Face Goop

A year ago Natalie Dee made a blog called STUFF I PUT ON MYSELF and I really love it.  I have been following her stuff for a long time, back when she used to do Q & A advice columns on her Diaryland, (or Dairyland, heh) but then I hibernated from the internet for about two years and lost touch.  She has been blogging on it about once every few weeks and she actually makes her own spectacularly amazing nail polish.  So go Natalie.

Just reading her blog makes me want to go refresh some of the makeup I have here at home, especially since I've been getting into a sort of hygiene groove here.

I used to be a big makeup person when I was younger because I took dance classes and I really hated the stupid blue eye shadow and red lipstick look they made us do for the stage. I wanted to look cool while I was on stage, and blue eye shadow looked really creepy.

All I had to go by was magazines and word-of-mouth as there was no accessible Internet at age 10 or so, but by the time I was in sixth grade I was the mascara queen and I loved it.  Then I made friends with the Mary Kay lady next door, got my hands on that Kevyn Aucoin Making Faces book, and by age 19 I was having all sorts of crazy fun.

Then I turned 21 and I just stopped wearing it except for special occasions like job interviews or picture day or whatever.  I don't know, maybe it had something to do with moving to a basement apartment and sleeping on an air mattress among camel crickets and having a creepy stalker landlady who told people they'd go to Hell for masturbating. I suddenly realized other interests like trying to pay my bills and reading various books that make an appearance when you live without an internet connection.

Then a few years ago I became interested in it again when someone in Ulta Beauty gave me one of those free makeovers and I looked pretty damned spiffy.

This was my Melissa McCarthy movie makeover moment. 

I enjoyed the feeling of the fancy goop on my face and I liked the colors this person chose. I also felt like this was way too much makeup, as I'm not used to so much heavy foundation and while I looked like the photo above, I felt very afraid that I actually looked like this pirate hooker calling for Smee in Disney's Hook:

"SMEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

I actually went through a big makeup thing over the last few years where I played with false eyelashes and contouring and all kinds of crazy things. 

I find my relationship with my makeup changes a lot.  I am a confident person who is not only unafraid to show her actual face without makeup, but tends to do so on a daily basis like here, wearing the same shirt:

I am not someone who wears makeup to conceal things like zits or undereye circles. Makeup has always been about theater for me, although lately I would simply be fine with starting to wear a little light makeup, like Natalie Dee's light makeup look, in order to look more put together.  Kind of like how I've been brushing my hair so I don't look insane.

SOME ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE AND START USING ON A DAILY BASIS:

Cerave - Facial Moisturizing Lotion - AM SPF 30

-I currently use the PM version and my own oil-free SPF for use on the body, but that SPF is too shiny on my oily face

Revlon ColorStay Makeup Combination/Oily Skin, 1 Ounce in Ivory

-On casual or warm days I might mix this with the Cerave to create my own tinted moisturizer. I currently do not have any foundation at home. 

Urban Decay Razor Sharp Ultra Definition Finishing Powder

-Apparently this goes over foundation to get your makeup to stick to it or something idk.

Fantasea Large Jar 8.5 oz. (Pack of 6)

-Because apparently those neat little jars makeup comes in aren't good enough

Physicians Formula Airbrushing Kabuki Brush 1 ea

-Because every makeup blog or YouTube channel insists you apply things with a kabuki brush, and Natalie Dee recommends this one. She recommends buying two, actually, so when the other one is all wet from cleaning it you can use the other one.

Physicians Formula Blush, Glow & Mood Boosting, Pink 7554 0.24 oz (7 g)

- BLUSH IS TRICKY FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE IT. I used to use it all over my face and looked sunburned and then when I finally learned how to just put it on cheeks it always had a weird sheen to it and looked strange. I would like to try this one just to see if it's magic and will make me look like I just had sex.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion Tube 0.37oz

-Apparently you put this junk under eye shadow to get it not to slide down your face.  That sounds like it could be a concern, what with all the other goop on my face vying for sticking attention.

I have some good lipstick, mascara, and eyeliner that work for me, so I'm not really concerned about that part.

I just wrote this blog as a shopping list, didn't I?  Oh well.