I’m In With The In Crowd

At Saffron Rouge you can join Kirsten’s Inner Circle and you will get samples each month. It’s $35.00 for the year which I thought was reasonable for the opportunity to get a little surprise every month that just shows up at your door. Hubs did not agree, “No one needs new beauty items every month” blah, blah I stopped listening. So my latest little happy something that came was Pure Cream Lip/Cheek stain from sukicolor. They stand behind their products that are mineral based containing no synthetics or toxic ingredients. There’s also a skincare line that looks so amazing. I can’t wait to try the lip butter.

One thing that really caught my eye in the statement from Suki herself is that Skin Deep: Cosmetic Database doesn’t distinguish between organic, natural and synthetic ingredients. She says that according to their system, a pure essential oil is the same thing as a synthetic perfume. I really can’t attest to the validity of that statement but I do know that Skin Deep has some serious flaws. Often times they only have a partial ingredient list and give it a rating based only on the partial list. It’s just so important to read the labels for yourself. Anyway off on a tangent again.

I got the lip/cheek stain in Dahlia and it was indeed pure and creamy. I was expecting a stain to be a drying on my lips but it actually felt like a really nice lip balm. Even an hour later my lips were still moist. The color itself was really natural looking. I want to look like I didn’t try and I think this is one of those products. You just look better but people can’t figure out why. Not that artificial make-upy look. I had a friend in college that would shave her eyebrows off only to coat her face in foundation and pencil the eyebrows back in. I once saw her early in the morning and didn’t even recognize her. Let’s say it together NATURAL LOOKING MAKEUP. I think for day to day the cream stain and some mascara and I’m good to go. Done and done.

Photo sukicolor.com