OT vain old beauties only

I'm not really a New Orleans Saint's fan and can't wear a paper bag over my
face with 'Who Dat?' printed on it year round. I am heaps older than
everyone in the obituaries most days. Maybe this is just a birthday vent.
WAaaahh. Tide doesn't make my recipe for laundry anymore, it's hard to find
Fig Newtons with figs and we have to drive 30 miles to buy gas for our
tractor that's made without corn. No matter. I can adjust. BUT -
Of all the insulting unbearable revolting developments - my make-up
powderbase whatever is no longer being made. I can deal with trivia but
this is a crisis. Anybody with a suggestion for makeup base that doesn't:
look like spackle for sheetrock? shine like a pig greased for a county
rodeo? sog like breading for fry fish?
I'm Not leaving the house (except for Halloween) until somebody (of a
certain age and we won't take names) tells me what's pretty, available and
works with antique complexions. Polly

I have no suggestions. But thanks for the giggle tonight! Have you ever tried the Bare Mineral powdered makeup? It certainly looks pretty on the commercials. DD had some that worked very well for her. Maybe someone here uses it and can tell you more.

Have you tried Physicians Formula?
I have: Mineral Wear
Talc Free
Mineral Correcting Powder
"Buff Beige"
made in Italy
distributed Azusa CA

This is the ONLY powder that my hyper-sensitive skin can handle for a coupla
hours without my face turning beet red for hours after. I've tried it 2x's
now without a reaction......and it has a number of 'hues/skin tones' now
compared to the first time I tried it in '08 and again recently in May 2012
(NEW container--not the smae as '08).
It has a 'swirl of colors' that blend very nicely and has its own brush in
the bottom of the case.
Can't say if it's expensive compared to other Brands because I very seldom
use it.
It certainly is different from what my Grandma/Mom use to use as it doesn't
have a scent....or a mirror..or a powder puff.
Our Ginger is the one that got me to try it. Thanks, Ginger

Butterfly (Don't have a clue how long you are suppose to keep
powders......shelf life? )

I have it Kathyl and Polly - and I love it. When I take the trouble to
put on more than lipstick, it is undetectable - but I look great (even
to myself). The fact that it is so pure is an added bonus.
I should really spend more time getting ready to go out nowadays!!!
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In message ,
Kathyl writes
I have no suggestions. But thanks for the giggle tonight! Have you
ever tried the Bare Mineral powdered makeup? It certainly looks pretty
on the commercials. DD had some that worked very well for her. Maybe
someone here uses it and can tell you more.

--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:09:14 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:

I'm not really a New Orleans Saint's fan and can't wear a paper bag over
my face with 'Who Dat?' printed on it year round. I am heaps older than
everyone in the obituaries most days. Maybe this is just a birthday
vent. WAaaahh. Tide doesn't make my recipe for laundry anymore, it's
hard to find Fig Newtons with figs and we have to drive 30 miles to buy
gas for our tractor that's made without corn. No matter. I can adjust.
BUT -
Of all the insulting unbearable revolting developments - my make-up
powderbase whatever is no longer being made. I can deal with trivia but
this is a crisis. Anybody with a suggestion for makeup base that
doesn't: look like spackle for sheetrock? shine like a pig greased for
a county rodeo? sog like breading for fry fish?
I'm Not leaving the house (except for Halloween) until somebody (of
a
certain age and we won't take names) tells me what's pretty, available
and works with antique complexions. Polly

The stuff I was using disappeared an age ago.
I spent awhile fussing around and trying this and that, and had a devil
of a time finding the right color in something that does not feel like
I've coated my face in cooking oil. Since over the last few years I have
gone back and forth between deathly pallor and nut brown tan, I haven't
even known what to use for powder.
So here is what I have done, I got some Medusa powder foundation in
Geisha (yep, pretty much white) I use that lightly and then use a too
dark for me powder over it. Works out pretty well. I can use more or
less of one or the other depending on what I look like this week. This
has led to me discovering that I like powder foundations pretty well.
Following directions I moisturize first and it stays on without getting
all cakey. As an added bonus I now own and use a kabuki brush.

