Yeah, ok

[ksmith]

I am an idiot.

Just spent almost two hours at sephora.com in search of the perfect green eyeshadow. Not screaming emerald or chartreuse acid, but a nice clear pastel that allows a hint of green without making me look like I'm wearing lettuce leaves on my eyelids.

Found two. Ordered same. Evening shot. And I wonder why my desk is still cluttered.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Umm..why should I see myself as a victim? All I'm doing is looking for the right shade of celery green, and trying to compare colors on a video display that may or may not be accurate.

Ok, speaking as a chemist and as someone who works with microbiologists, I would be reluctant to put any handmade cosmetics near my eyes or on my face or mouth unless I was very sure that they were stable, safe and uncontaminated. Yes, some larger commercial manufacturers use ingredients that make you go Huh?, but so some purveyors of supposedly all-natural products. I can develop an allergic reaction to 100% organic just as I can to 100% synthetic. Some essential oils can act like drugs on some people-- some of them are drugs--and the effects aren't always predictable.

I do purchase from Lush, which features a lot of products made in small batches with minimal numbers of ingredients and processing. Love their stuff. But I also buy big-name cosmetics with big advertising budgets and a whole lot of "great new scientific breakthrough in buzzword of the day" whatnot attached. Some of these things don't work for me, and I don't buy them anymore. Others have made my skin look better than it has for 10 years, and I will continue to use them.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that terms like "handmade" and "100% organic" don't in and of themselves make me comfortable.