What is your current make up at the moment?

Lemon_Tree

thanks everyone, yesterday i tried out my mascara, not much but it was a big step.
Thanks for not treating me like a sado.

Jacks_xxx

Lemon Tree you are most emphatically not a saddo! I was 26 before I started trying to wear make up regularly - and have been making up for lost time ever since. My Mum didn't really wear any (just lipstick and mascara on special occasions) and I had no clue what to do with any of it!

My teenage experimentation was a little bit hit and miss (it was the 80s!) and I was very scared of the overgrown Oompa Loompa ladies on make up counters. :eek: Never has the phrase "warpaint" been more apropos - that is some aggressively applied make up!

But then Bobbi Brown arrived on these shores - and I liked the philosophy of enhancing your face and looking natural rather than obliterating your features with bright colour so I had a few on counter consultations and tried out some foundations, concealers, tinted moisturisers and mascaras to begin with.

Until QVC came along I had never really seen make up being applied to other people. Then with the advent of the internet make up tutorial I have never looked back.

I read a lot of make up books as well, and whereas some like Kevyn Aucoin's are genius and amazing to look at - the most useful ones from a practical "what will work for me?" standpoint are Bobbi Brown's. Even the little leaflet she gives out when you buy something is handy. I've dished them out to all of my daughter's friends. I have a couple lying around right now sweetie so if you'd like me to send one to you just pm me your address.

You're doing the right thing by starting small and building up. "From little acorns" and all that!

Jacks_xxx

I forgot to say, this is me today:


Smashbox photo finish colour correcting primer in Adjust
Bobbi Brown Tinted Moisturiser
YBF neutralizing cream
Amazing Cosmetics Concealer
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Genie Face Powder
Bobbi Brown Ski Slopes palette
Jemma Kidd Brow palette
Mally Brow Boost
Jemma Kidd Define Stay Put Eyeliner in Earth
Estee Lauder doublewear mascara
Bobbi Brown Mauve lipliner

MoaningMyrtle

No7 tinted moisturiser
No7 Exceptional Definition mascara
Revlon Navy eyeliner
Lancome lipstick in pale bronze colour
Virgin Vie Cornish Sun bronzer - like this because it is matte and not shimmery

brighthair

morocha wrote: »

this is my kind of thread !! i loveeeeeeeee make up...

Here is me today...

*Stila Tinted Moisturizer ( was going to buy a new foundation but decided to used what i already got and this is a new one i had for a while)
*Lancome effecernes concealer
*Clinique new mascara
* EDM blush
*N17 lipstick "coral"
*a bit of EDM mineral powder to finish the look.

Anyone knows a good eyeliner for oily lids ?
i tried so far... Lancome (the pencil one) Clarins pencil too, Clinique liquid eyeliner and so far no good...

I like Urban Decay 24/7, but with the UD potion primer under

brighthair

Illamasqua concealer
No 7 powder
ASDA blonde eyebrow pencil
MAC Shroom and Satin Taupe eyeshadows
No 7 extreme lengths mascara

oh and my GORGEOUS new nail varnish :-) psst they're BOGOF atm and you can choose your free colour...
http://www.barielle.co.uk/product_p/5103.htm

sunshineyday

today I'm wearing

Benefit playsticks foundation in paper doll
benefit sugarbomb blush
gosh lets twist eyeliner in deep sea
prestige brow pencil in earth brown
lancome cils booster mascara base
no7 exceptional definition mascara
clinique gentle light powder

bythebonnybluesea

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

thanks everyone, yesterday i tried out my mascara, not much but it was a big step.
Thanks for not treating me like a sado.

Well done Lemon Tree, first step is the hardest usually.

My mum wasn't big on makeup at all either. Some suggestions: usually friends will be really helpful, if you have a friend whose makeup you really like, ask her to show you some tips. One of my friends took me to the MAC counter to have them try on stuff---they're really helpful, again look for someone whose makeup you like, since not all makeup artists are equal!

Don't be afraid to try different things, the great thing about makeup (unlike dyeing your hair, getting a radical cut, etc) is it just washes off!

All the best!

bythebonnybluesea

Today I'm wearing:

Max Factor Foundation: PanStik
MAC Eyeshadows: Haux, Modelette, All Races
MAC blush: Cubic
Maybelline Mascara: Define A Lash
MAC lipstick: Chilli

Pootle_3

Barbara Daly Face Base from Tesco
Collection 2000 Mascara in Plum
Laura Geller Lip stick
Prescriptives Pressed Leaves as a blusher
Sue Devitt Eye Intensifier in Bangalore