Monday, March 16, 2020

BUY THIS: Sometimes You Just Need To Buy A Lipstick.

When things are grim, I find that a small purchase (online, of course) of something frivolous makes me feel better. Am I wearing lipstick as I work from home alone? Goddamn right I am. 

Now, I don't know if you guys are listening to the new podcast Everything is Fine by Kim France and Tally Abecassis, but you should be! It's a podcast for women over 40 and so far they've been knocking it out of the park. The most recently episode featured Jean Godfrey-June (former beauty editor of Lucky, currently beauty director of Goop) and she talks about her favorite "clean" products. I have opinions about the clean beauty movement that don't necessarily align with Jean's but I still basically wanted to buy everything she recommended. I only bought one thing - Kosas Rosewater lipstick:


It sounded like a perfect pink-nude, something I've never been able to find. Nude lipsticks tend to look chalky and corpse-like on me which is not a look I'm going for. Anyway, it arrived and I looked at it and was like, ugh, not again. But then I put it on:


You guys. I have found my pink-nude lipstick! It's so nice and I am guessing would look good on a lot of people. I've also tried the trick June suggested and put it on my cheeks and that looks nice too. This lipstick is lovely - smooth, well-pigmented, and has satisfying packaging with a secure magnetic closure I appreciate very much. 

ALSO, Sephora currently has a beauty offer for a free trial size of the Kosas Rosewater with code BETTERCLEAN (with a $25 purchase on the site) so if you're not sure about the color, order some stuff you need and get a free sample of it!

7 comments:

  1. It is without a doubt my fav lipstick of all time.

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  2. Recently found that Podcast and have added it to my regular listens. Great shout out!
    Do you have other podcast recommendations? Thanks!!

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  3. Of course! I’ve mentioned a few in my “stuff I like” posts, but might be time for a “podcasts I like” post.

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  4. Thanks for suggesting that people order stuff. There were WAY too many people at the mall today (and yes, I was judging them for it). Signed- anon retail worker

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  5. That shade looks beautiful!
    I have similar colouring to you and have fallen in love with Charlotte Tilbury Pillowtalk lipstick (original shade).

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  6. Ha! I made a "cheer myself up" Sephora purchase today and added this lipstick trial size with the code on a whim. Then I saw this! I'm ahead of the curve! (But not ahead of the curve we want to flatten, I feel we are all behind that curve.)

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  7. I love this makeup artist's stance on clean makeup ... https://midlifemixtape.com/2017/10/ep-15-celebrity-makeup-artist-aliesh-pierce.html

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