I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

I do the same with the bottom. I also like using the darkest of the eyeshadow shades im wearing instead of black.

It's def more dramatic, better for evening. It can kind of wash me out if I'm not wearing bright colors or don't have something else going on, because I'm pale with no color in my brows and my lips are naturally very faint, too, so basically my face has no contrast. So I would have to balance out the under-eye make-up with bright clothing or jewelry, but I do it occasionally.

I've gone back to powdered white eyeliner, but this time I'm using a wet brush to apply it, not a dry one like I was using earlier.

Thanks all! I guess I am looking for something subtle. I feel really ambivalent about makeup in general.. if it's obvious makeup, I feel like on me, it looks dumb! tbh when going out if I actually try to do the makeup thing eg eyeliner/mascara/shadow I usually have some kind of bug out about it looking silly and then can't leave the house.

I apparently have too light a hand with makeup. Makeup that I think looks too garish on me looks too light to everyone else.

I think if you are not used to seeing yourself with makeup, the contrast between the mirror & your mental self-image makes you think you look garish. But I highly doubt any of you infrequent makeup wearers look like Divine or something when you do wear it.

I'm not an infrequent makeup user--I've been wearing it practically every day since I was 12.

I did my eyeliner the triangle way instead of with big wings! Probably no one but me would notice that it's different, but I feel different. And actually it was a lot easier to get the sides the same. Recommend.

Wait what's the triangle way?!

This one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6O-nlPv_c

Went to Mario B counter at L&T and bought two things. Came out of there with SEVEN samples in addition to my purchases! Those people are nuts, in a great way.

i broke down and subscribed to birchbox!
but now i have to wait til june to get my first box :(

What is Birchbox?!

~intrigued~

Got a NARS gloss pencil thing last weekend and it may be the best lip product ever. Just FYI.

https://www.birchbox.com/

$10/month gets you a v v pretty box of 4-5 product samples.
what a genius way to get people to pay for samples that should be free! hah. i am a sucker.

That looks pretty good! Sucks that you have to wait til June. I might not be in the States for that many more months otherwise I'd probably give it a go.

xp There were subscription (grocery) sample services in the Seventies, but those were scams to get you signed up to junk mailing lists. I'm assuming that this is a little different, though.

totally stoked - apparently they shipped me a may box so i don't have to wait til june :)

!!!

I am gonna do this, I think.

I wonder if I could still get a May box. Might just wait a couple weeks so it doesn't seem like too long a wait.

birchbox is pretttty. the wrapping is so nice and luxurious. the packaging is super well-done.

i got a stila eyeshadow, bulgari perfume sample, a travel size hand cream, and a travel size bar of some fancy soap. plus some other marketing cards/offers. from a business standpoint, i'm so impressed by this company. it's so genius. i will need to see if i can tweak my preferences a bit because i think i said i'd be open to trendy things and this eye shadow color is def trendy (mimosa!) but i don't know if i will ever be able to use it.

nice! i knocked my stila palette off the counter this morning and all the shadows just shattered into dust. i almost cried.

;_;

oh noooo :(

scoop them up. add a few drops of alcohol to make a paste, smush them back into their holes and let dry.

dang. too late :(

I am on a make up message board, and all the posters are sad they didn't get the stila eyeshadow, tehresa!

But it is BRIGHT ORANGE! I feel like only those with skin 6 shades darker than I would be able to use it. Maybe I am wrong?

no i think you're completely right! not an easy color to wear

the bulgari scent, though, is lovvvely. jasmin noir. floral, but not overpoweringly so.

welp. just joined the birchbox bandwagon.

I just bought the Smashbox Softbox eye palette that Sephora sent out an email about and it is so pretty! There's always one color in a palette that I would never wear but these are all really nice.

yay! I love their stuff so much.

I've never used it. It came with primer and cream eye liner. Scary but exciting.

oh the primer is SO good!! I find it really makes the stuff stick around for a long time. I have a pencil eyeliner by them that I like enough but next purchase is liquid liner.

Any white liquid liners to recommend?

ladies upthread you mention dermablend re: tattoo coverup. My sister has a big TWLOHA tattoo on her arm and just got a job in an amusement park. She bought a few long-sleeve shirts but it's going to be hot working outside this summer so I'd like to pick her a tube up.. is this what we need? Any better options?
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http://www.dermablend.com/foundations/foundations-severe-flaws/leg-body-tattoo-primer.htm

& I guess she would put regular concealer over that? Does it need to be used in conjunction with proper dermablend concealer? What did y'all do? thank you!! /untattooed

I recently read an article somewhere about a spray-on tattoo cover up, but now I can't remember what it was or where I saw it. The author loved the stuff, however.

PS I am in love with this Smashbox palette! It is super fun. Who would have guessed I would end up a superfan of taupe cream eyeliner?? Not me!

Jenny which palette is it?

FFM I this I used this stuff to cover up one that was visible in my wedding dress:

http://www.dermablend.com/foundations/foundations-severe-flaws/leg-body-cover.htm

It worked amazingly.

hmmm! well I guess I will have to make my First Trip to Sephora 0_0 thanks ladies!!

OMG YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SEPHORA?!

I can't find a better pic right now but

http://i53.tinypic.com/5ajs3p.jpg

You can't see anything on my upper back, right? That's because Dermablend is AWESOME.

Oh and I hear the lol Kat Von D one is supposed to be good but idk from experience.

crazy!! man I should buy that stuff for my pimples! ;)
no I have never been to Sephora.. just walked past.. too expensive for my tastes! I got lucky: I was a CoverGirl girl all the way then I got this job that gives me free SBX, so I get to grow up makeup wise without paying retail! hahaha. sadly Dermablend is not one of our clients!

and I love whatever is going on with your headpiece there! :D

so jealous of your job

man

it's not daily or anything.. but new products get distributed and we get $500 (rtl) worth of product of our choice twice a year! So I am going to have to stick around here for a few years and stock up ;)

x-post - oh thank you!! It was a satin ribbon that the hairdresser used as a headband and then tied into this neat bow thing at the back. It was sort of poofed up 60s style at the top/back. Last minute idea that worked really well in the end.

yeah it looks super cute! creeping on your FB wedding photos now tbh. heh. love how you look(ed)!

Aww thanks lady. :)

ENBB, I didn't know you were married!

It's the Softbox palette. Sephora sent out an email last week and got me during a period of low consumer resistance.

ooh can't wait for my new birchbox!