Kiss and Make-up

What? Blogging about make-up??? Yeah, I know it's not what I usually post about, and wasn't my last post just about being jobless?!? So how do I go from tackling a social issue to something so...Frivolous? Apologies, all. I wanted to blog about something a lot less serious and depressing, so why not make-up?

I love make-up because it's fun to play with. I was never allowed to wear make-up when I was younger. My father was extremely strict and wouldn't let me wear any make-up and my mother never wore make-up, so she didn't approve of me wearing any either. When I was FINALLY able to wear make-up (when I started university), I went all out! Okay, I didn't really go all out. I mainly wore concealer, lipstick and then curled my lashes. Eventually, I was more adventurous and would get heavy-handed when going out! WARNING: This was me many, MANY moons ago before I knew about make-up. It was just me goofing around. Also, apologies for the ridiculous amount of pictures of me. I wanted to just crop eyes, but that seemed a bit creepy, so you get my whole mug.

 Hello MAC's Electric Eel!!! One of my FAVOURITE eye shadows!

Feature: MAC's Satin Taupe. By far one of my favourite shadows of all time!!!

For my good friend's wedding, my sister and I, along with the bride and other friends, went to MAC to have our make-up done. It was completely inappropriate and radical wearing fuchsia eye shadow, but it was AWESOME!

At an interactive, participation showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show in Calgary with girlfriends!

Blue has to be one of my favourite colours to wear on the eyes. This was a MAC limited colour that I forget the name of :(

You get the point. I used to wear HEAVY eye make-up, lol!

Somewhere in life, I got a job with MAC Cosmetics (and LOVED IT!), and really developed my own collection and style. Now, I'm a bit more reserved and constantly go through my small collection and give products away or chuck them when they get old. I went through my stash before I left for BC. I threw out a lot of stuff and realized that I didn't have much foundation. See, I used to be an eye shadow junkie. Now, I'm a foundation junkie, and I've always been a lipstick junkie. A week or so ago, I finished my Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation (52 Vanilla) and panicked a bit since the ONLY other foundation I had was MAC's Face and Body (C2) and it was running low as well. I don't wear make-up every day, but I knew I'd need something soon. I went to Sephora looking for samples and tried NARS Sheer Glow (not a fan because I have to MIX shades to get the right colour match), Dior Star Fluid Foundation (in Light Beige. I like it for the days I want less coverage, but due to the hefty price tag, I wouldn't repurchase), and Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-In-Place (in Sand). I really like the Double Wear. I mix a drop of oil in it to make it a bit less heavy and also to moisturize my skin (which tends to get VERY dry in the winter). 

Still not 100% happy with what I'd tried, I returned to Sephora and attempted to shade match myself with a colour from Too Faced's Born This Way foundation line. No luck. Then I found the GORGEOUS Re(Marc)able Full Cover Foundation Concentrate. However, the store didn't have any stock in my shade. So we tried the Genius Gel SuperCharged OilFree Foundation, but again, they didn't have my shade in stock. Thinking I'd just buy one or the other online, I went home. However, both were sold out online as well. I thought, "This isn't working for a reason." I normally use high end brands for foundation, but I'd had enough.

After watching tons of reviews on YouTube, I started going through all of the drugstore foundations that I'd heard great things about: Cover Girl Outlast Stay Luminous (TERRIBLE! It has small glitter particles in it! Returned it), Rimmel Lasting Finish 25H Foundation (Not bad, although extremely high coverage. I think I need to try applying it with a brush instead of my Beauty Blender as it sets very quickly!), L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte (Not as heavy as the Rimmel. I like it. It's a tad bit too dark for me-better summer shade!), and the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation (I LOVE THIS! Colour range is awful and I had to exchange W2 for N3.5), but the product gives a nice, dewy finish. If you have oily skin, you might not like this.

After settling on not one, but three drug store foundations, I was quite happy with what I'd found (P.S. it's NOT cool that L'Oreal is much more expensive than most of the other brands. I'm going on a hiatus for a bit from that brand because it's just ridiculous). If I had to rate them in order of how I like them, then it'd look a little something like this:

#1-L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation (N3.5)
#2-L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte Foundation (105 Natural Beige)
#3-Rimmel Lasting Finish 25H Foundation (103 True Ivory)

Then, Christmas rolled around and I got the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation (120/Y245 Soft Sand)! What??? I was spoiled for choice. I love it, too!!!

New year, new foundation!