I have been
fascinated with beauty products for a long time now. I have used them ever
since I found tiny lipsticks from the seventies designed for my mother’s dolls.
They were as large as my eight years old pinkie, and I used them to paint my
lips with colours best suited for the Dallas starlets…
Years
later, when I had some pocket money, I loved to go and buy make up for myself
from brands I could afford like Yves Rocher, Bourjois, or brands I found at the departement store.
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| A long time ago, playing with make-up... |
Of course,
my relationship with make up was not always completely an agreeable one. For
one thing, my teenage years were riddled with skin problems, and make up was
not there for fun - it was just a mask which left me feeling unpretty as
possible. My mother did not wear make up, and didn’t use cosmetics for the most
part, so she couldn’t advise me on the proper way to use make up, how to choose
creams or the importance of removing make up with soft and respectful products.
So I chose
cosmetics which worsen my skin and did not make me feel good at all.
I know better
now, but choosing beauty products is still a quest - a pleasant one this time !
It can be hard to find the right product, which will work for you for a long
time, or just to treat a specific problem.
After load
of experimenting, I now much prefer to invest a lot of money in a product which
respects my skin. I found that with the right skincare, I spend much less in
make up, and will avoid drowning my skin in products. Of course, it all depends
of your personal preferences ! I do love
the nude style…
This is not
to say that you have to spend a lot to find great products. For one, not every
one has a temperamental skin such as mine. And even I have some brilliant stuff
which were not that expensive. All the La Roche-Posay brand is wonderful, for
instance ; same for the Avene, or some products from Nuxe (but more on that
later).
All in all,
it all comes down to simple maths. I treat my cosmetics as my food ; after all,
a great part of what we put on our skin ends up in our blood. I would rather
spend more and have my mind at rest at whether what I’m using is not quietly
attacking my body.
But in the
end, it can be an arduous task to find just the right product. This blog is
mainly the story of my personal quest through this shambles…
xx
Mathilde
