Can we discuss makeup?

FriedHayek · 2016-08-01T18:01:55+00:00

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loneliness-inc · 2016-08-01T18:57:10+00:00

I once dated a girl who had a ton of makeup. I kind of wondered what she was trying to hide under all that....

Here's my $.02 on the matter.

A little makeup to accentuate your beauty is really nice. Some women don't even need that. However, a face caked in makeup is a turnoff for me even if it's at a wedding. Big events such as weddings call for more makeup, but it still shouldn't be over the top.

Here's a question to sum it up - are you applying makeup to accentuate your existing features or is it to transform you into someone who you aren't?

MsSadieDunham · 2016-08-01T19:32:26+00:00

The Daily Connoisseur, Jennifer Scott, has some great make up YouTube videos. She shows what she wears on a daily basis and it is exactly what you're talking about - using make up to polish your appearance, not transform your looks. You should look her up, she is the top female role model for myself.

Lily_Pepper_ · 2016-08-01T20:51:11+00:00

I'm a makeup artist and can offer you some advice from my experience of it in the field. For natural and enhancing make-up I would use neutral tones and very rarely black unless it was of an evening or special event and you want to play your eyes up.

Use kohl pencil for soft definition and smudge the lines for a little bit more of a sexier smolder. Eye shadow; I would recommend having a little go-to palette of soft shades that would accentuate your personal look (i.e. if you have brown eyes, purples and dusty pinks look stunning or if you have blue eyes, coppers and reddish brown tones.) Make sure you have an eyelash curler - often forgotten in the makeup world, as this will do a heck of a lot to open your eyes and make them look more inviting.

As for lips you can keep them light with a coloured balm or even a sheer lipgloss in the day to make them look done but not overdone. Soft pinks, blushes, peaches and tones like that look equally good on lips as they do the cheeks.

For foundation, if you have trouble with acne or pigmentation I would just make sure that you're prepping the skin properly (i.e cleanse, tone, moisturize, prime) before you touch foundation and concealer as it will give a smoother effect on the skin and can help with longevity of the products.

As a fellow pale chick, bronzers when in the right shade and placement can really give life to our skintone. Make sure when applying you apply sparingly to the high points of your face that the sun would hit naturally (cheekbones, bridge of the nose, top of the forehead, neck and decolletage), I tend to only do this in the summer as I struggle personally to tan.

Highlight and contour when going for a natural look should be only used to strengthen your natural features that you want to enhance, maybe your cheekbones or maybe you have a beautiful strong jawline, whatever you do make sure the colours aren't orange based but more of a taupe as this will create the illusion of shadows rather than bronzed.

Gel nails have better lasting power if you don't want to have to get them done as regularly and you can use this as an outlet for more bold colours (if you should like) or again keep them soft and natural (nudes, blushes, pinks, browns).

If you'd like any further advice, you're most welcome to PM me.

2016-08-01T22:32:37+00:00

I've struggled with makeup as a natural redhead. My skintone is PINK. So I use foundation very, very sparingly. I use a foundation brush, use a dot of bb cream smaller than a dime, and then blend blend, blend. This alone has changed my whole relationship with makeup.

I went to a fancy department store and had the lady at a name-brand makeup counter help me out. I really liked the blush and lipstick colors she picked for me, and have been buying drugstore brands in similar shades ever since. I wasn't nuts about the eye shadow she picked for me. Traditional wisdom is that purplish shades are good for green eyes, but purple washes me out. Golds and browns work for me. It was valuable knowledge even if I didn't like the eye shadow itself.

My husband took a picture of me in bright sunlight, and when I looked later it didn't look like I had eyebrows at all. So, I added an eye pencil as close to my hair color as I could find. (It's really great. It was super cheap, and it has a nice stiff brush on one side.) When I use it, he comments on how nice I look. I hate that I didn't know I needed one for so long!

I wear eye shadow with a little bit of shimmer, but I don't wear mascara. It irritates my eyes, and they get red and watery. Not attractive. So, I skip it.

For lips, I use lip stuff that is one to two shades darker than my actual lip color. Somewhere on reddit (makeupaddiction, maybe?) had a "my lips but better" spreadsheet. I found my favorite shade with that. I like to put it on lightly with a brush, then put a balm over it.

