Are You Over Protective...

[Julia Vanhorn]

I had that happen to me a few times. An ex-friend of mine would always use my brushes because her's were cheapos, then after she is done with all her make-up, she would put everything back in her case. The next day, I noticed that three of my brushes were gone. I asked her about it and she completely denied ever having it. I left it at that. Finally one day we were getting ready, she was taking a shower and left out her make-up case. I decided to look inside and see what she got (keep in mind that I don't steal, I buy my own if I like it) and there they were, my three brushes. I took them out of there and put them back in my case. I never really said anything about it, but I never let her use my stuff again. She did the same with my Ornamental lusterglass (my favourite lipgloss).
Then there is another case but with a different person. Once again we were all getting ready and she need blush. Guess what this Bea-yotch decided to do? She took my Cranberry e/s (nearly full before she used it) and took her brush and jammed in the e/s getting as much as she can on the brush. She put the pot down and the next thing I know, there was a big hole in the middle of the pan (you could actually see the bottom of the pan).
Keep in mind that both of these girls are drag queens and don't have money to buy their own make-up.
So do you think I am overprotective? I am just protecting what is mine and hell would break loose if I have to buy the same damn thing again. *added-- I cannot even let anyone use my stuff without hyperventilating about all the disasters that are just waiting to happen to my precious babies. Therefore, I am the only person that I would allow to touch my make-up, unless they happen to be a MA and know what the hell they are doing with make-up.
I am really a nice person... touch my make-up again and I will knee you where it hurts the most.

 

[karen]

no one touches my makeup, but that's mostly because:
A. Most of my friends are men who don't wear makeup
and
B. I think sharing makeup is disgusting. I'm phobic about germs.

 

[pumpkincat210]

I never let anybody use my make up. Which is kinda sad, because i'd like to share it with people, but i don't want it to get 'contaminated'. No offense to anybody. I'm not going to be completely sterile like i would if i was an actual make up artist. My sisters friend has swiped several things from our mom. I can only imagine what she'd do if she saw my collection.

 

[Jaim]

I'm weird about that too. Everyone jokes that I must have missed the lesson on sharing at school. I'm really careful and I don't trust people to take care of my things as well as I do!

 

[rubixio]

Quote:

Originally Posted by karen no one touches my makeup, but that's mostly because: A. Most of my friends are men who don't wear makeup and B. I think sharing makeup is disgusting. I'm phobic about germs.

Weird, I was going to post the same thing.


You totally should've knee-capped her.

 

[asnbrb]

that's why all my best friends are guys and the girls that i am friends either hardly wear makeup or never go to my house.

 

[ette]

ahaha kinda. i let my friends play around with my makeup when they are at my house, but with certain things i'm ocd and I HAVE TO PUT IT ON THEM. also, everything must be back properly or i have to straighten it up. lip balms and some glosses that i bring to school i let all my friends use. my mom takes a lot of my makeup, she just lost my new oak lipliner

, but i love her so its okay and i know she'll buy me a new one.

 

[cyens]

You know what, Im worst, because I dont lend anything called cosmectics to anyone, because of germs and what not. I dont trust anyone on the hygiene of make-up enough to let them use it for a while.

But I do give a lot of make-up away...just not mac

 

[allan_willb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viva_la_MAC_Girl with your MAC? Let me tell you how bad I am, I do an inventory with my m/u to add things or to do a count cause sometimes I put stuff in other purses ( just to keep track of myself , not to mention the money thats invested into my collection..) Sometimes (when I go out ) with other people they will be like hey can I borrow that and i'm like sure - no worries.. I KNOW where its at. Well this past weekend I went out with some people and this friend ...( dunno after this ) asked if she could USE IN MY HOME a lipgloss I said sure - no worries. Thinking I didn't have nothing to worry about well the next day I was putting the makeup that I took out that night back - to realize that some of my lipglasses were short - so sure enough I revert back to my inventory and sure enough my Oh Baby & Instant Gold were missing...WTF so I called her and I said hey do you have my OH Baby and my Instant Gold - she was like ya I do .. I was dont you think you should have told me? She was like oh I forgot... Hmmmp. Well I told her that I was doing my "inventory" she was like what? "Thats crazy you keep inventory on your MAC - your so materialistic") UM - no just smart cause of how I PROTECT whats mine. Anywho -maybe she didnt think I wouldn't notice?? Cause I have alot in there??? OY! Sorry for my rant.... So my ? is are you this protective over your MAC

LMAO!!!DOn't worry girl taking inventory isnt such a big thing....Your make up is worth thousands if u think of it...but i live in hawaii and when i was young people use to steal a lot around my neighbor hood a lot but not any more i use to have to do inventory on everything tshirts and shoes EVERYTHING it was so irratating....oh yea i was obsessed with pens so i did my pen collection to way back when...

 

[REYNALD0C]

Yeah... I hate when girls open my lipglass and stuff and it comes out alot on the stick and it goes everywhere and they dont clean it.

