Bare Escentuals: THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK

[JodieHarsh]

I must post about this. I have just spunked nearly ninety quid on some Bare Escentuals starter kit things.

I arrived at the counter in Stratford Westfield with a hideous bright red, sore, scarred, spotty, sweaty face, and some WITCH managed to take a decade off me with POWDER. Just powder! I mean - WT actual F?! A tube ride and a 20 minute walk home and it's still there. SURELY that's not right. I've used all sorts of super-max coverage matte stuff and it didn't cover ANYTHING like this well. O and I have the glowing rosy cheeks of a teen

I promise I've not been giver a tenner to post this stuff. It's just I've spent so much I feel slightly sick. Does anyone else use this stuff? it's not going to last is it. i'm an idiot. What have I done

Oh bloody hell, you REALLY did buy the lot didn't you?

My absolute FAVOURITE BE product is the Bisque concealor - LOVE it!!!!

I'm not over keen on the shadows as they end up all over my cheeks and I am too old to get away with an all over sparkly look!

I never use the warmth as it looks 'dirty' on me and don't bother with the veil - my sister always raves about how good it is but it never impressed me enough to buy a second pot.

I really did

In my defence, a year of bonkersly hard word paid some slight dividends although really I should pay off a credit card like a grown up

Let us not talk about what I did on the East website...

Oooo they do a concealer....NO! No, Jodie. CALM THE EFF DOWN.

Oh yar, must say have no use whatsoever for 'warmth'. Partly because I like the English Rose look (indeed have no say in the matter) and bronzer is ridiculous on me. But it's the only thing I'm not thrilled with. I LOVE the veil!

Another vote for the Bisque concealor from me. I put it on with the BE concealor brush AFTER applying the foundation. It covers a multitude of redness and blemishes and lasts all day. In fact if I have to get up very early some mornings I don't even bother taking my BE make-up off the night before and it's still in place the next day. It is amazing!

May I hijack for a moment? How do you know what colour foundation to get if you can only get it on the internet? The only starter kit I can find atm contains foundation in medium and medium beige; how dark is that?

On the QVC UK website search item no. 229113. There is video demo describing how to apply the foundation and they go through the various shades.

I think you need to get a tester Jux - it's a lot of money to waste on a mistake.

Didn't you gat the Bisque concealor in the starter kit Jodie? You were ROBBED!

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Checked the post?! I ordered it yesterday and I do not live in a place where next day delivery or morning post exists. I wish haha!

I did dream about it last night though

Jux I agree with val. I actually think that anyone thinking of getting some should go to a counter and get 'done', because the aplpication is very distinctive and if you did it wrong you'd be horrified... There's a real trick to it.

Love it that MissL sleeps in her slap which I would never do except for all the times that I get too drunk to negotiate the facial wash

@ dreaming about it!

Val stoppit, I am a woman possessed already. I am only justifying this by saying I shall eat nowt but packed lunches for the next month.

I watched so many application videos last night it is embarrassing. I expect I will be an expert :o

Who knows Melted, maybe one day you can get every girl's dream job and be a counter-girl at Harvey Nicks

DID YOU BUY A BUXOM LIP GLOSS????????

Did you? Did you?

They are FAB!

IT WAS IN MY KIT AND I AM WEARING IT NOW!!!111!!!!

It tingles and is LUFFLY and I LUFFS it.

I am wearing 'rose' - such a lovely colour and lasts ages. They seem expensive but when you compare the size of them to other makes they work out practically the same.

Ah yes Jodie, my dream job, what all the work for my maths degree has been for :o

Thanks, will look at video now. I don't know of anywhere around here that stocks it so I can't go get a demo, valium . We don't have a Bravissimo anywhere around either.

Oh wow, meltedchocolate, I'm just starting a maths degree (not quite sure how that happened, mind you!).

Anyway, on topic, I've just found they've got a counter at Debenhams in Exeter, and dh and I are going in to Exeter on Wednesday. Hooray!

Should I go in bare faced (shudder), or wear my usual foundation, crap though it is - cannot get the right colour and have been countered by Clarins, Lancome and a couple of others.

I bought buxom lip gloss, In Vanessa. I love it, rich reddy blackcurrant colour but quite sheer when blotted. I imagine the tube will last for yonks cos its about 2 foot long

Wore my Bare today, my face is not greasy AT ALL I am totally amazed

Not a fan of the bisque however for my panda circles, I need industrial and that doesnt cut the mustard. great for other blotchy bits though