 using the same chemical in Latisse, but hadn’t gotten it approved by the FDA. (Another way to say that: Allergan, which owns the patent on the drug, sicced the FDA on them.) So Revitalash got in trouble because it actually *worked.* But after the revamping, reviews were mixed online and the company wouldn’t say what, if anything, was in there to replace the drug. Also, at least everywhere I looked besides eBay, the prices were the same — I think old Revitalash was $130 – $140 a tube. Maybe it’s cheaper now?
Can someone of you ladies give me some info on how you balance all the gunk one wants to be on one’s skin?
I can see in my mid-thirties that the sun is getting to me, and I promised my mother I’d wear proper sunblock.
I want to go out wearing moisturizer, because my skin is beginning to need it.
I like to have a layer of sheer-sheer foundation if I’m at work, or otherwise looking classy.
And I keep getting little spritches of Smashbox primer on my hands, and thinking DAMN that’s nice.
The problem is that the sunblock and the moisturizer seem to have different goals, and all the dimestore moisturizers come in no higher than 15 SPF. The moisturizer and/or sunblock eats the foundation. And I have NO idea where the hell the primer is supposed to go in all of this gunk.
What do people do? How do I sort all this out without ending up wearing five layers on my face, all fighting with each other?
We had this discussion, sort of (?!) under my mineral foundation post on April 18, search for mineral makeup. Bonus hot pic of Beckham in his tidy whities.
 And you’re right, trying to get, say, primer and/or foundation to sit on top of a sunblock can be really tough.
I can only speak for me; I am fair, and sun averse, and I wear SPF year round. So mostly I skip the primer and wear Anthelios or Neutrogena at least SPF30 (usually higher) on my face, and I put Make Up Forever on top. This works on *me,* not necessarily on anyone else. I honestly believe that if you are going to be serious about sunblock, the amount of block you’ll obtain from a foundation with SPF just isn’t going to do it, because you don’t put enough on — including the mineral foundations. Again, my opinion — but we have a family history of skin cancer, my concerns are more than cosmetic.
I’m now using the Lancome powder mineral foundation on top of my sunscreen. Works okay.
Thanks! I’ll check the other thread as well.
I have my share of fine lines, but my basic problem is little flakies. I have them only on the left side of my face (go figure) and they are on my eyelid and under my eye right at the top corner and edge of my cheekbone. They drive me crazy, because I can use anything I want everywhere else, but have to pick a foundation for my entire face based on that one area. I don’t know that much about minerals, simply because I have always assumed that they would never fly on the flakies. On the other hand, I can’t stand anything that isn’t sheer, but tinted moisturizer is too sheer. I use Longo now, but I’m lemming for the Serge Lutens. I just loathe the Barney’s experience, so I’m procrastinating about getting my tuchus over there so that the SAs can mock it behind their hands. No, I’m not paranoid — I have a friend who is a ballerina in her *real* life and at one time worked at Barney’s part time. Wow, the merciless stories! If evil exists, it exists at Barney’s in Manhattan.
Barneys is where they put that Calamine pink foundation on Patty and tried to convince us what a great color it was. Whatever those people are smoking, I want some.
Now, the polishes. Wow; I’m thinking that my skin tone would just not work with these colors. But, irrationally…LEMMING! So much fun, and I suppose I can look the other way when my daughter snags them if/when it doesn’t work out.
The only powder mineral foundation I’ve ever tried is the Bare Escentuals stuff–a 29 year old friend of mine raved about it and applied it for me a few months ago–but when I got it on it settled into very fine lines that I didn’t even know I had! I was surprised because I don’t have many obvious wrinkles. And yet I looked all kabuki and aged. So is the idea here that the Lancome powder is so fine it doesn’t do this? Or perhaps my skin is just too far gone for powders at this point? I think a number of you here are about the same age as me, so I’m curious as to your experience with this. Also, what happens when you’re in the heat? I noticed that our constant Florida humidity made the problem worse. Could this be something best worn by those in cooler climates?
Oooh! I di! I do!
But it’s not a foundation. I use Laura Mercier’s tinted moisturizer in the extreme heat/humidity. It works like a charm. I am old(er) so I have plenty o’ line, plus a bunch of little moles that will have to be lasered off – the moisturizer doesn’t attempt to cover the moles (which are around my lower eyelids, so ewww), which is great.  Hee hee hee. I’m quoting that every chance I get.
I have age spots on lids! One on my upper lid and one on my lower, right on the inside corner. It’s the weirdest looking thing and I just hate, hate, hate it to pieces. There’s nothing I can do about it though, so I attempt stoicism, but you can probably tell that I am failing miserably.
Have you tried Hydroquinone? Or do you not want to go there?
I did a couple regular foundation posts on here, if you search I assume they’ll show up. I think it comes down to the best foundation for *you*, which involves a lot of experimenting. I had a really hard time getting a tonal match. I think the other key factor is whether you need something moist or oil-controlling; that makes a huge difference in the wear.
You could probably find someone to rave about any foundation; have you read reviews at MUA? The nice thing about that is you get a sense of what works on various skin types.
In general: people love the Armani Silk. I love Make Up Forever Face and Body; many people like Musette rave over Hi-Def. For a good color match you can try Prescriptives.
Also a lot of raves for the Laura Mercier tinted moisturizers.
I think it was on this very site that I declared my resistance to mineral foundations, ummm, a month or two ago? Well, slap me with a foundation brush, but I was oh, so wrong. Louise skillfully steered me toward the Lancome counter where we discovered that I have a perfect color match in just one shade! I haven’t purchased it yet, but based on past history, it won’t be long.
And speaking of evil influences, I’m sure that I will be showing up for all sorts of work-related meetings wearing peacock-colored shades on my nails soon. Looking forward to the puzzled glances.
I know, I know — Louise and I played with these for awhile, and amusingly enough we ended up kind of mixing the same 2 or 3 colors, just in different proportions, because I’m so much pinker.
Everyone will admire your peacock nails!
I’m still skeered of the lash-grower, but when I finally see your lashes brushing your cheeks, I’ll probably give it a try.
The Lancome mineral foundation is wonderful, no? The problem for me has been getting a good color match-I ended up with a starter kit and a jar of lighter powder, and I’m mixing them, to nice effect. I’ll have to try the Mercier finishing powder, though-I don’t care much for the Lancome topper that comes in the kit.
Those $OPIs do look kinda ordinary. My new np crush is all about the matte-I got the KO pink and the topcoat. Best discovery so far-a too bright yellow (oxymoron?) topped with the matte topcoat turns out a very wearable creamy matte yellow, very cool. I hear that Orly has a cheaper matte topcoat, and that NailTek II works well as well for matte-ing.
The Lancome finishing powder is just okay — it’s a little pink, and it doesn’t do much about shine.
Oh, I want to try that yellow! Remember how I said I was looking for a yellow that was kind of soft? I think something like a butter yellow would be amazing.
I’ve got the KO pink, but I didn’t buy their