Good morning, Thursday. I'm here in Bushwick again and envying the stylist's outfit as per usual. Just another day in photoland...
So I'm going to quote a phrase I remember my grandmother saying to me way back in the day and that is- "good is good". You can't argue with that, and it's permeated most areas of my life for many years. Because good is good- great is better of course but good is good. And anything less than good? Meh. Let's forget about that stuff.
The reason I found myself saying this phrase to myself is that for a short time, I cheated on my foundation with another brand. It was not really a cheap brown (Bobbi Brown) but it was not quite as spendy as my numero uno pick, Giorgio Armani Maestro (5.5 is my color in case you were interested, same as my height). I enjoyed the Bobbi Brown, but a friend of mine looked at my skin the other day and said "it's a B, not an A". Oy. With friends like that...
Anyway, I was feeling like it was time to go back to the Armani makeup, to pony up the $65 for a bottle of base that, though it lasts throughout the winter when one wears foundation, seems steep considering most days I am sitting in a darkened office or photo studio and nobody is really looking at me. But I'm looking and this foundation is a change the game type product and as I gave my debit card to the Sephora lady, she struck me with what she said as I paid, and that was- "good is good". Indeed.
I talk about products all the time with y'all and have absolutely mentioned this foundation to you, as has every beauty writer/blogger/editor worth their weight. It's really, really good- great even. I believe in cutting corners as much as one can, but when it comes to flawless skin, good is good and that's that. And really isn't that true of everything? Sure, the best things in life are free, but if you're paying for those other things in life, it better be good, at the very least. Your great may be different than mine, but I know you will love this foundation, which you'll tuck away in the summer months, but use all winter long when the blotches get the better of you.
I love trying new products and sharing my recos with all of you, and when something's good, it's well worth a shout out, as well a painful price tag. Buh bye Bobbi, welcome home Mr. Armani. Nothing is better than good stuff, except when it's great. Maybe that should be my new statement, to pass on to all my children and grandchildren, otherwise known as all of you. Ha. Great is great has a nice ring to it, non? Good enough is so 2014. I need to thank that friend of mine above, who was not trying to be crappy by calling out my B game when it comes to good skin- she knows I'm an A game kind of girl.
And that's what's up this only the best for you and me kind of Thursday in the wilds of Bushwick. Yours, in greatness. XO
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