Post pictures of your makeup! Options

[Gigi]

Makes me wish the cB Make-up Contest still existed. I would join!! AND WIN! No that's just my competitive side talking.

Post what you used too, if you remember. Which I don't.

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You make-up whores out there better contribute. Or Specktra lurkers.

EDIT// THAT MEANS YOU, TINA! My MAC buddy lols.

[misoshiru]

lol. i lurk on specktra and mua.

what did you use?

[Gigi]

I wish I remembered. I'll try.

First 2:
UDPP
MAC Vanilla (lid, highlight, inner corner)
MAC Folie (crease)
MAC Club (very little, outer v)
MAC Fluidline Blacktrack
Some Korean brand for teal/blue eyeshadow
MAC Springsheen blush
MAC Nymphette l/g

Second 2:
UDPP
Estee Lauder Honey Drop
MAC Vanilla
Some Korean teal/blue eyeshadow
Some Korean wine/plum eyeshadow
Clinique Crushed Plum
MAC Fluidline Macroviolet
Clinique eyeliner Black Diamond

And all the boring mascara/foundation/concealer too.

[Tung]

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[Gigi]

lol, thanks Tung, much appreciated.

YAN LIN post your FOTDs :D

[misoshiru]

i need to take some first. D:




does this count?

[Gigi]

Yes ma'am. Lookin' good!

This thread is gonna die soooon.

[*cakedout*]

Don't worry, Arjuna will soon post his.

[Gigi]

He'd better!

[karmakiller]

Gigi, you should do my makeup. Haha.

[paolabear20]

my makeup goes to hell compared to yours.

[misoshiru]

easy/lazy fotd.

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[Simba]

Don't worry, Arjuna will soon post his.

lmao, forgetchu

My friend used NYC ish on me or something. I don't even remember.

[*cakedout*]

Lol, where is the pic? That you promised.

[Simba]

Promised? Sike.

Your make up actually looks really good, Gigi. Ha ha, but dang, that does look like a lot of stuff you had to use.

[*cakedout*]

Yeah that shit looks real pretty.

[Tung]

Back of the line.

[*cakedout*]

You can't be in two lines at the same time.

[Tung]

powder

[Joanne]

^ That reminds me of the MadTV parody of Memoirs of a Geisha.

[Gigi]

Promised? Sike.

Your make up actually looks really good, Gigi. Ha ha, but dang, that does look like a lot of stuff you had to use.

I would only use that much on a night out or something. I'm WAYYYY too lazy to make an effort to go to school and whatnot.

Yan lin - Pretty, what'd you use?

Tung - LOL nice...effort? :D

[misoshiru]

um...

MAC Carbon e/s
L'oreal Liquid Liner
Hard Candy Butterscotch e/s
Hard Candy Suede e/s
Hard Candy Caramel e/s
Hard Candy Techno e/s
Hard Candy Pixie e/s as blush
some other silver e/s
MAC 3D Glass in Boundless


that and foundation+mascara

[misoshiru]

makeup from last night. i have shaky hands. and it looked a lot better irl.








gigi, what settings do you use on your camera?

[hi-C]

Oooh, nice, Gigi! And you too Yanlin

I'm going to have to do this soon/now.

[hi-C]

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[Gigi]

YAY more contributors!

Carrie that colour looks lovely - what'd you use?

Yan lin - I use a fluorescent desk lamp

Yes mine's Hello Kitty too, and looks almost exactly like that XD. I tilt the head so it shines directly in my face, then take the photos with a digital camera. I keep it at Macro, no flash, but all other settings are default. You just have to make sure that when you're taking the picture, your hand isn't blocking the light from the lamp and you get a shadow.

[hi-C]

Oooh, fluorescent desk lamp, I'm gonna have to remember that for later.

And thanks, Gigi I used four different colors: a dark purple ("Purple Silk," The Body Shop) on my lid line (although it doesn't really look like it), a bright green ("Sprout," MAC) and bright gold ("Eldorado," Urban Decay) on my lids and a lighter gold ("Gold Chiffon," The Body Shop) right near my eyebrow. And then smudged it all together with my finger.

