ohhh grape lipstick .. sounds yummy

+ Bourjois clubbing liner "violet laser" instead of the generic black I was gonna do

it's hard to take pictures that look just as good as the mirror does. with flash is too bright and w/o flash has too many red tones bc of my roommate's stupid pink lights.

^ Oooh, I like that a lot!

that's because the few extra ounces of weight from those sideswepts bangs plus gravity itself is too much and causes droopiness/sagginess on our fatty, heavy lidded eyes. trust me the fatter ur face the more prone to droop

^ Hey at least you'll be plump for longer, hence less wrinkles.

Melissa I loooooove that eyeliner you used, it's a nice contrast. ALSO, I bump this thread up again because there's a 25% Friends and Family discount at Too Faced that I thought you would enjoy, BUT then I read the Cyber Monday thread and realize you have no way to use it :(

Well, if you find something...the code is TFFriends. Oh also, if you spend $25 you get a free full-size eyeshadow duo. :D:D

Also, Bobbi Brown Friends and Family 20% discount, code BFF08A. I loooooove BB.

f*ck i'm so pissed. my $15 gift card from Sephora doesn't work because it says that it's either "invalid or used already". wtf.

Hey guys,
all of your make up looks amazing btw!
I'll post pics of my makeup when i get home! lolz.

All of your skin looks so perfect/pretty!
Whats all of your guys' skin care routine?!
Oh, do tell!
lolz


XOXO

damn steven. when did you get so hot?

I hit dat last night and now he all up on my jock.

i'm into bright lips

Well I guess it all started the first time I went through the second grade. I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal, and I remember thinking "wow, you're ridiculously good looking, maybe you could do that for a career." Then I realized that it might not be too terribly fulfilling, so instead I decided on going to college. I was in theater in high school and middle school, and early on in my career I would do my own make up and tailoring. It's just a little something I like to do, so every now and then I whip out the kit and see what I can do!

Umm... i did this makeup look on a bus one day >.< lolz
So its kinda...uneven and smudged.

But i was on a bus! what can you expect!! lolz. hahah.

Detail/diff views~

sorry its smudged


sorry about the glare! lolz



http://www.myspace.com/forsakenyou

^ I'm hopeless with liner even when sitting still and not on a moving bus and I couldn't do anything nearly as good as you did. I'm jelly =(

haha. aww..thanks!
i didnt even use all the name-brand makeup! Just simple stuff >.<

^ How do you even keep eyeliner on your waterline? No matter how much eyeliner I put on it, it never stays. It always smudges out, but I guess it's because my eyes are watery, lol.

^ You'd have to use a super waterproof one, which usually aren't safe for the waterline anyway :X I heard the Urban Decay 24/7 liners stay well on the waterline, some people have also used gel liners on their waterline to get it to stay. Some even set the liner with powder eyeshadow on top, but I find it weird to put powder on your waterline =\

But yeah just straight-up eyeliner on the waterline rubs off in like an hour for me.

powder on your waterline irritates your eyes like hell. or at least they irritate the hell out of mine.

well the eyeliner i used in that photo was a pencil liner,
but if you want to get it close to the water line without smudges, i recommend Avon Perfect wear eyewriter liquid liner



works like magic for that kinda thing in my opinion :D i've never had any problems with it. lolz
xxxooo


cheap too >.<

I am slowly becoming addicted to makeup. And I just splurged on my first "big" purchased. Can't wait to get it in the mail!



I'm paying 30 dollars for 120 e/s! So excited. And Youtube reviews have good reviews; so does MUA. I'm mostly a beginner but once I get a hang of more complicated looks, I'm going to invest in Coastal Scent's Neutral Palette.

SO EXCITED!

Not a fan of Avon. I think their makeup is cheap and tacky.

You did do a good job with the eyeliner though. I can never get liquid liner straight. Pencil all the way!

I really want to try Coastal Scents! All the eyeshadow palettes look amazing. I want the 10 blush palette and the contour palette too! And their brushes!

only $21? o.O

shit, i sort of want it. when you try it on, tell me how the colors go on. big pallets like this usually tend to disappoint me :(

5finger discount di. don't stuff in your purse, bring a shopping bag.

From what I've heard from the people on YouTube and on forums and whatnot (which are a LOT of people), they all really like it. I mean you can't really go wrong, it's 88 colours for that price, and the colours are all pretty pigmented and bright. There's a matte version and a shimmery version.

Oh shit. I want it.

I paid my shipment and I should get the palette soon. I opted for the 120 palette because the coastal scents 88 palette is all shimmer. This one has matte, shimmer and some pearl =) I'll definitely do some swatches if you want to see.

I'm just a little worried because I didn't get insurance (it was half the cost of the actual product and the shipping/handling was more than the actual product). Hopefully, if it does get damaged, it would only be cracked and easily repressable.

^ The CS 88 palette has a matte version, actually I'm sure that was the original palette. Then they came out with the 88 shimmer.

