I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

http://fuckyeahnostalgicbeauty.tumblr.com/

This is a rabbit hole for sure.

It reminded me of these things which i LOVED. Had them all and this was way before I was doing any sort of kissing.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/97/b3/b5/97b3b5ed003eca6923cd38a32dedcd03.jpg

OMG YES that watermelon one!

Although I sideye some of those Stila products being on that blog as if they're "nostalgic"--I'm pretty sure they were still sold in like 2014.

http://66.media.tumblr.com/36668a96e28a699304b5f0954eaf12c1/tumblr_nxmyuiXWSg1rbk41wo3_1280.jpg

I give you...my entire high school when I was in jr high and idolized everyone associated with drummers, such as my babysitter with big hair who dated one and wore his class ring.

I remember so many of those ads.

Oh L, I remember that look well.

TR - RIGHT?! It's kind of crazy to me how many I remember.

omg that tumblr
i remember mailing the green shade of this to someone on alt.gothic.fashion when i was 14 -- they had run out and it was for sale in my town and not hers -- i felt like such a baller

http://66.media.tumblr.com/ada0c664eee58ce7a22c89e73acfd6b8/tumblr_o5kimaXTmI1rbk41wo1_500.jpg

i got the ariana grande viva glam and i regret it
it's impossible to apply
i'm gonna blame that on my hand tremor i guess
it got me searching up how those MUA types get their lips so perfect and there's like 800 steps
i'm too lazy
and tbh i love all those bold a f lipsticks that exist now but i feel like a self conscious fucko trying to rock them in public

i should just face my fears and DO IT
no one is gonna care if i show up to pub trivia w/black-brown-purple-mauve lips

The best thing about wearing bold makeup is not having to see it when you're wearing it (unlike a skirt or pair of boots or w/e) bc it's on yr face

Unless you look in the mirror constantly, imo wearing bold lipstick is a good exercise in being less self-conscious

i have mastered bold red pink orange BRIGHT colors but i feel like dark lips are so much harder to keep on and looking good
all the more reason to get down w it i guess
i am all about facing dumb fears this summer

I've been using these Directions hair colours to try and make my hair rose gold (because I can only really get behind hair trends when literally everyone is doing them), but they generally suck, so I tried a slightly different shade just now and my hair is straight up fuchsia. People are definitely going to think this is an attempt at a Pokemon cosplay thing.

black-brown-purple-mauve lips sounds amazing.

I totally fucked my hair in May when i decided to go lavender. And am now a brassy blonde over about 2/3 of my hair. It looks pretty bad but otoh I like the texture and body bleaching has given my hair.

Rose gold is so pretty! I like those lighter weird shades a lot.

I had so nearly attained perfect rose gold! Maybe I'll get there in 4 weeks or something... I really need a haircut too but my/all hairdressers always tell me off so bad when I dye my hair an intense colour.

What colour is the remaining 1/3 of your hair? Lavender is the nicest but my hair isn't quite pale enough to carry it and bleaching it would be the end for my hair altogether.

Im avoiding my hairdresser bc I know he's gonna shake his head at what I did.

The other third is my natural mousy brown. My hair grows pretty fast but I also slapped the bleach on pretty haphazardly. I meant to go for streaks but instead it turned into big uneven chunks.

j I'm in the process of rebounding too! At the moment it's all I've blonde on the top and sides and the rest is orange creamsicle. 6 boxes of hair dye down probably 3 to go.

Rebounding = reblonding obvs

Also I've = ice fucking autocorrect. ICE IS A WORD

ulta gave me a birthday sample of Lancôme's "Monsieur Big" mascara
holy fuck
might be the best one i've ever used. barely two coats & they look like lightweight falsies :D
if they make a waterproof version then i will never use another mascara again

also finally on the estee lauder doublewear train!
fuckin magic holy shit
idk if homo ii even posts here anymore but i should have jumped on this all those years ago she was so right omg
still figuring out best primer & tweaking my application technique but i love the staying power & i havent broken out once

ooh! I'm always looking to try new mascaras.
also why don't british companies give birthday samples of nice things :( I've got loads of sephora points and samples and stuff to collect if I ever go back to the US!

I tried a primer called PUR Correcting Primer and it was pretty good. Not silicony, think it might have mild AHAs in. Otherwise I use Smashbox but that's way silicony.
In other news I use UD eyelid primer every day now because it actually takes less time to get eyeliner on properly with it.

yeah that UD primer is awesome

Just popping on here to say I still love ilx/ils and that since this borad chronicles makeup loves, incl my discovery of the importance of blush, I’ll admit that it took me until a couple of years ago to make doing my eyebrows a priority - like, I always prioritized mascara but now brows matter more! I don’t even remember if I’ve said this here before but eesh, eyebrows, such a revelation. And I do a very basic brow.

