I meant to work on this post a couple of weeks ago. It should have gone up at the end of January. I guess better late than never. Anyway, here's a round-up of products that I've been using and enjoying lately.
1. Neutrogena Body Oil. OK, so the winter has been exceptionally cold, although I suppose that Vermont winters are never pleasant. If I'm not careful, my skin, especially on my legs, gets painfully dry. Then, I tend to scratch in my sleep and wake up with little scabs all over my shins. It's terrible. But slapping on this stuff after the shower, combined with a moisturizing cream (see #2 below), makes all the difference.
2. Neutrogena Deep Moisture Body Cream. Plain, watery lotion just doesn't cut it. I need a thick moisturizing cream. I've been using this one in butter cream scent, although their lavender also smells divine. This product helps make the winter bearable.
3. OPI Nail Envy. I've been meaning to post a review of this one. It's a quick-drying, strengthening nail fortifier, strengthener thing. And it really works. My nails are longer than usual but still feel very strong, not at all like they'll break any time.
4. MAC lipstick in All's Fair. This is a limited edition lipstick from MAC. And let me say this: I'm not real big on the nude lip trend. Also, eventhough everyone seems to be going in for gloss these days, I still prefer an old-fashioned lipstick. All's Fair is this beautiful pink, a blue-pink, nowhere close to coral. It has this gorgeous lustre finish, and I love it.
5. My other favorite MAC product right now is their natural mineralized skin finish--I use "fair." This is a pressed, mineral make-up. I've been using it as my foundation. It's quick and easy to apply, and I feel like the finish is natural looking, but it's just enough to cover what I want covered. For the last couple years, I'd been using the Bare Escentuals foundation, and I like it. But I think I like this one better--certainly the MAC applies easier and is less messy to use.
6. Loreal beauty tubes mascara. I've reviewed that below--it's superfab.
7. My other current favorite is the Coastal Scents 26 Shadow Blush Combo Palette. First, let me say that Coastal Scents has wonderful stuff. The quality of their eyeshadows and blushes is quite high, almost comparable to MAC. But their prices are really, really reasonable. In this palette, you get 21 eyeshadows and 5 blushes; the size of the pans is quite large. And the entire thing is only $21.95. That's quite a value, considering that MAC eyeshadows are over $14.00 for a single pan of shadow (maybe only like $11.00 if you buy just the pot with no extra packaging). Still, I'm convinced that Coastal Scents offers the best bang for your buck in the world of cosmetics. This particular palette is a nice variety of coral, plummy, and taupy shades--not boring old neutrals but nothing too crazy. I really kind of love it lately.
8. La Vanilla's Vanilla Grapefruit perfume. This smells wonderful. Not too sweet, not too floral.
No comments:
Post a Comment