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Face Illuminator - Laura Mercier Strikes Glow!

You know how when you look at the magazines and the actresses and models have that special "glow" about them?  The kind that ALWAYS seems to elude us normal everyday folk?  The kind that makes us go crazy in the search for the perfect glow?

 Illuminating

 Laura Mercier has done it again.  I've been waiting with bated breath for the absolutely GORGEOUS Face Illuminator.  I ordered it and then began stalking my mailbox, just waiting for it to get here. 

Well - it's here.  And I'm in glow heaven.  THIS is what I've been looking for for SUCH a long time.  Not only does it do the job - it is GORGEOUS as well.  To be honest - I thought - "It's too pretty to use!"  But use it I did, and boy, am I thrilled.

 

An Ethereal Experience

It gives just the right amount of sheen and glow.  You don't need a massive amount at all.  I used my Laura Mercier brush blush - the flatter one, and I gently pressed it onto the product, and then pressed it lightly on the areas I wanted to glow.  It doesn't just "sit" on your face - it blends in and it looks like you are glowing from within.  It isn't like a special color - and will glow differently on different complexions, I'd imagine, but the main thing is, you will look like you have a special and ethereal glow about you - that people just won't be able to put their finger on. 

Laura Mercier's Face Illuminator will just add to your personal mystique.

The mysterious glow.....who doesn't love a little mystery?

 

 

Estee Lauder - Old School

Hi!  It's me again.

I frequent a great many beauty/blog sites as is to be expected, considering what I do.

Makeup Packaging

Inevitably, I read that Estee Lauder is the "old lady"brand, and most younger girls or women aren't excited enough about their packaging to use her product. What a shame to judge the entire product by the cover.  Some of the cutest most impressive packaging have the worst possible products.

So interesting!  When I was a young woman, 20 or 21, the only brands you could buy in the department stores were Estee Lauder, Lancome, Chanel, Princess Marcella Borghese, Clinique and the incredibly modern, Ultima II.  We didn't have NARS, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Laura Mercier, Benefit, Urban Decay and all of the other brands that are now considered "regular brands". 

A Long Time Ago....

I remember going to the Estee Lauder counter at The Emporium in San Francisco.  A saleslady (now they are beauty advisors, makeup artists, sales associates - but not one saleslady among them!) introduced me to Estee Lauder's eye cream at the ripe old age of 20.  She was a good sales person, and she also introducd me to Lauder's pressed powder, and a love affair was born.

To this day, I STILL use Estee Lauder's products.  Not exclusively because there are SO many different lines, but this line still has some of the best quality products I've ever used.  My HG pressed powder is Lucidity Transparency.  Perfection for a very fair woman as myself.  In the 30 years or so since I first started wearing her powder, I've strayed, tried the newest big thing - and have ALWAYS gone back to that perfect powder.  (They'll be back. They ALWAYS come back.  What movie or book was that from?)

                                                      What's Inside?

Estee Lauder's line has reinvented itself many, many times since my first foray into her makeup line when I was 20 years old.  She has a great line - love the lipsticks, the blushes, and still prefer "More than Mascara" to any other mascara at this point.

So Bright, So Shiny!

So - yes, there might brighter and shinier and really clever advertisements and packaging on the newer brands. Some lines are fascinating with their glimmer and shimmer and special effects packaging - like a 3-D movie.  But - where's the substance?

Don't judge a book by its cover  - think of all the beauty opportunities you are missing!

If you haven't tried anything of Lauder's you are SO missing out! 

If she's been around this long - she obviously doing something right - and it ain't all smoke and mirrors!