Neutrogena, I love you!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A long time ago, Neutrogena had one product - a hand cream. That's it. It was good hand cream, but it was one of those "hippy" products that only health care nuts used. I also use the T-Gel shampoo a little bit in the winter so my scalp doesn't get flaky. It doesn't smell great so I usually mix it with something else.

Somehow, it's one of the biggest brands and has some really great products. It just recently won a lot of awards from Allure in its Best of Beauty.

Currently, I use the Oil-Free Acne Stress Control Power Foam Wash. It's good, but the pump doesn't really work and it's a pain to use.

I haven't really used their cosmetics outside their foundation and since I don't use foundation that much, I might as well not have used any of it.

The brand definitely has a place in my heart no matter how popular gets. It is a little pricey and I like trying other brands as you know, so maybe in a bit I'll try additional products.

Nothing else too new on the makeup front. This weekend I'm going to NYC for an Allure/Henri Bendel's makeup show. I'll be trying Mally cosmetics. Should be fun.

Au revoir, Makeupista!

Right on Target?

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Yesterday, I went to one of my favorite stores: Target. You can say you're only going in for X, but when you leave you have Y, A, D, M, and maybe X. Anyway, after making my way through the whole store and not having too much in my basket, I ended up in the Health & Beauty aids section.

It's an odd section that seems like an afterthought to the rest of the store. Other sections are so well-tended and stocked that the H&B aisles seem ravaged. Are we women that desperate or does Target not really care about these sections all that much?

I find that hard to believe since they're pretty high margin items. The displays look cheap and overlit and it just seems like they're, again, an afterthought. It's odd, too because they spend money on developing not just one makeup line, Sonia Kashuk, but now four!  Jemma Kidd, NP Set, and Pixi. 

They had the Soap and Glory line that I had mentioned previously, but on the whole, it looked cheap and didn't really interest me at all (except the cellulite-reducing cream, but didn't buy it).

Even the Biore section was messy and I couldn't find the product I was looking for. So while it has some interesing things, Target doesn't promote their products, their own line, and others' very well. C-

A disappointed Makeupista.

Bad again!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Yep, I've been bad. Buying more beauty products. My biggest weakness, and one of my very few faults.

Last Friday, I went to lunch with LT to Saladworks in Chatham and, of course, we had to stop in at the CVS...I needed Airborne to prevent a cold. Did I actually buy any? You'll have to read on to find out.

The first thing I saw was a new endpiece proclaiming a new product line called Vickery & Clarke. It's a natural line. I can't find a web site but it seems like a very interesting line of face and body products. No makeup yet, but that's ok. Plenty more will show up. I only purchased a lip stuff to make my lips soft and supple in the winter time. It has cocoa butter so it has the added benefit of smelling really good. Don't know if I could eat it, but it's good if I need a quick chocolate fix.

Before I realized what time it was, it's always later than you think, I put my sweaty little hands on a Biore "warming" mask. I tried this Tuesday night and it was quite bizarre. For some reason, I thought it was a cloth that you put on your face like some others I've had. It is not. When the cream that has blue crystally things in it touched my pre-moistened face it actually warms up. It's almost like a mud mask, but without the rashes that follow it.

Afterward, I did get a couple of breakouts, which is a good thing since my face has been a bit oily lately. I feel like I can only do this this once a week or my face will break out in rashes rather than just blemishes.

I was in CVS again on Tuesday getting cards for my whole family practically who has birthdays this coming week, I was very tempted to get the Vickery & Clarke serum, but held off.

Saw some additional lines around my left eye today. As long as there's "recovery" and it doesn't stay I'm happy. Should this stuff matter? No, probably not, but it's almost like a game more than know that it will actually help. And, if it does help. So much the better!!!

Oh, and I never did get the Airborne, and had some at home already!

Au Revoir, Darlings!

Makeupista!