My 2 New Favorite Drugstore Makeup Products

Do you buy your makeup at the drugstore?  I do.

Sometimes it's a hit, and sometimes it's a miss, but I picked well this last go-round.

I needed new eyeliner...

ALMAY Liquid Eyeliner Pen

This stuff is the BOMB!  It works with absolute precision.  (I will say though, that it took about two times of trying it to get it flowing just right.....but well worth the wait!!)  I bought the black/brown which is perfect -- I think the black would've been too harsh for me.

 ....And a new blush

 MAYBELLINE Dream Mousse Blush

This is so amazing!  It goes on smooth as silk and it *stays* on - all day!!

Have a great Friday!  The sun is finally shining here.  Hope your day is sunny.

everyone's doing it

Yesterday I bought, for the first time ever(!), a tube of RED LIPSTICK. How does one get to my age and never purchased red lipstick, you ask?

There are a few reasons.....

1) I have very little lips, and I have always thought that lipstick just doesn't look "right" on my face. When I look in the mirror, all I see is BRIGHT COLOR (even when I am quite subtle in my approach). I believe I am more akin to The Joker or a drag queen

than any gorgeousness that is Scarlett Johansson.

2) I have always hated the taste of lipstick. Ever since I was a little girl playing with my mother's make-up, the taste of lipstick was a real turn off.

3) If I do break out the wallet to purchase lip color of any sort, it is always nude or pink and it inevitably sinks to the bottom of my purse or buried by other make up in my make up drawer. (I have lipstick in my drawer that I sware to God is circa 1994). Waste of money for something that is used a couple of times then forgotten about.

But this fall, I wanted to jump on the band wagon and go red - go bold, be an "in" girl.

This time, I told myself, will be different.

Wrong.

After perusing the available reds in the make up aisle of --gasp-- the grocery store, I thought a safe bet would be Cover Girl Continuous Color #580 (Classic Red).

This lipstick has NO taste (yeah!), but the color, on me anyway, is anything but red. It is much more pink than I would've liked. And again, I feel like I look like The Joker. I either need to give up the fantasy of having luscious red lips, or jump in with both feet, go to the department store, and try different colors/brands.

Any advice?

Do you wear lipstick?!

And pictured here, the Holy Grail of lips. I wonder what lipstick she's wearing? Most certainly not the $4.99 Cover Girl I just bought.