Amy I love this post.

I'm a little pissed off at the moment at all Estee Lauder owned brands (MAC, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox) because they keep raising the prices and lowering the quantity you get!

Also I'm officially boycotting Laura Mercier. That fucking cunt sells makeup-and sometimes glittery one at that-and makes a comment like this:

"It really astonishes me the way American women wear so much makeup," said Laura Mercier, "In America, even teenage girls are overly made-up. And when you are overly made-up, you send out the message that you are overly sexual, that you want to be visible to attract men."

This is from a New York times article where Mercier was quoted:

"Nicole Richie and Britney Spears have that overdone look, the French say. Madonna is forgiven since she is seen as a hard-nosed businesswoman and free spirit. Jennifer Lopez doesn't count because she is Hispanic and therefore culturally more exotic."

We are the number one consumer of your overpriced shit-shut the fuck up.

(BTW I'm really enjoying the direction Koreans are taking makeup. )

On the Koreans and makeup -- you mean more natural?

I mostly never wear mascara and only wear this eyeshadow and eyeliner -- and then light lipstick. With dark lipstick and done-up eyes, it looks like too much.

http://www.bubzbeauty.com/bubbi-likes/435-korean-natural-makeup.html

Where I purposely go overboard is in wearing formalwear as everydaywear. I get long formalwear skirts for between $10 and $19, typically, on eBay, and then wear them with a little jacket and some scarfy-ness.

I find the Wet n Wild nail polish to be just as long lasting as the fancy stuff.