its a beautiful day sexys.
as excited as i was for the
spot treatment, this morning when i applied it to the blemish on my cheek a bright red circle appeared around it! i faintly remembering a little red showing up yesterday, but i dismissed it as, "oh i must have set my hand there when i was applying my makeup," then when it happened again today i knew it must be the spot treatment. the strange part was that it only happened to only happened to the two zits on my cheek! because the product still did (and it doing) its job its not a deal breaker, i just wouldnt use it during the day before you go to work or school (unless you want to spend 10 mins using concealer on an already broken out area.) i also wanted to mention that this product had a nice smell to it, like a really clean grape! its unexpected, especially because most acne products stink to high heavens.
as for my eyes today i tried a more relaxing day look, as opposed to yesterdays crazy black & green. still using my wonderland palette, i used drink me, eat me (sin*) mushroom (mushroom*) wonderland (maui wowie*) and just a little bit of white rabbit (polyester bride*) on the brow bone. using the same method as i have in the past, i used the medium color, or drink me, eat me, in this case, over the whole lid, then using a darker shade (mushroom) in the outer corner then combining the two with a highlighting neutral shade in the middle (wonderland). the last step is to highlight the brow bone as to, in theory, not lose the eye with all the depth from the darkest color, but you cant see it too much in this photo.
when i was done i was left with a look i really liked for an everyday face. i finished off with a great babydoll pink lipstick & oodles of lipgloss (my biggest addiction. i. love. lipgloss. i mean have you ever noticed that lipgloss takes an good looking, almost finished face, to a KA-POW sexy face. loves it<3)
and onto skincare my dears! oh pores. large pores were something i didnt even know i had, till i started noticing that 9 out of 10 skincare lines had a cream, serum, or lotion that was made just for making your pores look small! i started looking in the mirror. pores. pOres. then i became a woman obsessed. i dabbled into several drugstore brands, none of which did anything for me, except for on occasion they would reek havoc on my skin. than a few weeks ago i discovered
dr. brandts 'pores no more' line. with positive reinforcement from my coworkers i decided to grab a couple samples of this line;
the pores no more cleaner &
the pores no more vacuum cleaner blackhead extractor.
now i only grabbed the cleanser in addition to the
blackhead extractor because i wanted to use the two together to get the best results from the vacuum cleaner. if you want to see results from any cleaner i think you have to use them for at least two weeks to see a reduction of new pimples or more even looking skin. actually if i remember hearing correctly to see a real change in your skin you should use an skin product everyday for 30 days in order to see he full results on your skin, because it takes 30 days for cell turnover.
I wash my face with the pores no more
cleaner (its a good clean, but nothing to wow about... but like i said before anything with amazing results would probably be seen after a few weeks of use) and then i put on the
blackhead extractor. the directions say "apply a thin layer..." which with most products would be easy, but it actually took a lot of product to apply such a thin layer. probably a full tablespoon and all i applied it to was my T zone where blackheads are more prevalent and within about 5 mins the mask went from clear to white. i could feel the product start to dry on my face, it tightened up slowly and took about 15 mins for the whole thing to dry. the whole time i could feel it on my face... its hard to explain the sensation, but a vacuum wouldnt be exactly right. it didnt feel as though anything was being sucked out, rather that it was being pulled back, tighter over my whole face, each minute it got a little bit tighter. after i took it off i didnt see a huge difference, but as with most masks the true test is what you look like when you wake up the next day... time will tell :) ill give it a grade tomorrow.
on to tomorrow! i have been waiting for tomorrow for so long! tomorrow morning the laura mercier representative is coming in to train us on their new products. im so excited to be formally trained on the mercier line, i love the tinted moisturizer (even though i cant use it on a regular basis) i love the translucent setting powder, the foundation and her holiday eyeshadow palette was a-maz-ing. i pretty much love everything in the line. ill let you guys know tomorrow how everything went new information/ new products i got. until then,
"the best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural"- calvin klein
