Questions for The CI: Exfoliation

Thanks, Mom for bringing up this topic. Everyone should exfoliate once a week to make sure that your skincare doesn't have to seep through leather to get to the place it needs to be to work. I never do it. But my thin pale skin rarely needs it. When I do it I use Cle de Peau Translucency Mask which you put on, let dry and peel off. Results: Baby Ass


Clarins does a great job with simple exfoliation. They have Clarins One Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser (everyday use for a normal skin type) and Clarins Gentle Exfoliating Refiner (once a week grainy scrub) and Clarins Gentle Facial Peeling  (another peel away mask, once a week, all skin types.)






Now, I do advocate massive amounts of  body exfoliation. It helps with shaving and if you use Jo Malone Vitamin E Body Scrub or  Fresh Brown Sugar Body Polish you won't even have to use lotion.

Even really shitty technique with shadow can be improved by massive amounts of mascara!

Ok. I have a obsession with mascara. But I also have a secret belief that they are all the same. But that's not true, because I  hate a bunch of them. So it all comes back to me being a bossy fickle bitch again.

Mascara has what seems like endless possibilities but it boils down to two questions:
Do you want more lashes or longer lashes?
and
Do you require waterproof shit that will not come off without a jack hammer and vaseline or just regular wash it off stuff?

My answers are almost always VOLUME aka more lashes and NOT WATERPROOF...unless it's a wedding or a funeral. Shit that says it curls your lashes is going to encourage curl but just suck it up and buy a curler. I like Nars Eyelash Curler or Shiseido Eyelash Curler. Then put one of these beauties on and call it a day.

YSL Volume Effet Faux Cils : realllly pretty because it looks like patent leather even when dry. The tube runs out of juice very fast but it's worth it  If you have $30 to spend every three weeks.



Armani Eyes To Kill Mascara : the best shit out there. This formula lifts and separates like an extremely expensive bra.



Cle de Peau Volume Mascara : kinda messy, but worth the clean up on aisle 5. Triples the size of an individual lash. I have no proof of that. But that's what it looks like to me.


 Lancome Hypnose Mascara
is just good basic mascara. Nice and soft and not clumpy or shed-y.



Lancome Paris Definicils High Definition Mascara  : I included two lancome mascaras without even meaning to. They make great mascara. It just works. They sell a bunch of it, too.


Chanel Inimitable Waterproof Multi Dimensional Mascara : this has one of those plastic tooth brushes that really apply color to each and every lash. Super popular with my artist buddies.


Christian Dior Diorshow Blackout Mascara : This is one of the ones that I kinda hate. Diorshow Mascara has that big teddy-bear brush that gets mascara all over my face rather than my lashes, but that could be because I am a klutz. It's kinda gloppy, too. But Blackout is VERY black, and I adore really dark shit.


Estee Lauder Magnascopic Maximum Volume Mascara  is suprisingly good. I keep ending up using this because it lasts forever and the brush stays in shape even if you use the tube everyday for a year. But don't do that. Bacteria loves mascara, that's why Oprah will tell you to replace it every three months.

Lip Balm Montage: I wish I knew how to make a slideshow and synch it to Michael MacDonald's "What a Fool Believes"

....I am a fool because I STILL have chapped lips even though I love each and every one of these lip bitches.

Laura Mercier Lip Balm SPF 15 


Cle De Peau Lip Treatment 


La Mer Lip Balm


Jo Malone Vitamin E Lip Balm


Clark's Botanicals Ultra Rich Lip Balm 


Clinique All About Lips 

The creme de la creme!

OH GOD THIS FOUNDATION SAVED MY LIFE!! When my skin was not ok.....red and covered with scales and dry spots I needed a foundation that would cover anything. Cle De Peau Cream Foundation
did just that. A full coverage makeup that looked like skin. A lot of pro artists use it on set to create perfected skin. It costs a shit ton of cash but one jar lasted me at least 5 months.


There are two formulations: above is the silky cream for dry skin in the square jar, below, for oily skin is the cream foundation with SPF 18 and comes in a round press-top jar.

Liners everyone thinks are too hard because they require a brush.

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner   will wear the longest, is waterproof and works in the waterline of the eye. But you have to use a brush. Get over it. Yes, it takes more time and yes, you have to practice to get it right but the results are bar none the best.



Oh hey, this is the brush you should use. Yes, it feels like a pitch when the Bobbi girl/gay says it has to be Bobbi, but what they mean is it has to be synthetic. If you use a natural hair brush it will gum up, be difficult to control,  and ruin your brush to boot. Bobbi made the brush specifically for the liner, so cough up.


EVERYONE HAS ONE: (but not as good, or way expensive)

Overpriced shit I would consider buying:

Sisley Botanical Buff & Wash Facial Gel is magic. Why would I lie? This shit is all botanical all the time and threatens to restore your pH. All I know is that my face feels like a baby's ass when I use it. The grainy texture makes me weep with pleasure. Did I mention it is magic?


So what? A bar soap that is $100? Sure. Because it moisturizes and exfoliates with the ultimate Japanese technology. Also it smells good. And you thought Cle De Peau Gentle Cleansing Foam was crazy expensive. Try their Synactif line. Hope you enjoy that second mortgage, because you are gonna look hot.

The super fancy shit is expensive for a reason.

I have a love/hate relationship with Cle de Peau. I hate the price. I hate that they discontinued the Illuminating Powder in that taupe color that made my cheekbones magically higher and thinner. I swear to god that thing took 10 pounds off my ass, it was so pretty. And suuuuure, you can get that weird little highlight/lowlight duo, but there isn't a brush small enough to use that tiny little square of powder. No, I will not use an eyeshadow brush to contour my cheeks. I have better things to do. Like sodoku. So screw off, Cle de Peau!

I'm sorry. Please, Cle de Peau! Don't walk off in huff! I love you! You know that Cle De Peau Cream Foundation - No. B10  is the only foundation that really matches me. I do love your new cheek color! I do! The #1 is a brown pink combo the world has never seen.

Cle de Peau, you make me a better artist. I only try to make you proud.