Biggest Makeup Crimes committed by Women of Color

[SimplySloan]

The Facial Hair thing hands down!
I have a Asian friend who does the black liner with a nude or shimmery gloss! Hell, I have a white friend who does it too! o.0
Sisters who wear colors that dont compliment the skin tone is also a big cringe worthy thing to me! Some colors we can do... some not so much!

 

[MiCHiE]

Some things bear repeating.....The stark, white or packed on highlight. Please don't do it! This Christmas, I'd like to give the world a 224 or 217. Blend, my sistas! Nothing worse than looking flawless on the lids and like BOZO on the brow.

 

[choozen1ne]

White Super frosty lip color - its is just wrong !

 

[MiCHiE]

Sorry, I have another one.....I've always wondered why women wanted more matte eyeshadows and I've finally seen why. Too much glitter in shadows is really Studio 54 disco balls all over again.

 

[Beauty Mark]

A few of my friends insist that because they have dark eyelashes, that means that they don't need to wear mascara. It looks so unpolished! I'm not sure if it's just a WOC thing, but I noticed that's a trend among my non-white friends

 

[MACa6325xi]

Okay, so I went to the CCO today and I saw a "sister" actually putting the testers on her face. I was somewhat shocked. I guess she wasn't a fast learner because I was standing right next to her and I tested the items on my "hand." This is a crime and it's not sanitary to put the testers on your face unless they have been sanitized. When I go to any CCO, I never put the testers on my face, eyes, lips, etc. You can try out the testers, but ask for them to be sanitized first. I prefer to test the makeup from CCO's on my hands. It's not as though you are at a MAC counter where they are standing right next to the makeup. Some of that makeup has been out there for a while.

 

[lsperry]

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Originally Posted by MACa6325xi Okay, so I went to the CCO today and I saw a "sister" actually putting the testers on her face. I was somewhat shocked. I guess she wasn't a fast learner because I was standing right next to her and I tested the items on my "hand." This is a crime and it's not sanitary to put the testers on your face unless they have been sanitized. When I go to any CCO, I never put the testers on my face, eyes, lips, etc. You can try out the testers, but ask for them to be sanitized first. I prefer to test the makeup from CCO's on my hands. It's not as though you are at a MAC counter where they are standing right next to the makeup. Some of that makeup has been out there for a while.

Eeewwww!!! That's for sure! Maybe she has skin of steel. And besides, do they sanitize anything....I've heard them say several times to customers who asked for recommendations that they are not MUA!

I always test on the back of my hands......and when I get back to my vehicle, I use a sanitizing wash to remove it....My skin's too sensitive to let it stay on for long....

 

[MACa6325xi]

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Originally Posted by lsperry Eeewwww!!! That's for sure! Maybe she has skin of steel. And besides, do they sanitize anything....I've heard them say several times to customers who asked for recommendations that they are not MUA! I always test on the back of my hands......and when I get back to my vehicle, I use a sanitizing wash to remove it....My skin's too sensitive to let it stay on for long....

I hope that sister had skin of steel. She was really putting that stuff on her face. You would have thought she was at the MAC counter. Some of that stuff isn't fit to put on your face. It's old as hell. You have to look at the lot number of everything you buy at a CCO.

 

[User67]

I am a MAC MA & my biggest pet peeve with WOC are the ones who try so hard to be lighter. You are NOT lightskinned, stop trying to be. There is nothing wrong with being a beautiful shade of NW50. I'm so sick of WOC telling me that the foundation I picked out for them is too dark, no it's not too dark. It's just not the color you want to be. I am also a WOC (Irish, black, cherokee indian) I'm an NC44. I'll match someone who is an NW45 with their perfect shade, they will say it's too dark & then have the nerve to ask me what shade I am wearing. I want to ask them if they are really serious. And pleas, please, PLEASE stop bleaching your skin! It tears it apart & it looks terrible. I had this one lady who's arms looked like scales because they were so dried out & torn up by the bleach she was using. One of my co-workers who is a WOC had a customer who probably was NW50-55 at one time, but was now maybe an NW45 because she bleached her skin so much & when my co-worker matched her with NW45 she goes "No, that's too dark. I'm lightskinned." my co-worker goes "No, you aren't lightskinned. You bleach your skin & you need to stop because you are ruining it." The lady shut right up & bought the correct shade.

