Rococco, sure. Sephora should have a BE counter and a tech to play with your face. I was in Chicago last night and dragged my makeup phobic friend into the BE Boutique at Woodfield, (Mecca itself, only two in the midwest I think) for a makeup application. Had to ply her with a glass of wine first. We'd been up since 5, driven 3 hours, then had a tedious all day conference - our 50s faces were not exactly dewey and fresh... When they were done, she looked great!! Another convert. BTW BE is "15 spf", but you use so very, very little that I doubt it is sufficient protection. Oh, and on the messiness of the powders. I'd forgotten to swirl the brush in a bit in the lid, and was kinda dunking it instead. Duh. The lid and the Kleenex tip did the trick. Thanks.

My friend, the "Makeup Queen" always has a bunch of freebies from her many visits to makeup counters. She gave me some good-sized samples of body dusting powder and I mixed one with 2-cups cornstarch. It smells the same as the EXpensive stuff at a fraction of the cost, and I think it actually works better than plain talcum powder in the summer. For a moisturizer and hand cream, I use Lou Ana brand coconut oil that I get at Wal-Mart (next to the Crisco). I also cook with it, so it's not just for one-use only. I make my own pots of lip gloss using coconut oil as the base ingredient, a little beeswax, cocoa butter, and vitamin E oil. -Grainlady

I finished painting the frame last night and it looks great! After a fruitless hunt for Sophisticated Finishes at my local Michael's and being scared of all the caution info on the liquid gilding product, what I purchased were three colors of Martha Stewart craft paint: a medium brown in satin finish, metallic gold and metallic yellow-gold. Using a natural sea sponge, I applied the brown first and let it dry. Then I went over the frame with both of the golds, pretty much blending them together. It looks just as I'd hoped--like it's always been gold, and like it's old. It's propped up on my buffet with three or four pictures in vintage frames that I haven't hung up yet (we've only been here 2.5 years) and it looks right at home among them. I love it when a project actually turns out to be easier than I feared :)

I very rarely wear makeup anymore. Funny thing is when I had lush, long eyelashes, I used to wear mascara a lot if I was going out somewhere in public. Now that my eyelashes have thinned out, I can barely stand to wear it. I guess because i got used to not wearing it much. Same for other types of make up. I do occasionally wear it but not often. Eyeshadows make my eyes look horrible. I think it brings attention to the sagginess of them and wrinkles in them. So, don't usually wear it anymore even when I do wear makeup. Forgot to answer the original question, no I don't really have a beauty regimen. When I get ready for work if I wash my hair I will blow it dry only because I can't stand to have wet hair on the nap of my neck and clothing. Sometimes I won't dry it completely, just enough so that it's not dripping all over. Moisturizer on the face, sometimes lotion everywhere else, unless I'm running late then I skip it. I also sometimes will put foot cream on, but have gotten lazy over the past 6 months or so and my feet are starting to get dry and rough. I get a pedicure about once a year. I'm overdue for one now. I don't do anything else but get dressed and go to work, after I brush my teeth, of course. No make up...I work in a dark basement answering phones so I really don't care what I look like.