Resolution "LOW-BUY" 2014! Who wants to play?

[LinenWhite7]

[@]Naynadine[/@] I hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

Strange as in what, exactly?

I guess it looks kind of flaky? I have dry skin and when I apply powder foundation it looks like this, flaky and kind of separated. Which, for this to be a liquid foundation, doesn't make sense. And I do shake the bottle before I use it so I doubt it's anything to do with that.

 

[LinenWhite7]

Does anyone have a look suggestion for wearing a bright orange lip? I picked up Teen Dream Patentpolish. It is my first orange lip product and I don't quite know what to do with the rest of my face to pull it off.

 

[lipstickaddict]

Does anyone have a look suggestion for wearing a bright orange lip? I picked up Teen Dream Patentpolish. It is my first orange lip product and I don't quite know what to do with the rest of my face to pull it off.

When I wear Teen Dream or any of my other orangy lipsticks, I usually do a neutral eye (local wares fluidline, quarry eyeshadow or something similar) a neutral cheek with a slight flush of pink on the apple (prism or pleasure model with nars gaiety on the apple, or in summer, hibiscus kiss) and a lot of black mascara.


Edit: I often just wear my Dior Aurora bronzer on my cheeks as well. As Liba points out, simple is key!

 

[liba]

When I wear Teen Dream or any of my other orangy lipsticks, I usually do a neutral eye (local wares fluidline, quarry eyeshadow or something similar) a neutral cheek with a slight flush of pink on the apple (prism or pleasure model with nars gaiety on the apple, or in summer, hibiscus kiss) and a lot of black mascara.

Teen Dream I would keep everything simple, Very sheer golden wash on the eyes, perhaps, with great mascara, or a black cats eye, or as we get into summer, electric teal pencil liner! Don't do much on the cheeks, just some bronzer would be enough or a very neutral blush that just gives a little definition but not a lot of sparkle or color.


Naynadine - I really hope you and your family are all feeling better soon. That virus is no joke and very insidious.

 

[lipstickaddict]

Oh Oh Oh never quite worked for me either, so I gave it to my mother, who will be 83 next week! She wears it all the time, more than Fresh Salmon, which I also bought for her, because she liked it on me. It looks great on her - very natural looking…and she never wears powder, blush or eye makeup anymore, only lipstick.

You wore a bunch of other things I love - Centre of Attention is just amazing. Only MSF I've ever backed up. Huge fan of Raven, too. I go through Ravens as often as I go through standard black eye pencil! Hope your show was great!

Teen Dream I would keep everything simple, Very sheer golden wash on the eyes, perhaps, with great mascara, or a black cats eye, or as we get into summer, electric teal pencil liner! Don't do much on the cheeks, just some bronzer would be enough or a very neutral blush that just gives a little definition but not a lot of sparkle or color.


Naynadine - I really hope you and your family are all feeling better soon. That virus is no joke and very insidious.

We are on the same page! Thanks!

 

[DILLIGAF]

Day 1:MAC Lady Danger
Day 2: MAC Hot Chocolate
Day 3: MAC Pleasure Bomb
Day 4: Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in MAU5
Day 5: Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in Shameless
Day 6: NYX Butter Gloss in Raspberry Tart
Day 7: Elizabeth Arden 8hr Lip Cream
Day 8: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Venom
Day 9: NYX Mega Lipgloss in Tea Rose
Day 10: NYX Butter Lipstick in Hunk
Day 11: Lo'real Color Riche Extraordinaire Lip Color in Plum Adagio
Day 12: Bite Agave Lip Mask
Day 13:Lo'real Color Riche Extraordinaire Lip Color in Orange Tempo
Day 14:MAC Kissable Lip Color in Flaunting It
Day 15: NYX Butter Gloss in Vanilla Cream Pie.
Day 16: NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme in Monte Carlo
Day 17: NARS Lipstick in Schiap
Day 18: NARS Lipstick in Honolulu Honey
Day 19: Elizabeth Arden 8 hr Lip Cream
Day 20: NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme in Copenhagen
Day 21:Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Plum Valour
Day 22: MAC Hug Me
Day 23: MAC Deeply Adored
Day 24: MAC RiRi Woo Now I like Ruby Woo and I remember kicking myself for allowing the hype to sweep me up and convince me that I somehow needed RiRi Woo too. It actually is a wee bit darker than Ruby Woo. It's because of my rather successful red lip yesterday that I reached for RiRi today. I actually grabbed Ruby first and then after applying it to my top lip looked down and saw RiRi. I removed Ruby and did my lips entirely in RiRi. This lipstick has a great staying power and is considerably less drying that the original. Hype aside I'm glad that I have RiRi in my collection.