E.l.f. brand is my fave of the cheap drugstore brands, and I loooooove their brushes. The perfect finish HD power is absolutely fantastic. Takes away shine, blends really well, and diffuses light but isn't shimmery. I've never used another powder like it. I bought a big fluffy kabuki brush to put it on with.

currant_scone · 2016-08-01T20:45:55+00:00

As with anything else makeup has extremes, and a lot of times this is what you see on instagram, YouTube, and occasionally Reddit. Personally I'm not a fan of the "glam" look, and some of the most trends can get a little weird (blue lipstick?).

My routine includes color correction, concealer, BB cream, powder, eyeliner, mascara, and some use of a light concealer + bronzer for accentuation/minimization of my features. You could call this "contouring" but believe it or not it can be done tastefully; I simply do it to minimize my angular jaw and feminize my face. Neither eyeshadows or lip colors are a part of my daily routine, unless I'm going out.

vanBeethovenLudwig · 2016-08-02T00:23:54+00:00

My daily routine: Sunscreen, pore minimizer, CC cream, any necessary concealer, winged eyeliner, fill in eyebrows, lip balm.

My night look: All of the above plus layered eyeshadows of mauve, light gold and sparkly dark brown, curled lashes, lash thickener, black mascara. I keep lips neutral with a balm because I hate it when lipstick looks caked on if it's not smooth!

Nails: I'm a musician so I can't have them long at all and I'd look impractical and foolish for doing so! I keep them short, neatly filed with a light pink iridescent polish. Sometimes for fun I'll paint them red or pink but it's on occasion. Short nails are also easier for cooking....

In terms of deciding what makeup to wear, I don't advocate making your choices based on what men like because as you mentioned, some like heavy higher maintenance looks while others like natural barely there makeup. I would do what feels right for you and how you feel best presents your beauty. You wouldn't want to put on a theatrically heavy face of makeup with long nails to attract a man then realizing you're prancing around feeling fake, would you?

rainy_thursday · 2016-08-02T16:11:48+00:00

My husband always tells me he likes that I wear very little makeup... The thing is, I wear quite a bit, but I use a light hand and subtle techniques. My goal is to enhance my features.

My everyday routine: - Tinted lotion

Concealer
Thin liquid liner, slight cat eye (my eyes look huge!)
Mascara
Slight contouring (for a sun kissed look)
Little bit of highlighting
Coral blush
Muted wine lip color, touch darker than natural lip color, not too shiny

It takes just under 10 minutes to do.

CumForJesus · 2016-08-07T04:48:51+00:00

It's a bit late but perhaps you'll care about my opinion nevertheless. (i'm a man btw)

I love eyeliner whether there's a bit or a lot.

I strongly dislike eyeshadow.

I love lipstick, especially a good red one. I like soft pink.

I like blush, but applied lightly.

I hate the rest. (contouring, bronzers, drawing your eyebrows...)

niyamadana · 2016-08-01T19:52:21+00:00

I wear makeup everyday. A few things based on what you've said:

Eyeliner done correctly makes your eyes look bigger, which makes you instantly look more feminine. Like with all makeup, practice at home until your technique is good enough that, after applying eyeliner, your eyes simply look better and not different/clownish.
For daytime lipstick, I apply a lip balm and then dab on a peachy pink color. It looks very natural and understated, but is absolutely necessary imo if you're going to be applying foundation and washing out your face.
Ditto about blush/bronzer and foundation. Once you wash out the natural color in your face, you have to add enough back in to look natural. Otherwise, no matter how little makeup you have on, you can end up looking pasty and overdone.

As for my daily look, I use concealer, foundation, blush, bronzer, finishing powder, eyeliner, eyeshadow (basic 3-color technique), mascara, lip balm, lipstick. I comb and gel my brows, but don't fill them in. It takes 5-10 minutes, and I still look very much like myself just... polished and feminine.

For a night/date look, it changes depending on my outfit and where we're going.

Don't let the makeup gurus scare you off - makeup is part of your heritage, and an invaluable tool for expressing your femininity. Spend time learning the proper techniques, playing around with different colors, etc. Have fun with it!

CluelessCat · 2016-08-01T22:20:34+00:00

Search for no makeup makeup.

wham-pow · 2016-08-02T02:54:02+00:00

Okay, the following isn't strictly about makeup, but have you heard about Personal Color Analysis? Basically, it's figuring out which set or type of colors look best on your skin tone, for both clothing and makeup.

