Biggest Makeup Crimes committed by Women of Color

[Arisone]

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Originally Posted by Nyla2120 Alright, when did it become okay to wear those sleeping bonnets out of the house? It has somehow become a fashion trend in my area & it's ridiculous. Everywhere you look ladies are wearing them more & more! I don't go further than my front yard to grab the trash cans in mine. But they are in the mall & grocery store sporting them like they look good, ugh!

OMG I cannot stand when people do this! If you are going to do it at least put a hat on top of it. Some of the girls in my college come to class like this! It's not even a college with dorms so I don't get it!

Last semester a student (older lady) came to class wearing a wig cap! Yes just a wig cap (with hair

poking through the holes).

 

[naijapretty]

Okay ladies, here are some I've seen,
1. eyebrows scraped off and red liner/ light brown liner used to line.
2. applying a ring of lipliner after lipstick or gloss, ensuring it's visible
3. blusher used as war-paint ( when you see this, you'll understand). All the ladies who did this put me off blusher and red lippie for years...
4. Lipgloss so thick my mum has to ask if they've been nipping at the gasoline again...

 

[naijapretty]

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Originally Posted by Nyla2120 Alright, when did it become okay to wear those sleeping bonnets out of the house? It has somehow become a fashion trend in my area & it's ridiculous. Everywhere you look ladies are wearing them more & more! I don't go further than my front yard to grab the trash cans in mine. But they are in the mall & grocery store sporting them like they look good, ugh!

OMG!!!!!! I saw a girl at my mall doing that, she even had brown rollers underneathe the hood. I didn't realise I was following her, my jaw agape, until a co-worker grabbed me and pulled me, laughing...

 

[neezer]

i just hate when WOC don't wear their correct shade of foundation. Nothing like seeing a dark skin girl with a caramel face :-\
i actually went to school with a girl who did this and it IRKED ME so bad....and her brows were the worst...ugh

 

[sharondar]

LOL, I think you all pretty much summed it all up!

 

[rmcandlelight]

Putting on eyeshadow as a eyeliner only nothing else. Please finish the job.

 

[DJ_Roxas]

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Originally Posted by claresauntie BLACK EYELINER AS A LIPLINER! That's the number one. Two: A light shadow in a obvious line as "highlight" under the brow. Blend, gals, blend! Three: not using enough color. (Example: there are other lip products besides Oh Baby! and Sinnamon)) Four: Honestly, I'm a little alarmed at how a percentage of women of color find it necessary to match their eye shadows to their outfits, regardless of whether or not it is flattering (as in the woman who wanted me to use a kelly green and hot pink combo on her eyes because that's what her shirt and shoes looked like).

This post gets a Quoted for Truth.

But going back on topic: I think the biggest Make-up crimes commited by Women of Color is using bronzer when Women of color don't need it,too much blush and bronzers

. This also goes for women not of color to. I hate when they also to put blush, self-tanners,and bronzer on themselves, you're fine just the way you are. No wonder why I like things like MAC's Naughty Nauticals because they don't use blush or bronzer and the model came out just fine the way she was.

 

[Sweexy985]

Hmm...

I think that for that nice nude lip, I'd try oyster girl rather than c-thru. It has more of a pinkish base. That way, you can put on a pretty mauvish pink lipstick and then one coat of oyster girl over it. Just one coat, though.

 

[User67]

The other day one of my co-workers had a customer who was an NW45 for sure. Well, she wanted to buy an NC44 Studio Tech. My co-worker tried to suggest a better color match. But, the lady didn't want to hear it. So she buys her NC44 foundation, goes over to the mirror smears some on her face & then walks off. She looked like someone threw baby powder in her face. We all just stood there in disbelieve & confusion while she walked away.

 

[1QTPie]

The biggest crime to me... is to not wear any make up at all EVER. It baffles me. How can you not wear (at least) tinted lipbalm?

I have two GOOD friends that didn't wear a stitch ever in the years (one over 10 years) that I've known them. When I beat their faces (one natural, the other diva) they got compliments left and right and left again. And their hubbies loved it.

I think that flawless skin of theirs made them think that a tiny bit of enhancement is a bad thing. BTW, they both wear makeup (mascara, liner, gloss) at least twice a week now.

I'm just saying, a little gloss never hurt any one.

 

[lsperry]

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Originally Posted by Nyla2120 The other day one of my co-workers had a customer who was an NW45 for sure. Well, she wanted to buy an NC44 Studio Tech. My co-worker tried to suggest a better color match. But, the lady didn't want to hear it. So she buys her NC44 foundation, goes over to the mirror smears some on her face & then walks off. She looked like someone threw baby powder in her face. We all just stood there in disbelieve & confusion while she walked away.