 

[lipstickaddict]

Happy belated Birthday, @LinenWhite7!

@HerGreyness, I'm glad the talk went well - no flying chairs or shaved brows, lol. I admire how independent and strong you are. Happy for you that you found such a great guy!

Haven't followed the threads much in the last days. Caught the norovirus from my dad that he brought back from the hospital, now mom has it too. That thing is vicious, lol.

Feel better soon Naynadine!

 

[ILoveMakeup84]

Get well soon [@]Naynadine[/@]!! Big hugs!

 

[LinenWhite7]

LOVE IT LEAVE IT APRIL UPDATE!
Day 3

Foundation: Revlone Colorstay Whipped 240 Natural Beige - A surprise KEEP! I had written this off as too heavy but it was beautiful!
Concealer: CoverGirl Olay Concealer Balm in fair/light - TOSS
Blush: Wet n Wild Pearlescent Pink - KEEP
Bronzer: Milani Baked Bronzer in 04 Glow - KEEP but not for my face - it was just too sparkly. I will keep as a body bronzer for the summer
Lips: Urban Decay Revolution l/s in Turn On with Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie l/g in Hot Shot - TOTAL KEEP, loved this combo!
Eyes: Lorac Unzipped palette - KEEP, so gorgeous
Mascara: Maybelline The Rocket - KEEP, HG

Day 4:
Foundation: Revlon Nearly Naked in Shell - Again, a SURPRISE KEEP! Also performed beautifully. I was ready to toss this.
Concealer: Maybelline Fit Me in Fair - TOSS, not enough coverage
Bronzer: Pixi Subtly Suntouched - this was ok, not special though. It did work well with Rockateur. KEEP
Blush: Benefit Rockateur - KEEP
Highlighter: theBalm Mary-Lou manizer - KEEP
Eyes: LOreal Infallable Gold Imperial - I had never worn this before. I just did a basic eye and patted this on the lid and it was stunning! KEEP for sure!
Lips: Maybelline Vivids Wild Rose (EDIT) this was WAY too much for me (with the gold eye), so I switched to Urban Decay Native with MAC Double Happiness cremesheen gloss. - All lip products were a KEEP!

Day 5: (had an appointment at MAC to use a birthday gift card)

Foundation: Urban Decay Naked Skin in 3.5 - KEEP, just purchased the full-sized after working through my sample
Concealer - MAC Prolongwear NC15 - Didn't love it, wasn't the right color for me
Give Me Sun bronzer - don't love it enough to buy
Blush: Full of Joy and Stereo Rose 2.0 as blush - purchased Stereo Rose, not sold on Full of Joy
Eyes: Patina, Vex, Vapour and Uninterrupted Pro eyeshadows, with a gold pressed pigment on top. - Purchased Patina, Vapour and Uninterrupted
Lips are Kittenish Patentpolish - Purchased it

Day 6:

Foundation: Revlon ColorStay foundation in 220 Natural Beige - KEEP, looked perfect all day long
Concealer: Physican's Formula ConcealRx in Natural Light - KEEP! Surprising. Almost all of my concealers don't combat my under eyes effectively, but this one did a great job today.
Blush: Tarte blush in Fearless - KEEP, just gorgeous
Bronzer: Physician's Formula Bronze Pearl bronzer - KEEP, surprisingly wearable because it's a little cooler than many bronzers
Highlight: Stila BB highlighter - didn't think I'd like a liquid highlighter but this was really lovely, definitely a KEEP
Eyes: Naked 3 eyes - KEEP, really a standout with my green eyes
NYX Butter Gloss in Cupcake (and later Angel Food Cake) both KEEPERS, just love that formula

So far this challenge has been awesome! It's making a mess of my vanity because my keep and toss baskets are both already full, so I need to move the products to bags in the closet while I finish out the challenge. Then my storage should be close to empty and I can go back in an reorganize a little. Also, I've totally been this girl lately, falling back in love with certain products.

 

[Prettypackages]

I feel like a bad girl, because I know I contribute to the hype.

