Drive by posting.... since I'm still tipsy.
The Jimmy BUffet concert was seriously AWESOME! I had the best time, ever!!!
If you havent gone - and have the chance - GO!!!
I had so much fun!!!
See you ladies tomorrow.....after coffee and asprin!!!
They have a whole bunch of these type things in pink. I think someone has been doing their homework. 
Oh, CathrynRose......look what I found for you.
I was looking at a cool message board site that someone else posted here last week and came across a post about storage and finding something similar to this at Sam's Club. When I saw it I immediately thought of you.
(even though I'm not CR)I don't understand the point of the felt?
Have Ijust not had enough coffee this morning? (that's possible
I've gone overboard. I'm going again. Makeup is gonna have to be put on hold when Jimmy is in town.....
Thankfully I have 98 eyeshadows to hold me over.
I've gone overboard. I'm going again. Makeup is gonna have to be put on hold when Jimmy is in town.....
Thankfully I have 98 eyeshadows to hold me over.
Seriously, we could have put some of that stuff at our feet for the picture. Anyway, you can see how deep set my eyes are. Sometimes I wonder why I bother with eyeshadow at all. Oh and it was blazingly hot that day. A more talented person probably would have looked better, but I felt presentable enough to have my picture taken.
Who was talking about Too Faced mascara from beautycrunch??? I have to say that I was noticing I was getting "Panda Eyes" later on in the day and so, just for kicks, opened up my new Too Faced Layering kit that I picked up at ULTA. I put a sticker (OK a band aid) on my old mascara so I would know the difference...
It is like a totally different formula! There is no going back. The new Lash Injection is soooo much better. And I have to practically soak them in eye makeup remover to get it off. The "old" mascara just flaked off with water. I am so disappointed in the beautycrunch lash injection, that I don't think I'll be ordering from them again.
OH, and FYI, if anyone is interested in what I looked like in Florida. I posted a picture in my profile. I'm the one in the blue shirt. Aren't we a "strapping" family?
No mas Beauty Crunch. 
It was an old fashioned family vacay from years gone by, before grandkids and husbands (and ex-husbands). My sis and I joked in the car, "She's looking at me! She's touching me!" 
It was the perfect time to try it. I had worked a double for two days, plus got no sleep and ate a salty bag of chips. My eyes were pufferoos. 
It's also not as thick as real eye creams and lotions are. Again, I get white milia bumps if something is too thick. 
The puffiness really went down. But the under-eye area was getting dried out now. So I rinsed of the anti-puff and applied some of the Garnier anti-wrinkle moisturizer to get rid of the drying wrinkles. What was really incredible to me was that the hooding I was getting over my eyes that I thought was sagging & droopy skin was actually PUFFY skin. For the first time in ages that puffy/saggy top upper eye area was GONE!!! 
I actually looked awake and a bit younger, for the first time in ages. The droopy corner was tightened up quite a bit. The frown lines were less noticable. 
) that won't go completely away. But, the area is so much flatter and better than before. Doing it again on Day Two and I'm still looking great.
I tried the Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller yesterday and I LOVE it!
They had been puffy for a while and I've been wanting to get something. Walgreens had a Garnier sale last week. I actually forgot to check the MakeupAlley.com reviews and I'm glad I did. I actually like the Garnier moisturizers. So it didn't occur to me to check the reviews. The Skin Renew is my normal moisturizer as it really does even out my skin tone and minimize my sunspots. It's the ONLY moisturizer that is not too thick, and does not make me break out or get all those tiny white milia bumps the way Oil of Olay or Loreal products do.
I also use a tiny dab of the Garnier anti-wrinkle moisturizer as an under eye cream as it has an SPF sunblock, whereas most eye creams/lotions don't. Not sure why not, since that's such an important area.
So I tried the Anti-puff Roller. There is a learning curve and some experimenting to be done. According to the MakeupAlley.com reviews, it worked best when people rolled it on quite a few times and did multiple applications.
So I did that. I applied it to clean skin. Instead of the 1-2 swipes the directions say, I literally painted it on about 6-7 times. I really saturated the under-eye area with the gel. What I found that is really important is to follow the directions to take my finger and PAT IT INTO THE SKIN. I strongly suspect that the majority of the bad reviews were because people just rolled it on a couple times and that was it.
