I'm in love with makeup all over again! ELF (www.eyeslipsface.com) makes buying makeup so much fun because they offer good quality products for an economically proficient price for everyone to be able to afford something no matter how strict your budget is these days. ELF cosmetics are becoming easier to obtain if you check at your local Dollar General, Walgreen's and Target stores as well as on line.

I've purchased several of thier makeup brushes at the Dollar General store from their $1 line. I've also bought some of their eyeshadow  palettes at Walgreens. I've ordered mostly on line. I've sign up for their email offers and they offer a coupon code you can use to get the special deals.

Many items ELF offers are $1, $3, $5. Depending on the items you purchase and what other brands you compare them to, you will find they are worth the price. I have to admit I've not liked everything I've purchased but I'd give them a 9 out of 10 rating for sure!

Don't be surprised once you try ELF cosmetics if you get hooked and feel the need to inform all your friends and family about them too!

 
This week I received my order from Coastal Scents. I took advantage of the special offer in the email and I chose to use the discounted price to purchase the much coveted lip liner set. I've wanted this set of lip liners ever since they became available. I just didn't want to spend the money for the whole set so I decided to wait for a special offer and here it was!

I have to say I'm glad I waited and didn't try to purchase them one at a time. I love color in the set, although I'll probably not use many of the darker colors. However, given the right blend of lip pencil, lipstick/lipgloss I just  might come up with some very pretty shades in the end. I'll just have to play around with them and see what I come up with.

I will be posting a picture of them. I find that they are pretty accurately colored as it shows on the end of each pencil. I love the application. They are soft and not hard like many pencils I've tried before. They apply very smooth on my lips and I'm all for that because I generally will not purchase a lip pencil that I think will pull and tug on my lips. I think they will be very lasting. I'm not one who goes for the 24 hr, long lasting makeup products, especially at my age I want something that will be easy to remove so I dont' have to tug and pull at my skin. Less wrinkles that way!

(From left to right) cabaret, coffee, mahogany, brown, prune, natural, pinky, mauve, express, toast, auburn, current
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I'm getting so far behind on making YouTube videos for my makeup channel (DRmakeupgirl) it's not funny. One of my YT friends was looking for me last night to see where I'd gone. I've just not had the time to make anymore videos for several reasons. Mainly lack of quiet time to get them done. I have several makeup purchases I want to review and post a video about as soon as I can. First off  I'd like to have a new video camera to make some instead of using my laptop or digicam. I'd also love to edit my videos like emilynoel83! I love her new video editing and her little cupcake kitty!

I've got a new ELF eye shadow palette to try. I also bought a new roll of brushes from Coastal Scents. I've also got 2 new Cosmetique kits to blog about.

Who determines what is age appropriate for me other than ME? NOBODY! For instance, I recently polished my fingernails with the color Purple Pizzazz. I love the color! At first I thought, "this color is too young for me". But then I had another thought of "who decides what is too young and too old for ME"! My answer to myself was "ME!"

A couple nights ago I was watching one of the makeup videos I'm subscribed to (You Tube) and a younger woman than me asked if a neon pink would be too young for her  to wear that color and she said she loved the color. Well, I say, " you like it then you go for it girl!" YOU decide what color you want to wear and forget about age.

Hey Ya'll.....I'm beginning to rediscover AVON makeup all over again. I used to use some of it several years ago and then I quit buying it cause my AVON lady moved or something. Now I'm attending church with a young lady selling AVON and I'm beginning to buy my makeup from her. I always loved the Glimmersticks eyeliner pencils in Cosmic Brown and I love the color, look, application, etc. I guess I don't have anything negative to say about the Glimmersticks, haha. I bought the 8 in 1 eyeshadow palette in the neutral tones. I'm  loving the pigmentation and look of them. What I'm really likeing is the slight shimmer lool. I don't like eyeshadows to have a lot of shimmer and shine, especially as I get older. This palette is great for an everyday neutral look without a lot of product. No matter what your eye color I believe they will look good on everyone.

I'm wearing these products in my latest You Tube video if you want to see what they look like with blue eyes. My You Tube channel is DRmakeupgirl.