At the same time, I keep trying to temper the excitement with realism. Not all colors work for everyone, even if you don't already have tons of dupes and so on. It's important to just go and test in person always with makeup. I sort of hope that cosmetics exchange policies do wind up changing, to force people to think about their purchases a little more, especially when there are reasons to be on a low buy. If I couldn't buy MAC locally, I just wouldn't buy it. I've been curious about brands like Melt and Inglot, but nope, skippety skip, because I have enough makeup already to justify buying anything blind. I am skipping By Request because of this too.

Try to stay strong and not just be a lemming! It's your money, so it should be your conscious and educated decision to buy something, not just because everyone else is getting all worked up. Worst case scenario, listen to 'ole liba! I really try hard to break down the things I see so that if you can only pick one or two things, you can narrow your choices down. I buy a lot of MAC, but I seriously don't buy other brands, because I narrowed down what I like and the price point I am OK with and so, just stick to my final choice of brand. Sometimes I'll cruise around a Sephora or a department store makeup department and look at different things, but usually I still think MAC has better colors or is a better value. Very rarely do I ever see something that I think is truly unique in color and formula and is also a reasonable price (designer makeup is SO often overpriced in my opinion). I currently own 1 Chanel blush, 1 Chanel eyeshadow duo (from a long time ago), an Armani Eyes to Kill (just one color, that I know MAC would never be able to pull off at their prices) an Estee Lauder lipstick (I hate the floral fragrance it has though and always regret it when I wear it) and a Butter London pink mascara. I also have some really old shadows from Face Stockholm that are still useable with really nice colors, but not as good formulas as more modern ones out there. I like the idea of those Stila metallic shadows and might get one eventually, though most of the colors are a little unsophisticated, and I am very curious about the liquid bronzer and cheek colors coming up from Armani. That's IT for my current makeup from other brands. So nope, I don't give it to as much hype as it might seem, myself!

Which Armani eyes to kill?

Quote: Originally Posted by mosha010

Survived a visit to the CCO!!!!! Only a bb. And a paint pot in "let's skate" prob the least I've even gotten at a CCO. I didn't even get wipes cause I just used the nextexp coupon to ordder the bulk of 100 wipes. Which is a better deal anyway

what is nextexp?

 

[DarylandCarole]

I forgot to list my lipstick from yesterday, which as my new Pink Poodle. Love, love love it! There aren't many that I don't like, I'm finding. I'm going to make myself try some that I haven't worn for awhile.

 

[liba]

Which Armani eyes to kill?

Blue Beetle!

Lip Challenge almost done…yesterday Day 25, I skipped. Wasn't a high voltage sort of day. Today Day 26: Pleasant Patentpolish. Love this one! Really pretty.

 

[charlotte366]

