Guerlain/Dior
I’ve recently had a brutal cull of my make-up drawer. I know I’m in the very lucky position of having lots of make up to test and try out but despite the fact that only a fraction goes into the drawer (yes, I’ve commandeered a whole kitchen drawer for it, much to Mr BBB’s horror) it’s still piled high. So, I bit the bullet and decided to let old products, kept for sentiment rather than use, go no matter how fond I am of them. But I just couldn’t let these two go! The blue gloss is from the Guerlain Pucci Terra Azzura collection (has that summer collection ever been beaten? NO!) and the other is Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Flash in Black Lame from around about 2013 I think.
The Dior gloss is shimmer shot and while it isn’t a dense black, it does kind of grey-wash the lips. If you put it over red or pink it transforms the colour to a vampy hue without losing the backdrop of the original shade. The same really for the Guerlain gloss – it’s a highly translucent blue so just does a little shade adjustment on whatever you’re wearing underneath. Although I totally bought the concept at the time, I’m now thinking that maybe a blue lip after a certain age might produce an ambulance, not admiring glances.
Either way, I love both of these for just walking on the edge, rather than being the edge. And I’ll probably still have them in five year’s time. Do you have any ‘past it’ products that you just cannot let go?
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You have seriously depressed me. One kitchen drawer. One. One ????? This is where I slink away, desperately trying to convince myself that if I tried hard enough perhaps I could get my stash into one drawer, like, the size of a wardrobe. Not. And I don’t get given make-up. I admire your control, Jane, I really do ! x
not necessarily a product that is past it as such, but definitely one that I will never let go! that is a mascara that I own that is the best I have ever known one to be and makes my eye lashes genuinely look like they are fake as it makes them so lush and long! a photo of the mascara is here > http://www.musingsofamuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Etude-House-Princess-Happy-Ending-Jasmine-Mascara.jpg
it is from a Korean company called Etude House and was in the princess range. Korean make-up is my passion lately and I love all of it! ^_^ I will keep buying this mascara as long as I can get hold of it!
Mary Quant black gloss lippy and a red lipstick with a tiny light and mirror all in one. Older than 5 years though!
Oohhh I’d to try the black gloss like you suggested, over red or burgundy lipstick.
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Chanel eye gloss palette from few years back. Totally unpractical with burgundy for the eyes, doesn’t last for long without creasing but just can’t bear to part with it!
I still have the first premium item of cosmetics I bought myself. A Clarins lip laquer in a bottle which resembles a nail polish. Must have had it 15 years – kept for sentimental value & not actual use. It was the start of my addiction..
I did a make-up bag cull for the first time about two years ago. One of the things I found in there and made myself throw out was a Body Shop eye shadow from 1997. Now I write the date on a label and stick it to the side of my mascara/concealer tubes (or on the base if it’s a bottle). It makes it much easier to tell how long I’ve had something. Hey, at least now one part of my life is organised! 😀