Your "right" colors can downplay skin imperfections, dark circles and brightens your face. In my case, a vibrant pink is one of my colors. When wearing a dress in that color, I feel like it complements my skin. I look younger and brighter. So, I would say to make sure the evening wear you choose really complements your beautiful light skin.

Also, figuring out your colors can help you decide which blushes, lip, nail and even hair colors that look the best on you.

Passerby6 · 2016-08-02T09:38:42+00:00

In summertime I wear less makeup. Partly because I have tanner skin, also because it's too freaking hot to be wearing a lot of products. So for my minimal makeup routine in the summer I mix sunscreen with my CC cream, then It Cosmetics Tightline Mascara. I love this mascara because it has a subtle eyeliner effect. A bit of shadow at the lashline-maybe plum, or green. I finish it off with some powder, touch of blush, and a stain of lipstick. I don't look like a different person without makeup , just more refined.

In the cooler weather I'm all about experimenting with color on the eyes.

Gel polish all the way. I use the "sandwich technique" because i wasn't going to buy all new gel polishes when I already have a ton of regular ones. I don't like long nails.

If you love wearing red lipstick, then do it. As an alternative you can put lip balm on top and blot it until it's a stain of that color.

QueenBee126 · 2016-08-02T12:49:28+00:00

My current makeup philosophy is "my bare face but better." I used to wear quite heavy makeup (heavy but nicely done) and it got to be disappointing and shocking whenever I would take my makeup off. I was still beautiful, just in a pretty way instead of exotic and dramatic like the makeup I used to do. So now my makeup philosophy is to do no-makeup makeup during the day and to play up my eyes and lips (my favorite features) for evening events. I find that because I normally wear such a little makeup, men think that is what I really look like, and when I really amp it up (still not approaching Instagram model level, think more glam Victoria's Secret Angel) it gets a really good reaction. ;)

I have dark chocolate hair, brows and lashes, green grey eyes and very fair skin. My current makeup routine is:

Sunscreen mixed with moisturizer mixed with a dot of Nara Copacobana highlighter
A dot of Elizabeth Arden 8-Hour cream under my eyes (I have dry under eyes)
Benefit Boi-ing concealer in fair
Dior Diorskin Forever Compact Powder Foundation (I swear by this, it never cakes) swirled on with Bare Minerals powder brush (this brush is made by Angels I'm not kidding)
Anastasia Beverly Hills brow powder to fill in over plucked patches I'm trying to grow, ABH mini duo spoiled brush, with ABH clear gel (I swear by this, it will tame the most unruly of brows)
Urban Decay 24/7 waterline eyeliner in Rail, dupe for Mac Coffee (I swear by this too LMAO)
L'Oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara (I feel like I'm writing that I swear by all these products but they are Holy Grail to me, I have repurchased this mascara for 8 years now!)
Any sort of pigmented blush. I'm very pale and blush is my favorite to wear because it livens up my face. I bought Too Faced Blush Wardobe over the holiday season because it is very pigmented and has 6 different colors; I wear warm colors with warm outfits and cool tones with cool outfits.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit in Gleam. Highlighter is my best friend! And once you master it, it will be your best friend too. Just keep watching videos, you will master it in time!
Urban Decay 24/7 Lipliner in Manic with clear chapstick. My lips but better shade. Also it never smudged and lasts for 6 hours before needing to reapply (if you don't eat!)

As for nails, that is still a work in progress for me as well. I think a medium length in an oval shape painted a pale pink color is the girliest and most elegant shape. Like THIS

sharontravels · 2016-08-03T16:52:13+00:00

I recently moved to Korea and have become focused on taking care of my skin. So my daily routine is very skincare focused. I always try to present myself in the best way. I like to keep my makeup simple and elegant, as well as my clothes.

Here's my routine: In the morning, I do not wash my face with soap only water. Next, I put on Toner, Serum, Eye cream, Moisturizer, and sunblock. I let that settle for a few minutes. Then, I put on Urban Decay Primer, Loreal Super Liner eyeliner, Blush, darken my eyebrows slightly, and add lip tint.

Title	Can we discuss makeup?
Author	violet_wall_flower
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Date	August 1, 2016 5:35 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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