I like makeup, I don't tend to use much, except when I'm going out for dinner with my sweetie. For regular outings with friends/family, to the store and the like, I wear a little mascara, lash blast luxe in Black Cabernet (845) by cover girl is my favorite. When I'm going out in the evenings I wear a red lipstick, in the day usually just chapstick or something similar. The most important make up product/beauty product of all for me is moisturizer, I get so dry around the edges of the nose and lips if I don't use it.
I have the same problem with pencils, they tend to disappear over the course of the day. I thought it was my age, but maybe it's my oilier skin. I use a really thin (the thinnest I can find) pointy brush from Sephora. I wash it after every use and replace the plastic endpiece on it so that it keeps it form. There are lots of cake eyeliners around and you could even use any eye shadow by adding water with your brush to it and swirling it around until it creates a paste. You don't need much water, I only add 3 pencil's full by running my brush under the water faucet. I use the Ben Nye cake eyeliner in brown. There are lots of videos on youtube that demonstrate how to create cat eyes. Have fun with it!
For me it's liquid eyeliner. I'm blessed to be ambidextrous, so I can put it on with either hand, depending on which eye I'm dressing up.
Since I'm in my mid-40's now, I have begun to tone down my previous makeup style. Colors are less bold, eyeliner is less dark, and I'm more careful to blend. Nothing looks more clownish (except maybe a clown) than an overly made-up middle-aged woman. I keep thinking of Mimi from the Drew Carey show... I've also switched from a cool palette to a warm one, and from frosts to mattes. Shimmery bubble-gum pink looks better on teens and twentys, IMO. I'll take the rusts and terra cottas.
Lovebirdsflying, I'm exactly 20 (look about 14) and I had to laugh at your post because I already use exclusively rusts and terra cottas. I do use fairly bold eyeliner, but I think the 'natural look' is always in style... a nice face of matte foundation, a neutral lipcolor, and a swipe of liquid eyeliner (I have black hair, which makes it pretty subtle) and mascara, and I'm out the door in five minutes. A full face of makeup is a daily ritual for me, but it honestly takes less time than coordinating an outfit. Let's not even get into hair -- I have been known to leave the house with perfect makeup and hair in a messy bun.
Lackadaisy - have any tips for liquid eyeliner on the upper lids? I love the look, but am just NOT coordinated enough to pull it off without scribbling it all over my eyes!
Lackadaisy - have any tips for liquid eyeliner on the upper lids? I love the look, but am just NOT coordinated enough to pull it off without scribbling it all over my eyes!
Check out makeupgeek on youtube, she's got some awesome tutorials on how to apply eyeliner (any kind).
I love makeup too!
I have a collection of eyeshadows and loose powders.
I'm a huge fan of mineral makeup, and I've found that moisturizer and the right brushes are insanely important.
I LOVE eyeliner, I've been using it since high school and I've tried all sorts. I really dislike pencil eyeliners. Liquids are OK, but I find it to be too harsh on me unless I soften it with the eyeshadow. I found my perfect eyeliner in the form of a gel liner, the ones that come in a small container with a liner. I use a small, thin angled brush to put on the liner, and it's been really amazing, no more tugging on my skin and I've been getting the perfect shape with it. The one that is really good that I bought was actually from coastal scents, it was either that or the bobby brown and I really didn't want to spend that much.
I love using eyeshadow under the eyes too.
I discovered the Urban Decay eyeshadow primer and it's been AMAZING! keeps eyeshadows and everything IN PLACE! It is kinda pricey ($16), but I bought mine off of ebay for less. I love natural looks, but if I want to have fun, I always play up my eyes and keep everything else nuetral.
I just bought this today! in "Eggplant" shade. I think I'll go play with it soon Oh and I got it at Rite Aid.
*EDIT* - hey! I thought i had bought that product...what I bought was a HIP (High Intensity Pigment) cream eyeliner, with a similar sharp edged little brush. Oh well
Oooooh, well this sounds pretty too! How do you like it? I've seen the HIP stuff at Target and it looks cool.
I found my perfect eyeliner in the form of a gel liner, the ones that come in a small container with a liner. I use a small, thin angled brush to put on the liner
Where did you find your brush? I had a small, thin firm brush that I got with some Smashbox gel liners (that I LOVED), but somehow the brush got lost and I've never really found one that thin and firm again. I don't live near a Sephora, but I'm wondering if I might find a brush there next time I go to Seattle.....
I've also switched from a cool palette to a warm one, and from frosts to mattes. Shimmery bubble-gum pink looks better on teens and twentys, IMO. I'll take the rusts and terra cottas.
Oh and I got it at Rite Aid.
