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Hilary Baumann

February 15, 2007

Quick update!

Last week I caught a bit of the bug that was going around and was sick for a couple of days.

This week my furnace died and the whole thing is currently being replaced, from duct work to adding a sump pump. House is frozen, just trying to keep up with work.

I’m self employed and work from home … which right now means I’m at my parents house most of the day trying to work remotely on a system that hasn’t been fully set up to work remotely. This very second I’m in my house with people dissassembling the old furnace underneith me (and my fingers are darn cold!!!!!!!)

So that’s where I am and that why I haven’t been posting. I may not post much for another week or so because I have more work to catch up on now as a result of this furnace situation.

An update on the Jesse’s Girl – they are close to getting the website done and will e-mail me when it’s ready. I will try and make sure I get that link up as soon as I get that info though since I know several of you reading this blog are chomping at the bit for it. I will tell you that there’s not an e-commerce system in place so you won’t be able to purchase Jesse’s Girl online yet. Maybe in a month I’ll have the time to take orders and go to the drugstore for those who ask and we can work out paypal payments for the cost of the makeup and shipping (I’m not going to mark it up unless I can convince the Jesse’s Girl people to send me some at the wholesale rate to distribute which may or may not be an option … I don’t want to make a business out of this.)

🙂

January 23, 2007

Rimmel eyeshadow depotted fits perfectly in a Mark “Customize your face” case – mezzo size

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Beauty & Skin, Makeup / Cosmetics

Rimmel Special Eyes in Mark Mezzo case

I hated how the lids on the old rimmel eyeshadow cases came off (the newer rimmel cases are hinged though.) I had three rimmel shades I wanted to keep so I was looking around on ebay and saw the Mark “Customize your face” case/pallet. It was a decent price and it LOOKED like the rimmel might fit (I had no measurments whatsoever to go by here.) I went ahead and bought it anyway.

I actually haven’t depotted any eyeshadows before either so that was also a first. There are plenty of good instructions on the web but I’ll repeat the info I used here. For depotting Rimmel Special Eyes you will need:
1) Aluminum foil or a disposable pie pan.
2) An oven or a toaster oven set at 300 degrees.
3) a knife.

I placed the eyeshadow on some foil and put it in my 300 degree toaster oven for exactly 3 minutes (time may vary.) The goal is to loosen the adhesive, not to melt the entire plastic piece. When I pulled it out of the toaster oven, I used the knife to push the tin out of the plastic portion of the case (which was now slightly soft) and I also removed the label from the bottom and applied it to the Rimmel pan (so the information about the color is still there.)

The Mark Mezzo pallet comes with a magnet in the bottom already so the metal pan stays in place (no glueing on magnets like some other products and pallets require.) And it looks like the Mezzo will hold 4 Rimmel pans.

Shown here are: Jet Black 214, Cosmix 081, Mars 034

January 17, 2007

Waterproof eyeliner trick

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Beauty & Skin, Makeup / Cosmetics

Here’s a neat little trick to applying waterproof mascara as an eyeliner:
1) Take a fine tipped brush (see my previous post about buying brushes at an art store if you don’t already own one.)
2) Open your waterproof mascara and pull the mascara brush out.
3) Get some of the mascara off of that brush with your fine tipped brush and apply to your eye.
4) Give it a second or three to dry and set.

Easy as that. You’ll need to clean the fine tipped brush after use but it’s a cheap quick way to get a high quality waterproof liquid eyeliner.

Higher end solution for waterproof/smudgeproof liner (with more color choices): Mac fluid liner pots or Estee Lauder Pure Color liner (love the plum color … can’t get that in a waterproof mascara.)

January 12, 2007

Jesse’s Girl (part 3)

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Makeup / Cosmetics

Previous related posts:
http://clothingcult.com/?p=104
http://clothingcult.com/?p=112

I have been contacted by the daughter of the owners of Jesse’s Girl cosmetics, Christine. She designed the Rite-Aid display and had some better pictures of the display and a few of the products.

New products are in the works, AND a website is being launched! (I have a web address but there’s really nothing there right now.) She said she would contact me once the website was fully functional. She also said she would check and see if they knew why Rite-Aid does not sell their products online (Jesse’s Girl does not have plans currently to set up their own online store.)

Below are the photos she sent – I’ll keep you all up to date as I find out more!!!

jesses girl makeup
jesse's girl cosmetics
jesse's girl eyeshadow
jesse's girl display

Discussion about Jesse’s Girl on other websites:
http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/f11/jesses-girl-makeup-40763.html
http://beautynews.blogspot.com/2005/09/jesses-girl_14.html
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=419344
If you have a makeupalley.com account you can login and view the following (accounts are free, you just have to set one up):
Product review section: http://tinyurl.com/yz5lzl
Good photos of the eyedust on someone: http://tinyurl.com/ync2fv
Someone’s drugstore purchase for that day (including a lot of the Jesse’s girl): http://tinyurl.com/yhfyyh
Type in Jesse’s girl once logged in and you’ll get more posts with people talking about it also.

January 12, 2007

Makeup Brush Find

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Makeup / Cosmetics

Ok â€“ outside of the elf makeup brushes, my new favorite place to shop for makeup brushes is the art store (near the acrylic paints.) I have yet to have liked any of the

For $7 I got two different little brushes to play with the MAC fluid liners with. Both great quality too. You’re not as likely to find a good blush brush there but for eyebrushes it gives you some high quality options for about the same price you would pay for most crappy drugstore brushes.

