OK, confession time. When I was a young lass back in the late 1980′s, I totally wore gold lipstick. And I rocked it.
Today, probably not so much.
Hmmm, maybe on top of another color?
I’ve no desire for the nail polish, and the bronzing palette is cute.
Not pictured is a gold eyeliner that would actually work well on me.
Aaaand it was Adele for the win with 75% of the vote! It’s funny because her makeup looked flawless, but almost TOO flawless, if that is possible. Kudos to her makeup artist, I suppose.
Today’s poll was inspired by commenter Babs, who left a comment on the lead in lipsticks post. Thanks, Babs!
Well, we sorta already knew that, but the list was oh so very short. Now the FDA has come out with a longer list, although there is a lot of brand repetition, there are scads of brands that weren’t even sampled once. Which is a shame, because I’m dying to know how much lead is in my Guerlain Rouge G. I’m a little weirded out that a brand I have never even heard of is represented multiple times, yet not one Urban Decay or Stila.
Basically what I take away from the list is that the amount of lead you get in your lipstick is a total crap shoot. Ranging from a high of 3.06 parts per million (ouch, Cover Girl!) to a low of less than .026, there are some interesting numbers, indeed. Wet n’ Wild, one of the cheapest brands, comes in with some very low ppm levels, while NARS comes in with a very high number. Color isn’t a factor, a pink is as likely as a deep red to have high lead levels. It isn’t color saturation, either, as the Burt’s Bees lip shimmers come in embarrassingly high for a brand touted as “natural” and therefore more healthy.
Eh, yeah, I don’t want to hear that lead is a natural substance.
I did learn, however, that M.A.C. is part of Estee Lauder, which I hadn’t known before.
Aside from that, throw caution to the wind when applying your lipstick ladies (and possibly men)! There is absolutely no rhyme nor reason to the variance in lead levels that I can figure out, although admittedly my brain capacity for these types of things is low.
Have we all just decided that we don’t care about lead in our lipstick? Or is this an area of concern for you? Does the random nature of the lead levels annoy you as much as it annoys me?
Liz Marie thought of a great way to keep her most-used makeup handy, yet still technically out of the way. She glued small magnets on the bottom of her makeup, attatched them to a lovely mirror, and voila! Creative and pretty, too!
No matter what your romantic status, there’s a product for you!
Soap and Glory Scrub ‘Em and Leave ‘Em
Laura Mercier Lingerie Eye and Cheek Palette
Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Love Lipstick
tokidoki Adios & Ciao Ciao Rollerball Duo
I’m less of a person than I was a week ago (har, that’s surgical humor right there) but I’m back and hopefully better than ever. Not having cancer=very good thing! Now I can focus on the important things in life, like the reintroduction of cult fave Clinique’s Black Honey Almost Lipstick.
Viola Davis beat Zoe Saldana in the fab-off by an embarassingly large margin. You go, Viola!
And you know, I had a very hard time finding someone that looked truly awesome from the Grammys last night, but here are my top two picks.
VERSUS
Teenagers would be buying these in droves. Which I don’t think they are. Heck, I would be buying it in droves. Hitting forty did nothing to stop blemishes, which is not how I imagined forty to be.
Some say the Tanda Zap works, others say it doesn’t. Is it worth fifty bucks to find out?
Although as someone who grew up with some acne problems (not, thankfully, the cystic type) and a mother indifferent to the state of my skin, I have taken a vow to do whatever it takes to ensure that neither of my children have to endure unnecessary skin problems.
Hopefully they have inherited their dad’s skin, which is pretty much breakout-free. And to think, he doesn’t even really wash his face!
What happened to Monday? Did it really already go by without me noticing?
Tsk. Tsk.
It seems that skin care was the big winner in the money-spending sweepstakes, with 25% of the vote. Next came mascara with 16%, and hair care at 13%. Foundation, lipstick, and beauty tools all received 11%. I’m going to say that I am most willing to splurge on a really expensive lipstick. If you are new to this blog, then hello, you should know that I adore lipstick.
Since the Golden Globes fierce-off was so popular, how’s about one from the SAG Awards? My hat is off to both of these ladies, they looked fantastic! So hard to choose!
VERSUS
Meh.
I received this as a Christmas gift because my family knows I enjoy a good exfoliator. I’m not sure if this is a good thing that they know this or not, but hey, if it gets me free stuff then I’m all for it.
I like my exfoliating washes, especially for the body, to be thisclose to being painful. You see, in my irrational mind, if I can’t feel the top layer of skin being removed as I use it, then it isn’t any good.
In this department, The Microdelivery does not deliver. Actually, I’m not even sure how this could be considered to be even mildly exfoliating. Whatever the things are that purport to be scrubbing your skin are VERY soft. Therefore to me, FAIL.
And, unlike many philosophy products, this doesn’t even smell good.
So I find using it to be a colossal waste of time, because if it doesn’t at least smell good, then I’ve got much better things to do.
But for those of you who enjoy fooling yourself into thinking your washcloth has fantastic exfoliating properties, then this just might be your thing.
God, I am a total sucker for gimmicks like the capless, only one hand needed for application lipstick from Guerlain.
Why, of course I can think of a thousand different situations where I would only be able to use one hand to apply my lipstick!
While holding my toddler! While driving! While romantically holding my husband’s hand as we walk in the park! While playing Angry Birds! While, uh, typing! And drinking!
Ok, you’ve got me.
But I still want it.
