Tell me about your favorite make up: brand and type etc

[La Lioness Priyanka]

i really love MAC's eyeliners and lipliners

Bare escentuals eye shadow powders are awesome

smashbox is over rated

[bettyellen]

1. i love Nars sheer dark lipsticks and very cool eyeshadow colors... actually everything they make is

sexy and badass.
I like bobbi brown, sheseido and prescriptives for basics and foundation/ concealer kinda stuff.
i worship at the temple of sephora- often more than once a week!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. me too. i have found the exit out of the macys cosmetic floor that opens

across from sephora. its perfect.

[bettyellen]

7. LOL, I used to work three blocks from there and spent many's a lunch hour

bouncing back between the two. I hate all the spritzing that goes on at Macys though.
I'm happy to be in Chelsea now, a block and a half from the 5 th Av Sephora!

[LynneSin]

19. We had NARS for awhile but then Lord & Taylor moved out of the mall

Hopefully once Nordstrom moves in we'll have NARS back

[bettyellen]

28. OOOH Nordstroms! Best shoe area of any department store!!

and the service is amazing, helpful but nevey pushy. I loves me tht place!
Lynne congrats on th e new home! Good for you!
:hug:

[LynneSin]

40. Come down and visit!!

Well, let me get my second bedroom and some living furniture first.

I'll take you to Franklin Mills Mall - nothing rules like finding bargins at Last Call Neiman Marcus or Saks Off-5th Avenue (they are the outlet stores for the big guns). Only problem is those stores are in Pennsylvania which means there is sales tax. Also the Cosmetic Counter rules - Estee Lauder Outlet store

[supernova]

3. Bare escentuals face powder, eye shadows, and rouge

are great for me. I can apply it in the morning and it stays the same all day. Being so WASPish, my skin is so thin and BE really evens out my skin tone and gives me a healthier appearance.

I do get some skin care and lipsticks from Mary Kay because my niece sells the stuff on the side and I enjoy that stuff too, esp the micro dermabrasion kit.

[Shakespeare]

4. I'm curious whether anyone's ever tried Smashbox's primer, and how they like it.

I've heard rave reviews for it, but can't bring myself to plunk down the $36 for it yet.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. yeah i wanted to know about that too, there self adjusting blush thing is not so great

[AlCzervik]

9. i have it, i got in a kit and it makes your skin feel like silk.

i have the one by Philosophy as well, that one is not nearly as good.

[Left Is Write]

11. I just posted about it!

I had a hard time with the price too, but like many expensive products, you need only use a little bit.

It feels fantastic.

[lildreamer316]

17. Like it pretty well.

It does what it is supposed to do; and just a very small amount. I have the tube, not the whole jar; and have had it for a few months. You don't need much of it.
However, I have these HUGE pores on my nose, and it really dosen't seem to help cover those much. I've been rec'ed Clinique's pure pore, so I think I'll try that next.

[lildreamer316]

21. A possible cheap alternative:

Several ladies on several boards I frequent swear this works just as well:
Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel (or something like it).
Seriously.

[musette_sf]

26. the Monistat gel works great

and is much, much cheaper than SmashBox primer. i'm on my 4th tube.

http://www.soothingcare.com/soothingcare/products_chafing_gel.htm

if it's gentle enough for your hoo-hah, it's gentle enough for your face.

[riona]

39. Interesting

Dimethicone is the same ingredient used in frizz taming hair products.

[Connonym]

41. Monostat like the yeast stuff?

or? I'm wearing my very, very confused face right now.

ETA: This? http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139254&catid=26832

[musette_sf]

43. no, not the yeast stuff!

the gel soother. it now comes in unscented and some other scent. obviously i recommend the unscented. i've tried many other primers and the Monistat gel soother works as well or better than all of them.

http://www.soothingcare.com/soothingcare/products_chafing_gel.htm

[Connonym]

44. so how do you use it?

apply it to the face like you would a moisturizer and then follow with regular makeup?

[musette_sf]

45. i apply all my "regular" moisturizers first then the gel

i.e.:

layer of aloe vera gel
layer of light moisturizer
layer of oil-free sunscreen

then apply small amount of Monistat gel.

i use mineral foundation, and it goes on perfectly over the Monistat gel.

basically, just apply the Monistat gel lightly over whatever you use to moisturize, protect from sun, etc.

[JI7]

32. ask for a sample of it

even if they just allow you to test a bit from their sample bottle.

[mitchum]

5. I was a Max Factor man during my make up days

[Tikki]

33. I am a Max Factor woman and it is still 'my make up days'.....

Pancake Natural #1 in the winter
Natural #2 in the summer....



Tikki

[mitchum]

42. It's good stuff, isn't it? :)

[nadine_mn]

8. revlon and clinique

love the revlon colorstay foundation

when I was younger my mom and I used to hit the clinique counter, so whenever I hear Bonus Time I go into a frothy teenage frenzy. Then I found the magic of the outlet stores, one make-up store sells the off-season clinique bonus stuff (w/out having to purchase something for 19.50) and I go bucknuts.