[misoshiru]

Yan lin - I use a fluorescent desk lamp

Yes mine's Hello Kitty too, and looks almost exactly like that XD. I tilt the head so it shines directly in my face, then take the photos with a digital camera. I keep it at Macro, no flash, but all other settings are default. You just have to make sure that when you're taking the picture, your hand isn't blocking the light from the lamp and you get a shadow.

lol okay. i'll keep that in mind.


pretty colors carrie.

[iDecay]

LOL, Gigi! I lurk on Specktra. I drooool over the haul section. Oh and I love that blue and purple look. I tried something similar but it didn't turn out as pretty. I'll re-do it and take a picture when I don't have fugly brows.

That's a lot of Hard Candy, Yanlin. I want to push myself to like their e/s, but they never seem to work for me.

[misoshiru]

i got a palette. it works really well for me though. i'll take a picture of the palette i have sometime.

[paolabear20]

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Good? Bad?

[*cakedout*]

Nice of you take a picture so bright where barely anyone can see the makeup.

[iDecay]

I can't even tell with all the contrast and blurriness..

[Tung]

Word, even my picture was better.

[imperfectionistx]

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First one is super old, dk why I cropped it, must have looked gross
2nd one is newer... sorry they are bad color/quality lol.

I used to have a thing for blue. Not no more lol.
I also used to use mostly ZA eyeshadow, but they don't sell it here anymore :(
For the first one I used ZA 101 over the lid and 107 gold below the brow
and Mac Electric Eel on the lid. Lined with black, smudged around a bit. Also lined with gold pencil shadow... forget what brand.

The bottom was just straight up wet n wild eye pencil In this periwinkle blue color. +fake eyelashes lol.

I've pretty much stopped wearing makeup for the past year

[Joss-eh-lime]

^ooh i love it!

[imperfectionistx]

^ooh i love it!

Thank you (:

[gelionie]

ect: the blue looks really good on you... though it's an old pic. : )

[CocaineNoseJob]

i love guys who put on make up. =]




not the best picture. it looked cooler in person. but i love applying on funky make up. i'll take more pictures when i do tho.

[misoshiru]

uh...which one are you?

[CocaineNoseJob]

i'm the guy. lol jk the one in the middle with the most make up on...obviously.

[*cakedout*]

i love guys who put on make up. =]

Most guys who wear make up....probably won't interested in you.

[DoubleJ]

Most guys period won't be interested.

[*cakedout*]

Wise words.

[CocaineNoseJob]

lol im not in love with guys who put on make up. i just love them, as in i love to party with them. aka i love gay guys.

[paolabear20]

okay then. is this better??

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you can hardly see the eyeshadow and that's the prettiest part.
That's what I was trying to get at last time.

[CocaineNoseJob]

^^ Your cover up is lighter than your actual skin tone. And it looks like you put it all over your face and didn't blend well at all. Idk I may be wrong... but yea pretty tho. =]

[babecakes]

wow, kevin + javon are fucking mean. poor girl ;(.

okay then. is this better??
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you can hardly see the eyeshadow and that's the prettiest part.
That's what I was trying to get at last time.

were you going for this look? http://i37.tinypic.com/2v7w8yc.jpg
naw, i'm just playing. your foundation/powder is nasty as hell though.

[misoshiru]

okay then. is this better??
you can hardly see the eyeshadow and that's the prettiest part.
That's what I was trying to get at last time.

if you want people to actually be able to see your makeup, learn to use your camera.

[gojira]

looks like cancer

[babecakes]

lmao ZOMBIE

[Melissa]

Hm, I love colored eye-shadow, but they tend to make me look like a clown, so I usually just stick to naturals.


lol, the nailpolish is me being stupid at Sephora and trying out one of the orange shades ><

I'm pretty sure I'm using some Duane Reade brand eyeshadow I bought because it was dirt cheap. And eyeliner & mascara are some shade of brown from Maybelline


Hm, you can barely see the eyeshadow, but it's a combo from the "Meet the Stones" Bare Minerals pack. And eyeliner & mascara are probably something from a convenient store.

And I only show one eye because I was born with a birth defect that makes my left eye stupid.

[Gigi]

^ I can't believe I missed what you posts. Very pretty! Love the sparkliness :)

So I'm totally going to bump this thread, 'k?

[misoshiru]

prettyyyy. I haven't worn makeup in so long. hahahha.

