Orange Lipgloss & Experimentation...

2 words that should not go together.

A few months ago, when MAC's "Hello Kitty" collection was released, and I had multiple hours between classes, I went to visit their roadshow where I was lured in by the sample sized eye make-up remover, and new collection of eyeshadows, which upon realizing were hideously adorned with "the cat that has no mouth", I refused to buy. On a side note, is it not ironic that Hello Kitty is Japanese, and both cats and the Japanese consume fish as a primary item of their diet, that the cat HAS NO MOUTH with which to carry out this very activity? It is a disturbing creature at best.

Anyway, while I was at the roadshow trying on make-up, the make-up artist tried to FORCE me to buy ORANGE LIPGLOSS. Not only did she insist on it, but when I refused, she insisted/scolded that sometimes I should "listen to the make-up artist". What a pretentious cow. Now, I strongly believe this is assault on many accounts: 1) on the senses, 2) on my sensibilities, 3) on decency, 4) on common sense, 5) on my fashion sense in general. Now, let me establish this very firmly. I am dead against orange make-up in any form! Eyeshadows, blushers, bronzers, lipstick, lipgloss, highlighters, tans, etc. Anything that resembles a carrot or orange should be eaten, not slathered on your skin to look like you are dying or carotene poisoning or whatnot. In sum, if you try to sell me orange cosmetics, I will stab you with a carrot and paint your severed head orange for all and sundry to see.

Now, the point of this is to establish my trepidation about going to MAC tomorrow, where they have released a brand new line of make-up full of pinks which they may inadvertently attempt to sell me which will bring out another bout of annoyance.

Well, this concludes the rant and rave segment of our programme. Let us proceed to the next event: EXPERIMENTATION!

Yes, I am in a pseudo-scientific mood. Therefore, over the next few weeks I am going to be experimenting with different types of products. At present, I use a number of different products, and my skin is not exactly working out for me, so I am going to go step-by-step, through trial and errror to figure out the best items for me to use. At present I use the following:

Morning:
St. Ives Pore Cleanser
Botanicals Complexion Refining Toning Lotion
Estee Lauder Pore Minimizer
Estee Lauder Hydra Complete Moisturizer
Estee Lauder Hydra Complete Multi Level Moisturizer Gel Eye Cream
Clinique Sunblock

Night:
Nivea Oxygen Gel Cleanser
Botanicals Complexion Refining Toning Lotion
Clarins Multi-Active Night Cream
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Cream

Now, this is a vast list to start the elimination/substitution process from, and with this list of crap, my skin should be flawless! However, since it's not, I have decided that over the course of the next few weeks, I shall be exploring each area one by one. First, skincare, i.e. facial wash, toner, pore minimizer, moisturizer, then night cream. Followed by make-up and whatnot.

So, for the purpose of effective experimentation, I will be using the same product day and night for a week when I am testing them. So, while keeping everything else constant, I will begin the laborious pursuit of flawless skin tomorrow morning! You shall be kept posted!