So...I know I have tried every foundation under the sun.  No pun intended, but I want my skin but a little less blotchy.  Now, that picture is from IMAN and I had watched her do an application for a girl with brown skin and gold/honey undertones such as mine.  The women in the photo are as diverse as the women in the book and who modeled on the QVC show that I got sucked into watched.  I am a huge sucker follower of Iman as she was one of the first black women who appeared in campaign ads for cosmetics long before Queen Latifah, Hallie Berry, Eva Longoria, Rihanna, Beyonce, and Gabrielle.  So, being the fool consumer I am, I ordered a few products.  (Picture not shown for fear of humiliation) Decent price and the application lighting was superb.  Now, I have to send it all back.  I read that the acidic level of oily skinned girls is quite high so I asked about the titanium dioxide, talc, and other ingredients to ensure I was stoopid wise in my selection.  Absolute.Fail.Coming.

I got my box and was happy!  I had gotten bang on matches and in the mirror I looked good, I followed my morning routine, and when I got to work all was well.  I used the blot powder in med/light throughout the day making sure I blotted my face with tissue first so all the oils were blotted and it's simply cleaner than adding another layer of cakemix powder on your face.  I didn't like that this stuff seemed to transfer A LOT, but it's dark because, I'm dark.  I'd glance in the mirror and seemed to look cute so all was well.  So, after lunch, I went to the ladies room to wash up and retouch. *insert shrill* My face was ORANGE not darker, but ORANGE !!! I was mortified.  I know shit foundation oxidizes, I covered that with the bitch woman on the phone.  So... I walked back to my office *walk of shame* and stayed in my cubicle for the rest of the day.  I prayed I didn't get called into any meetings or have to attend a hearing at the Capitol.  What's more, I work with some arrogant good looking men who are well groomed.  When you look good you have swagger feel good, so I was in everyone's face.  Well God don't like me ugly.  So, I got what I deserved.  I didn't give this the six week run before posting, this happened yesterday and my feelings are hurt in tact.  I am sending it back.  I passed the Cover Girl Queen display and they ALL had red undertones, so I passed on those, so I'll continue throwing money away my search for a foundation but this one gets an "F" from me.

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 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: titanium dioxide 1.1%, zinc oxide 2.0%

One  more day!!! I get a new computer and can blog it all out!  *Happy Dance* In some ways it's been cool not to access the world wide web.  For instance, I spend more time getting out and about and having a "real life."  Week one, I loathed going home.  No blogs to read, no forums to peruse, no YouTube, just silence.  By week two, I was reading all the books I had set aside, and by the third week, I was about taking pictures of people, places, and windowshopping.  The world is really cool when you look at it from the lense of a camera. I'm no photographer, but some of the simplest things become so amazing.  Like architecture, rustic buildings, squirrels, flowers and the elements have a different element to them.  You see them quite different.  In addition, going to cosmetics counters in person as opposed to blogs and forums is quite interesting.  There arae so many beautiful women of various ethnicities, ages, skin tones and I found so many different ideas and experimented with products I had never touched.  Well, big thumbs down for Giorgio Armani...boo, hiss, I'm so upset.  This is one of the leaders in the fashion industry so, quite naturally I would be interested in their cosmetics.  But, unforutunately they don't have foundation in my skin tone??? What the frack is that all about?  I mean, the last I looked it was 2009 and black women are some of the consumers which keep this billion dollar industry in the black (pun intended).  No matter what's going on in my world, I was told as a child to make sure if I only had one outfit, make sure it was clean and pressed and if I could not do my face right, to have one lipstick that would flatter me.  I think it's sad that both women quite pale, and those who are darker are hard pressed to find a foundation to match our skin tone.  We exist, our money spends the same, and guess what, we aren't diminishing in number, we are learning more about how to emphasize our God given beauty and we'd like to get in on the action.  I felt more sorry for the sales assistant who took me to Chanel and still couldn't match me.  I'm not very dark, but I applaud those companies who do realize they have a demographic who would love to purchase their products.  End rant!

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