So far as that mineral make-up I have noticed that people either love it
or hate it. When someone loves it they really really love it. When
someone hates it they have often broken out in spots, or blisters, or
gotten a wicked rash off it. Being as stuff labeled "hypo-allergenic",
or "safe and gentle", generally gives me a horrid allergic reaction I've
steered clear of it.

Now I don't know as I am old enough to have an opinion that counts here.
However my older girls were just entering their teens before they figured
out that I couldn't possibly be 24 as I had been saying for about a
decade at that time. So I figure that successfully lying about my age
and getting away with it for a good long time must count for something.
By the by neither one of them thought to do the math until last year when
she was helping her dad with paperwork. (G)

NightMist

--
I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

You might want to find a dept. store with the multi-line counters and give
one of those gals your needs and see what they have. One good thing is
you can usually return something if you don't like it. I am using Estee
Lauder
most days I bother 'to put a face on' that isn't many days though.
It is pricey but sometimes a splurge is ok.
A trip to the big city might be fun?
Taria

"Polly Esther" wrote in message ...

I'm not really a New Orleans Saint's fan and can't wear a paper bag over my
face with 'Who Dat?' printed on it year round. I am heaps older than
everyone in the obituaries most days. Maybe this is just a birthday vent.
WAaaahh. Tide doesn't make my recipe for laundry anymore, it's hard to find
Fig Newtons with figs and we have to drive 30 miles to buy gas for our
tractor that's made without corn. No matter. I can adjust. BUT -
Of all the insulting unbearable revolting developments - my make-up
powderbase whatever is no longer being made. I can deal with trivia but
this is a crisis. Anybody with a suggestion for makeup base that doesn't:
look like spackle for sheetrock? shine like a pig greased for a county
rodeo? sog like breading for fry fish?
I'm Not leaving the house (except for Halloween) until somebody (of a
certain age and we won't take names) tells me what's pretty, available and
works with antique complexions. Polly

I need to get some for myself. When DD was immobile with a broken leg, her girlfriend come over and did a little mini makeup session with the Bare Minerals products. You couldn't even tell she was wearing makeup, but she want from pale to glowing with a few whisks of the brush. Amazing.

The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to diminish
the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, lumps, bumps, barnacles and varicose
veins caused by yelling "Wipe your feet!", it's not so good. Polly


"Kathyl" wrote in message
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I need to get some for myself. When DD was immobile with a broken leg, her
girlfriend come over and did a little mini makeup session with the Bare
Minerals products. You couldn't even tell she was wearing makeup, but she
want from pale to glowing with a few whisks of the brush. Amazing.

Well, maybe I don't have barnacles! but there's no way I'm a 'young
folk' any more g.
I saw an advert on TV the other day about a foundation from Clinique?
It talked about equalising skin tone etc. Do you have somewhere you
could make an expedition to go to, to find a place where several
manufacturers would be together in one spot, so that you could compare?
I don't know anything about 'real' creamy foundations I'm afraid. I've
always felt uncomfortable wearing them.
Good luck in your search Polly. Do report back. I and some of your
other readers would be grateful g
..
In message , Polly Esther
writes
The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to
diminish the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, lumps, bumps,
barnacles and varicose veins caused by yelling "Wipe your feet!", it's
not so good. Polly
--
Best Regards
Pat on the Green

I have lupus and crazy rosacea at times, so my face gets blotchy and wierd looking.

I use the Bare Minerals tinted mineral veil over a light moisturizer. Recently I tried Avon's Flawless Face loose powder, and combined that into the Bare Minerals. The result is a light coverage that you can add a bit more as a concealer where you need it. No middle of the day oil slick, I can go the entire work day in the courtroom without a touch-up. Like Nightmist I am learning to use a Kabuki brush.

What I like about Avon is if you don't like the product, return it for money back or another product.

Ginger in CA
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:59:16 PM UTC-7, Polly Esther wrote:
The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to diminish

the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, lumps, bumps, barnacles and varicose

veins caused by yelling "Wipe your feet!", it's not so good. Polly





"Kathyl" wrote in message

...

I need to get some for myself. When DD was immobile with a broken leg, her

girlfriend come over and did a little mini makeup session with the Bare

Minerals products. You couldn't even tell she was wearing makeup, but she

want from pale to glowing with a few whisks of the brush. Amazing.