I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

It is this very problem (picking a shade without being able to try it) that sent me to the cosmetics counters at Nordstrom. But that was back in my whorporate career; as an unemployed social work student, I'm gonna have to stick to the drug store stuff for the foreseeable future. Gonna miss that Chanel Vita Aquiluminere in Rose Beige :(

hII are you thinking mineral makeup? I don't any experience with it, but Bare Escentuals seems to be popular.

I did some research on Bare Minerals and they are kinda high on the EWG rating. If I am going to go that high, I'll stay with my toxic Estee Lauder.

Ah gotcha. What about that Dr. Haruska (sp?) brand that you can find at Whole Foods?

Anyway, on that topic, how the hell do you decide what color foundation/powder to buy in drug store makeup?

― carl agatha, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:19 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

carl, you know how every foundation has a product/shade number. You can go into Sephora and get them to do a 5 minute analysis of your skin and they will give you a list of your perfect product/shade number for EVERY MAKEUP BRAND AND LINE EVER.

EVER!!!!!

I've been meaning to do this myself. I might see if I can @ lunch tomorrow.

Trip to Sephora going on my to-do list. Hope this works in Canada.

I'm going to Sephora today to get the Pantone color match thingy done.

Fancy!

What??? You can???

Mind = blown

WAHT?

I will be in the States next week (Oakland/San Fran)--totally going to hit up a Sephora!

you know whats crazy...

in 1999 my friend and I wanted to start a makeup line and partner with Pantone for custom color matching. We thought we were fucking geniuses.

I wanted to create an app that matches skin tones to foundations.. but I won't know how to code apps for another two years :( But once I can, I'm coding ALL the beauty apps!

we're counting on you FFM

Will pay for all these apps.

<3 first I gotta learn this HTML stuff

*cracks whip* HURRY

I'm trying, I'm trying!

Maybe I'll make a pink ZingForHer too lmao

hahaha ZingForHer yessss do it

Just no one write on the screen with their pink BicForHer pens, I know our little lady brains get confused.

Hahaha ZingForHer would be awesome; I have a top 5 banned list 4 u.

Maybe it should just automatically killfile all dudes (except mods)? :) That would make the threads amazingly confusing, heh..

i have to say, after years of make-up counter people wanting to put dark brown eyebrow pencil on me and me so not being into that, this soft-brunette laura mercier eyebrow pencil i bought a couple of weeks ago has changed my life in a highly satisfying if minor way

Oh rrrobyn I have missed you! I mean maybe you weren't gone from ilx, but it seemed like it to me.

Laura Mercier has been working some kind of brand magic on me. It's all just so. . . tasteful.

Filling in my eyebrows changed my life.

yes! Eyebrows are the true windows to the soul.

I have surely spoken about Keira Knightley in The Duchess and her fabulous amazing eyebrows? I saw that movie and had an eyebrow revelation, bought some Anatasia of Beverly Hills brow powder and never looked back.

I will go out with no makeup without thinking twice, except for my brows which I almost always put a little pencil/powder on.

YUP
only discovered powder a year or so ago, it's effortless and great

Brows are now my #1; can't leave the house without them done.

Finally bought Lineur Intense brush version in brown when recently in the US (couldn't find it here). Love it, but now need serious tutoring on liquid liner. Searched this thread, found many tutorials linked and am gonna try a different one every day. Well, on days I'm not running out the door.

1. I don't have lineur intense, I have something called Infallible
2. I don't know how far into the inner corner of my eye to start
3. Q-tip technique, which I had high hopes for, did not work. Maybe it doesn't work on gel liner, which is what mine is?
4. Hand-resting-on-cheek very counterintuitive! Sort of made it work but liner ended up too far above lashline and I had to go along and fill it in with dots.

My faaaaavorite!

xp Oh. Is that one like a pen?

One thing the brush tip makes you do is always hold the wand straight in relation to the line you're drawing. It's not a pencil--you can't push it, or hold it perpendicular to the surface and make a good line.

It's a practice thing, ime. Just keep at it and you will get the hang of it (and may never go back--I find liquid liner so much easier than pencil!).

orbit, it's a brush and gel pot, not the pen one. I love the v v dark brown colour, but not so keen on the 'bitty' texture of the gel. I think I was holding it perpendicular - maybe that's why I couldn't rest my wrist on my face comfortably? Will try again tomorrow...

I am still hopeless at making a straight/even line, but I have an easier time with the pen than I do with the gel. The gel on the brush clings to my eye skin and kind of drags it along. I think a clean black cat eye eyeliner is a young woman's game.

Or a game for an older woman with firmer eye skin.

Liquid, most definitely.

Lemme share a pro tip with you: grab some eye shadow of the very colour of your eyeliner, sweep it gently at the top edge of the eyeliner line and gently blur the first with a very slender brush. Works out every time (kind of a scientific fact). You´re welcome.

Watching cheap tv like Lost Girl and Nikita (omg Lost Girl <3 <3 <3) makes me crave the biggest, smokiest eyes. One day I need to learn how to do those giant panda bruises.

Ok so I got Eight Hour Cream cheap after reading about how great it was in every beauty magazine since I was 11 and feeling like I had to try it.

Omg. My skin is now so fucking soft & smooth! Would definitely buy again.

is that more of a night cream or day cream?

You . . . you use it as a moisturizer? That shit's like vasoline! I know it's great for elbows and rough patches and lips and (weirdly) sunburn but I can't imagine putting it on my face ever.

explain application pls gyac

I am gonna start up the blog again soon maybe if you ladies are still interested? I thought I had an email chain a bunch of us were all on but I can't find it dammit. Anyway, I am bored so I figured I'd tell you guys about some things I've been liking recently.

EOS Lip Balms- forever. I just some awesome flavors of handmade balm off etsy but nothing beats the texture of EOS imo. I just wish they'd make more flavors.
Narciso Rodriguez For Her- Bought the roller ball of it recently and was reminded why it's my all-time fave perfume. So good!
Loreal Colour Riche Caresse Wet Shine Stain- (in Rose On and On) - I don't know what this stuff is but it's kind of magical. It's a gloss and a stain in one and I love everything about it.
Voluminous Waterproof Mascara - Stupidly tried some other stuff again only to be disappointed. Voluminous is hands down the best mascara for volume.
Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil(in Dragon Girl) This is the best red ever but I still haven't work it out of the house yet because it's so bright and I'm only used to wearing neutral colors on my mouth but I really really love it and one day I will leave the house wearing it. Maybe.
NYX eyeshadow singles(in Taupe - 4th from right on the top)The perfect neutral eye shadow imo. If I'm wearing eyeshadow I'd say that 9 out of 10 days it's probably this one.

Oh and here is me in the NARS lip pencil for ref: http://web.stagram.com/p/539344548344876915_25922290

Ooo a new lip stain...

I want to see the pic but it says "Failed to load data. Please reload the page. Or this photo is already deleted.""

Huh! It's working for me. Here's the direct link: http://www.drugstore.com/loreal-colour-riche-caresse-wet-shine-stain-rose-on-and-on-184-rose/qxp461751?aid=333840&aparam=TnL5HPStwNw-H4QT.L02ngw_tNWCcZKrtQ

They're basically glosses that leave a stain behind. Very strange but neat at the same time.

No I want to see the picture of you with in the lip pencil! Sorry, I am little scattered today.