Hey, here's mine - and now I've thought about it, I think it needs some clearing out!! Max Factor face Finity compact - really naff stuff, I need to look around for something better, this can look very caked on, urgghh!! Calvin Klein eye pencil in brown - excellent pencil with a smudger on the other end lipglosses - loads of them! in clear, brown and a pinky one. MAC spice lipliner Estee Lauder Illusionist mascara - trial size I got free Agnes B concealer - for daytime emergencies Mini bottles of 2 of my favourite fragrances - Lancome Miracle and Gucci Envy breath freshner drops tiny 'Take Away' pot of my hair wax - Charles Worthington hair putty actually, there's nothing in there that I don't use at some time or another!! and I keep it all in a lovely red leather mulberry purse which I got for less than 25% of the price it should have been in the sales last winter!! Ed x

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.

Angc, try googling for a cream sans sunscreen, or check Amazon. Hope you find it! Okay, the cream came today. Around 2pm I put it on. I wasn't sure about it at first because it does the same as my powder. I didn't have to use any under eye concealer which was great. Very silky feel on face. About an hour later I crawled into bed from exhaustion from the past week. An hour after I got up I looked in the mirror, and it was still fresh looking! Combined with the RoC treatment I've been using the past week, my face looks better than ever. All of it is inexpensive which makes it even sweeter. :)

Running errands yesterday took me near Macys w/MAC counter. Without realizing it I suddenly found my car had navigated to the store. ;) I scored some great shadow colors! They're satin (bit more color choices than strictly matte), but there's so little sparkle to them it's not an issue. It applies well and has a richer (quality) look and feel, like it's almost creamy instead of too powdery. My eyes are tricky, more gold and light olive, minimal brown. Pitch black lashes and brows. Sort of a warm/cool thing going on. But if I wear earthy colors like true browns or anything smoky in the crease area, looks like I got in a brawl and lost, lol. The girl there was very helpful, and I came away with suggestions that worked for my eyes rather than the more common 'oh, this is the latest trend, you'll love it'. She nudged me to try a lid color I normally would have passed right on by, but once on it was a nice color. Everything blends well together, great for everyday soft and subtle look (my preference). What I noticed about their shadow is what sueb said. A little more gets more intensity of color, rather than looking like a heavy powder pile-on. Nice to know the recycle policy. While I'm thinking of it, has anyone tried the trick of adding a few drops of rubbing alcohol to crumbled eye shadow to get it to pressed powder again? I have a great Smashbox freebie I dropped awhile back, it broke into chunks. Otherwise I guess it's finish it off altogether by grinding it to fine powder, then put it in a jar. ;)