tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:32:07 +0000hairskin carefoundationskin seriescolours for dark skinproducts that suckmoisturizerdry skinmascaraorganic/natural productsAfro hairCheap But Goodacnecleansereye shadoweyelinermakeup seriesMoroccon OilNARSSmashboxhyperpigmentationkiehl'slipslipstickBlissCargoDiorLaura MercierMACMakeup For EverMeOttawaanti-agingbodycheeksconcealerconditionerexfoliatorseye creameyelasheslip glossnail polishrelaxerskin perfectorsstilatinted moisturizerArmaniCanadianChanelClassified CosmeticsGosh CosmeticsM.O.PObamaOjonVasantiYSLacne scarsbathbeautyblushbody butterdark circlesdeodoranteyeshadowface powderflat ironshand creamholt renfrewlip stainmasksoil-freeprimerssmoky eyesstyling productssunscreentonertoo facedAir CanadaAshbury HouseBobbi BrownBosciaBumble and BumbleCakeCanadian businessCliniqueCover FXDecleorDelicate DropsERAElizabeth ArdenFranceFruits and PassionFrédéric FekkaiFusion BeautyJuice BeautyLancomeMaybellineMichelleMontréalMuraleNacaraNudePaula DorfPhytoRedkenSephoraT-zoneTwitterVoguebenefitbenetintbest everblotting papersbootsbronzerbrushesburt's beescetaphilcombination skindigimagexerciseeyebrowseyelash curlerfeetfoot creamghdhighlighterhumidityingredientslingerielord and taylormagazinemakeup availabilitymicrodermabrasionmultimedianailsneutrogenaoily skinoscar blandipalettepencil linersphilosophypowder puffproactivrosebud salvesephora brandserumshiseidoso not impressedspongesthe baytoolstradmagurban decayworkBECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES, TO BREAK THE RULEShttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)Blogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-6942559774381705928Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:08:00 +00002014-01-20T21:11:33.210-05:00FOLLOW MY BLOG @ NOTINMYCOLOUR.COMhttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2014/01/ive-moved-follow-my-blog-notinmycolour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-8961589698460871203Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:33:00 +00002013-07-08T17:38:20.225-04:00acne scarsanti-agingcleansercombination skineye creamfoot creamhyperpigmentationkiehl'smasksmoisturizerMontréaloil-freeoily skinserumskin caresunscreenT-zonetonerLadies, I just returned home from a weekend in Montréal and I was inspired. Montréal is full of fashionable people with their own sense of what style should be. I saw fashionable colours, clothing details, accessories, shoes and haircuts. Of course, I had to partake in the Montréal shopping experience (The Bay on Sainte-Catherine is ah-may-zing! And they had a shoe sale!), but for the purposes ofhttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/07/vive-montreal-and-kiehls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-3973146968639050535Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:00 +00002013-05-24T17:33:39.014-04:00best evereyelashesmascaraYSLLadies, you're either gonna love me or hate me after this recommendation; you'll either think I know what I'm talking about or that I'm full of shit. Yves Saint Laurent has come out with the best mascara I have ever used--yes, EVER! It's called Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils Shocking. Let me lay it out for you: I have short, stumpy--but curly--lashes. For years, I thought all I needed was a http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/05/bestmascaraever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-4511689968849574694Wed, 15 May 2013 20:43:00 +00002013-05-15T16:43:59.413-04:00digimaglord and taylormagazinemultimediathe baytradmag I came across an interesting find today while perusing Allure Magazine's website (Zoe Saldana's on the cover this month): Beauty, the Guide. It is a beauty magazine in the digital magazine format that is lush and colourful and incredible. Let me tell you what's so amazing about this digimag. Firstly, I love that it's like Flipbook for beauty fiends in that you click and flip pages, just like http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/05/tradmag-going-digimag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-4214001736103335028Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:12:00 +00002013-04-25T14:12:00.103-04:00eyelinerpencil linersproducts that suckso not impressedstilaLadies, I'll let you in on a little secret: there is not one line that does everything wonderfully. Case in point, Stila. Now you guys know that I love Stila lip stains, glosses and I also like their cream blushes. Unfortunately, I despise their Smudge Stick Waterproof pencil eye liner. Frankly, I think it's one of the worst   pencil liners I've ever used. I have been on a quest for an http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/04/you-were-doing-so-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5271132594974758230Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:40:00 +00002013-05-24T17:30:49.964-04:00brusheseyelash curlermakeup seriespowder puffspongestoolsThis is my 100th post (yay!), so I definitely put more effort than usual into this one. It is also part of the makeup series I talked about in the post before last, so enjoy! Your face is a canvas, therefore you need the right tools to create the work of art that is your look. This is where good quality makeup tools come into play. However, you already posses the two greatest tools of all: your http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/04/tools-of-trade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5976195765360961791Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:43:00 +00002013-04-14T14:43:41.825-04:00colours for dark skinfoundationLaura MercierMACoil-freeskin seriestoo facedurban decayI recently sampled Too Faced's Amazing Face Oil Free Close-Up Coverage Foundation and loved it. It's light, but provides full coverage and presents a dewy effect on the skin. For me, it was one of the best foundations I had found, at the time. It also melted into my skin flawlessly. Given the dewy nature of this product, it may not be the best for oily skin. Unfortunately, I was told by a Sephorahttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/04/when-one-door-closes_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5892162353678506244Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:39:00 +00002013-02-19T15:53:13.114-05:00makeup seriesMy original intention was to write about eyeliner, which I will still do, but I probably have to step back and give an overview of face makeup, in general. I started a makeup series in 2009 that gives a comprehensive view of the main objects of makeup and what they do for the face and I want to continue on that track.  