A way to use Trax

[Lauren1981]

i know this thread is super old but i wanna post anyway. lol!!

i LOVE LOVE LOVE trax. i only use it in my crease and outer V. never had a problem with it. i have a TON of red in my skin. i'm not 100% sure if that's the reason why it works for me but i have always loved the way it looked and just assumed that's why it worked so well.

my problem was always with hepcat but i started putting it in my crease and now i like it

(used to do it on the lid and it looked like i'd spent the day rubbing my eyes)

 

[stacylynne]

I happen to love Trax. I too use it w/ jest.

 

[BEA2LS]

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Originally Posted by Lauren1981 i know this thread is super old but i wanna post anyway. lol!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE trax. i only use it in my crease and outer V. never had a problem with it. i have a TON of red in my skin. i'm not 100% sure if that's the reason why it works for me but i have always loved the way it looked and just assumed that's why it worked so well. my problem was always with hepcat but i started putting it in my crease and now i like it (used to do it on the lid and it looked like i'd spent the day rubbing my eyes)

my skin is kinda pinky, maybe that's why it works for me??

 

[doodles]

I'm going to get a blending brush and see if I can use it in my crease. I tried applying it with just my index finger earlier (not very hygenic, i know) from reading someone else doing it on MUA and it came out sheer and more even. That's the only problem I have with it...it doesn't apply evenly unless I use it on top of NL per this thread.

 

[Lauren1981]

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Originally Posted by doodles I'm going to get a blending brush and see if I can use it in my crease. I tried applying it with just my index finger earlier (not very hygenic, i know) from reading someone else doing it on MUA and it came out sheer and more even. That's the only problem I have with it...it doesn't apply evenly unless I use it on top of NL per this thread.

really???
i was using it back when i wasn't using a primer (i will never go back to those days) and i always got it on even. it could have been because i was packing it on tho. lol!!

i think the blending brush is a very good idea. i did a mac chat about the hepcat problem i had and the lady told me to use it in my crease but put it on with my blending brush and it looks so good to me

 

[sharkbytes]

I have the opposite problem with Trax it seems...it looks like a gold glittery mess on me, with almost no purple. Any tips on bringing the purple out?

 

[doodles]

I just applied NL on my lids and Trax in my crease using my new blending brush. I love it! It's my first combo attempt and figured it was a pretty "fool proof" one to start with. hehe Thanks for that Lauren1981.

Maybe that's something you could try sharkbytes? Applying it with a blending brush? Thats the whole original reason I actually bought the brush last night but then I got all excited thinking about attempting different color combo's. hehe

 

[iluvmac]

I apply Artjam paint under Trax: it works wonders! Such a vibrant colour!

 

[iluvmac]

I apply Artjam paint under Trax: it works wonders! Such a vibrant colour!

 

[Iman]

I have to get trax out of his dusty corner and try all these tips!

 

[brixton]

I found it difficult to get Trax to show up, until I started using Painterly paint pot, which has vastly improved colour payoff!
I use it a lot more now as a crease colour with Shale, Quarry, Malt or Soba on the lid. It picks up either the purple/brown aspects, depending... also as an allover lid shade faded out to above the crease and under the eye - what I think of as a Man Ray or Biba/Sarah Moon look!

 

[jardinaires]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 i use expensive pink all over my lid, then apply trax on the outer corner, using macroviolet as top liner and sketch on the bottom. i sell alot of this combo at my counter.

i do this as well! i'll deepen the crease a little with sketch or beauty marked also, with naked lunch or vanilla to highlight. it looks amazing.

 

[jigga_jenn]

If any of you guys have Haunting fluidline, I like to put Trax over Haunting. Especially since Haunting is a very light lilac-y color, it totally brings out the purple, IMO!!! It's really gorgeous and totally takes away the bruise-y look everyone's talking about.