January 3, 2007

E.L.F. Product Review

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Beauty & Skin

Hypershine Mini Cell Phone Lip Gloss Charms		This is a great way to try a bunch of the colors in their lipglosses. I kept 2 and sent the rest to friends after seeing them and determining that they weren’t my shade. Someone else I know bought one as a Christmas present for a 13 year old relative who was just getting into makeup and found it was one of the best possible presents she could have given.
Custom Pallet with: eyeshadow in dusk, eyeshadow in pink ice, blushes in shy, glow and bronzed. I bought a second incomplete pallet.		Quality on all of the eyeshadows reviewed here is decent, not the best out there but good. The pallet itself is fine – it’s much like other more expensive pallets. Very well made with a mirror in it and metal for the magnetic pans. The Cover Girl pans I have fit in there and I think the MAC pans would also fit but I don’t currently have one I could test. Dusk eyeshadow pan – a purple/grey cooler shade. I thought, even looking at it in person in the pan, that it was going to be a neutral color but it just didn’t work on me at all. Pink Ice eyeshadow pan – nice neutral highlighting color. should work on pretty much anyone. It’s really nothing to get excited about but I don’t get excited about powders or foundations much either. Definately worth adding to your collection for $1. Glow blush – way too bright for me. It’s like a muted fushia with a touch of peach. Might even match a flamingo at the zoo. Very bold. Tried to use it as an eyeshadow and it still was too bright for my tastes. If you look good in bold colors, definately check this out. Shy blush – a sort of baby pink color. Again cool – almost too cool and too light for me but can work as a eyeshadow highlight with colors that are better on me. Bronzed blush/bronzer – I’m a bit on the fence about this one. It’s an OK color – not thrilled about it … and I’m not sure if it’s that the color may not be the best color for me … or if the color itself is just a bit weird. What I will say is that trying to use a little pan of blush when you typically apply blush with a big fluffy brush doesn’t work well. I would not buy the blush pans again unless I just planned on using them as eyeshadow. If you use a large blush brush you probably will find them too small to be useful as well.
Eye shadow in Butternut		I LOVE LOVE LOVE this shadow quad. It’s a great everyday set. A couple of the colors are a bit warm but two are nuetral. My favorite out of the four is the top right – it’s a gold that isn’t too bold for daytime wear. The colors work very well together and are easy to use and blend.
Eye shadow in Luxe		This one isn’t quite as easy to use as the Butternut but it’s still a good color set to have. The magenta color – not very useful but it’s a color I wanted to have for those rare times I would want that color. The deep purple grey I really like as an eyeliner and could possibly be used to create a smokey eye – I’m mainly using it for this deep grey color. The two lighter colors are again a sort of generic highlight and blending colors.
Eye Shadow Brush x3 (2 for a friend)		I have a NYX brush that has the same shape and size as this one but the E.L.F. one is better. This is great for overall eyeshadow application and blending.
Eyeliner Brush		Great thin brush that I use wet to apply a thin line of eyeshadow as eyeliner. Very good quality … I’ve been very pleased with all of the E.L.F. makeup brushes that I have gotten. Better than the more expensive brushes that I’ve tried.
Lip Defining Brush (for a friend – she asked what she should use to apply a dark shade of L’oreal HIP lipgloss and I recommended this)		This did not come in – they marked it on the invoice as not available and credited my bank account. Oh well… I like the one that I have but after waiting 5 weeks for them to ship as they had mentioned was going to happen, I really expected the every single item to be included.
Bronzer in Sun Kissed		Not as brown as it looks on the screen, a little more redish like you would look if you had just spent the day out and were glowing … a little less day after tan which was what I was looking for. Still a very good bronzer/blush that I’m going to keep.
Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15 in Pink Kiss (I’m giving this scent, grape vanilla, a second chance in hopes that they’ve reformulated.)		The grape vanilla scent is MUCH better – I’m pretty sure they have reformulated this scent. This particular color is a very light pink … makes me think preppy teen but still a nice color. Not something I’m going to reach for regularly but still worth the purchase.
Moisture Care Lip color in Brownie Points (again, I’m giving this scent, vanilla mint, a second chance.)		I absolutely positively loved this color but as a lipgloss it just disappeared too quickly. It’s a nice neutral, your lips but better and a tiny hint darker nude. I was reaching for it regularly and then being disappointed when it wore off so quickly. The scent on this one is fine as well. I ended up finding that I found a lipstick to replace it though – Avon in Totally Twig when blotted and a clear gloss added on top has more lasting power. I think MAC lipstick in Twig would also work but the local store did not have it for some reason and I don’t really want to spend the money to buy it online sight unseen (MAC’s online images are really inacurate.)
Smudge Eye Brush (for a friend – I wasn’t too happy with this when I got it in the set but she wanted to give it a try anyway. It’s just not my type of brush.)		Guest review – Diane: "…the smudge brush works great – blends better than other brushes that I have…"
Defining Eye Brush – I already have one and love it so much I want a second one.		Ended up sending the second one to another friend who wanted to get into eyeshadow more. I’ll post again soon with how I use this brush wet to apply eyeshadow as eyeliner (I’ve also used the eyeliner brush wet and pick based on how thick a line I want – the eyeliner brush can achieve a thinner line.)