I want to emphasize the point that makeup is not to cover up, it is used to http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-change-of-course.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-3813748059808189676Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +00002012-10-20T07:00:03.116-04:00Armanicolours for dark skinfoundationholt renfrewskin perfectors   Just when I thought I had found the Holy Grail of foundations in the likes of Chanel, Christian Dior and NARS, Armani jumps the line and creates something beyond conscious understanding. Last week Giorgio Armani cosmetics launched their new line of foundation, Maestro Foundation. Wow. This stuff defies conventional logic: it has medium, buildable (meaning you can layer it for more http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/10/armani-does-it-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5148752714489222231Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:09:00 +00002012-10-14T19:16:01.592-04:00Afro hairhairproducts that suckstyling products ...or look at it with skepticism. Case in point: T3 Bespoke Featherweight Blow-dryer, touted as the best hair dryer on the market by Allure magazine (heck it was one of their best beauty buys) and even my beloved InStyle magazine. Does it work well? Sure...until it doesn't.   For me that time came about 3 weeks ago. I was in the process of drying my hair when the motor started making a sound http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-i-shouldn-take-advice-of-beauty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5669717694990253429Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +00002012-06-24T12:00:01.633-04:00acne scarshyperpigmentationkiehl'smicrodermabrasionskin care Remember when I raved about Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream? Well, my lovlies, they have knocked it out of the park with their Epidermal Retexturing Micro-dermabrasion. Sounds like rubbing sandpaper on your face. Sort of similar results, but better. Microdermabrasion is a cosmetic technique that uses a mechanical medium (as opposed to a chemical one) for exfoliation to remove the outermost layer of http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-sandpaper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5576611675244625623Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +00002012-06-16T12:00:04.778-04:00benefitbenetintlip stainMestila In my last post, I wrote about the brilliance of Stila Lip and Cheek Stain and its ability to create the look of just having sucked on a rocket popsicle. There is also another product with that characteristic, and that is Benefit Benetint. It is presented as a nail polish, yet has a much thinner consistency. It absorbs quickly into the skin and gives a subtle red colour to the lips. As with http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/06/rocket-popsicle-look.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-8638335880599610600Sat, 09 Jun 2012 02:27:00 +00002012-06-08T22:32:30.526-04:00lip stainrosebud salvestilaFinally summer is here (I think), so the last thing I want on my lips is the heaviness of a full-blown lipstick, or even the viscous texture of a gloss. Enter the solution: the lip stain. Lip stains give your lips a lightly-veiled finish of colour and you feel as though you are not wearing anything at all. Another benefit is that they can double as a swatch of colour on the cheeks. You can put ithttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/06/human-stain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-9133655657586739095Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:45:00 +00002012-04-08T15:45:20.133-04:00Happy Easter everyone! I was in the process of posting my next set of awesome beauty finds when I came across a deeply touching documentary about beauty in the African American culture. The film is called "Dark Girls" and it examines the experiences of dark-skinned women, mainly vis-a-vis their lighter-skinned counterparts. It will premier at the Toronto Film Festival in September, so watch for http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/04/profound-interruption.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-6036591193391366936Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +00002012-02-11T12:00:00.488-05:00eyeshadowshiseido Finally! I have found what I've been looking for. Ladies, I have trolled this city looking for a sunshine yellow eyeshadow. Indeed, it is hard to find and instead, I kept finding gold. Oh, you can find gold up the ting-yang, but yellow? Good luck. Well, luck found me and I found my colour in Shiseido luminzing eye color in YE 306. Yes, Shiseido. Not even Makeup Forever could properly fill this http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5302867144553525934Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:00 +00002012-02-06T22:20:38.795-05:00CargoCheap But Goodeyeshadowpalette Your girl's got your back. I was feeling under the weather and so I  decided to open my wallet in Murale (they had 20X the points) and use the gift card my dear friend got me for Christmas. One of the spoils of my bounty is Cargo's colour palette in Tahiti. The colours are rich, the texture is soft and the amount of actual product gives a lot of bang for your buck. And guess what? The price is