Matte (although they never really describe it as matte, just "not very shimmery", but I hear from other people that it's pretty much just matte.
http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/in...-matte-case.cfm

Ultra shimmer:
http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/in...dow-palette.cfm

Not the best pic cause the lighting is messed but yeh. It's my attempt at a Cranberry gold look (inspired by PurseBuzz on youtube lol). So yeah. I really like it but this pic doesn't do it justice. =p

MAC shadestick in shimmersand
MAC cranberry eyeshadow
Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush eyeshadow in Copper Feel
Maybelline Mascara
Prestige eyeliner

^ That looks really rosy and pretty. But I can't really see any gold. I guess it's the lighting.

^^
Yeah prob.

Played around some more tonight. Not the best pics b/c just taken on my laptop but yeh I really liked it.


MAC shadestick in shimmersand
MAC cranberry eyeshadow
MAC real drama eyeshadow
MAC trax eyeshadow
MAC sweetjoy eyeshadow
MAC prep & prime for lashes
MAC dazzle lash mascara
Prestige liquid eyeliner

Love it Steph! The colors work really well together and with your skin tone. I need to get some good blending brushes.

Testing out my Clinique smudge pot eyeliner. YAY!!! And have some Sephora Limited Edition lipstick. Oooh, and with Covergirl Mascara, the one for specific eyecolors.

Seriously, you are a whore. A drunken whore.
























^_~

Rachel, how do you like the cream eyeliner? And you have gorgeous eyes, btw.

I've been testing my new wunderfullll palette.


Layer 1 (

Layer 2 (which I have yet to use)

I've been using the browns the most. I played around and smoked out my most commonly used look. The blending could be better.

^OOH the marbly colours look so cool. The last row in the top layer has me droolin'. I love neutrals. I reeeeally want that neutral palette from Coastal Scents! Ugh and you have such nice bone structure.

Steph, I swear Cranberry just looks great on you!

Love the lipstick, Rachel! With the liner it looks so retro and gorgeous. You do have very pretty eyes. /jealous

Playing with my new MAC stuff. Huge-ass picture alert.

Eyes: combination of a few random browns + purples, and new Femme-Fi (LOVE THIS. Best. Highlighter. Colour. Ever.) And of course I used my new brush, the 226!
Cheeks: Nuance mineralize blush + new Redhead MSF
Lips: The redder one is the new Strawberry Blonde lipglass, the lighter one is Live and Dye lipglass. Dunno when I will ever wear the dark pink/red one but it is very pretty! It's also not as neon-looking as it is in the first pic.








Corny picture, but it really shows off the MSF well. :)

Thanks =)

The marbly colors are amazing. Very bright and multi-dimensional even after blending. The browns are what I use the most. There's one that gives me a yellowish tint that's weird but I keep forgetting which one. The shimmer is amazing.

Love the Live and Dye lip glass. I think the eye look works great with both lip colors. Flawless like always, btw.

Ah, more neutral.

Ahh so pretty, Gigi <3

you don't need makeup ***hole. show me moar nudes prz!

OOH Christina pretty, what did you use?

...n00dz would be nice too.

jeeeezzzz, gigi. your make up and pictures are always so gorgeous. <3

you've inspired me. i'm gonna go play with my makeup and take pictures. ;)

gigi has perfect eyebrows T_T

I got a free eyelash perm last night and I am finally experiencing curled lashes for the very first time (eyelash curlers + mascara never worked/s for me)!! I want to take pictures of it but... cellphone camera = not good.

Dude that's SO COOL! I always wanted to get an eyelash perm because while eyelash curling alone suffices, it's still a pain to do it every day.


That is so sweet <33 I never thought this thread would make it past 5 pages but I'm glad others are contributing and learning off each other too. PLEASE POST! :D

Mel - I have a bit of an eyebrow fetish, I get really pissed off if they don't look good hahahaha

i wish i knew how 2 do eyebrows. i remember i accidentally shaved my eyebrow off, so ever since then, i haven't really messed with them aside from plucking.

Your makeup is always so well done. I like the bluish purple here.


Anisha ♥ Camwhore like never before.

POST PICTURES!! TELL ME MORE!! i've never heard of this, but i'm gonna look into it...


neither do i! but i found self-threading tutorials on youtube. so i get my eyebrows done and then i just self-thread them to keep them in shape. try it!! i'm certainly no eyebrow guru, but it works pretty well.

Haven't posted here in awhile :P
Decided to mess around with my makeup last night (on only one eye though). Sadly, the pictures don't do it justice, the color got all washed out Just did a basic smoky eye.

Without fake eyelashes


With fake eyelashes


Hate that my eyelashes don't curl... an eyelash perm sounds great

I'm getting kind of annoyed with my eyelashes now... the ones on my left eye are a little bit more curled than the ones on my right, so it looks kind of unbalanced. And it gets really frustrating when I have my glasses on because my left lashes touch the lens and it feels funny.

lol i have a habit of plucking my eyelashes and i like the noise it makes. is eyelash perm the shit where they glue each individual lash to your eyelashes? shit, i had that for two weeks before it started irritating the crap out of me. though they told me not to, i ended up waking up in the middle of the night to pluck every single one out.

^ Gahh, that sounds somewhat painful!! No, the eyelash perm I got involved some rod/stick and some thing that looked like saran wrap. I think they just put some chemical on my lashes and rolled them up. It smelled like a hair salon afterward. =\