I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

I'll just drink it and make illpoominati.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this made me lol so hard

imagining all kinds of song lyrics with illuminati replaced by illpoominati right now

I was just using my usual hand mirror to put makeup on, then switched to the one that comes with the Naked pallette. Jesus Christ! The Naked one shows me the truth! The bags under my eyes jumped out like some kind of 3-d imax effect! I need a new hand mirror.

Natalie Dee has a makeup blog

We have the same glasses.

I got a sample of this - NARS Illuminator: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P284301&categoryId=C10476

What do I do with it??!?!?!

― carl agatha, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 3:32 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'll just drink it and make illpoominati.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:57 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Natalie Dee's makeup blog is cute!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gVZDojC9yis/T5BKUXHZOrI/AAAAAAAAAAc/HP-RFqfAhtE/s320/passage-of-time.jpg

back in school they called blondies who dyed their hair black & left roots "skunks"

D'oh the first post on Natalie Dee disses the SBX primer I gave to E & Bene_Gesserit ;_; no one paid $60 though so its okay

I dyed my hair near-black for years but that gradual 'glowing' effect and the amount of time I spent resenting it was the reason I'm now happily blondie again.

this is not the right thread, but since we're talking about it, how do folks get their eyeliner to not smudge? without fail, every day, some smudging! i look at the cool stuff on the eyegraffiti page but then my very next thought is, if i wore that it would all be smudged to pieces...

― rayuela, Thursday, May 3, 2012 3:52 PM

I don't think there's a secret except try another kind of eyeliner? Mine not only doesn't smudge, it actually peels/flakes off in, like, CHIPS. Maybe it's a gel?

This is the only thing I've used for many years:

http://arkhipova.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/lineur_intense.jpg?w=450

That's what my mom used to use forever, it's pretty good! I'm using a kohl pencil lately. Protip = PRIMER.

Either Urban Decay Portion Primer or the lovely Smashbox one that FFM gave me. Both are great.

Stila waterproof liquid eyeliner is great for long-wearing non-smudging eyeliner but I find the applicator a bit unwieldy. ymmv.

I've been working on this and I've found that in addition to a good no-smudge eyeliner, you should put foundation and powder on your eyelids first, before applying any eyeshadow or liner.

I dunno if that's something that everyone does and I am the last to learn, but it seriously has helped my eye makeup steez

Phoo I don't do that. I put a little shadow on my lids and then line away.

for me it's the bottom lining that ends up smudging all the time...

Glad you like the primer, E! Would that I could ship a goodie bag to every lady on here!

Rayuela: I have tiny little eyes and lining the bottom makes me look shifty, so I have little experience with that, but I really enjoy felt tip eye liner - it draws on like marker and doesn't smudge for me. I use Bourjois' Liner Feutre.

Yeah I don't put anything down there because it ends up all over my face.

Whoa out of context…

ha!

I have deep-set eyes though, so my eyelids tend to get weird and sweaty during the day, my eyeshadow/liner doesn't seem to last all day, hence the makeup/powder combo.

lol carl

VG: you may wish to try some primer! Makes even the least pigmented eyeshadows pretty great.

i've never heard of primer. must investigate.

Oh I use primer all the time too, yes

also xp to laurel's initial post -- i use gel liner on my upper lids and it's pretty great! (a recent discovery)

I love Lineur Intense! I use it even after years of using Laura Mercier liner (with their $24 brush dear god... it has like 3 bristles)

I just wish I could train my hands to *stay away from my face*
what is it with me and poking at my eyes all day long while I'm wearing makeup
I mean really

Me too. I'm trying to be more conscious of it. Now I tap my skin if itchy around the eye area; seems to work a bit.

Eyeshadow primer changed my life. I'm not kidding. My eye makeup stays perfect all day long without fail. Like I said both UDPP and the Smashbox one are great. My last tube of UDPP lasted over a year btw.

for me it's the bottom lining that ends up smudging all the time...

Oh, I don't line my bottom lids at all because it supposedly makes eyes look smaller. This probably isn't true but I read it somewhere years ago and it's stuck with me.

I just use regular foundation primer. There's eyeshadow primer too?

Hell yeah there is.

I also used to use the Lineur Intense but the felt tip one in Mineral Grey which was my favorite eyeliner color ever but I haven't been able to find it in months and think they discontinued it. So sad!

I clearly need to get on the eyeshadow primer train then

then again I only recently discovered wtf a crease brush is for so, what I don't know could fill a book haha

I've had good luck with the ELF eyeshadow primer, but it makes blending a little difficult. SO CHEAP though.

I know people say brushes are a game changer too and they probably are but I normally just use my fingers.

I bought some ELF stuff a few years back, blinded by the price and ugh such garbage

I have a couple of really soft nice Sonia Kashuk brushes for eyeshadow now and it's made a difference I think.

Yeah, I have a couple of those too and they are v nice but I just never remember to use them.

so it turns out there are like a gajillion vids on youtube showing you how to keep your liner from smudging. maybe i'll do some experimenting tmr morning...

And then let us know! :)

I really like the Urban Decay eyeshadow primer. I also have a handful of those cheap ass Eco Tools brushes that they sell in Walgreens and Ulta and I think they're great (although I've never owned brushes that cost any more than those do so I can't really compare).

I like brushes for eyeshadow, powder, and blush, but everything else I put on with my fingers. I think my fingers, which I wash a lot and specifically right before I put on makeup, are going to be a lot cleaner than a concealer brush, which I would probably wash once every couple, three of months (because I am apparently cheap and disgusting w/r/t makeup brushes).

yeah I'm bad at washing brushes

I did a foundation brush for a while but I prefer fingers too

Anything that's not powder just seems like a very messy proposition, brush-wise.

I switched to Bobbi Brown cream blush just so I could avoid using a brush. They say you can also use it for lips, but it doesn't seem to be v. moisturizing and I normally wash it off in frustration when I can see it sinking into my cracked lips.

Does anyone else reuse sponges for foundation until they're too gross? Brushes inevitably leave streaks on my face (so I just used them for powder), but using a new sponge every time for stippling wastes so much of my product.

Eyeshadow primer is the business and absolutely essential for my oilpit eyelids. I didn't wear any makeup except mascara yesterday and the mascara from the tips of my eyelids had blurred onto the non-primered oil magnet of my eyelids. Insane! The Urban Decay one is my favorite.

clearly I need this magic tool

i too have oilpit eyelids

seriously without it nearly everything has ended up in the crease in 2-3 hours; faster when it's hot

I got this cute little primer set from Sephora for $10, the Benefit one with a face primer and eyelid primer and pore balm thing. The eyelid primer is p cool but my eyeshadow still creases after a while.