[Ginger]

So all of you men and women out there who wear makeup.. I was just thinking about how little makeup I have. I don't have any makeup brushes or applicators, and I only have one palette with 8 colors, 4 lipglosses, and 1 blush color. The makeup is more of a sampler combination palette that I got for Christmas and the brand is Sephora. I also have mascara that doesn't work very well, a half bottle of a small thing of perfume, and a couple of other lipglosses in tubes that I rarely wear. This makes me feel a little deprived of my womanhood because I love makeup and playing around with it, and having this tiny amount of makeup is becoming more and more sparse every time I use it. I don't have money for any makeup but if I did, I would buy the 88 color cool shimmer eyeshadow palette, the 32 color lip palette, the 10-piece deluxe brush set in red, and the 24/7 Eye Liner, all from BH Cosmetics. I would also like a couple of new fragrances.

How much makeup do you have? What brands do you use/suggest? How often do you wear makeup? What specifics (eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadow, lipstick, etc.) do you wear? Is there any makeup/perfume you'd like?

[Fey]

Oh wow, this is gonna get into a weird zone.

I used to work for a Mary Kay lady in HS(if you are not in the US, or just don't know, Mary Kay) so I ended up with a LOT of their brand makeup. I rarely wore any of it, and it just migrated with me through life. I'd put some on for interviews or to go out on the town, but mostly it just existed.

Then I got into costuming hard core. I now have stage makeup and daily makeup and pretty much everything under the sun! But now I mostly wear it when I'm in costume, though still for interviews and the occasional night out.

Some things I usually tell people who are looking into makeups. Take allergies into consideration. If you're allergic to bees specifically read ingredients on mascaras and lipsticks, they can contain beeswax which can trigger some allergens.

As to brands. Obviously Mary Kay, Ben Nye, MAC and Krylon. That being said, I look less at brands and more at 'is this a colour I want/need?' Outside of my serious stage makeups I don't care if it's a $5 pallet or a $50 if it has what I need.

As to perfumes, I don't know if they even make it still, but I used to be obsessed with Aqua di Gio by Georgio Armani...loooooooooove that stuff, but so expensive!

[CupcakeDolly]

I have quite a bit of makeup, but most of it never gets used - I can leave the house wearing foundation and eyeliner and feel satisfied that I've "put on my face." =P

I'm sooo jealous that you have anything from Sephora - that stuff is supposed to rock hard. I go with Maybelline or L'Oreal for different things. There's a brand called Hard Candy, I think it's just a Wal Mart brand, but not entirely sure. They make stuff in bright coloring for us funky people, and I use their eyeshadow - which turns metallic and shiny when you apply it with a wet sponge - and their colored mascara.

Speaking of mascara, though, I've found that a lot of it doesn't "work well" unless you play with your eyelashes to the point of them falling out. There's lots of applying, brushing, curling, re-applying etc. involved to make your lashes look big and fluffy like the girls on television. I usually just don't bother with it.

Edit: Fey, my mother used to sell Mary Kay, so I've been gifted with her leftovers. I hate the lipsticks, but love the face-washing products and face powders. xD

[Fey]

yeah, I'm addicted to the cleansers, lotions and the like...it's like face-crack

And for mascara...what sort are you using? I rarely have issues with mine. Arguably I have thicker lashes than most.... I do have one trick, I have a clean mascara brush set aside to use after I put on my mascara and let it partially dry to separate the clumps. Beyond that I just curl the lash, apply mascara, separate and go. Well...usually after spraying on a fixative like Liquid Set....

[Grave Desires]

I'm actually NOT much of a make-up wearer anymore. For the most part, when I was younger, I used the stuff as a cover, because I honestly hated the way I looked. I love seeing other people do their makeup, but I personally could walk out of the house without.

Now a days, I just use the standard eyeliner, and mascara-- whichever brand is cheapest, and lasts, and I'm out the door.

Never been one for lipsticks and such, but I DO love me some lip balm, and gloss, and SHINEY LIP STUFF. xD;

I love the Hard Candy line of stuff-- I just don't think I'd ever be able to use it for much. =/

[Ginger]

I have red hair and pale skin with freckles, so it's difficult enough finding makeup that suits me as it is haha. I can't wear really bright colors because I'm so pale, but I can actually pull of a smoky eye pretty damn good with the right clothes and hair, and sort of a flirty look with a shimmery pink, white for a highlight on my brow bone, purple, and really dark brown eyeshadow that kinda acts as a liner since I don't have one. And of course a crappy mascara lol. I mean when I go to put it on, it seems dried out. I might have to put a tiny bit of water in it again, but that would probably just make it worse.

[Fey]

What colour are your eyes? with your dramatic colouring you'd actually be able to pull off quite a few dramatic looks....
and dont' put water in your mascara, that's what's making it clumpy, you're causing it to emulsify. Just buy new, it doesn't have to be expensive, just not dried out.

[CupcakeDolly]

Mm, yeah, I wouldn't recommend putting water in it. You might end up with some really neat-looking paint though. xD

I'm probably just not patient enough to deal with mascara. I have thin lashes, but they're dark enough that it almost looks like I'm wearing mascara.

And I would totally wanna make-up and dress-up Batterz if she ever came within 5 feet of me. <3

[Echo-chan713]

I'm all natural, I close to never wear makeup in the first place, but if I do then I try to make it look natural like light foundation then white shadow on the tear duct so that way the light reflects the eye shadow so that way it looks like that I got enough sleep.

And when I cosplay, it depends on the character, on the males It's the same as natural makeup with white eyeliner. And for the females It's black eyeliner on the bottom lid and/or mascara on the outer parts of my eyes.

