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Bare Escentuals Now At Target

Yep…you read it right! A variety of Bare Escentual mineral makeup packs are at Target in the cosmetic aisle, specially packaged & running at $49 & upward for different ‘packs’…A starter color kit, an eye kit, a jewel kit & a variety kit that I’ve forgotten the name of. Having purchased my BE as a kit, I am kind of leary of them now & have been trying to get my face matched at the actual Bare Escentuals store, but every time I go in there, the place is super packed and no one has time for me.

The first kit I bought was actually from Sephora and to be honest, I think I got the wrong color. My additional stuff was purchased from ULTA, and it was ok, but still, not really a good personalization of what I need. I think I might try going again this week to the BE store to get some mineral makeup…and if it’s crowded again, I will try the MAC mineralize line instead.

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Nordstrom’s Cosmetic Trend Show Fall 07

Staci, Chastity and I got up super early this morning to check out the new fall lineup from all the different lines. It was fun – they served mimosa’s & had little breakfast boxes with fruit, yogurt & muffins and a cute train case full of samples. The makeovers were booked with MAC – and I totally messed up by being a control freak and asking for Russian Red only because I saw it on Kat Von D and thought it super cute, and it is…on her. Not me. blah. Staci’s makeup was way cute and so was Chastity’s – they had the cat eye smokey eye combos with nice sheer lipglass. My mom said she didn’t like my makeup color choices either – I don’t know, it just didn’t match or something. I did end up buying the MAC mineralize foundation though – I will be sure to give a review as soon as I’ve worn it for a bit. Oh! I forgot that they put on some falsies too – AND charged me $11 bucks for some lashes I totally could have bought at CVS for 2 bucks. blah again.

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Studio Fix – MAC

I swore by studio fix by MAC all through my 20′s and even a couple of years into my 30′s until it became too thick & greasy for my “maturing” skin. Now I find MAC to be way too greasy AND drying for my skintype, but like I said, It was my must-have for a good long run.

Now that I’m 36, and a bit tired of the whole many – bare escentual foundation steps (although I will take time out for an evening out) I am looking for that perfect foundation to cover my new issues of skin pigmentation sunspots, fine lines and a bit of dryness. Last season I was able to wear Stila tinted moisturizer with a dusting of the michael kors bronzing powder but lately I am realizing that it simply isn’t cutting it anymore. blah.

MAC stuff is available at Macy’s

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Recycle Your Mac!

just and FYI for you all out there who are’t aware, or perhaps simply forgot — you can take back 5 tubes of MAC lipstick once you are finished with them and “recycle’ the packaging – and get a brand new MAC lipstick of your choice in exchange. (Excludes the Viva Glam series who’s profits all go directly to Aids research). So continue to look good AND feel good!

MAC stuff is available at Macy’s Online and Offline.

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MAC Pigments

Due to the origin of MAC as a professional cosmetic line, and the wide range of clients (professional to general public) not all MAC products are designed with the average consumer in mind. This is often the case with many PRO products, as well as some pigments. The name pigment can be misleading, as they are not pure pigments, but rather highly pigmented multi-purpose loose color powders. Due to the pigments and dyes in some MAC pigments, they can be hazardous if used in various facial areas, mainly the eye or lip area.

you have to check which chemical compounds are actually being used in various pigments and then go from there. I usually mix mine with lotion, water or additional eyeshadow depending on what I am actually trying to achieve. they can be used in nail polish, lip gloss, lipstick, mascara, hair gel, as a loose eye shadow, as a loose blusher, as a loose highlighter, as a loose bronzer, as a body sparkle or body paint etc…

MAC stuff is available at Macy’s

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