I'm so heartbroken yall....I just received an e-mail from Macy's about my Love Goddess that they're supposed to send to me...they're saying it's no longer in stock!
After waiting in line for over 2 hours on launch day, doing the Search & Send process with an very unhappy Mac artist,and then fixing her mistakes she made on my order with Macy's customer service on the phone, this is the result. I'm truly, truly heartbroken over this, since I personally feel like I went through a lot of trouble to get the lipstick, but there's literally nothing else I can do...At least Mac Glamour Daze is coming soon, and there's some lovely lipsticks from that collection that'll probably be more easily accessible.
Yeah, that kind of stuff really makes me wonder what the hell is really going on.
Yes. Does it compare in any way?
I am so sorry things are hard right now.
I am not familiar with a lot of cosmetic ingredients, I only know the basics, so I had to look up most of the FM BP ingredients in a cosmetic dictionary and make sure I had the spelling correct on each one. It's like looking at a foreign language! So, I am already confused again on what ingredient does what, but the 2 that I remember that I thought possibly contributed to the positive BP reviews were:
It is just like Love Lace but that was long discontinued. I now have a bu to Love Lace which I am thrilled with.
It's very different. The SMP is an almost translucent powder that is semi-matte, whereas FM has a more noticeable sheen. I consider the former as a setting powder and the latter one a finishing powder. HTH.
I've been using the 188 to use as highlight on cheekbones, and the 187 when i want to use it all over.
Thank you. Yes that helps a lot.
I've just been using a flat-top powder brush from ELF I got years ago. Doin' the job.
Hmm, based on this I don't think I want to give my typically oily skin a sheen. I wish I could glow without looking greasy, but I haven't mastered that look yet. Guess I'll just stick to my mattes for another 20 years. So boring.
Michele,
Dunno if I can help you here, but.. I have a suuuuuper oily t-zone. Like oil-slick disgustingly gross t-zone. and I'm using the BP and it's beautiful. I have some-what found an decent-ish routine, it's not perfected, however my routine is as follows: Apply moisturiser. Let soak in, apply eye primer, let soak in, apply face primer - Cover FX Mattifying primer, do eye makeup, then go back and add UD pore perfecting primer on t-zone, let it soak in a moment, apply foundation/concealer, I use blot powder on tzone due to oils etc and then I apply the BP lightly. Don't get me wrong the oil isn't gone 100% but I'm only touching up 1-2x a day maximum with blotting powder and the BP gives me the glow without looking greasy.
To be honest, it's only a case of Moisturise, Prime and powder. It's the delay in between that makes it seem longer. If you don't have large pores, you could skip the UD primer. I've just found from letting everything sink in for a few minutes rather than just applying straight away has really helped. The Cover FX one isn't cheap, here in the UK I paid £40 for it I believe, but I've had it since April and I still have plenty left - in saying that I don't wear make-up daily though. I don't use much though. It does have salicylic acid in it, as it's an acne treatment as well, which I've noticed really helps my skin so I'm currently trying to look up cleansers/toners/moisturisers that also have salicylic acid to switch to. I can imagine it being mortifying. I am constantly fanning myself with a piece of paper to cool myself down as I fear ever moving and doing anything that would cause me to even slightly sweat as it makes my oils worse.
I have really oily skin and I notice the BPs do make the oilies keep at bay. I am really happy with my purchase.