I have 1 foundation that I've had since 2009, and they discontinued it. It's N 7 degree mousse foundation (I call it Jesus because it covers anything minor and it feels so light on me). Then my white eye shadow is the cheapest one from maybelline. Then the eyeliners is cheap as well N.Y.C both black and white.

So men do say that they like their women with little to no makeup, and it gets tiring to put on make up everyday. so the only times I wear makeup is for special occasions.

Sorry for my complicated makeup regiment rant.

[Espy]

I've -never- worn make-up before...If you've seen my pics in the Photo Album, you might know why XD I've been considering using eyeliner (actually, I only started thinking about it today, before I saw this thread...) Wonder if it would work for me.

[Holly]

I love makeup! I do not really prefer certain brands. I more or less go to the store and see what currently looks most interesting to me. They always seem to have some new sort of makeup out! My skin tone is very light. So, I always have to go with an ivory color for foundation. At one time I messed around with a bronzing powder... haha. I generally go with black or brown for eyeliner and mascara. Eye shadow could be anything depending on what I'm planning to wear that day. & usually I like a nice rose colored blush. I always keep it light. I don't want it to look caked on or anything! But I see nothing wrong with having a little fun with some makeup. > u <

[Ginger]

Fey - My eyes are hazel. They change from blue to green to blue to gray, but the majority of the time they're blue. I probably won't be putting water in my mascara then xD I've found that I like purples, pinks, browns, really shimmery coppers, and black eyeshadows, sometimes a shimmery dark blue. I haven't experimented much with dark blue but I know that bright blues don't look very good on me.

Cupcake - I wish my lashes were like that.. mine are nearly blonde O_O It's hard for me to put mascara on every single one of my lashes, so in the sunlight my eyelashes still look somewhat blonde even though I put a ton of mascara on. I don't like the clumpy look that I see so often on women, where their eyelashes look like spikes coming out of their eyelids >.<

Echo - Foundation bugs me because it gives me acne. Granted, it covers up the acne, buuuut I'd like to avoid scars xD I do enjoy my natural beauty, but I love to play around with makeup and having very little makeup, or money to buy makeup with, makes this difficult for me to do. I agree that putting makeup on and taking it off gets tiring. I don't always wear it, but when I have the time and am really into looking fresh I'll enjoy putting it on, and when it comes off is when it comes off (usually in the shower)

Espy - Eyeliner would look good on you, but not too much of it. Go lightly at first so it looks natural, post a pic, and post it here if you'd like constructive criticism :3

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Holly - I love wearing makeup too! xD I try to go light on it as well because it tends to give me acne if I use too much at one time. I've had foundation put on me before and I get a small breakout from it every time it gets put on me. I wish I could wear it but it just clogs my pores really bad.

[Grave Desires]

Bahaha. Dolly playing dress up with me?

I would have thought it'd be the other way around. ;]

But seriously, I'd let you. XDD;

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I have about the same amount of make-up as you do, Ginger. I hardly ever do anything, but then, I'm also the type that can't be bothered to do more than brush her hair before heading out. I got rid of the spontaneous make-up purchases that I had a a teen girl (not many) and the stuff I was gifted except for what my sister gave to me when I graduated highschool. Her grad gift to me was a modest bag of make-up: 3 shades of eyeshadow, light to dark; white eyeshadow for highlights, lip gloss, concealer, and a small pack of disposable brushes. According to her, that's all one really needs for day to day stuff and all that she expected me to do. As the other part of the gift she showed me how to put it on.

Most of the make-up I have is in the bronze/gold to pink range because, as much as I want to fight it, baby pink is my colour. Appart from the basic three my sister gave me for layering, I have some gold glittery eyeshadow and some shimmery lip colour to go with ("Midnight Cowboy" and "Shotgun" respectively. I love make-up names :D) and a small container of pink glitter. That's about as exciting as I get, minus the stuff that I buy for art projects.

Brand-wise both my sister and go with whatever has the colour we want, though I check in with my sister a lot as she is a make-up and special effects artist. At school she used MAC which she still has a lot of, amd Ben Nye was apparently a big name for costume and film make-up (things like burn pallates and what-not). I recognize the name Hard Candy, and both she and I like the colours by Urban Decay. Naturally, I don't buy a lot of make-up because I can't justify the cost. A lip colour from Urban Decay can run $15.

All my stuff is fairly old. The only thing I'm carefull about is mascara because bad mascara can cause serious issues for your eyes so I always make sure mine is not older than a year. I have no isses with it but I only tap the lashes lightly with the wand and don't go all the way down to my eyelid. I also use brown instead of black because I'm fair and black sticks out too much.

[Holly]

I understand how that goes! If I go overboard I'm just asking for a breakout. Really? That's a shame. ; A ; I find that I can wear a small amount of foundation and be okay. It's just if it gets too heavy... that's when I have a major issue with acne. It makes since that you shouldn't wear it then! You have to do what is best for your pores. > u <

[CupcakeDolly]

Ehehe... I have what I like to call "dollhouse syndrome." I like playing with pretty things, and like to be played with just as much. x3

I've heard that Urban Decay has the best eyeliner though, so the cost might be justified there. I've used L'Oreal Paris Infallible eyeliner for a while, and it's worked the best out of any I've ever used, to the point where I'm afraid to waste my money on anything else.

And Espy, you're so cuuute the way you are! I'd love to see what you look like with eyeliner though. Like Ginger said, just start off light at first, probably just a thin line on the upper eyelid or something. =3