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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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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

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