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Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless – Translucent Pressed Powder Review
Are you known as a PPP over on Makeupalley? Don’t hang on Makeupalley and wonder what the heck I’m talking about? Over on that awesome old school site about everything beauty, “PPP” is code speak for “pale porcelain princess.” Well, I ain’t no princess, but I am pale and porcelain and finding a blotting powder at the drug store is usually nigh on impossible. I usually use MAC Blot Powder in Light, but it’s very drying and so expensive. I feel like if I drop and break that sucker, I’ve lost a major investment. Nobody should feel that way about a product meant to throw in your bag to take on the go for touch ups! Imagine my glee when I saw a blotting powder THIS LIGHT in the drug store:
Yes, I did take that sticker off! Once I did, the packaging looked quite classy!
This is the Translucent 100 color. There is a Porcelain shade, but it looks quite a bit darker and way more pink. If you’re a very fair shade, go for translucent! Now, a warning: Many tanned and darker skinned folks have said the translucent shade is not for everyone. I’m going to have to agree, because this powder actually has buildable coverage, so it is not completely invisible on the skin. Get the shade that looks closest to your skin tone!
Hey, look! Unlike some companies these days, Maybelline did not cheap out on a mirror and sponge! Totally practical for taking with you. THANK YOU, MAYBELLINE. Considering this product is about $6.00, I’m sold.
Here’s what Maybelline has to say about the product:
“Tone + texture-fitting powder for the ultimate natural fit.
Mattifies and matches natural tone for a poreless-looking finish
For Normal to Oily Skin
Why You’ll Love It
Fit Me!® Matte + Poreless Powder from Maybelline New York goes beyond skin tone matching to fit the unique texture issues of normal to oily skin for the ultimate natural skin fit.
Fit Me Matte + Poreless Face Powder provides long-lasting, mattifying, shine control and up to 12HR wear for a natural, poreless-looking finish.
Buildable coverage. Does not clog pores. Oil-free.
For Best Results
With the provided applicator, blot the powder onto areas of face with excess oil. Apply to your forehead, nose, cheeks, and chin and blend all over using gentle downward strokes. Build for fuller coverage.”
Here it is on me over my Rimmel Stay Matte foundation. I’d been wearing it 8 hours and was very shiny through the T-zone by then. I love that the finish is not flat. It’s rather lovely!
Please pardon the shoddy blush! This is what happens when you are testing multiple colors for science!
Stick a Fork in Me
Your favorite ABH Official Developer and Graphic Design Bitch is signing off for the night with first mate Fëanor for wine and a nap (read: sleep, before Day Job). It’s been real, Internet. I forgot how crazy launching a website can be, even on a small scale.
Done! ❤️ Good night, Internets!
✨💫🍷
ABH Headquarters — West
This is me in my natural habitat. I’ll get to it in a second.
I do most of the graphic and web tinkering and “branding” (shudder) for ABH. I’m a former/semi-retired web and graphic designer; I focused mostly on designing with typography and photographs (see our header as an example) than original artwork, and more on layout and UX design than on back end code.
Basically, almost all of the actual blogging I do? I do it on my phone. Because it’s the future, and anybody who thinks that’s less pro than on my laptop or my desktop is welcome to chat with me about why that’s no longer true — the advent of mobile publishing has revolutionized and put into the hands of actual content creators The Internet, for better or worse. Usually better.
Anyhow, that being the case, I still necessarily do my tinkering on a combination of my iMac and MacBook. You would imagine, unlike the picture up there where I’m sitting on the floor playing with my phone, I would know a few things about workstations. And I do. And what works for me….
I present to you ABH HQ. Yes, I literally sit on the floor to use my 27″ iMac. It’s comfortable for me and that’s what matters, right? Let me show you around.
On the left you will see my mannequins. Their names are Brad and Angelina. They’re very friendly and also stylish. To their right is my Christmas tree. I like it, so I leave it up year round as an ambient light source.
Above my desk are an array of pictures of me, my friends, my car, and various Burning Man related exploits. The Fluevog box under the desk has cables and peripherals in it.
Oh, and the street sign just joined the collection. I found it outside of work the other day and brought it home with me.
Proper fluid intake is essential so I have a cup of tea and also a glass of wine. I suggest you do the same, it’s highly recommended. For both blogging and web design.
There you have it! I’m not showing you my beauty cave. I’d like to say it’s because I like to keep secrets, but it’s mostly because it looks like a makeup-obsessed bachelor lives in my bathroom.
Urban Decay 49 Nights Til Summer Contest
YOU GUYS. Look what I got in my inbox tonight.
So, I clicked the link, of course, and their event includes bloggers sharing fashion photos from all around the world in anticipation of summer. But it also included this contest:
HOLY MOTHERLODE. I just had a heart attack. And then I cried a little, imagining if Kristin or I won this and then could split the booty and then review everything for the blog(s)! OMG.
Here’s my entry for this week’s theme, UD Summer Nights:
Here’s Kristin’s entry, complete with Burning Man gear. I’d select her if I was judging!
Be sure to enter for your chance to win!
–Rachel
Hair Dye Day
Wow, so I colored my hair too (Pravana Dark Brown)…except I failed and timed it to where I needed to rinse mine right smack in the middle of Game of Thrones. OMFG!!! *fail wail*
–Rachel of the House of Less Gray
Today is a Good Day to Dye
Fuck yeah I made a Star Trek pun.
I’ve been doing my own hair for many years. It’s been all the colors of the rainbow, spiky and silky and extensions. Black, blonde, it’s all good! I’m a short hair lifer. Cut it all off when I was 19 and never looked back!
This is Special Effects “Wildflower”, a true blue violet. It’s my favorite and might as well be my natural color, since it’s what I always come back to!
To get this look, follow my simple, lazy advice: Is your hair bleached or naturally very light? Great! Wash it! Don’t condition it. Wash it really well, though. Air dry it until it’s barely just a little moist – I find this makes it easier to get the dye through your hair. But don’t put the dye in when it’s wet or it’ll be a pain in the ass.
Put on some nitrile gloves (they don’t catch on your hair as badly as latex), fill your hands with thick, everything-staining purple paste straight out of the bottle (skip brushes, that’s just a pain), and smear that stuff into your hair like you’re doing a hair mask. Make sure it’s all saturated. And then, leave it in your hair for at least three hours. It is not damaging color, it will not harm your hair. If I have the time I will leave it in up to 8 hours.
If your hair is naturally dark, you will have to bleach your hair, first, as light as you can get it. If you aren’t confident with bleach (many people aren’t), have a stylist do it for you or a friend who is handy with hair.
The longer you leave it in, and the lighter your hair is initially, the more vibrant and long lasting your newly violet tresses will be. If you literally want he exact same, bleach your bangs/”forelocks” and dye that purple and dye the rest black. Don’t worry about trying to put the purple on just the front, just slather it over the top of the black hair too. I feel like it makes my hair shinier and makes the purple seem like it blends in.
Then, if you’re like me, avoid washing your hair like you’re literally allergic to it. For weeks. Wait, did I say that out loud? Fuck yeah I did. Don’t wash your hair, and you’ll avoid having to re-dye your hair every two weeks. And it’ll be easier to style if you’re into weirdo crazy hair from the 80s and shit.
A Bad Homance 