For the Love of Makeup

[sweetfemme247]

hey blush where can i find bareminerals, I would like to try some

[Soft*Silver]

I have used the eyeshadow sheets and hated them. Good thing they were samples

I actually just asked someone for some make up tips today. Medusa said in another thread she loved her Mac lipstick. I havent been happy with my lipsticks since I stopped dying my hair and gone silver. And since the move, I have been sorting out my make ups and I realized I had 30+ tubes of lipstuff and none of it compliments the silver. Well, some of the pinks do.

Then I realized all my colors were probably off. I have gotten older and as I age, my facial skin is changing color. Lighter, perhaps? I have a green tone to my skin, not noticable until you put me up against a pink tone skin...and then they POP pink and I have a shadow of green. My hands are a much deeper color than my face so I cant test make up on my hands like some people can.

So how do you pick your shades? ANd has anyone done a complete change of color palate like I seem to have done?

[blush]

Originally Posted by softness

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So how do you pick your shades? ANd has anyone done a complete change of color palate like I seem to have done?

I've always gone with a shade of lipstick that's close to my natural lip color. Maybe a shade darker or lighter. I'm not very adventurous with lip color, though.

I would go and play at the dept. store. They can show you a lot of different ranges of color on your face. I'd do it on a weekday when they have more time and less crowds.

[apretty]

i frequently tell E that he's a *winter* to his confusion and my amusement.

[blush]

Originally Posted by apretty

i frequently tell E that he's a *winter* to his confusion and my amusement.

I'm a SPRING!!

[BarbaraRyan]

I have small lips too. I usually emphasize my eyes instead. I've read that lining just outside the natural lipline helps, but I am not good with lipliner. So, I don't do that.

And I'm a fall and I don't like colors - go figure!

[Soft*Silver]

It was suggested that as a silver hair I am a cool. I do remember being told that before. When my hair was dark, I was winter. Amazing what hair color can do...its not just skin tone!

I have a thin upper lip. (I had a BF who teased me about it...grrr...thats like me pointing out a male ID's butch's "breast" size...stings, ya know!) I have a hard time with colors too because of it. I try staying close to my lip shade, with muted pinks but in winter, (I dont know why it makes a difference) I can wear dark colors and they look good. I LOVE the cool colors...but am afraid to wear them. Something inside says I am too old for them.....

[blush]

Originally Posted by browneyedgirl

hey blush where can i find bareminerals, I would like to try some

Try Ulta! I've seen it there.

Sassy, here's a video on application...I'm sure it'd work for your mineral foundation too. I didn't know how to apply it either, and this helped.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdy576AWljk&feature=related"]YouTube- Swirl, Tap, Buff(TM) for a Flawless Complexion[/nomedia]

[lipstixgal]

Wow you girls know a lot o stuff I feel undereducated in the makeup department. I really don't wear that much makeup just bronzer and base and lips but I get tired of lipstick colors fast so I keep buying them . I use Loreal lipstick and it works well.

Would like to try Lancome lipsitick but too expensive right now.

[Soft*Silver]

I have tons of Lancome lipstick but frankly I dont like it. I do love their mascara...

[sweetfemme247]

see I have a issue on what kind of lipstick i should wear, i have a small face and i am pale. and small lips nothing looks right on me but i so want to wear some.

[lipstixgal]

Have you tried the dept store brands they have all kinds of sales people that could help you find the right color, just saying??

[PinkieLee]

Yep, another fan of Bare Minerals here, too. I've worn it for years... and have yet to find anything that gives me the ability for sheer OR full coverage, without feeling heavy at all. I live close to the Gulf in Texas... so it's hella humid here and it has NEVER sweated off! But I must admit, I also think that the trick is in the application brushes, too. They just work best with the product.

Anyone that wants to try them out, without the big costly prices, should check out eBay. I buy all of my stuff there, or at the outlet store in San Marcos (when I'm in Austin).

The only store brand of minerals that comes close, is actually Physicians Formula. I use them when I forget to place an order. And, it's only about $10 for the foundation and mineral viel.

My everyday eyeshadow is a new line that I actually found at Walmart *gasp* called Hard Candy. They have some awesome colors that stay on all day long, for only about $6.00 each. I stand there in the makeup aisle, like a kid in a candy store, trying to decide what colors I wanna buy! TONS of colors of lip glosses, lipsticks, blushes, bronzers, eyeliners... you name it! It's great that I can buy a bunch of different stuff, and if I don't like it, it's really not a big waste of money. They even have some of those eyeshadow sheets ~ but I've never tried them. I'm too much of a color blender to even venture to try them. But, they look pretty cool.

[sweetfemme247]

hmm i might shop around alittle, i have this problem since i work in production in a warehouse of goodwill, im around dust all the time, and my chin and around my mouth break out and i have tried every cleaning thing i can find and nothing works.

[uncommondialogue]

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