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[annissamazing]

OK, so I'm becoming a makeup junkie. When I was at the mall with Denise on Saturday (Yeah, we went on Saturday too, whatsittoya) I tried to get Denise a makeover at the Prescriptives counter, but there was no one working there that day. It's becoming a trend. :( Anyway, there was a makeup artist working at the Lancome counter who said he'd worked with Prescriptives in New York so he knew the line. He showed Denise Prescriptives Magic powder (which is the main thing I wanted her to try) and did the rest of the makeover in Lancome. My favorite makeup is still Prescriptives, but I think I may switch to Lancome for color. It was very, very nice. Dior was OK, but I'm not sure it's worth the money. The Dior lipstick is very nice, but the eyecolor I bought makes me look tired. I didn't realize that until I'd worn the Lancome for two days then switched back to Dior. So while Mr. Makeup Artist was working on Denise he noticed that her mascara was flaking off and asked if she was wearing drug store mascara. She wasn't. She was wearing Clinique. He muttered, "I hate Clinique." And it got me to thinking. I've had a couple good experiences with Clinique (I like the exfoliator and the self-tanning lotion), but the vast majority of products I've gotten from Clinique were awful. The eye-shadow was cakey, the mascara not only flaked off, but also gave me enormous eye boogers (gross) and the lipstick was nothing to write home about. But every time I go to the department stores, Clinique is practically mobbed and every other counter is empty. So is my experience (and Denise's and Mr. Makeup Artist's) the odd one? Is Clinique really that good? Or do people just hear the name and think "Top of the line makeup?" Because I'm not so sure that it is.

As a side note to this, the only person who'd experienced Prescriptives magic powder is the makeup artist. The pot of powder ended up making the rounds around the department store with Lancome, Dior, Chanel, and some other vendors oohing and aahing over it. Yes, it's *that* awesome. Denise is still raving about it (she bought a pot of it). Try it! You'll like it!

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[sprgtime.livejournal.com]

Umm... wow. A whole journal entry about makeup.
I can't believe I actually read it all... I just kept thinking you'd switch to writing about something else.

magic powder, eh?

I stopped wearing makeup after I got married at my husband's request. Actually, I used to remove it while we were dating when I'd have a date with him, because he'd mentioned to me that he prefers women with no makeup. He meant it, too. He dislikes even the "barely-there-natural-look" stuff. He especially hates lipstick.

I do occassionally wear it when we get pictures taken. :) I agree with you about clinique. I don't like it.
Oh, and I used to sometimes wear makeup if I'd be spending a lot of time out with girlfriends away from hubby, but I got tired of all of their excited "you look wonderful - you should do that more often!" comments.

[annissamazing]

Frankly, I'm surprised anyone ever reads to the end of my entries. I'm not that interesting. :) I do love cosmetics, though, and the whole Clinique thing has been rattling around my head since the weekend.

[sprgtime.livejournal.com]

Awww, I love reading your entries! I can relate to so many of the work-related ones, and I especially adore the entries about your son. LJ is such a nice informal way to sort of keep in touch, ya know? :)

[loragirl.livejournal.com]

I read your entry, and simply had to comment. Clinique makeup is probably some of the worst I've ever used; in many cases I would *prefer* drug store items to Clinique. I think people buy it because of the name. Lancome is on the top of my list, but I'll try just about anything once. I'm all about product satisfaction, and don't care about brand names, necessarily. Some things I buy at the drug store (L'Oreal Bare Naturale foundation is.. astonishing), and some I buy at major retailers (Lancome Color Design lipstick is awesome). I've never tried the prescriptives magic powder, but because I use a mineral powder foundation, I don't know that it could get any better. What do you like about it?

And in response to your comment, I *love* reading your entries! You write extremely well, and I enjoy hearing about what's going on in your life. :)

[annissamazing]

Interesting addition to the above story. Yesterday I was watching The Shopping Bags on Fine Living and they had a foundation test. They tested Clinique, Maybelline, and Dior. The Clinique foundation came out on top. I thought the Dior foundation was OK when I tried it (nothing spectacular), but I never liked Maybelline and I haven't tried Clinique foundation.

If you can find a Prescriptives counter in your area (they're at Dillard's and Macy's here), make an appointment for a makeover and make sure you try the magic powder. It looks like a powder and it's applied with a brush like a powder, but it's actually a liquid. It feels like you're sprinkling water on your face. It's transluscent, reflects light and makes your skin look absolutely flawless. Fantastic stuff! I also like the foundation, but mostly because my skin is hard to match. Prescriptives main selling point is it's colorprint system where they actually mix a foundation to match your skin exactly. Then they have four families of color. Any color in your colorprint will look fantastic on you. http://www.prescriptives.com/home.tmpl

[loragirl.livejournal.com]

Ok.. now you've got me really intrigued. I'm totally going to to try it! :)