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MissTT

MissTT

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I'd offer to send it to you, but the cost would probably give you a fit of rage since it's drugstore. Let me know. I haven't noticed it in my city, but I only looked at one Walgreens. I need to check CVS and Target and Walmart. I can get free shipping from Target so if I don't have it in town there's at least one place that would get it to me w/o me having to fill my cart with other mess. Drugstore has had the cheapest deals on it so far though.
 
Medgal07

Medgal07

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VampyCouture said:
Hey Medgal! I have really pigmented lips, so sometimes I have to be more aware that some brights will look brighter on me and Ablaze falls into that NEON bright pink lips category. No matter what I pair this with, it still feels off to me and I don't want to go through that much trouble for a lipstick. I LOVE Ablaze l/l and l/g though.
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Oh good, so all is not loss!
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Medgal07

Medgal07

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Shades of Purple played supreme in one of my recent looks
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All MAC unless otherwise specified EYES: Painterly paint pot (nude beige) PP to lids (# 212)
Beautiful Iris(Lavender w/sheen) e/s to lids (# 215 brush)
Resort Eye Kohl (Deep Amethyst Plum) to crease, then blended (# 224 brush)
Purple Haze e/s (Intense purple) to crease, (# 275 brush)
Estèe Lauder Modern Mercury Highlighter to brows (# 239 brush)
Beautiful Iris (Lavender w/sheen) e/s & Resort Eye Kohl to lower lash-line ( # 228 brush)
Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister (Dark Purple) eye pencil to waterline

FACE:
SmashBox CC Cream
Studio Sculpt Foundation, NC 44 ( # 187 brush)
P & P Light Boost Highlighter in triangle below eyes, set w/Ben Nye Powder, Banana (applied with 116 Brush)
Richly Honed SC (applied with 163 Brush), Shadowy (Deep brown matte) Pro Sculpting powder over Richly Honed (227 SE brush)
Vintage Grape blush ( 128 Brush)
Estèe Lauder Modern Mercury Highlighter to high-points (# 130 Brush)
NARS Light Reflecting Loose setting powder to finish the look (NARS Yachiyo brush)
Mineralize Charge Water to set

LIPS:
Heroine (bright purple) lip pencil to line & fill
Up the Amp l/s (Lavender Violet, Amplified Creme )(# 318 lip brush)
Heroine l/g (bright purple)


NAILS: MAC's In the Dark (purple cream) Nail Polish
 
Prettypackages

Prettypackages

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Medgal07 said:
That's a good idea MissTT. I've done that with a basic neutral eye look and just changed the transition color for interest & blended it well. So for example, I would add Rule for a bit of color interest, and then wore an orange cheek & lip; or I added Paradisco and then wore coral or pink blush & lippie. That small change kept me from getting bored with the same eye look.
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good idea.
 
Prettypackages

Prettypackages

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aradhana said:
maybe one day i'll take a decent pic and post it...but in general i think i don't photograph well!

thanks ladies for the CG info. i think based on the video of sand, i'm probably a little darker. but i think i'm lighter than the next one, which looked to be amber glow. so once again between shades. maybe next time i'm in the states i'll try to check out some testers. $10 is a good deal if you find a match, but i'm not sure i want to spend $20 to have two shades i have to mix together! drugstore.com doesn't ship to canada...and the stores i've seen don't carry anything remotely 'dark'...forget about brown! it seems from looking at the cg website the queen collection isn't in canada at all! no wonder i haven't seen it!

bah.

the search for perfect foundation continues.


i was looking at my photos from a few years back when my skin looked good enough to be able to not wear foundation. really wishing i could get my skin back to that state!
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SAME HERE... the first summer I started my current job my skin EXPLODED. I wasn't doing anything different makeup wise either. I just started getting really big nasty cystic acne. I'm probably exaggerating, but you know how it is when it is your own face. I blame the job, so many things have happened to me health wise since starting there. I should've known then to get out. LOL
I've been seeing derm, but I get lazy and have to start all over. Now that I have more serums creams and potions. I'm going to do better. I miss the days of just dusting mineral powder on and going.
 
Prettypackages

Prettypackages

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MissTT said:
That's a good tip.

PP, I missed that you were having skin issues. I know how frustrating that is. I'm so pleased that I worked on mine a few years back. Great for confidence although the problems have been slowly trying to creep back into my life. They at least feel manageable now and easy to ignore. Strangely, I wear more makeup now that my skin is better. I wanted my skin to be better so I didn't have to wear makeup.
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What all did you do?
 
