economy make up

I've been tearing out magazine pages...I try to file them, but usually I just reread them and then throw them out. I have found the idea or picture will stick in my mind a little bit more if I do that. And there ARE some great ideas out there. I certainly should be chock full of them with all the ideas I 'get'. (too many magazines, but letting them all expire this year.) I need to get better about copying and pasting my ideas from all the websites to folders on my Mac. I need help in that area.

Anyway, this is one of my tear outs this week. It's from Good Housekeeping, Sept. 2010. Nice and fresh! It's in their 'good looks' section and is titled, "An A -list look for less".

Sounds good to me. I tore it out and took it to HEB yesterday. I already had one of the products and knew it was great, so thought I'd take the recommendations on some of the others.

HEB actually offered a $3 coupon on each of their Revlon products...so I saved $6 right off the bat. :)

I already had tried this... love the way you can apply this eyeliner with a small brush and it truly does not smear and stays on all day. I got the charcoal. I give it an A+.

Next up..L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Makeup SPF 17.

You have tons of choices and basically use a little transparent guide against your skin to pick your color option. I made the mistake of holding it against my hand, which is a little bit darker than my face right now. You simply pick the color that 'disappears' from the guide. Next time, I'll try it next to my face. What I love about this is the the way it just slides on and doesn't feel heavy or oily. Give it a B, mainly due to human error in color choice. Not shown, but have been already using ...is their true match liquid concealer. I like it a LOT.

Now, for the eyeshadows. I had actually tried this before in other colors. I think Tamera uses this brand, also. I just needed to pick the brown tones. Stays on all day. You use your pinkie finger to apply it. At least that's what I did. For eyeshadow to stay on all day in Austin, TX, in mid- August qualifies this stuff as miracle shadow.

Have you tried those lipsticks that are supposed to last all day? Well, I have. I end up with dry, cracked lips with creases filled with bits of lipstick. Not a pretty sight. I found this stuff to be a

lot smoother and creamier. I pair it with the NYC lip shine.

It was fun to find make up for less! And to find it all at my local grocery store.

PS I forgot about posting a pix of the mascara...It's the one at the bottom left hand corner of the page. It's Maybelline New York Lash Discovery Mini-brush Mascara. It was so much easier to apply with the tiny brush that's provided.

What do you think about all those 'names'. How would you like to sit around and think up cosmetic names? New and different???? Not ME!