Everyday I wear Clinique moisture surge foundation, Urban Decay Virgin eyeshadow, mascara (Clinique right now, sometimes smashbox), cover girl clear mascara on my brows, and cliniques lipgloss (I think it's called raspberry sorbet?
For going out, I add smashbox photo ready primer and under eye primer, a mix of UD neutral shadows, and eyeliner. I've always used UD liquid liner on top and their pencil on bottom, but I recently got eyeko brand in my birch box and love it.
Is the UD virgin shadow shimmery at all?
It's very light and barely noticeable. I put it on my hand here and you can barely tell
You should not take make up advice from me! But I'm pretty minimal. I use Lubriderm lotion unscented with the SPF every day. Then if I want to wear makeup - which is not often, maybe on the weekends or if we go out or see people - I use MAC concealer on blemishes and under my eyes. MAC powder, a little blush (I forget which brand) MAC eyebrow pencil and a random mascara.
If we go out go out, like dress up, I'll put on a random MAC eye shadow. This is where I feel like I need most help. I feel like all my colors are outdated. I usually just do gray/charcoal or dark purple.
It's so inexpensive too! The key is to exfoliate your lips first and then put a bit of stain on. Then I blot off the extra with a tissue and put some lip balm over it when it's dry. It looks like that pretty cherry Popsicle color after you eat a pop. I have the red.
I had to look back and see who recommended this. I LOVE it! I've been getting into tbe asian beauty products and am pretty hooked on a lot of them now. Quality and cheap!
You look really beautiful! You can also go to a Sephora if you have one close by and ask them to show you. I think you can book an appointment.
On days that I want to be quick and out the door I either use a pressed powder foundation (I like Makeup Forever or MAC) with a large brush or a foundation I can apply quickly with my fingers or with my Sephora bronzer brush (http://www.sephora.com/pro-flawless-bronzer-brush-46-P377528?skuId=1479260). Then I use NARS blush in orgasm which does a bit of double duty for me since it's shimmery it acts as a blush and gives me a bit of a dewy look that I like. I always do my brows with the Anastasia brow wiz pencil and then I use Benefits Roller Curl mascara and Makeup Forever's Smokey Lash mascaras. The Roller Curl curls (obvi) and then the smokey eye mascara gives me a lot of volume.
When I want to do a bit more, I'll do bronzer to contour A LITTLE, neutral shadows, and liner.
If you're watching YouTube videos - check out Lisa Eldridge. Her tutorials are PERFECTION.
Naked palettes for sure!! Also I just got eyelash extensions and am in love with them.
They look amazing!
What kind of coverage do you like for foundation?
My skin is bad again (waiting on a derm call for prescription refills). I like a heavier coverage BUT when I tried MUFE it made my face break out terribly. Im wondering if I should get a more medium coverage and maybe a powder for over top?
My skin is bad again (waiting on a derm call for prescription refills). I like a heavier coverage BUT when I tried MUFE it made my face break out terribly. Im wondering if I should get a more medium coverage and maybe a powder for over top?
Currently my skin is okay and I use IT Cosmetics CC cream (which I love) and the airbrushing powder.
For something that is a bit more coverage I really love the Too Faced Born this Way foundation. You can get a sample of this from Sephora but the IT cosmetics is only at ulta and they don't do samples, boo.
It's so inexpensive too! The key is to exfoliate your lips first and then put a bit of stain on. Then I blot off the extra with a tissue and put some lip balm over it when it's dry. It looks like that pretty cherry Popsicle color after you eat a pop. I have the red.
I had to look back and see who recommended this. I LOVE it! I've been getting into tbe asian beauty products and am pretty hooked on a lot of them now. Quality and cheap!
I'm so glad you like it! I love Asian beauty products too- innovative and inexpensive! I just bought a box from meme box to try. I think if I send you a referral you can get a 20% off coupon, let me know if you want one!
I had to look back and see who recommended this. I LOVE it! I've been getting into tbe asian beauty products and am pretty hooked on a lot of them now. Quality and cheap!
I'm so glad you like it! I love Asian beauty products too- innovative and inexpensive! I just bought a box from meme box to try. I think if I send you a referral you can get a 20% off coupon, let me know if you want one!
I just got a large box from rose rose shop this morning but I will when I can justify more!
please pm me these Asian beauty products! I love innovative and cheap!
I love the Mizon snail line, every single thing. Missha is great too, I like their foaming cleanser and toner I've been using. I've heard great things about the csrx BHA and AHA products and just started to use them. OST Vitamin C is great for reducing redness and general brightening and regenerating. I love the tonymoly honey cream as a night moisturizer and it comes in a super cute apple container. Also impressed with the Missha sunscreen and BB cream. I looked through the thread on the Makeup forum and then looked at reviews on Amazon.
@tambcat my favorite blushes are Nars and Elf brand from Target.
I have one of the Elf blushes, but it's really sparkly! I don't know if it's just that shade. I keep going back to Benefit Dandelion, but I don't love it. It doesn't have enough pigment. The Ulta blush has too much. I can't remember if I've tried Nars..
Some are really sparkly, the one I have is the Coral and it's not. Tarte brand is a good one too.
I'm so glad you like it! I love Asian beauty products too- innovative and inexpensive! I just bought a box from meme box to try. I think if I send you a referral you can get a 20% off coupon, let me know if you want one!
I just got a large box from rose rose shop this morning but I will when I can justify more!
I just got a large box from rose rose shop this morning but I will when I can justify more!
I'm not seeing rose rose shop or meme box
Is it makeup?
Roseroseshop is a korean website. If you place a large order it makes financial sense to order through them. Shipping is crazy but everything is way cheaper than amazon and it ends up costing less for a big order. Memebox is US based and does boxes of products together.