Makeup estilo Avante Garde

Here are some pictures from my "Avante Garde" inspirations such as DIOR, paris playbooks, spanish telerevistas from the 60's and tim burton inspired. Enjoy :)

Physician's Formula Healthy Wear Tinted Moisturizer vs. Stila Tinted Moisurizer

THIS is a girls best friend during this extreme summer heat! I found physicians formula TM as I was skimming the drug store makeup aisles for a facial base that had a high spf. I wanted something I could blend into my face quickly, set with a transluscent powder and head out to the pool. This has by far been my favorite! I give the spf50 two thumbs up for great protection from the suns uva and uvb rays. Unlike other "tinted moisturizers" PF wears well all day and evens out your skin tone to give you a light weight coverage that holds true. When I know that I need to wear a full coverage foundation I mix in one pump of PFTM just to make my full coverage foundation a bit smoother and to have the added SPF. I used this on a bride recently as I mixed it in with the MAC studio finish foundation in order to give her a great protection all over her face since she was having an outdoor wedding and the all time high for the day was to be over 100 degrees. She raved about the coverage and the moisture that enhanced her foundation. Mixing it or taking it solo, either way, this product really gives you everything that a TM should provide. It has a pump which is convenient and is in a bright orange summeresque tube, great for the beach bag, and retails from $9.99-13.99 depending on where you are buying it from. All in all...a great product.


The next product I want to touch upon is the Stila SPF 15 tinted sheer moisturizer. This product has created mixed emotions for me. The spf is a little low for something that you want to let stand on its own on those days you are not wanting heavy full coverage wear. I'm not sure what the purpose of a "sheer" tm is, it seems it may only work for those with flawless skin which is ok but for those of us with imperfections which consists of 99.9% of the population, we want something with at least a little coverage to even out those imperfections to make us look flawless. One thing I do like about Stila TM is that it provides a nice glow to your skin which can create a bit of radiance to your complextion if mixed in with the right foundation. I have resorted to using it as a mixing medium with other foundation to make that combination. It comes in a squeeze like tube and retails for $29.00-36.00. All in all I wouldn't recommend this as much as the Physicians Formula solely on the quality you get for the price.

EOS Lip Balms

So I'm in Walgreen's yesterday looking for all the rave on YOUTUBE.com which is the EOS Lip Balms. I finally spot them on aisle 9 on a an end cap and I notice there are only two of the three flavors on the rack. I quickly grab the two which are Tutti Fruitti and HOneydew MElon. Usually it takes me time to use a product and review after a long span of time has passed so that I can give it a thumbs up or down. This product is quick and to the point! The smell of the products is pleasing. Very true to what the flavor is on the package. I liked the honeydew flavor the best. They are small round little spheres that you twist in order to come in contact with the product as seen in the pic i've posted. Once I applied the balm to my lips, I had to reapply several times in order to get the moisture that I wanted. After doing this, I put the lip balm in my purse and went about my day to see how long it would take to reapply the product. After about 30minutes I reapplied it again. One thing that I noticed about this product is that it's difficult to apply while using a lip color unlike many other smooth lip balms. That for me was a negative. Also, although I like the cute packaging in the sphere, you can't just pop into your pocket like you would a tube like balm. That also was inconvenient for me. Above all I think I would buy it again and keep it on my sink counter as a morning moisturizer at best. The smells are so fresh and delightful that on that pro alone I'll buy it again. BUT if you are looking for something to carry with you everywhere that will give you ultimate moisture...this may not be it.