 

[asnbrb]

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Originally Posted by allan_willb oh yea i was obsessed with pens so i did my pen collection to way back when...

hahahahaha!! i was the same way!! i still have a whole drawer full of pens downstairs and i still like going to Fisher Hawaii all the time... almost as much as the mac counter... ALMOST.

 

[lah_knee]

no onr touches my makeup but me... and if i do share, its to apply it on someone, but im doing that myself. ive never had a problem with anyone taking my makeup, especially my mac. but i do remember in middle school i had a theif of a friend who would "borrow" my clothes and never return them and then deny she had it. then when she was in the shower, i would search and find my clothes in her closet :\ funny thing is her mom bought her ANYTHING she wanted. yet she still did that... oh well, it wasnt a big deal to me because it wasnt expensive clothes anything, just cute little tops and whatnot. and we were 13. haha but ya its not cool to take your makeup like that with out your knowledge

 

[mspixieears]

How dare she accuse you of being materialistic! Just because you like to look after your belongings, she's got no right to criticise you.

I'm not really so much like that with my makeup, but CDs and books (because it's related to my desired professions) I'm pretty touchy about especially if it's not easy to replace. I was soooo pissed off when this male friend invited himself over AND decided he'd borrow a book of mine out of print and moved states, never even bothering to give it back. I'm still very annoyed about that.

Not at all implying that anyone here is like this, but for myself, coming from a background where our family always broke even (till we moved to Australia), and living in the Philippines, it really taught me to look after the things you have, so that they last as long as possible because I'm grateful, not materialistic.

And yes, I'm even more careful of others' belongings than I am of my own. If I were you, I wouldn't let that chick in my personal living space ever again.

 

[Joke]

Ok, those "stealing stories" totally freak me out!
That's the reason I'm so protective of all my MU.
Sure I'll do the MU of my family , but no I'll never let someone take my MU outside my my home ...

 

[Landia]

These stories are just so awful ... my sympathies to those of you who have had MAC items stolen from you.

Thank god I don't have any friends to steal my makeup ! After reading these posts, I'm keeping it that way.

Actually, I do have a few friends and I trust them completely. Also, I don't think that any of them are interested enough in makeup to steal some.

 

[princess]

I keep all my MAC in a locked drawer... no one can use it, not even my mum... much less my friends.

Plus I'm sort of anal, I know how everything is arranged and everything I own so it will never be lost. Anyway most of my friends aren't into makeup and those who are, knows I will not lend them my stuff because of hygiene reasons and they understand.

 

[gorgeousgirlie]

I'm so glad something like that hasn't happened to me. This is making me be even more protective of my stuff than I ususally am.

I don't have an inventory of my stuff, but I know what I have in my collection and can pretty much realise it when something is missing. To be honest I don't like sharing makeup outside of family. My mum and my sister are welcome to try on any of my stuff and I'm welcome to any of their stuff too. But I draw the line at letting friends with coldsores or spotty skin take any of my makeup, especially lipgloss and lipstick is a no no.

I don't care if they call me obsessive or w/e, but this has cost me a lot of money and won't like someone ruining off with my stuff or damaging it.

 

[widerlet]

Being 15,my friends are SOOOOOO annoying..they wont even let me drink a bottle of water in piece wihtout them asking for some!!!!! and if i preach about germs they call me stingy and a freak...and i have this friend who is sooooooooooo annoying with makeup she uses stuff without asking,sticking her finger everywhere ,ewwww!
I hate people using my MAC..because 15year old girls arent so careful with stuff so they break crap whenever they use it..so i go crazy at them,and then they call me a freak..AHH its so annoying it makes my blood boil.

 

[glittergoddess27]

Thankfully for those of you who noticed my whole reaction to the situation,.. I have great friends who treat my MU with respect,..reminded of this last night,.. they come over,.. if they wanna use it they even clean my brush before and afterwards,..or use my disposable brushes. Bless them,.. and the bennies are,.. I never have a problem sampling them outta my piggies,.. and sometimes adopting out my more negelected items,..And trust me,.. as you get older, makeup that looks good,.. stays good,.. and has verstaility becomes even more priceless,.. agghhh I saw a bumper sticker that said "Mean people suck,.." such a zen truth,...

 

[Piaqua]

I let people use my MAC- when I'm putting it on them! lol... Is it terrible that I don't like to let people use it themselves if they don't appreciate it enough? College girls tend to not understand. I've found gals who don't know what MAC is (or maybe just have no respect for my property) dig into my shadows, use too much of them b/c they're used to cheap products, break them, all sorts of stuff. So, if you (you darn college girls who use drugstore makeup and need to use 50 layers of your cheapie makeup) want my makeup, you can let me do it for you. (Also helps me with learning to do makeup for all kinds of people/events).

Oh, and darn you guys! I read about keeping an excel list of makeup, and just spend forever making one. One more MAC thing to obsess over...