[espressive]

gigi, i love the goldish brown shade! what did you use? i seriously think i'm gonna go get it. i can never find a good gold color that isn't tacky and i really like how natural it plus i'm a fan of sparkles =) it looks like you used at least 3 shades right? the goldish one by the tearduct, the light brown in the corners and i think a reddish brown above that? oh and plus the white highlight under your brows? good blend! looks.

[Gigi]

^ Pretty much. I used 4 shades though. Light pale, frosty yellow in the inner corner, mid-tone orangey-gold in the middle, coppery colour in the outer corner, plus a matte brown in the crease. Under the brows I used a satin cream colour, and then a pop of the pale frosty yellow I used in the inner corner RIGHT under the arch of the brow.

Which goldish brown shade are you talking about? Since the shadows I used are different from what you thought they were, I'm not sure what area of the eye you're talking about. Tell me and I can suggest what to use. :D

Most of the shadows I used were cheapo ones though, or very old eyeshadows, and hard to find. I could suggest a few alternatives though.

Oh, and it's probably helpful to note that I used a gold cream eyeshadow underneath it all as a base.

Thanks!

[espressive]

i like the satin creme color right under the arch of the brows & the yellow-gold in the inner corner & the matte brown by the crease! have any suggestions on where to get those colors?

and please enlighten me on how to apply eyeshadow as an lower eyeliner cause it also turns out weird/the eyeshadow flakes. i think it's just the brush i'm using. i use a sonia kashuk angled eyeshadow brush?

[Gigi]

I used MAC eyeshadow in Vanilla for the satin cream colour.

Matte brown is pretty easy to get anywhere, the one I used was pretty neutral toned (i.e., not a lot of red in it). I might suggest MAC eyeshadow in Espresso for that.

Yellow-gold, maybe Ricepaper by MAC?

I suggested all MAC products because I'm pretty familiar with them, plus I know it'll be easy to find. Of course there are a lot of alternatives, so don't think those are the only ones you can use. I'm sorry I can't recommend the exact colours I used because they're impossible to find online or anywhere now (I tried!).

I've never really experienced eyeshadow flaking so I'm not really sure what you're talking about - do you mean like, the powder goes everywhere? Maybe use an eyeshadow base on your lower lashline - either an actual eyeshadow base or some sort of cream eyeshadow, anything "sticky". I used the tip of a flat eyeshadow brush for the lower lashes, but an angle brush should work. Try dabbing the shadow on instead of sweeping it across.

[espressive]

you have just introduced me to a new realm of cosmetics! i now want to buy every single shade of eyeshadow that mac has to offer... they're all so pretty! and i'm only shopping online - imagine what i'll be like when i'm in an actual mac store! so instead of buying like a bunch of eyeshadows, i was looking at the eyeshadow suite. how about THIS maybe?

i don't own any cream shadows cause they always creased very easily, but i'll try the dabbing idea! i think i might just not have the right features for that. like your lower lash line is more inset than mine so it looks really good. erhm it's a hard feature to describe, but it's a good thing! =] i usually don't wear anything on my lower lash line for that reason. if anything, i'll put on top eyeliner. speaking of, i'm running out. perhaps i'll get a mac eyeliner lol. i'm just gonna go on a mac extravaganza. thanks for the suggestions!!

[Gigi]

Don't let online pictures fool you! MAC product photos are infamously deceiving. They're never the same in person =_=.

The Suite Array shadows have been getting crappy reviews, but you never know until you really go and try them. Sweet Liaison looks like an appropriate colour though.

http://pics.livejournal.com/karlasugar/pic/0000cebq
^for swatches

Yeah cream shadows crease for me too, not unless I use Urban Decay Primer Potion! :D Love that stuff to death. I would recommend it to anybody.

I'm glad I fueled your MAC addiction (maybe? LOL). Check out http://specktra.net if you're really into it. The ladies over there are very, very helpful.

[misoshiru]

yeah. mac doesn't work for everyone. but I do know what couple of mac products I'll be picking up this week.


I actually had makeup on today...and I'll post pictures tomorrow.

[Gigi]

^ Sweet!

I'm definitely picking up one, maybe two of the holiday eyeshadow palettes or lip gloss combos in a few weeks :D

[misoshiru]

I just really want the Emmanuel Ungaro see through lip color and one of the Dual Edge Eye pencils from the old Heatherette collection since mine was stolen a couple months ago.