And she will probably come back in a week or two claiming a MA mis-matched her~ But knowing her, she'll proudly wear the white mask look thinking she's all that! Yuck!!!

 

[funkychik02]

My pet peeve is not touching up your makeup. Sure, your lipgloss is poppin', but the rest of your makeup is sliding down your face.

 

[harlem_cutie]

Glitter eyeliner!!! I hate it because on the ladies I see it's usually by itself, no eyeshadow, no mascara, no m/u at all.. Makes me go

Glitter eyeliner (frosty blue in particular) + black e/l as a lipliner =

greasy face. All the ladies wearing Vaseline as a moisturizer I'm talking to YOU!

superthin eyebrows. I can't name anyone this looks good on.

those are my 3 gripes. I'm just glad that makeup is finally being marketed to all skin tones and not just a few.

 

[Twinkle_Twinkle]

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Originally Posted by funkychik02 My pet peeve is not touching up your makeup. Sure, your lipgloss is poppin', but the rest of your makeup is sliding down your face.

LMAO! This thread always keeps me rolling.

 

[nelyanaphonexia]

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Originally Posted by Beauty Mark Besides what was already listed: -"Nude lipstick" that isn't nude on you. What works for a paler person looks like death or white lipstick on a lot of slightly darker to dark women.

OMG.

I couldn't stop laughing after reading that. I have medium skin, but my grandma is southern/eastern European and she has super dark skin/eyes and hair. She does this "nude" lipstick that makes her look dead with chalky grey lips..that or purple lipstick all the time. I know exactly what you are talking about...nude just isn't nude on lots of people...

 

[nelyanaphonexia]

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Originally Posted by MisStarrlight OMG, I saw a woman last night at a restaurant. Her nails must have been like 5 inches long....kinda made me want to throw up a bit

I was going through a grocery store and the woman who worked the register, and yes, had to type...was wearing...you guessed it...ENORMOUS nails.

Not just...acrylics, but airbrushed, glittery fake looking press ons. OMG. I wanted to die just watching her try to work the buttons. Geez...loose the nails, not only did it make her work harder, but they looked ridiculous!

 

[lsperry]

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Originally Posted by nelyanaphonexia I was going through a grocery store and the woman who worked the register, and yes, had to type...was wearing...you guessed it...ENORMOUS nails. Not just...acrylics, but airbrushed, glittery fake looking press ons. OMG. I wanted to die just watching her try to work the buttons. Geez...loose the nails, not only did it make her work harder, but they looked ridiculous!

I must've seen the same woman....She had on nails at Walmart, just as you described, struggling to work the register....What??!.....They must've been 4" long....Gross!

 

[malaviKat]

I'm a newbie (and really late to this board) but I had to applaud your #6.

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Originally Posted by MACa6325xi Next, I have some crimes I want to get off my chest. LOL 6. For some of us, after you have spent your money at the MAC counter and FootLocker, please go to the bookstore and buy your children some books. Or go to the library. No need to come to parent teacher conference all MAC'd out and your child is failing. "No Child Left Behind really means that "Our children are being Left Behind."

 

[pqtux]

I'm new so sorry if I don't have an avatar or much of a profile yet.

Very funny reading all of this but I just have to add my own. I'm Asian and I see Asian women in particular committing these crimes:

-purposely wearing much lighter foundation in an attempt to look lighter
-the attitude that only other races of women can wear bright colors like blue, green, purple, etc.
-sharpie or sperm shaped eyebrows
-circle lenses..sorry but I think that these make most people look very freaky and eerie..for those of you who don't know what they are, these are non prescription lenses that some asian ladies wear (it's not common here in the usa amongst asian americans but many asian ladies living in japan, korea, and some other parts of asia wear them) where the irises is bigger than normal to supposedly make the eyes appear bigger and gives them a cartoonish-animation type of look

 

[DefineSinister]

One: The black lipliner as everybody mentioned... one time I was mac and these black chicks kept lining their lips and then throwing light lipglasses on top without any blending... personally I think it looks like a monkey's butthole

Two: one of my desi friends would swipe some silver e/s with her finger all over her lid, then just line her eyes with black kohl. I actually tried to teach her new ways to utilize her crease line (she never even knew the difference between crease, lid, or brow bone...

) now silver can be tastefully done. just blend it!

Three: same friend i'm talking about... she always wanted to try bronzer, but she complains how it just makes her look darker? and how it's only for white girls? im thinking stop buying that cheap drugstore stuff and venture out to makeup lines that are for women of color