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Priming the palette

May 3, 2010 9:04 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty


Up until a couple of years ago, I had no idea what a face primer was, nor what it could do for you when applying makeup. Well, I have come to learn *plenty* about them now & want to make sure that you do, too.

In the video I mention the following primers, and tried to touch on their price points, but I did so with out any notes. I'll list them here, with links for more details on them, and will list their current SRP:

Avon MagiX - $10 (on sale now for $7.95) (*bought this myself)
Tricia Sawyer Skin Balancing Water Primer - $34 (*bought this myself)
Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Luminizing Face Primer - $10 (on sale at CVS for $7.99) (*bought this myself)
Stila Hydrating Primer SPF 15 - $34 (*PR provided)
Cover FX Clear Prep FX - $39 (*PR Provided)
Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Primer - $38 (*PR Provided)
Two Faced Shadow Insurance - $17 (*bought this myself)
L'Oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara - $10.95 (*bought this myself)
Cover FX Mint Glaze FX Primer - $22 (*PR Provided)

I also mentioned, but didn't show:
L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base - $13
Urban Decay Primer Potion - $18

I also wanted to mention one that I had forgotten to show in the video, the Clinique Redness Solutions Daily Protective Base SPF 15. This is a primer that not only sets your skin for your foundation, it does so by correcting the redness in your skin, with a green tint, if that is one of your problems - $17.50 (*PR Provided)

Just so you know, I have only touched on the brands, and availability, of primer products that are out there. I just wanted to at least let you know how much of a variety there is, and how there is definitely one for you and want you need it to, if you decided to start using a primer. Please let me know if you use any of the ones I mentioned or if this compels you to try one - I'd really like to know.

Filed under: All About... Tagged with: Stila, Avon, L'Oreal, Clinique, Primer, two faced, Sally Hansen, peter thomas roth, Sally Hansen Natural Beauty, eye primer, two faced shadow insurance, Cover FX, CoverFX, lip primer, face primer, peter thomas roth unwrinkle, stila hydrating primer, avon magix, tricia sawyer, tricia sawyer balancing water primer, sally hansen natural beauty luminizing face primer, Cover FX Mint Glaze Primer, Cover FX Clear Prep Primer, L'Oreal Studio Secrets Perfecting Base, Clinique Redness Perfecting Base
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The Makeup Show - Blogger Preview

May 22, 2009 8:31 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty
On Saturday, May 16th, I was one of a lucky couple dozen beauty bloggers invited to a preview of The Makeup Show, a makeup trade show of some of the most influential cosmetic companies to date, put on by The Powder Group. We were greeted with wine, cheese, crackers and fruit for a bit of snack and an informal meet and greet. (Which I apparently sucked at since I didn't meet Miss Dina from eye4style until I was leaving and she came up to me. Ha!)

Once we were all gathered, The Powder Group founder Michael DeVellis welcomed us and told us just how important and vital that us, as beauty bloggers, are to promotion nowadays. You could really tell by his enthusiasm and sincerity that he truly believes that we are the way of things to come in how information is put out there - esp since we have a passion for product and not just the freebies.

He then handed us over to the fabulous makeup artist, James Vincent. His work has been everywhere - and don't even get him started on American Idol or ANTM, please. He was a great tour guide thru the aisles, as he had something generous to say about each of the vendors and gave us his recommendations for his secret weapons from each one that he carries in his kit. (*Funny story - he knows a local makeup line - t.a.l.k. beauty, that was started by 4 friends in Oklahoma City, who work/spend time around a local beauty store called The Makeup Bar, where I have been known to drop a penny or two. James knows Alex over there, was curious if she was coming to the show. Well, I have @themakeupbar on twitter and sent her a message for him. Teeny tiny world we live in, eh?)

I'll just show a few of the vendors we got to see this day, with a few pics for now, as I will go a bit more in depth on a few of them when I post about what I saw the actual day of the show.

We were also introduced to Emmy Award winning makeup artist, Kevin Bennett, who is the Director of Artist Relations for Make Up For Ever. MUFE is celebrating their 25th Anniversary and Kevin was there to debut their new HD concealer. (*Remind me to tell you how we *really* met - LOL)


There were also two other great companies represented at the show - Stila Cosmetics and Smashbox Cosmetics. At the Stila booth, was VP of Global Sales, Artistry & International Marketing, Desiree Tordecilla, who was kind enough to clear up a little bit about the Stila closure in March and present us the Stila Summer '09 24K Gold Collection:
I have so much more to say about Desi and Stila, but I will save it for my Stila specific post.

And, at the Smashbox booth was the fab Ms. Lori Taylor, Professional Artistry Relations Manager. She was so great and knowledgeable about what works, she was just a joy to talk to.
She gave a presentation at the show on needed basics, and wore some *fierce* shoes - I'll have to show you that, too.

These lovely ladies were sweet enough to stop and take a picture with me, as I had to leave the preview early:
Seriously, just how freakin' awesome was that? Thank you so much, ladies!

And, since I had to leave early, I didn't get to meet everyone at the preview, but I def made up for it when I attended the actual show the next day. I want to take a second and thank everyone at The Powder Group for a really enjoyable afternoon. I really liked getting a "Behind the Scenes" peek at the show.
Tagged with: Stila, smashbox, preview, Make Up For Ever, The Makeup Show, The Powder Group, becca, Temptu, Mehron, Lord and Berry
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Not quite a Barbie girl

March 9, 2009 10:46 am · Posted by oldergirlbeauty
Today is Barbie's 50th birthday!

I was never a big Barbie girl, let alone a big doll girl at all growing up (remind me to tell you the story of my mom nailing dolls to my wall on display - I think I have a pic of it somewhere, btw). However, how do you ignore the birthday of an icon? You really can't, esp since anywhere you look lately you see it hyped - from a runway show at Fashion Week, to a collaboration with Stila cosmetics for a retro Barbie makeup collection of tins. So I decided to celebrate just a tiny bit. I changed my fingernail polish:

I put on Zoya Nail Polish in Barbie. It truly is a Barbie color pink - very bubblegum with a hint of frost. I was lucky enough to pick this up during a twitter only special, and decided this would be a great day to try this one out. I like it, but I think it will make a much better toe color for me this Spring, as I am not used to such pastel colors on my fingers now.

Tagged with: Stila, barbie, zoya
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