVS with no extra stuff like notebooks and pens!

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Day 6 of the sunburn: Well, it's finally calming down so my leg looks medium rare rather than fully rare. It no longer feels warm or hot to the touch. Now I have a little bit of a tan, but I will wear better sunscreen next time!

Makeupista