Ok Ladies, let's hear your fave makeup items....again

[horsnaround]

Bare minerals when I put make up on

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

Good morning! Apart from Avon - do you have The Body Shop over there?

Their all-in-one compact face base is fantastic. You can use it from the compact like a powder, or damp the sponge and it goes on like a foundation - you can kind of adjust the coverage.

All their products are brilliant, hypo-thingy, not tested on animals etc etc. Their coconut body butter is amazing too - I could eat it... Sally x

Yes we do have Body Shop. Didn't know they had makeup, just thought they had lotions and stuff. I actually did end up order a few things from Avon last night. There was a deal of two for $3.99! I got an eyebrow pencil and a lip liner.

Originally Posted by gumbysuz

I love Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer w/SPF 20.
2-3 times per week I use Latisse to thicken my lashes. When I wear mascara it is Maybelline Lash Discovery (has a very thin brush for individual lashes). Clinique also makes a tiny brush mascara for lower lashes, but I often use it for upper also.

How is Latisse working for you? I think if I used it my lashes would grow long, but not in quantity, and bc being longer, they'd be heavier and be even harder to curl.

I tried Lash Discovery before and found the formula was too thin, or the brush too small, that it was not apply enough, if any, product on my lashes. I did like the small brush though. I ended up using that brush in a different mascara.

Originally Posted by dlaureanonw

Bare Essentials are great products, Chanel foundation for whatever your skin type. Loreal foundation is also very good. Mascara Maybelline they have a great variety i use Falsies.

I used to love Bare Essentials and not I hate it. I don't know what happened, but it just looks so cakey and fake on my skin now, whereas before it would disappear and look great. So strange!

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma

MAC has this eyeshadow primer called Paint and it is basically a miracle worker! I always had issues with my eyeshadow staying on. Who wants to take all that time to put it on and halfway through the day it's gone???? Not this girl! Bare Essentials also has an eyeshadow primer which works just as well. The MAC primer is thicker and available in a lot of colors

As far as mascara I use Tarte primer and mascara and it works great! I bought it one day in the little size just to see how well it worked and I love it!

Is the primer greasy at all? All the primers I've tried are so greasy, seems to be counterproductive. I hardly wear shadow, and when I do it's for going out, and I go all out with my makeup. I hate for it to wear off. Esp next week I'm going to a concert, and I"m sure it's gonna be makeup meltingly hot.

[GeorgiesMomma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Is the primer greasy at all? All the primers I've tried are so greasy, seems to be counterproductive. I hardly wear shadow, and when I do it's for going out, and I go all out with my makeup. I hate for it to wear off. Esp next week I'm going to a concert, and I"m sure it's gonna be makeup meltingly hot.

Not greasy at all! It's slightly thick and works wonders! They even have a nude color so it doesn't change the color of the eyeshadows you apply.

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma

Not greasy at all! It's slightly thick and works wonders! They even have a nude color so it doesn't change the color of the eyeshadows you apply.

I'll second that! I have Mac Paint too in Bare Canvas. Love it! It really locks in the eyeshadow.

[GeorgiesMomma]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

I'll second that! I have Mac Paint too in Bare Canvas. Love it! It really locks in the eyeshadow.

Yes Bare Canvas that's the nude color. I couldn't remember and didn't feel like getting up to look in my make up case LOL. It's good stuff!

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Is the primer greasy at all? All the primers I've tried are so greasy, seems to be counterproductive. I hardly wear shadow, and when I do it's for going out, and I go all out with my makeup. I hate for it to wear off. Esp next week I'm going to a concert, and I"m sure it's gonna be makeup meltingly hot.

I know what you mean. I'm not big on makeup, but I do wear some because I feel it makes me look less like a child. Not that it makes me old or anything, but just not 13. I made the mistake of going to work with no makeup, jeans, a cute top and my trusty converse, and ever since then Everyone calls me little girl. No one at work knows my name, they just know me as little girl. Anyway, back to make up. Isn't shadow suppose to last unless you spend all day rubbing your eyes? I was so excited to buy my Mac eyeshadow since I finally had enough in my budget to allow for good makeup. I get compliments on my eye makeup, but it irks me that I'll have to buy a second product just to make the first one work. I will be trying the primer though.

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

I get compliments on my eye makeup, but it irks me that I'll have to buy a second product just to make the first one work. I will be trying the primer though.