Well today is officially my birthday. Forty nine is the number of years I've graced this earth with my existence. A lot of water has gone under the bridge, some of it was very muddy, filled with debris. Sometimes it was a life giving, cool and refreshing for the soul. Nowadays I'm thankful and wiser how I respond to the water flowing under the bridge. Life will teach you to consider other things besides the water. What lies beneath the waters surface is one factor, number two consider the height and width of the bridge as well as the depth of the water.

Autumn is in the air today and I don't like it one bit! I really dislike this season! Everything dies. I know this is for a good reason in the natural scheme of things but its depressing to me nonetheless. From the time the fall season begins I'm longing for my beloved springtime; clear blue skies, warmer temperatures, no snows, lots of sunshine and rain, flowers blooming, birds chirping, green grasses. I can just see it now!

Hurry up springtime!

Today I turn 49 for the first time (next birthday will be the second time I'll be 49, lol) I have thus celebrated it with a trip to buy some new makeup of course! I love makeup and it's really a challenge to stand in those isle in the store and not get one of everything! But since I dont' have booKoos of money to spend on my passion I try to pick and choose wisely. For instance, today (I celebrated a day early on the 27 instead of 28-my birthday) I bought a couple of my favorite eyepencils (Covergirl Perfect Plus -expresso), 2 Revlon Matte eyeshadows (Vintage Lace), 2 Studio M nailpolishes (Get the Blues & Plum Perfection), 1 Rimmell lip pencil (natural) and 1 EOS lip balm (Summer fruit). I also bought a few blouses for good measure.

I've heard really good things about the EOS lip balms but I've applied this twice since I bought it today and so far I'm not impressed with anything about it. Compared to my Burt's Bees it pales badly!  

I've been playing around with my false eyelashes I've purchased from www.eyesfacelips.com (ELF cosmetics). They  are only $1 a pair. I've ordered my on line but I can also purchase them at my local Dollar General Store. I've not used false eyelashes since I was in high school and that was a long time ago. So now that I've found out ELF has sells them so cheap I can afford to practice a lot to learn how they work again.

I don't like the glue that comes with the lashes so I've bought some of the Revlon brand that I've heard is really good. I've not tried it yet but hope to in the next few days. I did get brave one day and make a video for my You Tube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/DRmakeupgirl )and post a new picture for my facebook page (www.facebook.com/deboracrobinson ) I didn't get them glued on very well but I dont' think it shows up in the video and picture.

I've made several purchases from ELF and will be posting/blogging about what I've bought in days to come. I love makeup!

I've just started my own YouTube channel about makeup http://www.youtube.com/user/DRmakeupgirl . I'm very excited about it. I've worn makeup most of my life and love the stuff! You can't have too much makeup. Its almost like a collectors type thing. Especially when you can find good products for a good price without breaking the bank to do it. For instance, ELF cosmetics is my new find! E.L.F. stands for eyes, lips, face thier website is www.eyeslipsface.com . I can also find some of their products at my local Dollar General Store.

My plan is to do many more videos on all brands of makeup like so many others are doing. Everyone is different even though its all about the same makeup sometimes. Each person puts their own personality and spin on their videos so it makes for a variety; no two are just alike. Lots of fun and educational to watch and to make yourself!

I would love for more 'older' women to do the makeup videos. Twentysomething is great while you're there but as life progresses things in regard to make up will change like everything else in life. Hope you go visit my channel and subscribe. Leave me some comments or ask questions if you like.

Just received my book titled "Don't Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me". This book is by Paula Begoun. She has really done loads of research on the majority of cosmetics. I've read some of this massive book and I've already disagreed with her on a couple of things. But before I will express my full opinion I will read more about what she has to say. Although, I do realize cosmetics that might work great for one person may not give the same results.

Since I started this blog entry I've read some of the book and I can't say I agree with all her research. Although she did give my Mary Kay skin care fair marks she seemed to be more focused in on the degree of sunscreen in the products. Actually from all the other products she had tested she didn't give good marks. So to sum it all up, if I took her book with me and did my cosmetics shopping I'd probably not buy anything!

I will have to say the book had tons of information on pretty much any cosmetic you can think of but I'll probably keep on buying my cosmetics as usual. I'd like to hear from anyone else who has read this book to know what you think.