Comments on: Distraction

By: Leanne

Leanne — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:53:03 +0000

I like beauty products, too. My recommendation is a product called Boomstick Color from Cindy Joseph’s line. It’s a tiny bit gimmicky (marketed to mature women) but Jesus, this stuff is Miracle In A Stick.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:03:16 +0000

I’ve been having a slightly different response to the ‘reactor watch’ feeling…it is really making me turn inward and scrutinize the reasons I have so much to value – and the unusually disconnected way that we as Americans enjoy our abundance without much understanding of what it could mean to have it suddenly wrenched away. Washed away. Torn away. Burned away. My conclusion is that we here do not have ANY concept of what we really have, much less what we really have to loose.

That said, when I want to retreat it tends to be into the world of images as well. I can burrow entire evenings into Tumblr + the internet/blogosphere, like many here…as well as into my own sketchbook with a pencil, maybe a cocktail or a hit (ok, several) of weed, and hours alone with my own imagination. I find that process to be renewing almost every time…

As for beauty products, I’m a bit of a novice and was going to reveal my big discovery of the Smashbox Photo Finish Primer….but I’m coming late to the party and this wonder product has already been extolled in the comments!

My second nomination would have to be my Sisley eyebrow pencil. I’ve always been a very minimal plucker so my brows are ‘strong’ let’s say…but until I discovered the joys of the eyebrow pencil (I was already 30 by this time – I know, VERY late to the makeup game I come!) my brows were a crazy rat’s nest. I was always under this weird anxiety about ‘what my eyebrows were doing’ at any given moment, and rightfully so because photo evidence reveals all sorts of insane brow situations over the course of many years. Here’s to a dark and obedient ‘strong’ brow!!

By: Marmalade Wombat

Marmalade Wombat — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:33:29 +0000

On nuclear fallouts…

I really appreciated this animated short film: Chernokids

By: Aly

Aly — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:44:51 +0000

Olive oil soap from Greece. It’s billed as, “Aphrodite’s Secret to Beauty.” While it hasn’t made me more beautiful it has helped to heal my acne from my hormone-ravaged body. And I tried eeeeverything: Proactiv, Murad, etc., etc.

That and I moisturize religiously which helps.

I think disasters bring us back to the basis of life: just living each moment because the next isn’t promised. In a way, reminds us what life is about.

By: marie

marie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:27:53 +0000

Hello Sister,
have you heard of embryoliise creme? cheap French product you find at all pharmacies over here but i hear you can find it in the US as well. i recommend!
http://www.themakeupblogger.com/celebrity_makeup_artist_c/2010/01/embryolisse-laitcr%C3%A8me-concentr%C3%A8-24hour-miracle-cream.html

By: Hortense

Hortense — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:56:26 +0000

My brother is currently stuck in Japan but is calm and just working to help his friends and neighbors. On the other hand, people here in the Pacific Northwest are freaking out about possibly getting windswept radiation. Priorities.

Cheap, no longer available in the US, enriched with skin-soothing vitamins, and no longer supporting the family rapist as he has been disowned:

Max Factor Panstik! They have a wider array of darker shades than many other cheap brands and incredibly light shades for the pallored. The foundation/powder/concealer in one has been around in some form since the 50s (the only good thing about that decade was the makeup). It perfects the face to offset colorful lips.

By: candy

candy — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:03:38 +0000

I like beauty products too. I understand SW about wanting to think about something beautiful when this world is turning into something ugly. I think about nature when I am down. We all need a garden, we need to plant flowers and see them grow and experience the magic of life, because the life we created, us humans, for ourselves IS NOT beautiful. I like art (fashion, music, poetry, painting…), that’s the only think we are good at.

By: mimi

mimi — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:09:35 +0000

lucas’ paw paw ointment is the stuff of miracles. this will make the driest of lips (or anything.. feet, face, elbows etc) smooth overnight.

benefit benetint. best lip/cheek stain ever! pity you’ve had such a horrid time with the brand.

By: Desiree

Desiree — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:13:12 +0000

Sister, you introduced me to Mac’s Russian Red and I’m an addict now. I discovered a decent mascara last week – Maybelline Colossal gives me super-fat lashes.

By: Audi

Audi — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:07:49 +0000

I can understand the need to absorb yourself in the situation in Japan; it’s terrible and horrifying but from an ocean away it’s also somewhat intangible. Grief and loss also connects us as humans in a way that few other things really can; perhaps in some way the massive scale of the destruction makes you feel less alone in your suffering. I’m sure that from your perspective it would require a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown to even begin to equal your grief at losing Max.

I recently picked up a Chanel Rouge Allure red lipstick that I love for daytime wear — it’s the #10 shade, Attitude. The case has this great popout mechanism that makes it seem like a tiny weapon. It makes me feel powerful.