[Gigi]

Are the Heatherette pencils still being sold now? And to the bitch who stole it.

I want the Manish Arora stuff just for the packaging.

[misoshiru]

well, they're still online, so I'm assuming that they still have them at the stores. haha, a lot of the manish arora stuff is sold out already though. D: but i wasn't a huge fan of their colors.

[Gigi]

I know, it sold out in like 2 days! I wasn't a fan of the colours either (when am I going to wear yellow eyeshadow and bright orange blush?!) but the packaging was purty.

[CocaineNoseJob]

Gigi- you have perfect eyebrows.

[Gigi]

I'll admit it, I'm a bit of an eyebrow aficionado.

[Simba]

gah dayum Gigi, you gotta be my make-up artist

[Tung]

gah dayum Gigi, you gotta be my make-up artist

back of the line ninja

[misoshiru]

day:





night:

[espressive]

quick question gigi - what do you use for your skin? it's so smooth and shiny! lol

[Gigi]

I used MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light-Medium. I love it!
http://www.maccosmetics.com/templates/prod...CT_ID=PROD10342

Yan lin - Very nice! I wish I could pull off dark colours. I always look like I got hit in the face, or really bitchy LOL.

[misoshiru]

ugh. I really want to get MSF but I hear it only works for some people.

[Gigi]

^ Some people have complained about it breaking them out. I find that it's okay. If you don't use too much of it, it looks quite natural because it's very sheer.

Oh I also used MAC Mineralize blush in Nuance if that's what you meant by what I used on my face, Irene.

[espressive]

Oh I also used MAC Mineralize blush in Nuance if that's what you meant by what I used on my face, Irene.

no i meant the Skinfinish Natural thing you were talking about :-p i'll look into that! i think i steered away from powder cause it comes off really easily (okay nasty example, but if i blew my nose, the powder will come off on the kleenex) so then i used liquid cause it blended better... but i walked past a MAC store today and couldn't stop staring at all the lovely cosmetics!

i wanted to get an eyeliner with my shadows, but i couldnt decide on which type/shade. i've narrowed the shades down to prunella (dark purplish) & teddy (brownish). any recommendations on the type of eyeliner? i didn't get the difference between the kohl and whatnot.

[Gigi]

I can't, for the life of me, use liquid foundation unless I've exfoliated my skin like twice. And vigorously. I have these patches on my cheeks (they're not even dry patches, I have NO IDEA what they are), and they are greatly accentuated by liquid foundation. I have no idea why this happens. So I'm pretty much limited to powder. Plus I have oily skin, so it all works out.

I can't really recommend you eyeliner because I hardly use it (smudges like a mofo on me). So I'm not even well-informed about eyeliner, because I don't care about it. I've heard Urban Decay's 24/7 liners are AWESOME though, apparently they are very long-lasting and glide on smoothly. It depends on what you'd like your eyeliner to do...

Between the two I'd get Teddy since you would get more use out of it, especially if you don't have any eyeliner to begin with.

[misoshiru]

liquid foundation works on me. but i use both. :X


and I prefer to buy liquid liners because pencil does not stay on me (other than MAC's dualedge liner). You should try MAC's liquidlast liner, because that shit works really well.

[Gigi]

I have MAC Fluidline too. I think gel liners, in general, are much easier to use than liquid liner, and are quite long-lasting.

[espressive]

^ i think i'm gonna try that, cause i need like a powder to set in the liquid creme. otherwise my face looks just a tad shiny.

liquid liners are too harsh on me (tho they do stay very well!). and i don't know, it just doesn't look good... probably cause i've only used a clinique creme liner and a crappy covergirl one. the creme liner smudges like crazy, as do most eyeliners for me. i ALWAYS get a faint eyeliner mark on my crease from blinking and it looks retarded. i've been trying to find a eyeliner that battles this annoying problem (currently i use lancome's le stylo waterproof in prune, but it ran out. it works the best so far) but i'm starting to think that it's just my stupid eyes yes, i have tried setting the eyeliner by dabbing eyeshadow on it after application - it doesn't work.

[Gigi]

I get the liner mark on my crease too, but only if I draw my liner too thick. Your crease could be different from mine though. If you have a pretty thin crease, maybe try doing your liner thicker, up to the point where any creasing would just blend into the actual liner...if that made sense.

