I first read about Embryolisse maybe a year ago in a magazine, which one I can’t remember. But it sounded amazing– a hand lotion that you could also use on your face as a primer and makeup remover (skin willing)? As someone looking for a bargain, whether it’s something cheap that works well or something more expensive with more than one application, my immediate reaction was, “Sign me up!”
I think I’ve said multiple times that I work in NYC, but I suspect the reality isn’t what it might sound like if you’ve never worked this city. Let me explain.
I’ve worked at a big company where the office was multiple floors and too many people to ever know everyone by name. It had many hallways to catch up with office mates and many kitchens to bump into that office crush. That definitely exists here.
Now I work at a small company in a teeny space with no chance of the mystery of a new face and a kitchen shared by many small companies where the likelihood of your lunch getting eaten by a stranger is much higher. Ugh!
Sometimes in this situation a girl can get bored.
One day, this bored girl spoke with another bored girl in my tiny office and found out that she was also into beauty products with more samples than she could handle. So the two bored girls decided to swap samples.
This Lunch Break Beauty Buy features a couple different products because of a mishap (of sorts) with one product, plus the successful trial of another. But let me start first with beauty balms.
By now, you’ve heard of BB cream, right? That liquid foundation-moisturizer-primer-other miracles in a bottle that is supposed to be better than the tinted moisturizers of the past? (If the answer is no, just smile and nod.)
I haven’t participated in the BB cream craze up until now for lots of reasons, though mainly because of a lack of the right colors or lack of the availability of the right colors due to buying decisions at various stores. (For the record, my skin isn’t blue or purple or something else crazy, just a shade of brown between medium and dark.)
But, this BB cream bust is actually due to operator error. In this case, the drug store I shopped had an entire array of colors for two brands, one low end and one in the medium price range, and I chose the wrong color in both instances (too dark).
So, I expect to revisit this topic soon with the correct colors and a bit of a review for anyone who hasn’t tried these products already.
Being the girl I am, though, I had also purchased another item that I hadn’t used or even opened that I think is perfect for this post, the Sally Hansen Salon Manicure Cuticle Eraser + Balm. Continue reading
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