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liesnalibis wrote: coconess wrote: i think so ming.. expresso was very subtle for me.. now i have on toast and idk how i feel about it.. its either right and im just not used to this brightness under my eyes.. or its a smidge light.. but for you it should be good.  doesnt hurt to buy 2 though and play with it. i might mix..  i wanna try colorstay or the liquid true match too..  i still havent found the right foundation for me.. i need to try the black opal stick for the 2nd time..  i wish ysl would make a color inbetween the darkest and the 2nd darkest..  You don't mix? I almost always mix. Nobody is ever gonna have your exact color. But then again I ain't spending YSL kinda money so.

Hol' up. That $2.50 LA Girl concealer in Chestnut is my exact match.

Star I was so happy and mad at the same damn time! I've paid up to $20 for foundations that were not exact matches but this 2 something BSS concealer does the trick perfectly?! Guuurl!

Key this thread is the truf

CC I'm so glad that Chestnut was a perfect hit.   I'm really just getting to the point where I'm okay about having to mix.  It just made me keep buying foundation.  I swatched 30 different foundations the other day and that was just the ones on my vanity.  On paper they look almost exactly the same.   I wanted to take some out of rotation but realized I love them all for different reasons

So last night I did a full face just to check out my skills(I suck) and I can't remember if it was before or after setting with the banana powder but my eyes got bloodshot red! I was like wtf? So I cleaned my face and my eyes stopped watering and went back to normal. So this morning I tried to do a light highlight and the itchy watery eyes happened AGAIN but this time with sneezing and a lil throat tickle. I think the culprit is the banana powder because I used the concealer before I got home last night without any problems.

My nose is still running and eyes still itchy and I'm starting to wonder if it's the powder at all and not because the boo opened the bedroom window last night and maybe it's pollen. I have to figure this out because I am miserable right now.

What's a good affordable brush to apply concealer under the brow?

Product Reviews:
-Revlon photo ready concealer in medium deep is a nice concealer that I use as a subtle under eye highlight and brow bone highlight (stick form). I'm an NC45 for reference

-Purely cosmetics powder in oil absorb does wonders to keep oil at bay. When I used to use milk of magnesia I was able to get away with putting a powder foundation on top of my revlon colorstay and it wouldn't oxidize. I stopped using MOM because it broke me out and when I use the oil absorb powder with RCS my foundation doesn't oxidize and the oil peeks through a tiny bit. To get rid of the powdery look I spray some mac fix + and I'm good. I think once I use a matte primer specific in combination with the oil absorb I'll be set

Check out your TJ Maxx's, Ross and Marshall's beauty sections for products. I got a Lumene makeup remover for $3.99 at TJ Maxx the other day.

herwoman wrote: I got the LA girl,don't know how I feel about it yet. I got warm honey,almond,fawn and toast. I like Almond best,toast is too dark but seeing as how I had to grab blindly because they were turning off the lights I got what I could. I also got Ruby Kisses HD setting powder in banana, not home yet waiting for the boo so I will be able to play around in better lighting later.