No, really…
Unboxed Bobbi Brown Shimmer Bricks in Nectar and Rose for £16 each with free postage?
I’ll take both thanks.
Let me know if you indulge, who needs boxes anyway?
Is it that you are a minger?
On February - 5 - 2010
Wondering whether you should be throwing out that favourite discontinued lippie lurking in the back of your drawer? Cosmetic guidelines have always been quite stringent with regards to shelf life…
Judy regretted not throwing that old cream foundation away…
Do you follow the guides?
Have a look… (red denotes how long it takes me to dump stuff)
- Oil-Free Foundation: 1 year (if it looks/smells and feels ok, I’ll still use it)
- Cream or Compact Foundation: 18 months (12 months… I have a “thing” about cream compacts)
- Concealer: 12-18 months (if it looks/smells and feels like new, I’ll still use it unless it’s in a compact…)
- Powder: 2 years (indefinitely)
- Blush and Bronzer: 2 years (indefinitely)
- Cream Blush: 12-18 months (12 months… it’s the whole compact thing again)
- Powder Eye shadow: 2 years (indefinitely)
- Cream Eye shadow: 12-18 months (compact? 12 months)
- Eyeliner: 2 years (gels – till they inevitably dry out, pencils – indefinitely)
- Liquid eyeliner: 3-6 months (um, till they run out?)
- Mascara: 3 months (till they run out or become unworkable – yes, cardinal sin I know!)
- Lipstick: 2 years (till they get that funky crayon smell)
- Lip liner: 2 years (indefinitely)
- Lip gloss: 18-24 months (yeah, probably no more than 2 years)
- Nail Color: 1 year (till they become unworkable)
I think that a little common sense goes a very long way in situations like this. If you live in a warmer climate, your cosmetics aren’t going to last as long. If you buy mostly natural products containing less preservatives, you’re going to want to have a clear out more often. If you share your cosmetics with your sister or best friend, then I’d be far more vigilant. If anyone touches mine… they die. I say trust your nose!
The oldest item in my collection is this 6 year old Bobbi Brown Palette:
My eyeliner obsession started with my Bobbi Brown Shimmering Eye Kohl palette which I bought back in 2004… I’ve dropped it twice (as you can tell – sob)
Tell me about your oldest cosmetic item? What is it and why do you still have it?
Bobbi Brown Metallic Long-Wear Cream Shadows
On January - 29 - 2010
I bought some Bobbi Brown Metallic Long-Wear Cream Shadows a couple of months ago and thought I’d share my thoughts on them…
The packaging is lovely, nice heavyweight glass jars…. they feel substantial and chunky!
Brown Metal
Starry Purple
Starry Night
Goldstone
Antique Gold
The swatches…
Disappointed is my feeling on these. They look beautiful in the jar, truly. But they’re *so* sheer… the swatches show a good number of swipes to get them pigmented enough to photograph.
I love the idea behind them, and I do wear them… I wear them underneath simillar toned powder shades and the only purpose they really serve is to add a bit of sparkle. You also have to be really careful not to end up with glitter all over your face when applying these. My favourite is Goldstone, which unfortunately, is the biggest glitter dropper of all of them.
I’m simply left with the feeling that they could have been so much more.
Do you own any of these? How do you wear them? Any tips to make me love them?
