Bargain of the Day (BOTD)

I've got a catchy little title for today's BOTD and it goes like this:

All over shimmer, without the glitter!

I'm not going to lie: I despise highlighters. I've tried so many, from NARS The Mulitple and Stila All Over Shimmer on the high end to Milani Glimmer Stripes (I actually looooove using these for eyeshadow) and Revlon Beyond Natural Highlighter on the low end. If I don't use the precision of a surgeon upon application, I end up looking like I swiped craft glitter on my forehead and cheekbones and walked out the door.

Since the purpose of a highlighter is to make your face look luminescent and glowy, I always tell myself that I'M the one doing something wrong here--not the highlighter. These products work for people. I know this. I see other women wearing highlighters and their skin looks dewy and gorgeous. I keep telling myself that when I find that perfect product, it WILL work for me.

So ladies, I think I'm one step closer to finding my outer glow: Wet n Wild Silk Finish Blush Compact in 832D All Over Shimmer

Now, I've used Wet n Wild Silk Finish Blush in the past and I've really liked it. The quality rivals some high end brands in terms of consistency, application, staying power and color. But I never knew that they offered a color in this collection that could be used as an all over shimmer!

Immediately I read some reviews about this product and they included things like:

"No harsh sparkles, just a beautiful, sheer shimmer"
"A gorgeous sheen that lasts all day"
"Stays right where you put it"
"Universal color works for all skin tones"
"Not heavily pigmented--the way a highlighter should be"

I'm not going to lie: I'm losing my mind about this product. Could it be a dream? Could it possibly deliver in the ways so many others have failed? I must purchase it. Now.

Oh, and the price. Hello! It's from Wet n Wild. Three dollars to give me my dewy glow? Need you ask twice?

So here's the problem. This product seems to be more elusive than the unicorn. I can't find it ANYWHERE. Have you seen the Wet n Wild section of a drugstore lately? It looks worse than a Ross store on Christmas Eve. Totally ransacked and rummaged and I don't know who manages the inventory at the drugstores in my area but there are full shelves within the display that are perpetually empty. And of course the most barren shelf of all houses the powder blushes.

For 4 days straight, I have visited a different drugstore looking for this mysterious, light pinky-mauve, slightly shimmery powder blush and here's how the scenario plays out:

I approach the makeup department
I search for the Wet n Wild section
I run-walk to the section
I see, from a distance, that there ARE some blush compacts on the shelf
I walk faster
I see two compacts, both in the dark rose color in the picture (above)
I cry and leave

OK, I don't really cry, but I weep on the inside.

Next approach: Scour the internet. What do I find? A bunch of other women posting the exact same question: "Where can I find 832D online?"

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

To be continued...