The only way eyeliner doesn't crease is if I use a primer underneath (Urban Decay Primer Potion), and setting it with eyeshadow on top. Although lately I've just been using eyeshadow straight-up as a liner.

If it REALLY REALLY bothers you, try using an eyeliner sealant like Benefit's Shelaq.

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^ I just got this and I LOVE IT!!!

[Tung]

only clowns wear makeup

[Gigi]

Only girls collect shoes.

[misoshiru]

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[absinthe]

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i'm quite a firm believer of pale lips, and eyeliner.

[Gigi]

I wish I could pull that off without looking like a corpse! Byooooteeful.

Yanlin - LOVE the lips!

[misoshiru]

I can't pull off pale lips.

[Melissa]

It took me forever to figure out how much eyeliner was enough, lol. I tend to overuse.



and since Sandy doesn't get my eye "defect"... this is the only picture where you can sorta see it. People say they don't notice it until I point it out, but that's probably because I have side-bangs to cover that shit up.

My left eye (to the right) is single-lidded while my right eye is double. -_-. makes me super self-conscious.

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[Joanne]

^ I now understand what you mean about being self-conscious. My allergies have now made my right eye have hundreds of folds (or no folds at all on some days) while my left one looks totally normal.

[espressive]

^ stop rubbing them! & take non-drowsy allergy meds! & use ice packs (esp in the morning)!

it works, i tell you! this was my remedy routine after my eyes were like that for 2 weeks... except both my eyelids had like a ten folds each. i looked spectacular those 2 weeks haha

[Joanne]

I try very hard not to rub them and I take a Reactine pill every morning. And I don't use ice packs because usually when my eye feels like shit and has a bunch of folds, it also gets kinda pink-eye-ish, so I have to used boiled water to sooth it. Thus making it puffier.

[Gigi]

^ stop rubbing them! & take non-drowsy allergy meds! & use ice packs (esp in the morning)!

it works, i tell you! this was my remedy routine after my eyes were like that for 2 weeks... except both my eyelids had like a ten folds each. i looked spectacular those 2 weeks haha

See Joanne. EVEN THIS STRANGER GIRL TELLS YOU NOT TO RUB YOUR EYES! LISTEN TO THE WISE GIRL! XD

Melissa, that happens to me a lot. Not to your extent, but sometimes I get like 3 folds in one eye and one reeeeeeally undetectable one in the other. Pisses me off. You could probably make your eyes look more even by making your eyeliner thicker on the single-lidded side, up to the point where your eyeliner reaches on your double-lidded side if that made any sense. It'll create the illusion of more even eyes I suppose.

Or eyelid tape but I hate that shit. Anyway your "defect" (lol...no) is unique. :D

[espressive]

why don't you put wet drops in? or take a hot shower?

then use the ice packs! =] seriously, ice packs does wonders. i use it on/off for like 20 minutes in the morning and my mound-of-fat of an eyelid heals instantly!

[Joanne]

I've tried using eye drops, but they just screw up my eye even more. And I can't take hot showers because my skin is very sensitive to it. Yes, my health is super f**ked up.


Anyway, enough about my eyes. LOL

[Melissa]

See Joanne. EVEN THIS STRANGER GIRL TELLS YOU NOT TO RUB YOUR EYES! LISTEN TO THE WISE GIRL! XD

Melissa, that happens to me a lot. Not to your extent, but sometimes I get like 3 folds in one eye and one reeeeeeally undetectable one in the other. Pisses me off. You could probably make your eyes look more even by making your eyeliner thicker on the single-lidded side, up to the point where your eyeliner reaches on your double-lidded side if that made any sense. It'll create the illusion of more even eyes I suppose.

Or eyelid tape but I hate that shit. Anyway your "defect" (lol...no) is unique. :D

lol, yeah, I usually do my makeup to hide it, but I've been getting lazy, lately. Most people don't even know what I'm talking about when I describe my "defect" so I guess that's a good thing, right?

I'm getting surgery on that eye as soon as I'm 21.

[gojira]

ohh i also hear sideswept bangs can do that too or in the longrun. whatever. your eye still looks good a-hole

[misoshiru]

psht melissa, I couldn't really tell. My eyes kinda look like that too

[sixfive]

Mine are wide open ^_^

[hi-C]

How does one do the pale lips thing?

[sixfive]

Pale lipstick ^_^