Prettypackages

Prettypackages

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Medgal07 said:
Shades of Purple played supreme in one of my recent looks
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All MAC unless otherwise specified EYES: Painterly paint pot (nude beige) PP to lids (# 212)
Beautiful Iris(Lavender w/sheen) e/s to lids (# 215 brush)
Resort Eye Kohl (Deep Amethyst Plum) to crease, then blended (# 224 brush)
Purple Haze e/s (Intense purple) to crease, (# 275 brush)
Estèe Lauder Modern Mercury Highlighter to brows (# 239 brush)
Beautiful Iris (Lavender w/sheen) e/s & Resort Eye Kohl to lower lash-line ( # 228 brush)
Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister (Dark Purple) eye pencil to waterline

FACE:
SmashBox CC Cream
Studio Sculpt Foundation, NC 44 ( # 187 brush)
P & P Light Boost Highlighter in triangle below eyes, set w/Ben Nye Powder, Banana (applied with 116 Brush)
Richly Honed SC (applied with 163 Brush), Shadowy (Deep brown matte) Pro Sculpting powder over Richly Honed (227 SE brush)
Vintage Grape blush ( 128 Brush)
Estèe Lauder Modern Mercury Highlighter to high-points (# 130 Brush)
NARS Light Reflecting Loose setting powder to finish the look (NARS Yachiyo brush)
Mineralize Charge Water to set

LIPS:
Heroine (bright purple) lip pencil to line & fill
Up the Amp l/s (Lavender Violet, Amplified Creme )(# 318 lip brush)
Heroine l/g (bright purple)


NAILS: MAC's In the Dark (purple cream) Nail Polish
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this eye looks sounds petty. I have none of those shadows.
 
Medgal07

Medgal07

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You know, if I didn't pull my purple makeup items and separate them at the beginning of the challenge I would never have reached for them. That's an absolute result of PO---PRODUCT OVERLOAD!!!
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aradhana said:
thank you for the offer. i will wait a bit and see -- i might be going to ny in june to visit my cousin, so i can hopefully check one of the shops at that time! i guess i do have a few bottles of other foundations i can use in the meantime....
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wow all the best items (purple!) all together! sublime!
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Medgal07

Medgal07

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Prettypackages said:
SAME HERE... the first summer I started my current job my skin EXPLODED. I wasn't doing anything different makeup wise either. I just started getting really big nasty cystic acne. I'm probably exaggerating, but you know how it is when it is your own face. I blame the job, so many things have happened to me health wise since starting there. I should've known then to get out. LOL
I've been seeing derm, but I get lazy and have to start all over. Now that I have more serums creams and potions. I'm going to do better. I miss the days of just dusting mineral powder on and going.
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We are subject to hormones and stress, & stress-related hormones. I had a bad habit of touching my face---so bad for your skin. I don't do that anymore. I have occasional breakouts and eruptions but they respond well to my little over the counter acne cream. I have dark circles under my eyes that worsen during spring & fall allergy seasons. I've just started experimenting with a CC (color correcting) cream.
 
MissTT

MissTT

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Quote: Originally Posted by Prettypackages
What all did you do?


Ingenue did a peel on her blog that significantly cleared up her face overnight. She is incredibly kind and helpful. You should PM her. Skin Regime
 
Medgal07

Medgal07

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Well ladies, we have a mere one day left of April's purple theme and it's time to decide on a color/colors for the month of May. Keep in mind, we don't have to go with a single color, of course unless you want to. So toss about some suggestions so we can decide in time for Wednesday, May 1. I'm thinking pastels perhaps since it is still spring. What do you think???
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Yazmin

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I'm down to do some pastel looks. I think pinks and greens are going to be my go-to's since I've been playing with my color tattoos and IED shadows. I also ordered a few pastel pigments from Magnolia Makeup that I'm excited to try.
 
Medgal07

Medgal07

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Yazmin said:
I'm down to do some pastel looks. I think pinks and greens are going to be my go-to's since I've been playing with my color tattoos and IED shadows. I also ordered a few pastel pigments from Magnolia Makeup that I'm excited to try.
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Good Yazmin! If no one else chimes in with another suggestion we'll just run with pastels for the month of May. If pastels are not favorable and the group prefers a single color, Coral is an option, and it goes with many other colors as well. What do you think?
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