[Left Is Write]

10. Smashbox has a good color-correcting primer. I love the way it feels.

I haven't used any lipstick but MAC in years. I also like MAC's eyeshadow.

[Phillycat]

12. I only use Bare Minerals/Bare Escentuals.

Except for ONE exception - I use MAC blush. They have the absolute perfect shade for my skin and if they ever stop making it, I'm going to cry my eyes out! Other than that, ever single bit of makeup that goes on my skin is Bare Minerals. I love it and it makes me look beautiful. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. kick for monday

[KitchenWitch]

14. I love the Bare Escentuals foundations, blushes and eyeshadows

Their lipsticks, quite frankly, suck.

[Pithlet]

15. I like Nars, Benefit, Stila...

It's hard for me to name my favorites. We have a Sephora here now, so I've been going crazy. I used to have to order most of that stuff online.

[Shell Beau]

16. I love MAC's powders and shadows.

Laura Mercier is good too!

[lildreamer316]

20. !! Her Face Polish is my FAVORITE!!

I can't say enough about this product! Cleanses and exfoliates my skin wonderfully, without ever drying it too much! Leaves it soft and supple. I use it in the shower, and as soon as I get out, my face is ready for lotion. I just love it.

[lildreamer316]

18. I do like Smashbox's lipsticks.

Other than than, though, they have failed to impress.
Just got started on my MAC collection.
Benefit is ok. Dying to try the realness of concealness to see if I like any of those products.
The Chanel Double Perfection base has been my staple for years now. It lasts forever and gives me good coverage, wet or dry. I found that liquid foundation breaks me out now that I'm in my 30s.

I am constantly hovering around Makeupalley, Spektra, Icompact, and my home board of Stripperweb always has good advice for me too.

REally wanting to try the new MAC paint pots, hearing nothing but raves about them.

I can't put on a lot of dark eye makeup,because it makes me look older and my eyes look sunken in. Just my face shape I guess.

The other think I haven't tried that everyone is always RAVING about is the Urban Decay Primer. Hope to score that soon too.

[ceile]

22. I've never even heard of half the stuff on this thread.

I'll just stick to my Mary Kay and Almay. Oh, and Maybelline pink n' green.

[Trailrider1951]

23. Countess Isserlyn foundation by Alexandra De Markoff

It doesn't look like makup, it looks like perfect skin! Which I don't have.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. I love love Clinique lipsticks, eye shadows and blushes

and all their great skin CARE products.

I buy their skin care products when the promotion is out, and get all my eyeshadows and lipsticks free, plus numerous other things as well.

I occasionally use L'Oreal foundation that offers more coverage than the ultralight Clinique one and I am always experimenting on the mascara

[philosophie_en_rose]

25. Bare escentuals over moisturizer.

Smashbox feels cheap to me. Bare escentuals is fantastic, because it really only takes a sprinkle to work.

[Aristus]

27. Mancake Indelible Permanent Eyeliner For Men.

Okay, I just made that up. :D I have such long eyelashes that unless you get really close, it looks like I'm wearing eyeliner. For weeks after I met the future Mrs. Aristus, she was convinced I was wearing eyeliner. She kept trying to catch me off guard putting it on or taking it off. She just REFUSED to believe that it's all natural, baby. B-)

[WinkyDink]

31. I love a man with long eyelashes---even if I'm jealous! ;)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. now that is cute

[Ava]

29. i'm strange

i never wear makeup unless i absolutely have to and then i don't like it at all and just wear what my mom has(and i don't know the brand names or anything).

[Breeze54]

36. You are naturally beautiful.

You don't need any make up. ;)

[WinkyDink]

30. Laura Geller Spackle and Foundation; Max Factor Lash Perfection (and I've

tried a lot!); any lipstick, frankly.
I used to use MAC Matte Foundation, but they dropped mine.
Just bought 2 Stila Eyeliners today; I'll be using one tomorrow for a "So You Think You Can Dance" show! Oh, PASHA....!

And A Sephora is opening at "my" mall next month! Wheeeee!!!

[Breeze54]

34. I don't wear make up and hardly ever did when I was younger.

I never needed it. I never had any trouble attracting men, with or without makeup, when I was younger.

I guess if I had to pick, I'd pick that anti-allergenic, liquid, waterproof, eyeliner.

Almay? :shrug: I'm not sure anymore. I barely have any blush or eye shadow or anything new.

I probably should throw out what I do have although I still don't use it! :P

[Kali]

35. a brazillion years ago I used Max factor comb on mascara

the kind that didn't run (or even wash off - it just sort of had to crumble and wear off)

Don't use anything anymore.

[RebelOne]

37. I buy whatever is on sale, but I always get foundation with sunscreen. n/t

[XemaSab]

46. It's not makeup, but for curly hair

Bedhead's hair candy HOOKS IT UP.

Worth the price (which is steep :P ).