I got one of those Anastasia eyebrow things awhile ago. I rarely do my brows but I like it when I do. I think I look like that evil cartoon baby that smokes cigars.

yeah I got some NYX eyebrow gel stuff, but I have pretty thick eyebrows already and it made me feel like groucho marx
I stopped using the gel and now I just groom my eyebrows with an old mascara brush more before I go out.

plus I wear glasses so after i go to all the trouble of 'doing' my brows, no-one can hardly see them anyway lol

Ahahaha cigar smoking baby brows! I want them :D

I do wish my brows came in thicker also because I’d have an excuse to go to one of many eyebrow threading places in my neighbourhood and get my dream brow created (it’s this more straight angle, almost no arch but still elevated? I don’t know but my brow seems incapable.) I think they’d just laugh at me right now.

My next makeup goal is: actually doing an “eyeshadow look”

Eyeshadow still seems like a lot of work, like the most work, when it comes to makeup. By the time I get to eyes I’m ready to be done, so mascara and maybe liquid eyeliner it is.

i love eyeshadow the most!!

my discovery that isnt really earthshattering but works 100% of always:
find 2 colors you love
do your lid in the darker, and then the outside edge/corner in the lighter color
get a fat blender brush and blend til you like it
if you think the dark color’s too dark, just blend it til it’s lighter. blending RULES

then when you get fancy you can do 3 or 4 colors

but make it colors you love, that are good to work with & good pigments

VG your eyeshadow is always excellent :) good pigments otm

after i got a gift card for my many years of service at work, i went to ulta and blew it all on hair putty, eyeliner, and this giant urban decay eyeshadow pallette with 20 metallic eyeshadows. they are so fun. i wear a different one every day. half of them are neutrals and the other half are really saturated colors. i think the gold is my favorite, but don't underestimate dark red for nighttime!

"I think I look like that evil cartoon baby that smokes cigars."

I love this.

While I don't love the other makeup I've bought from them (I'm a sucker and want to love it because I like the packaging but I've just not been wowed by anything else) I really like Glossier's Brow Boy.

my eyeshadow game changer was the Urban Decay Electric palette that i bought a few years back. Basically Aladdin Sane colors & metallics :D

I was trying to find the specific cartoon baby that I was envisioning and did not realize that so many people draw crazy eyebrows on their baby...

I am scared of bright colors on my eyes so I usually stick to neutrals but maybe I should branch out.

it's a matter of personal preference imo
if you like neutrals, why change it?
neutrals make me sad, so i prefer brights

I was just reading about eyeshadow "best practices" the other day! Basically what I learned is, people with brown eyes can wear all the bright colors, but if you have blue eyes, you should wear more neutral colors (brown, soft pink, etc), or if bright: orange, yellow, and pink ... but i kinda dgaf -- wearing bright blue eyeshadow makes my eyes look gray, and I think gray eyes are cool.

i have gray/blue eyes & i wear electric blue a lot bcz I like it.

like i am done with prescriptive stuff like if your eyes are x wear x
wear colors you like
and LL otm, if you are into neutrals, do neutrals!
whatever floats your boat

Oh, I agree with all the above I just think colors are fun and maybe I should try them some time because I might be surprised by how much I like them is all. I agree that you should wear whatever colors you want. That being said, I think there's some color science behind some of those recommendations because on the odd occasion that I do wear something purple-ish my green eyes look insane. In a good way.

^^ yeah, I'm the reverse, in terms of trying neutrals -- but then I was like, wtf, and I did some soft pink eyeshadow, and it did make my eyes look really blue

yeah = there's actually color science behind the recommendations, similar to colors/patterns/cuts of clothing and whether they make you look larger/smaller/shorter/taller ...

i have green eyes and wear purple eye shadow as a default/neutral!

my general philosophy is do with your face what makes you happy and don't be afraid of anything -- nothing about your face will burn anyone's eyes out, there is nothing to fear

^

The only thing I know about eyeshadow is to put a darker color in the crease and blend to give you a Sophia Loren look.

VG I am confused--dark on the lid, then light on the outside, closer to the ear than the nose?

If so, this is blowing my mind a bit but then again I learned eyeshadow in during the Dynasty of the 1980s.

dark on the whole lid & then light on the edge above the outer lid sorta outer socket-bone/under brow

it pulls the shape of the eye up & out just a little

i have v round hooded eyes & found a full-on smokey eye made me look a bit too much like a panda, even with a lot of blending. a good metallic light color, or even just powdered highlighter seems to do the trick for the outer edge, for me anyway

aah OK gonna try this

:D

ok just watched youtube videos re: this and I get it and OH!

I've been doing the colors/shape just soooo different, this is a game-changer tbrr

meaning now maybe I will do some eye makeup and it will be more Oh than Uh