Memoir of a Glamor Puss


Clinique: Take the Day Off
October 6, 2009, 6:25 pm
Filed under: Make-Up Remover | Tags: , , ,

      This makeup remover for “lids, lashes & lips,” is my savior.  I was skeptical of this product at first because it was so expensive, but cheap makeup remover just can’t hack it.  I try to avoid rubbing my eyes as much as possible, and this super-oily formula melts even the strongest waterproof makeup off.  Safe for contact-lens wearers!  I just swipe my eyes with a cotton ball and then splash my face with water.  Clean and moisturized: this stuff does its job.

Pros:

  • 100% Fragrance Free
  • Allergy Tested
  • Safe for contact lens wearers.
  • Takes off ALL of your eye-makeup. Gentle. Fast.
  • A 4.2 ounce bottle lasts me two months.

Cons:

  • I would wash my face after using this product, it is incredibly oily and could make you break-out.
  • Shake WELL before using, this formula separates in the bottle.
  • Expensive: $18.00




Prescriptives: *Magic
October 6, 2009, 6:08 pm
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      The department store cashier threw a free tester of this “Illuminating Potion” in my bag. I didn’t know how to use it, but it ran for $30.00 so I figured I would give the little vial of magic a try.  Prescriptives advertises that it “instantly imparts an image of perfection” by “play[ing] with light.” So I put it on my cheeks underneath a little foundation. Ew. It didn’t make my young skin look dewy – it made it look shiny. Next, I tried it under my eyebrows (the only place I could use some shine)… MAGIC! I love it, my brow bone now looks illuminated and totally natural. I like my little tester, but I wouldn’t pay much money for this product.

Pros:

  • Oil-Free (but, it doesn’t look like it).
  • Red-Neutralizing
  • Shimmery and slightly pink-colored: great for under brows.
  • Non-acnegenic. Ophthalmologist-tested. Dermatologist-tested.

Cons:

  • Expensive
  • Prescriptives suggests that this can correct unevenness and make blemishes less noticeable: beware, this stuff will make your pimple look like a disco-ball.  Use it only where you want natural shine!



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