Day 1: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Fushia Drama - A tad to bright/blue toned and very much a statement - great on days where my clothes are really classic and I want a statement, i like the formula it is staying. Day 2: MAC Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick - I don't wear this enough but I like it, going to keep for now and try to use more often. Day 3: Chanel Coco Rouge Shine in Romantic - An HG lippie, the perfect pink, bright enough to lift my face and give me colour without be over the top for work. This isn't that far from being finished and I wanted to repurchase, but only once i have been through all of my lippies and made sure I don't have anything like it. Day 4: Sleek Matte Me in Brink Pink - this went in the bin after - it is awful! It was too fluro for me and too drying I wiped it off before I even got to work! Day 5: Revlon Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon - I like this colour its a nice cross over, not too pink, not too red and not too orange. i like that it has no glitter and its a nice summer bright - keep pile Day 6: Revlon Lip Butter in Sorbet - LOVE, again a cream formula, no glitter/sparkle but nice and juicy looking, good staying power and leaves a nice stain. Keeping it! Day 7: Revlon Lip Butter in Sweet Tart - A more toned down version of Sorbet - again a nice cream, enjoyed wearing this, keeping it! Day 8: Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake - this one doesn't work too well on me its going in the disposal bag! The formula is again a cream, but its less juicy and more opaque, it clings to my dry bits in a way Sorbet and Sweet tart don't, also the colour is too baby pink with too much white in it, I don't think this works for me anymore, I prefer stronger colours with less white - this has gone in my disposal bag! Day 9: Revlon Lip Butter in Macaroon - this was my favorite originally, but now I think i prefer Sorbet and Sweet Tart ? I think it is a lovely colour, but this one has glitter in it, at the moment its staying, but tempted to move it to the disposal bag. A wait and see shade. Day 10: Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple - this is a stayer, again a clear juicy lip butter with no glitter, a very wearable red. its a a Keep. Day 11: Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti - think this might be leaving, lovely formula just don't think the colour works on me :-( The orange just doesn't look that amazing on my skin tone, i want to love it but i don't, its in the dispose bag. Day 12: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Rose Symphony for a girls shopping day - swapped for Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in 707 empire for a date! The L'Oreal is a good every day colour, staying in the keep pile, these are lovely opaque glosses that leave a slight stain, nice than the YSL glossy stains in my opinion. The Chanel is a favourite formula of mine, wish they hadn't discontinued it. I have been rationing this, but now I am not going too, i love it and should use it more. Day 13: Bourjois Shine Edition in Famous Fushia - hot pink, my favourite colour at the moment - not sure this is as good as Revlon Sorbet though ? Not sure if the formula of these are as good as the Revlon lip butters ? Its a keep for the moment, but once the 30 days are up I intend to play it off against Sorbet and only keep the best one! Day 14: Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya My last lip butter! definately a better colour on me that Tutti Fruiti so I may keep this as a peachy lip option! After a Full day of wear I am now not so sure....thinking this can go peach and orange don't seem to be my colours! Currently sitting in the "to go bag" Day 15: Bourjois Shine Edition in 21 Rouge Making of - a gorgeous orange toned red, no glitter/shimmer I love it....more than Candy Apple from Day 10: its less muted but still wearable. Hmmm, I may give these too a face off along with Revlon LB in Sorbet and BSE in Famous Fushia. Day 16: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Molto Mauve - wearing exactly the same make up as yesterday apart from the lippie! Definitley a keeper. Very wearable and moisturising too after a whole days wear. Day 17: Bourjois Rouge Edition in 17 Rose Millesime - hmmm its ok, a coral pink no glitter or shimmer, a cream but not shiney. Bog standard really and so far it looks ok and feels ok on the lips, but it is just ok. Day 18: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Empire....I love this and can't believe Chanel discontinued the formula...sad face, but I need to use it up and its definitely a stayer in my collection. Day 19: Revlon Colourburst in Blush - on the to go pile, I didn't love the colour on me anymore too brown and I think it smells a tad funny so am saying TTFN to this one! Day 20: Bourjois Rouge Shine Edition in 1,2,3 soleil - Orange/pink coral, like the formula no glitter but still not sure this is the best colour for me, its staying for now. Day 21: Clinique chubby Stick Intense in Plushest Punch - I am wearing minimal eye make up at the moment due to awful hayfever, I am waiting for my drugs to take full effect which can take up to a week so I went for a strong berry pink lip to be a statement since my eyes are all naked :-( I like this its a sample size from a gift with purchase, I will definitely use it up, but I suspect that I won't rush to repurchase it! Day 22: Max Factor Color Exlir in Bewitching Coral, now this has been sitting unloved in my storage since last summer, it always felt too bright....I tried it today and its love! the colour has a touch of red in the orange tones which makes it more wearable on me, as long as the formula doesn't do anything nasty to my lips as the day goes on this will be a keeper! UPDATE: It did nasty things! really dried my lips out and didn't reapply/wear well - out it goes! Day 23: I spent the day in the spa, it was bliss! I wore very little make up for obvious reasons, I wore Korres wild rose lip balm in the morning, its going out as i didn't like sticking my finger in it and its been open a while, I won't repuchase because of the pot. I also wore Bourjois Rouge Shine Edition in Rose xoxo, I like this, it is a lovely soft plum colour, but it does have a bit of glitter, it is a keeper for now. Day 24: L'Oreal Caresse in 101 Tempting Lilac, I like this, its a none shimmery version of yesterdays Rouge Edition Shine in Rose xoxo, I think it is a keeper. Although its is 2 years old now, so I need to make more effort to use it up before it does off. Day 25: L'Oreal Caresse in 06 Aphrodite Scarlet, not sure that this formula does much for the condition of my lips though. Day 26: Lancome French Touch Absolu in 302 - a nude peach, very wearable and nourishing, this is staying, I can't believe I ignored it for so long. Day 27: MAC Huggable in Fresh & Frisky - a perfect nude peach with a hint of brown, the first peachy colour I have tried in my collection that actually really works on me and I heart this formula soo much. Day 28: Becca Glossy Lip Tint Daiquiri, I touch of I can't be bothered this morning, work is stressing me out, I have a couple of big work days this week and I haven't been sleeping well, as a result my skin is now throwing a strop and my ezcema has flared up on my face, so this morning I spent extra time on skincare and base and went for light eyes with a liquid liner and a peach gloss, although I think this gloss is balling up a little on the inside rim of my lips giving me the dreaded white line.

