Another question, can you wear make-up that blends so well that no one can tell you are wearing any? If so, why wear it? I know you want make-up to look natural but is there such a thing as make-up that is TOO natural?

Kristine

And those balloon dresses (!!) - great gravy - how do they sit down :::giggle::: But I sure admire the creativity!

For all you hear about the blessings of a child after having a reversal, we know a number of couples whom God has not blessed in that way. Some are active in adoption, others not. At least one couple we know (where she was the one who had the surgeries) has had a subsequent pregnancy that didn’t make it.

Wendy - Thanks for the tip. If I decide to go department store, I will definitely consider Clinique. It’s so hard when you go in there, because you have to decide which line to go to before you even decide what to look at. I generally go to Bobbie Brown, although my eye shadow which I like (it’s nice and shimmery too) is MAC.

For the price, though, and how long they last, I’m leaning toward seeing what I can find from ELF that works for me.

bee: the picture is a link directly to the product, here’s the home page: Home Page. When I first learned about E.L.F. they were only available online, to my knowledge, but now our local Target carries them! I try to keep updated sales listed on my “shopping” page.

Kristine - I probably have enough thoughts on this to do a whole post, but let me start by saying I’ve never seen you wearing stupid looking makeup. (There are people I could not say that about.) I think the key to finding makeup that doesn’t look like it’s just sitting on top of your face lies in blending with the underlying skin tones. And I think those are caused by the hemoglobin colors, that is the reds and oranges and even purples.

So, they color of your gums or the tip of your finger when you pinch it, your tongue or your lips when they get chapped are all good for inspiration for lipstick. For eye shadow, a good basic color scheme would be your eye color with liner the color of the rim around your iris. Blues and purples are good on brown eyes, too. Your coloring is pretty deep, so shades (darker)are better than tints (pastels).

Do you have Rite Aid where you are? They have a wonderful return policy on makeup, designed to discourage people from testing it out in the store: you can return anything you don’t like.

For foundation and concealer I have not been brave enough to try drug store makeup.

That was pretty much a post, wasn’t it?

Here is a question for you….
I have the hardest time picking colors of make-up, I am lost! Can you give some pointers?
Kristine

On the blush front, I have a nice powder blush with shimmer from Clinique (my skin is aging too!).