I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

Wait a second -- could i possibly be reading this right?! you have had the same haircut since you were a child and you're 40?! Never once strayed from the haircut your parents gave you? Tell me this is an exaggeration.

HEY ANYONE. Is there a makeup that will seriously cover a tattoo if you had to go to a formal event in a strapless dress and didn't want it showing? It's not for me, it's for...a friend. No seriously, I don't have any tattoos. But I would love to know if there is such a product.

There has to be if porn actresses are any indication.

Facebook supplied the answer: Dermablend.

there was a thing on the hairpin that mentioned using dermablend just last month! http://thehairpin.com/2011/02/put-makeup-on-your-legs

I've used dermablend to cover one of mine and it worked perfectly. That stuff is magic.

That link is helpful – I could have covered my tats up for my siblings' weddings rather than wearing cardigans & sweaters & hand-knit shawls in the summer.

Tehresa, I would like to check out a v v light gold eyeshadow base! What do you use?

that kat von d stuff at sephora is supposed to be good for tattoo coverage?? and i think maybe cover fx foundation

LOL at KVD making a tattoo cover-up makeup.
I told my sister I liked the eyeshadow base, and she said, "Kat Von D is a whore. ...you know she didn't come up with that makeup, right?"
Harsh!

right now i'm using mac nanogold, which i found at an outlet so i'm worried the shade is discontinued and i won't be able to get it when it runs out. stila also has some really nice pale golds, but i like the mac because it's a bit less "GOLD EYESHADOW" and more of a highlighter for my lids?

y'all inspired me and am rocking the pale gold (some Stilla shade) with purple liner combo today :)

that is my favorite combo :D

yeah I'm really into it!

ooh, good idea
i hardly ever wear eye shadow. i think i have teh same issue as you, tza, because i am very pale and have a pink undertone to my skin, so brown eyeshadow, and many colours really, kinda make my face look dirty/bruised o_O dnw

i just learned how to do my brows though! it is kind of a revelation. how often i will actually do them (properly or at all), i do not know, but still.

i think the importance of well-groomed eyebrows is under-appreciated. i have naturally pretty nicely shaped, tidy eyebrows, and even my face totally benefits from some careful plucking and shaping.

oh man my brain doesn't function right if my eyebrows are wild.

I always wanted an Audrey from Twin Peaks arch (more of a peak really) but my brows/browbones just don't roll that way.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7DcHsWww2I/Sasmq0KtiFI/AAAAAAAAACg/B2DiBilX4LQ/s400/audrey.jpg

haha i always just wanted to look like audrey from twin peaks!

Audrey is one of my eyebrow heroines. Also Kiera Knightly in The Duchess, which I have probably mentioned before.

I am all about my eyebrows. Even when I wear no other make up, which is pretty much any day I don't have to work, I will use a little eyebrow pencil.

i would venture that anyone who has seen audrey has wanted to look like audrey
i wanted to be her SO BAD in high school

Oh man I just figured out eyebrow pencil. Feels fucking crazy + awesome having visible eyebrows (except for my longy long bangs).

Just started using clear eyebrow gel
again, something I've been using off and on for a decade or two.

xp I didn't say I had the same haircut for 39 years, I said I wore bangs for 39 years.

I like those Milani things too.

jenny -- i meant to thank you for the purple eyeshadow duo. i've worn it two times now, and i gotta say -- it's like practically invisible? am i crazy? i had to apply apply apply before i could even see it. i guess maybe that's aveda "natural" makeup or something. maybe i'm accustomed to high pigment artificial shit or something. either way, it's good for work because it's pretty but not PURPLE like my sephora store brand eye crayon (which i love, but is a bit much for work)

also my eyes have been mad bloodshot lately, and it's like having bloodshot headlights -- just nagl.

Manson lamps.

I just worked that it's my moisturizer that leaves me red eyed most days too.

Also, I just got urban decays shadow pencil in morphine ( pale purple) and delinquent ( dark violet) and they look so bitchin' I'm in loves. I wish they made a green/gold one though.

I thought it was really light, too, Amanda! I had to put a ton on to even be able to see it, and since purple is not a great color for me (I've worn it successfully in the past, but it's kind of hit or miss whether it will look nice or make me look like somebody punched me in the eyes) it ended up looking... off. I'm glad it's a good, subtle work-appropriate purple for you!

hahaha manson lamps
that's what i got

kinda loving this new job! we just sold off our old stock to ourselves and I bought at least $1K worth of product (mostly foundation, concealer, brushes and some perfume) for $120. I bought lots of doubles, so that I can give to my sister. crazy! got 2x Sm@shb0x primer and a million By T3rry products (which makeup school-trained coworker urged me towards. $60 brushes for $2! jesus). so badass.

wow what is this job?

i'm just a sales analyst (Excel nerd) but we're a cosmetics wholesaler :D

oh man i want that job

Yeah, I'm in throwing out my covergirl stuff heaven!

ok so this is like the coolest eyeliner ever. played with it yesterday and it does NOT smudge but is super easy to work with.

i wanted to get it from sephora so i could get beauty insider points, but sephora does not carry the plum riche shade i want in-store or online. boo. have to wait til next pay period anyway.

also got my first ever chanel foundation! ooooh.

I am such a slave to Beauty Insider Points.

i mean, that eyeliner requires at least a $42 investment (activator plus the cake) and i'd probably want a new brush, too ,so..

Tehresa I am a cake eyeliner devotee and I tried out the Laura Mercier in the blue shade, and it was too close to back. I wanted a real navy--not a blue-black, and ended up getting some off Amazon for way cheap, along with a maroon color. Brand is Prestige or something like that.

IME "activator" does not do anything that plain old H20 doesn't do.

A good brush is U&K for cake eyeliner, true!

I am totally bummed that I missed the cosmetics outing, too--I spent the whole day in bed nursing a headache and jet lag, only to wake up to HIVES. On my FACE.

Daria I really want to hear about how you like the Chanel powder! I need a new powder for light coverage + oil control + setting concealer.

YSL Touche Brilliance is going to change my life.* It depuffed me instantly.

*undereye area

this 'activator' almost seemed to double as a sealant, which was the most attractive thing to me.

i am going to dream about that ysl eye pen, also.

hope you are feeling better q!

i got chanel blush (rose tweed) instead of powder.. and a primer from laura mercier. i'll see how that goes, i still have some regular old neutrogena powder to use up before i buy a new one. i like the blush so far, i don't usually wear any but this is OK, it's very very light.

all of their blushes were so lovely!

oh dear. so this morning i was doing my makeup with my nice new foundation and realized that i should probably toss all my other makeup and start over with nice, new makeup. it just does not seem fair to my good foundation to pair it with old crap. this is a problem.

good foundation/primers can oomph up the cheap stuff you put on top IMO! but now that I have Smashbox eyeshadow I could never go back to CoverGirl.

^^^^^truth

(the cant go back part) although Ive actually dissed my smashbox foundation for an old bottle of covergirl clean foundation I had and I like it so much better than any dept store foundation Ive used. Maybe its like your wardrobe - sometimes the pricey thing works for you and sometimes the cheap classic from the thrift store pulls it all together etc etc

i mean, i have been using like, nice brands (mac, clinique, nars) but it's all really old and i feel like i need a fresh start for everything.

I do love my CG foundation too! I used some of the more $$$ foundation that I mentioned purchasing, above, and it feels about the same except I feel "fancier" strictly because I know the stuff is more expensive. haha.