Today I was on a mission, a shopping mission to be exact. In my last post, I mentioned how fed up I was with foundations. I am extremely fair and it is so frustrating when I can never find an inexpensive foundation that will suit my skin tone. I have even tried high end foundations and they just do not work! It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t need the coverage but I do. Unfortunately, I still have problematic skin and I need a full coverage foundation to hide the spots as well as a foundation that will last. I work long hours and nothing is worse when at the end of the day my face looks it has been through hell and back. The past couple of weeks have been awful and I have had it.
So today I ventured to the mall and I knew exactly where I was headed. I have heard nothing but good things about Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation and I had to see if there was even a color out there for me. A very nice lady helped me today match a foundation. In the store, it looked perfect but the real test will be how it holds up tomorrow. Either way, I was very pleased with her assistance and with the color. Plus, it is also nice to hear that my skin has a peaches and cream quality to it. Over the week, I am going to use the foundation and next weekend I will let you all know what I think .If you are curious, I bought the foundation in Shell. It is a cool tone foundation. We tried the neutral but it was just too dark. She also talked me into the press powder in the same brand and color. She was also kind enough to give me a few samples of Estee Lauder Idealist Pore Minimizing Skin Refinisher and a sample of Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair. I need everyone to cross their fingers for me and pray that this is finally the foundation for me!
Of course I can never go to the mall without dropping by Sephora. I made an impulse buy and bought the last Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. I think I will like the colors more than the first Naked palette. They have a cooler tone than the first and plus I received the brush and lip-gloss with it. I am relieved they did not give out the primer potion with it. I am not a fan anymore and I would have hated to receive another! I also came across a huge surprise at the mall. It finally has its own MAC cosmetics store! I was good and only picked up a Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in light.
Overall, I feel like it was a successful outing but I don’t think my debit card feels the same. I am really excited to use all the new products I bought/received today. This will probably be my last big purchase for awhile. I really need to stop buying makeup products especially since I just subscribed to Birchbox and MyGlam bag. I will doing posts on those when I receive them. Until then, thanks for stopping by.
Stay beautiful and don’t forget your lip-gloss!
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