With hair like this, you know it's been a rough week.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
More thoughts on Sheer Miracle
Yesterday I put makeup on for the first time in 8 days. :) I used my sheer miracle for the second time and I really really like it. I think I am getting the hang of the yellow concealer. I just put a very thin layer on my finger and used it on my inner eye circles and around my nose. You have to layer it and I also put a little of the foundation in those areas to tone down the yellow. I think I may have also found a use for the sample foundation that was too light, I used that on top of the yellow concealer. I love the glow finishing powder. Really pretty. Maybe I need to take a before picture, but do I really want to show people that? I'm not sure. Anyway here are pics of me making some neat faces, taking pics of myself in the bathroom. I don't know ifyou can look at them in the orignial large size to really see the makeup when I did it yesterday. All while Christian was screaming at me, holding my legs and throwing a fit. Turns out he was coming down with this phelmy cough, fever running virus that Mitch and Isabelle had. Will the sickness ever end?? Anything's better than the stomach flu though. The only foundation/powder/concealer/bronzer I have on is sheer miracle.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
My Preliminary Sheer Miracle makeup review
I sent emails recently about mineral makeup and also the link to http://www.safecosmetics.org/, it has a list of companies who have signed a pact not to put hazardous ingredients in it's products. There is also http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com/splash.php?URI=%2Findex.php where you search products, companies, ingredients etc; it's daunting esspecially if you are on a budget and just can't order awesome organic stuff off the internet. (http://www.sheermiracle.com/) (they signed the safe cosmetic pact)
Back to my sheer miracle review. I've only used the products once since I haven't been out of the house but once in the past 2 weeks! I ordered samples of the foundation, 2 different colors, the glow finishing powder, the bronzer and yellow concealer, all loose powder. I also got the small flat bronzer brush. The foundations I tried were light warm and medium light neutral. At first I thought the lighter would match since I'm pretty fair but it made me look pasty and lighter than my neck and chest. (I don't tan in the winter) I then did the medium light neutral and it matched very well. It was the first foundation that didn't make me look pasty or orangey. It matched my neck a chest, a more olive tone. The trick for me was to get a small amount of powder in the lid each time and swirl my brush in it and make sure it had a light, even coat, they have application tips online. I thought the finishing powder was very pretty too. You have to work with it, at least for me the first time lots of blending and adding a little at a time, the bronzer I thought was very nice as well, nice non orangey adjustable color, a little goes a long way. The only thing I'm not sold on yet is the concealer, I think I needed to moisturize my dry spots better, it's really important to be well moisturized before applying the makeup. I also didn't have a small brush and I just didn't think it hid my dark inner eye circles very well, but like I say, I didn't have a small brush as I would've liked and I've used this all once. I wore it for an evening grocery shopping, I thought it stayed in place very well. I believe, no matter what you order it's 5.50 to ship and I ordered friday evening and got it the next thurs. They are out of Arizona. Also my friend Katie just started using Sheer Cover which she loves but to compare pricing, I believe she said she pays 14.99 for 4 grams and Sheer Miracle is 18.50 for 10 grams weight ( 30 grams volume) Sheer Cover has not signed the safe cosmetics pact. So that's my latest thoughts on Sheer Miracle. I'm really interested in trying their emu oil. But only as resources allow! :) Any feedback is welcome!
Back to my sheer miracle review. I've only used the products once since I haven't been out of the house but once in the past 2 weeks! I ordered samples of the foundation, 2 different colors, the glow finishing powder, the bronzer and yellow concealer, all loose powder. I also got the small flat bronzer brush. The foundations I tried were light warm and medium light neutral. At first I thought the lighter would match since I'm pretty fair but it made me look pasty and lighter than my neck and chest. (I don't tan in the winter) I then did the medium light neutral and it matched very well. It was the first foundation that didn't make me look pasty or orangey. It matched my neck a chest, a more olive tone. The trick for me was to get a small amount of powder in the lid each time and swirl my brush in it and make sure it had a light, even coat, they have application tips online. I thought the finishing powder was very pretty too. You have to work with it, at least for me the first time lots of blending and adding a little at a time, the bronzer I thought was very nice as well, nice non orangey adjustable color, a little goes a long way. The only thing I'm not sold on yet is the concealer, I think I needed to moisturize my dry spots better, it's really important to be well moisturized before applying the makeup. I also didn't have a small brush and I just didn't think it hid my dark inner eye circles very well, but like I say, I didn't have a small brush as I would've liked and I've used this all once. I wore it for an evening grocery shopping, I thought it stayed in place very well. I believe, no matter what you order it's 5.50 to ship and I ordered friday evening and got it the next thurs. They are out of Arizona. Also my friend Katie just started using Sheer Cover which she loves but to compare pricing, I believe she said she pays 14.99 for 4 grams and Sheer Miracle is 18.50 for 10 grams weight ( 30 grams volume) Sheer Cover has not signed the safe cosmetics pact. So that's my latest thoughts on Sheer Miracle. I'm really interested in trying their emu oil. But only as resources allow! :) Any feedback is welcome!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
No Major News
The Lord has been most gracious and Isabelle and I escaped the stomach flu! Mitch had a rough weekend of getting over a cold, coming down with the stomach flu and then the next night coming down with cold with an icky cough. Isabelle apears to have gotten it today. I had a migraine Monday, yee haw, but it's better than the stomach flu. We're hanging in there and the worst seems to be over!
No major updates with the kids, Christian keeps on talking and talking and counted to six a couple weeks ago. Isabelle is turning into a "big girl" loves to help, she's been making her bed and setting the table (making the bed is no longer fun for her) and watches out for her brother (most of the time) :) Those little legs seems to be getting longer and skinnier all the time!
No major updates with the kids, Christian keeps on talking and talking and counted to six a couple weeks ago. Isabelle is turning into a "big girl" loves to help, she's been making her bed and setting the table (making the bed is no longer fun for her) and watches out for her brother (most of the time) :) Those little legs seems to be getting longer and skinnier all the time!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Our First Post
My very first post is about stomach flu! Christian and Mitch had it and Isabelle and I are safe so far... This was horrible to have watch my son go through, he was miserable. Here is a link to more info http://www.parents.com/parents/story.jsp?catref=prt26&storyid=/templatedata/parents/story/data/5172.xml I think kids can get vaccinated for this, you can bet we will next year! So my very first post is about puking, awesome!
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