Do you use foundation all over before applying your eyeshadow? That usually does the same thing in anchoring the shadow. The paint just makes the shadow glide nicely.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985

I know what you mean. I'm not big on makeup, but I do wear some because I feel it makes me look less like a child. Not that it makes me old or anything, but just not 13. I made the mistake of going to work with no makeup, jeans, a cute top and my trusty converse, and ever since then Everyone calls me little girl. No one at work knows my name, they just know me as little girl. Anyway, back to make up. Isn't shadow suppose to last unless you spend all day rubbing your eyes? I was so excited to buy my Mac eyeshadow since I finally had enough in my budget to allow for good makeup. I get compliments on my eye makeup, but it irks me that I'll have to buy a second product just to make the first one work. I will be trying the primer though.

Exaaaactly!!! But you and me both know we will buy it anyway.

I think some kinds of makeup makes me look old too. And plus I'm asian so I already look younger than I am. But it's come to the point when my customers (most of who are in high school) are calling me "the lady" instead of "the girl". I guess that's good right? I'm 32.

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

Do you use foundation all over before applying your eyeshadow? That usually does the same thing in anchoring the shadow. The paint just makes the shadow glide nicely.

I use liquid foundation when going out and using a full face of makeup. For everyday, it's just loose powder and no eyeshadow only eyeliner. I will have to look at this Paint stuff.

[capt_noonie]

Ok ladies, so I went to Target and bought the Maybeline Great Lash with the new "heart shaped" brush. It does really get down to my miniscule lashes, but just made me more depressed about how pathetic my lashes are. I should just stick to falsies, WHICH I BOUGHT SOME! But if any of you are wondering, for anyone who has decent lashes, I think this new brush would be awesome.

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

Do you use foundation all over before applying your eyeshadow? That usually does the same thing in anchoring the shadow. The paint just makes the shadow glide nicely.

No I don't. I don't own any foundation. I have 3 shades of eyeshadow, 1 tube of mascara, and ...... That's it. That's all you'll I find in my make up bag.

[carmen in nj]

I use Clinique, I been using the whole line for years and I love it, never had a problem, it keeps my skin looking healthy and young..
specially love their line of mosturizers..
eye shadows are always changing and their lipstics last for hours..
hugs,

[Harrysmum]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Ok ladies, so I went to Target and bought the Maybeline Great Lash with the new "heart shaped" brush. It does really get down to my miniscule lashes, but just made me more depressed about how pathetic my lashes are. I should just stick to falsies, WHICH I BOUGHT SOME! But if any of you are wondering, for anyone who has decent lashes, I think this new brush would be awesome.

Just wondering....have you ever had, or thought about having - those individual semi-permanent eye lashes applied?

I used to have them years ago, when I used to swim in the sea a lot - mascara wasn't that waterproof, and eyelash tinting wasn't 'thick and dark' enough.... Looking back, they were excellent....

[shelimcallister]

Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma

MAC has this eyeshadow primer called Paint and it is basically a miracle worker! I always had issues with my eyeshadow staying on. Who wants to take all that time to put it on and halfway through the day it's gone???? Not this girl! Bare Essentials also has an eyeshadow primer which works just as well. The MAC primer is thicker and available in a lot of colors

As far as mascara I use Tarte primer and mascara and it works great! I bought it one day in the little size just to see how well it worked and I love it!

Yes. I use the primer too. Its great!!!

[celstu1]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I saw a new brush style for the Great Lash, it's like a spade or heart shaped. It's tiny so I may try this one out. I need a tiny brush for my tiny lashes.

That tiny brush may be for the lower eye lashes. Clinique just came out with mascara for the lower lashes and it has a tiny brush.
I have a really hard time with mascara. I have tried all kinds of drug store ones and they dry out and flake off into my eyes by the end of the day and I'm constantly rubbing my eyes, smearing it off and making my eyes red. Its annoying. I switched to Clinique, they have a brush that one side is a comb. Its perfect to brush on and thicken lashes and then comb up and lengthen lashes. Plus it does not dry out and flake off. I do find now though, that 6 months is the longest I'll go on 1 mascara. A new mascara every 3 - 6 months is ideal to keep it from drying out too quickly. I hear Christian Dior mascara is great, but its like $25 a tube. A little steep for me.