 

[lsperry]

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Originally Posted by Nyla2120 I am a MAC MA & my biggest pet peeve with WOC are the ones who try so hard to be lighter. You are NOT lightskinned, stop trying to be. There is nothing wrong with being a beautiful shade of NW50. I'm so sick of WOC telling me that the foundation I picked out for them is too dark, no it's not too dark. It's just not the color you want to be. I am also a WOC (Irish, black, cherokee indian) I'm an NC44. I'll match someone who is an NW45 with their perfect shade, they will say it's too dark & then have the nerve to ask me what shade I am wearing. I want to ask them if they are really serious. And pleas, please, PLEASE stop bleaching your skin! It tears it apart & it looks terrible. I had this one lady who's arms looked like scales because they were so dried out & torn up by the bleach she was using. One of my co-workers who is a WOC had a customer who probably was NW50-55 at one time, but was now maybe an NW45 because she bleached her skin so much & when my co-worker matched her with NW45 she goes "No, that's too dark. I'm lightskinned." my co-worker goes "No, you aren't lightskinned. You bleach your skin & you need to stop because you are ruining it." The lady shut right up & bought the correct shade.

You’re so right…..A girlfriend of mine insisted she was two shades lighter than what she actually is and was horrified when her wedding-day pictures showed her exactly what I was talking about. Her face was ghostly and had a white cast and her neck was so very dark in contrast. She had the nerve to say, “Why didn’t anyone tell me?” We did…look in the mirror, OKAY?

In the winter I’m NW45 and in the summer I’m NW50 – I make the adjustment; no problem. Everyone always compliments me on my make-up because they say I always look so pulled together. The foundation is what starts everything off right…..Mess that up and your whole look is off!

So keep up the crusade to educate us one at a time. Don’t they know no one knows what shade of foundation they’re wearing? They only see how they’re trying to be something they’re not…..And don’t get me started on the bleach…..That’s another post for another time…..I’ve seen some women who have really messed up their faces…..

Rant over.....

 

[Beauty Mark]

Like how Oprah did that bra intervention thing, I think someone should do a "Foundation Intervention" show.

 

[ViVaMac]

Yes, I do not like when the women of color put some foundation cream more to return the clearer (whiter?) skins. And I hate cosmetics to clear (to white) the skin

I like the dark skins, they are so attractive

I have the palest skin and it's less beautiful than dark skins

 

[Beauty Mark]

I think all skintones have good things going for them.

However, trying to wear foundation that doesn't match doesn't do anything for you.

 

[Caramel_QT]

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Originally Posted by Beauty Mark Like how Oprah did that bra intervention thing, I think someone should do a "Foundation Intervention" show.

Yup! For real!!!

 

[silverbelle282]

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Originally Posted by Beauty Mark A few of my friends insist that because they have dark eyelashes, that means that they don't need to wear mascara. It looks so unpolished! I'm not sure if it's just a WOC thing, but I noticed that's a trend among my non-white friends

yeah what's up with that? if there's one thing i always have on it's mascara, even though my lashes are dark. a young asian friend actually said that to me once (why are you using mascara? aren't your lashes dark already, what's the point?) i quickly extolled the virtues of it and bought her a starter tube.

 

[yummiebitez]

1. Sharpie-looking lined eyebrows
2. White lipstick for a "frosty look"
3. Too much white and black eyeliner (the white almost looks like crusted eye boogers)
4. Too nude lips that it almost blends in with your skin color
5. Foundation that is 5 shades whiter than your neck
6. Really dark lipliner. just the lipliner... no lipstick (i never really got why this one became popular)
7. caked foundation makeup. It's so thick that it looks like your face will melt when wet.
8. Too much glitter


I was gonna go for 10 but that's all i can think of right now.

 

[yummiebitez]

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Originally Posted by silverbelle282 yeah what's up with that? if there's one thing i always have on it's mascara, even though my lashes are dark. a young asian friend actually said that to me once (why are you using mascara? aren't your lashes dark already, what's the point?) i quickly extolled the virtues of it and bought her a starter tube.

some people prefer not to wear mascara because it makes your eyelashes fall off. if i had thick and long lashes already, i wouldnt use mascara either. maybe just curl it so it looks prettier

 

[yummiebitez]

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Originally Posted by ♥MiCHiE♥ Some things bear repeating.....The stark, white or packed on highlight. Please don't do it! This Christmas, I'd like to give the world a 224 or 217. Blend, my sistas! Nothing worse than looking flawless on the lids and like BOZO on the brow.

hahahaha. love it.

 

[Beauty Mark]

If you use decent mascara and don't rub it off too harshly, your eyelashes shouldn't fall out.

Even if you have dark lashes, the subtle thickness it ads makes a huge difference. I don't know about anyone else, but my lashes don't hold a curl without at least some kind of mascara. I generally don't like to post my face on boards, but I'm half-tempted to take a photo of before and after of mascara on my lashes. It really makes a remarkable difference

 

[lipshock]

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Originally Posted by yummiebitez some people prefer not to wear mascara because it makes your eyelashes fall off..

Mascara does not make eyelashes fall off. People make eyelashes fall off.