http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/02/sweet-deal_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-1874586739376455184Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:49:00 +00002012-01-29T14:57:19.848-05:00beautyAs you may or may not know, most bloggers are nocturnal, so for some strange reason I decided to stay up 'til 5 am and watch a few episodes from Oprah's last season. One episode, in particular, featured legendary supermodels such as Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson and Stephanie Seymour. What is particularly interesting is their frank discussion about what it's like to be beautiful, what beautyhttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/01/frank-discussion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-6213227310071364822Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:48:00 +00002012-01-22T19:50:52.985-05:00Diornail polishnailsDior Vernis has a reputation of being a top-notch nail polish, one which stays on for a long time and does not chip. For Spring, Dior has two new colours--Water Lily (green) and Forget-Me-Not (lavender)--that smell like roses. Pretty pastel colours that smell like roses? I'm going to hunt these down this week. http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/01/smells-like-teen-spirit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-7102041700261362589Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:23:00 +00002012-01-09T15:23:00.487-05:00eye shadowsmoky eyestoo facedGlam definitely describes these eye shadows. If you are into the smokey eye, or just want that darkened crease, use these rich eye shadows that don't expire after a couple of hours. Wet or dry, the intense pigments of Galaxy Glam Baked Eye Shadows by Too Faced Cosmetics create the smouldering, come hither looks of times gone by. I own five of them. Unfortunately, Too Faced has stopped making http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/01/baked-to-perfection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-589265509052667946Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:35:00 +00002012-01-05T16:35:00.931-05:00dry skinkiehl'smoisturizerskin careI have to say, I love this skin cream. It is so rich and luscious--yet lightweight--perfect for winter. I find that it moisturizes the skin unreservedly, without the greasiness that usually accompanies such product types. It leaves the skin soft and supple and can withstand the dryness of the Rockies without producing an oil slick. Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream is now my favourite and is now http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2012/01/creme-dhiver.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-8727479269058717349Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:20:00 +00002012-01-01T02:56:04.416-05:00Chanellipstick Yay! It's almost 2012 and I am excited for the next year. I don't why (maybe it's the anticipation of Euro 2012), but the prospect of the new year invigorates my enthusiasm. For me 2012 will bring back feminine charm. It starts with the right lipstick--red. What better red than Chanel Rouge Allure Laque (#75 in Dragon works for me)? It looks a little bright when you first put it on, but if http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2011/12/ring-in-red.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0Coach Hill, Coach Hill51.055916 -114.18039tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-6745445264765994883Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:19:00 +00002011-10-10T17:29:16.064-04:00Chanelnail polishLast week I went nail polish crazy. I have recently begun to wear it again, instead of collecting them like artifacts from seasons gone by. It makes me feel girlie to the max. OPI is my primary nail polish. It lasts an acceptable amount of time, has a vast array of colours and styles that renew each season, and with names like "I'm with Brad" and "Tasmanian Devil Made Me Do It" how can you not http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2011/10/channel-chanel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-5739930184980557684Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:03:00 +00002011-09-20T22:03:03.628-04:00I had a good weekend: hung out with some friends, had some drinks and was pampered by a facial given by Holt Renfrew. The same Holt Renfrew that you treated with contempt in the last post, you ask? Mais oui. You see I wrote a scathing email about the treatment I received there, one that indicted the entire franchise for the treatment of its customers, and I sent it to the CEO, the Vice-President http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2011/09/fight-power.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-1977741407319492257Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:38:00 +00002011-09-04T00:42:44.967-04:00Canadian businessYes, you read it right. Let me tell you a story: girl gets invited to attend a makeup event at Holt Renfrew. Girl attends said event, gets her make-up done and is encouraged to buy two items. Girl decides 5 days later to return said items unopened, untouched, in the original packaging and with the receipt. Holt Renfrew refuses to refund the purchase because it is their policy never to refund or http://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-canadian-businesses-suck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899895409871954528.post-1838285581951455441Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:44:00 +00002011-08-25T17:44:25.816-04:00TwitterSo I finally got onto Twitter after resisting for months. I mean, what is the point? Why would I want to know what people are doing every second of the day? Why would I want to tell people what I'm doing all of the time? Well, I bit the bullet and so far, I've been blown away. First, there are some awesome people/institutions/blogs to follow: 1. Ted Gibson. He is the head stylist on TLC's Whathttp://notinmycolour.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-name-is-erica-and-i-am-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erica Ifill)0