I feel pretty--NOT! THE COSMETICS THREAD

When is party? I want in.

whenever works for everyone!!

please to explain "clumping technique"

well its pretty simple. instead of delicately brushing it along your lashes you pick up chunks of it with that poor excuse for a wand and clump it on your lashes until they feel like they weigh a ton. also important is to get it rigth down to your eyelid. yes you'll feel some stingy. the trick is not to let the resulting tears mess up your job.

do you use vaseline, schef?

i haven't recently, because i am lazy, though it seems like clumping it would require the vaseline...?

HELLO my e.l.f. stash just arrived and even if the quality is not great, it's like three Christmases to open a box and have two dozen bits of goodies in it! I have so many lip glosses to try, suddenly....

yeah i always use vaseline because i get the dye everywhere (xp)

So someone should bring the Vaseline, I guess. And the eye drops, for afterward. And the Valium.

Lash dying frightens me.

Laurel, report back on the e.l.f. quality.

I have a feeling the lip gloss is going to be fine; the pressed powder/foundation, probably not so much. Will report.

i'll bring vaseline, i have a ginormous tub of it, for tattoos.

If you have some blonde lashes and some brown lashes, what should you do?

Dye dye dye?

yes!

Okay, help me, I Love Style -- you're my only hope.

I got a pot of silver and dark grey cream shadow yesterday. Now...how do I use that to pull off the smoky eye? I'm a reasonable hand with eyeliner but I go for cat-eyes with no blending, so this grey thing is new to me. Instructions? Suggestions?

i would apply black liner, then apply the shadow, then reapply the liner and maybe smudge it up a bit.

a tiny bit of liner on the lower lash line is good, too, but you really have to watch that it doesn't end up all down your face.

lots of mascara, too.

i nearly bought the bare minerals smoky eye kit @ sephora yesterday but then i thought it would be too drastic and all of their shadows seem to have too much sparkle.

and another thing! you might want to add some powder over the cream shadow to prevent creasing/smearing.

we should play around with this stuff on saturday.

I've used my fingertips for powder shadow application ever since I got a makeover at the Lancome counter and the make-up guy did, but the cream needs a brush. Fortunately I have a whole set of brushes that I never use!

Re creasing: I put the stuff on at probably 8.30am, now it's 10 and the dark color along my lash line has completely disappeared and/or gone into a crease. The silver on the whole lid seems fine. Grr. Argh.

laurel you might need some MAC eye primer BUT i find covergirl concealer does the same job.

Lauren are you talking liquid liner both layers, pencil both layers, or liquid then pencil?

pencil liner both layers, usually, although you could do liquid on top of the shadows/pencil.

since smoky eyes are supposed to be artfully messy, you need the blendability of a pencil liner, i think.

ooh i don't like using cream shadows, they always make a big mess. i've stuck to stila powders for years and years and i will not branch out.

i just do smoky eye all with my powders, i was doing brown for a while instead of grey though (i also just use powder with an eye liner brush as eye liner etc etc -- i think i'm just inept at anything besides kohl pencil and powder). it seemed more "summery" whatever that means.

i don't remember what thread it was on, but someone (sunny??) was asking what lip gloss blair wears on gg. it's one of givenchy's pop glosses.

ooo...thanks!

i can't stand cream eye shadow! it makes me feel greasy and gross. seconding stila - i only have 1 of their shadows but i really like it and have received compliments on it - which is weird, because it's eye shadow!

I've used my fingertips for powder shadow application ever since I got a makeover at the Lancome counter and the make-up guy did, but the cream needs a brush. Fortunately I have a whole set of brushes that I never use!

Hmm, I do the exact opposite. I should probably have a pro show me how to put stuff on.

People, you must invest in the Urban Decay Primer Potion. One of the best cosmetics investments you can make.

i've been stuck on brushes for some time now. i lol at the days when i used to just use that little foam sponge applicator thing that came in the shadow compact (though a lot of shadows come solo w/ no tool these days). i left my brushes at home by accident and the past few days of finger and/or q-tip application have been somewhat trying.

i have been using the primer potion at the recommendation of lots of chilxors, but i have to say i haven't been blown away by it! i feel like some days it works better than others, which is kind of odd.

I think you have to use a light hand otherwise it might crease itself. Overall I love it, my shadow lasts all day.

yeah, you really have to apply it lightly. using the wand gives you too much, and like s. says, you can get creasing and dryness. i smear a little bit from the wand on to a q-tip to apply.

i always apply cream shadows with my finger, and although i try to use my brushes i usually end up applying the powder shadows that way as well (unless i'm doing something really ambitious, which is like never). the problem with the latter is that you (or i, anyway) end up transferring oil from your fingers to the shadow over time, and it kind of screws up the texture. i periodically scrape the top layer of my powder shadows because of this, but just using a brush would be the best thing.

People who use brushes: do you clean one color out before you use a different one? Do you have multiple brushes for your colors? This seems like the part where it all breaks down for me.

i pretty much only use one color most of the time and any accent color is applied with a different brush. i like to clean them regularly, though. i gave up foundation brush because i felt like i was never getting it clean enough and it freaked me out. i've not used a brush for cream shadow because i avoid cream shadows like the plague. maybe fingers is the way to go there. it seems it would be messy!

even though i have at least half a dozen eyeshadow brushes (thanks to an old friend who used to work as pr for a cosmetic co.), i still wash after every use. the brushes just get too mucky otherwise. it's not that much of a hassle, though - a tiny dab of liquid hand soap ; lather; rinse til the water is clear. squeeze out excess water with a tissue, then kind of fluff back to the normal shape. they dry pretty fast.

I usually just flick the powder out and then wash them once a week. lazy.

Yeah me too.

People, you must invest in the Urban Decay Primer Potion. One of the best cosmetics investments you can make.

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A saleswoman at sephora tried to talk me into this but she had talked me into so much stuff already i was already deep in buyers remorse.

LADIES - I lash dyed last night.

OMG and? I am v excited to do this on Sat. I'll have you all know I even bought glassware so I could serve more than two people at once (we're perpetually short of dishes).

i took some cellphone pics. will post momentarily. (No before shots unfortunately)

OMG my work has block ALL photosharingsites. WTF!!!!!!!

ok. here we go. Not the greatest photos ever but this is day after dying and without and makeup.

http://diamondstate.us/katharine/lash.jpg

http://diamondstate.us/katharine/lash2.jpg

i guess i didnt really highlight the top lashes in those angles

lol at eyes still bloodshot 18 hrs later.

We have so much to look forward to! Can't see the upper, no, but the lower ones look good; all the color but none of the clumping. So excited, guise.

that was supposed to be "without ANY makeup" at the top of those photos. You guys should totally take mid process photos

althought they may be used against you in a court of law

BLACKMARKET LASH DYE

Well since SOMEONE invited ALLY, I expect there'll be a metric ton of photos. Never fear.

well i never.

Hello, Snap-Happy. :D