 

[mosha010]

Quote:Originally Posted by Starlight77

Bad sephora! Bad bad bad! they stole money out of my wallet and put makeup in there instead. I'm innocent! Actually I didn't spend that much. Just got a blush and a nailpolish and a makeup bag full of more samples I don't need but the bag is super cute! Oh and a young girl behind me was there for her bday gift and she wanted to buy a few of the 100 pt perks but had no points so I got them for her. Ehhh I never use them. She was so happy and appreciative it was nice to make someone smile. Than my son saw how happy she was so he offered to get lipglosses and nail polishes for everyone on line ughhh "my mommy has magic points, she buys a lot. Pick something and she will make it free!" Oh dear... Embarrassing? YES!!!! Than he lost a tooth so we had to stop in every mirror on the way out to see his new smile LOL love him so much

Day 23:
MAC Raspberry Swirl Lipstick
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette
Clinique Berry Pop Blush

I never liked raspberry swirl until today. Weird. Had fun with my kids today. Although my real low but should be the Disney store

 

[elkaknits]

I give up reading up on this thread....

so as I said wednesday I only packed up my foundation, mascara, craving lipstick and soft brown e/s for crease and pure flash for lid. I ended up not wearing makeup at all during retreat but put it on on Sunday since we were going to mass before being returned to family. I heard my make up looked real nice or nice lipstick twice so I guess it works

 

[jennyap]

30 days update: 23: I wore the same lipstick all weekend, Clinique Flirty Honey (it was a stay indoors lazy kinda weekend) so I'm counting that as one 24: Lancome L'Absolu Rouge - 353 Rose Aurore I succumbed to a purchase today (I managed to go 32 days between the last one and now) I picked up the Clinique Berry Pop blush. Sooo pretty, I'd been wanting it for an age, swatched it a few times etc. The SA said it was meant to be - it was literally the last Blush Pop they had in store! And I paid for it in loyalty points, so my wallet is still happy

 

[Calla88]

Quick update on the lipstick challenge

Day 1: Naked 2 UD
Day 2: Revlon Lip Butter Cupcake, NYX natural
Day 3: YSL Glossy Stain Violene out of Control 108
Day 4: NYX line natural, Kate Moss Rimmel 14 and NYX Tiramisu
Day 5: Mac Underage Lipglass
Day 6: MAC Naked Bliss + Pink Noveau
Day 7: Mac Mellow Mood
Day 8 Mac Flat out Fabulous
Day 9: Maybellline Color Vivids in Pink Pop
Day 10: Bobbi Brown Pink Sugar
Day 11: Mac Boyfriend Stealer with WNW Dollhouse pink in the center
Day 12: Maybelline Truffle tease
Day 13: Mac Haute Attitude
Day !4: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable in Darling Cherie with Sephora lip liner lavish lilac
Day 15: Soap & Glory sexy mother pucker in Nudist
Day 16: Victoria's Secret perfect lipstick in Pulse
Day 17: Revlon Lip Butter Creme Brulee
Day 18 Mabelline color vivids in Vibrant Mandarin
Day 19 Mac Vivid Imagination
Day 20 Rouge Dior Nude 263 Swan
Day 21: Maybelline Blushing beige Nude collection with Jordana rocknrose lip liner
Day 22: Tom Ford Spanish Pink with Burberry Rosewood lip liner ( I really love the Combo , I should it cost a fortune! LOL )

 

[mosha010]

Day 20 (I think): countessa fluorescent with great pink planet mixed in! This is the pink of my dreams

 

[kerry-jane88]

Eyemazing April Mon 7th: mac Inner Strength Palette Lithe Spirit es browbone and tearduct highlight, love this type of colour and its not too stark. Inner Strength es crease is very similar to my natural lid colour so I really like it! Heatherbelles es as line, kind of patchy took way too long to build up. Fabulous Fit es lightly lower lashline: not impressed with this colour, I'll be trying it in the crease and as a liner though. Mac industry liner upper lashline. Mac haute naughty mascara.

So far I think cool shadows look less stark on me than warm toned ones.