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PS: If you are a man, continue at your own insanity…
At the MAC counter, one lunchtime at Harvey Nichols:
me: Hi, I need some foundation please. Non-liquid ,pancake form if possible.
hot sales chick: Would you like to try our liquid foundation range?
me: No. I want it to come in a compact format.
hot sales chick: Oh. How about our studio fix range?
me: I already HAVE one of the studio fix compact. I want foundation, not powder!
hot sales chick: If you already have it, do you remember the color number
me: I don’t, BUT I do not want any powder! I still have the studio fix powder, I want foundation please!
hot sales chick: huh?
me: You know, foundation?that liquid bottle but in hard format?
hot sales chick: But the studio fix range IS foundation
me: WHAT? I came in asking for POWDER two months ago and someone sold me this studio fix!! That means I have been wearing DOUBLE foudation in the past two months?
hot sales chick: Did you wear the studio fix on top of another foundation???(looking at me stupidly)
me: yeah, because I was told it was POWDER!
Omg. No wonder my face seemed to be pretty ‘covered’ in the past few months. I even told dreybee that the MAC compact powder rocks big time, keeps all your pitholes away from public viewing. Padahal I was wearing double foundation. 
Anyway, came away with a proper compact powder this time. But for all I know, the next time I will be told that the foundation is the powder and the powder is the foundation and that I have used it the opposite way.
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Aaah, you need plenty of prior research. I always head along to these counters having fully investigated the website. I find that a/ often the sales people don’t know what they’re on about and b/ even more often they’re pushing whatever the new product is (for which, no doubt, they receive sales incentives).
If you can just walk up, ask for a, b, or c then you are miles ahead of the sales patter!
Good luck with your powder/foundation/powder situation!!!
Comment by Alex 08.29.07 @ 5:51 pmYou know whats the worst part?
I came home and I realized the mistake was all mine – I’ve just bought double powder.
tail tucked between my legs, I sheepishly went back to Harvey Nicks earlier, exchanging my poor powder for foundation.
OMG.I really suck.
Comment by sourrain 08.30.07 @ 3:16 pmthere are no strict rules to wear make up. if it works for you, continue!
so was it double powder or double foundation now!
Comment by dreymer 08.31.07 @ 2:02 amdreyb: the studio fix is apparently foundation+powder and I have the bolt powder on top of that.
so Foundation 1, Powder 2
On the flipside, my face looks nicely covered but not caked..
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