It has to be PATTED into the skin until it's absorbed deeply into the puffy layers. (I strongly suspect that what ever is in it is actually an anti-inflammatory ingredient that shrinks down puffy cells.) I let it sit for about 15 minutes while I had my morning coffee. I could see it had already firmed my under-eye area a bit, so I rolled on some more and patted it in. I also did a little bit on the upper eye area. That had started getting hooded over the last year as my skin started to sag and the corners of my eyes have started to droop.
I had the day off and was home. About an hour later, I noticed it really seemed to work.
I also applied it to my puffy checks right above my frown lines. The salty chips had really made that area puffy. So I figured it couldn't hurt to try.
After about another 45 minutes, since the wrinkles went down and seemed sufficiently moisturized, I rinsed that off and decided to play with the anti-puff roller again. I applied a thick coat again and patted it in. Top and bottom. And also more on the frown lines.
4 hours later: The puffiness was almost completely gone.
It's not a cure all. There still is a bit of puff under the eye (maybe a wrinkle
I have NOT tried putting moisturizer on top of it. It is sticky, since I put a lot on. I'm also too afraid my skin would break out. So I've been alternating the anti-puff for a few hours, washing it off, then moisturizer alone.
For my cheeks, I'm thinking of getting the Garnier Ultra-Lift Pro Wrinkle Roller for the frown lines the next time there is a sale at Rite Aid. Walgreens doesn't have the 100% makeup guarantee that Rite Aid has, so I would have been screwed if the Anti-puff Roller didn't work. At least, at Rite Aid, if I don't like a product I can return any item and get my money back.
I've been eyeballing that thing. I tried the Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller yesterday and I LOVE it!
They had been puffy for a while and I've been wanting to get something. Walgreens had a Garnier sale last week. I actually forgot to check the MakeupAlley.com reviews and I'm glad I did. I actually like the Garnier moisturizers. So it didn't occur to me to check the reviews. The Skin Renew is my normal moisturizer as it really does even out my skin tone and minimize my sunspots. It's the ONLY moisturizer that is not too thick, and does not make me break out or get all those tiny white milia bumps the way Oil of Olay or Loreal products do.
I also use a tiny dab of the Garnier anti-wrinkle moisturizer as an under eye cream as it has an SPF sunblock, whereas most eye creams/lotions don't. Not sure why not, since that's such an important area.
So I tried the Anti-puff Roller. There is a learning curve and some experimenting to be done. According to the MakeupAlley.com reviews, it worked best when people rolled it on quite a few times and did multiple applications.
So I did that. I applied it to clean skin. Instead of the 1-2 swipes the directions say, I literally painted it on about 6-7 times. I really saturated the under-eye area with the gel. What I found that is really important is to follow the directions to take my finger and PAT IT INTO THE SKIN. I strongly suspect that the majority of the bad reviews were because people just rolled it on a couple times and that was it.
It has to be PATTED into the skin until it's absorbed deeply into the puffy layers. (I strongly suspect that what ever is in it is actually an anti-inflammatory ingredient that shrinks down puffy cells.) I let it sit for about 15 minutes while I had my morning coffee. I could see it had already firmed my under-eye area a bit, so I rolled on some more and patted it in. I also did a little bit on the upper eye area. That had started getting hooded over the last year as my skin started to sag and the corners of my eyes have started to droop.
I had the day off and was home. About an hour later, I noticed it really seemed to work.
I also applied the Anti-puff to my puffy checks right above my frown lines. The salty chips had really made that area puffy. So I figured it couldn't hurt to try.
After about another 45 minutes, since the wrinkles went down and seemed sufficiently moisturized, I rinsed that off and decided to play with the Anti-puff roller again. I applied a thick coat again and patted it in. Top and bottom. And also more above the frown lines.
4 hours later: The puffiness was almost completely gone.
It's not a cure all. There still is a bit of puff under the eye (maybe a wrinkle
I have NOT tried putting moisturizer on top of it. It is sticky, since I put a lot on. I'm also too afraid my skin would break out. So I've been alternating the anti-puff for a few hours, washing it off, then moisturizer alone.
For my cheeks, I'm thinking of getting the Garnier Ultra-Lift Pro Wrinkle Roller for the frown lines the next time there is a sale at Rite Aid. Walgreens doesn't have the 100% makeup guarantee that Rite Aid has, so I would have been screwed if the Anti-puff Roller didn't work. At least, at Rite Aid, if I don't like a product I can return any item and get my money back.
