does it ever bother you when...

[tarteheart]

I would probably flip out if somebody used my makeup without asking. If I'm putting makeup on another person, I make sure that all of my products are sanitized...but if you just used it? Just out of nowhere? Blah, gross.

I spent way too much money on my stuff to let somebody mess it up. If you're a trusted friend, whatever, I'd let you even use my lipstick without a lip brush (although I'd wipe it off before using it again, haha). But I don't think I would ever just lend my stuff to another person to use. I'd probably want to apply it on them myself.

 

[Stephy]

This is when I'm thankful it's just me and my husband. I doubt he uses it... lol. I don't think I would be to keen on the idea of sharing my make up. It's just that I paid money and have scertain ways of using and caring for it.

 

[bellaetoile]

i don't mind as long as i have given permission, and, not to sound selfish, but there are some things i won't let friends use. its not that i'd turn them down if they asked, i just consciously don't put myself in that position. my jewel palette, or rare mac shadows, or MSFs and rare pigments never leave my train case, and rarely, if ever, do i have friends around my train case.

if i take makeup somewhere to get ready or touch up, its stuff from the permanent line or non-valuable LE stuff that i don't particularly care about or use. in which case, if they ask to use it, no problem, for the most part. it would piss me off if they just helped themselves to my makeup though, but thats a common courtesy issue, thats not makeup specific.

 

[user3]

I don't let anyone touch my stuff unless I am standing right there.

I don't live with any females so it's not a huge problem for me.
My friends know how protective I am so if they want to see a color they know I will be watching them like a hawk.

 

[Wattage]

LOL Oh this thread... I am amazed I haven't seen one like this before.

I can totally relate. My sister comes over and although I don't really mind if she uses my makeup (she is anal and obssessive like me), it irks me when she puts stuff in her case, accidentally. Or my brushes in her makeup bag?? Ah! Theyre my brushes!

Since my sis and I are super close, it's OK. But if someone else asked me, I would not be happy. I am weird, I dunno. Like the rest of you, it's like an investment. A lot of people don't get that it's like your biggest expensive hobby and how would they feel if you went and meddled in their expensive whatever...!

YEAH!

 

[lara]

My personal use products are just that - for personal use.

My working kit, however, I'm a little more lax with. As long as I'm dispensing products that need to be dispensed, keeping an eye on hygiene and ensuring that certain items (like mascaras, fluid eye products, etc) aren't available, they can play around to their hearts content. Makeup is for playing with, after all.

 

[bebs]

I have a ton of pigments I really dont mind my friends taking and putting some in a sample jar and then trying it out and playing with it.. same with lipglass if they use a toss away brush in it, I will sit and watch them, I used to live just with my husband only thing I ever saw him use was my tlc... and that didnt really bug me to much cause well its my husband

things like eyeliner or mascara I wouldnt use again if somebody touched them.
I personally even with my own smuge pot will take a piece out and use it from that because I'm weird like that.

 

[alysia]

I'm super glad I'm not the only anal one

my sister was like 'your so overprotective, it's just makeup!' and she buys MAC too! crazyness.

 

[moonrevel]

I mostly just don't want people sticking their fingers in my makeup or spilling anything, and my friends know how anal I am so they respect my obsession and will just look at the little pots, and if they want to see how something looks on, they ask me to swatch it on myself. Only one of my friends has a makeup obsession, and she is very respectful of me being overprotective with my collection. As long as no one spills a pigment or starts covering themselves in lipgloss, I'm pretty cool with them looking. Besides, sometimes they see something they like, and ask me to do a mini makeover or something, and there's nothing I like more than sharing the MAC love!

 

[Jaim]

I don't share. I hate cooties. Haha.

 

[stevoulina]

I don't mind girlfriends using my makeup,but I demand that they let me know first!Actually,they know that I'm obsessed about my makeup and that I always want it to be neat and perfectly clean,so they're careful when they use my makeup without me telling them anything!

 

[queenofdisaster]

it doesnt bother me if its my mom, cousins or closest friends but anyone else, STAY OUT! i hate when i pull something out of my bag and someone's like "can i use some?" just because it's mac. and i'm like, uh, no!

 

[amandamakeup]

It is only makeup after all. Its not gonna stay pretty and proper its whole time. I dont get it.. I would be happy for someone using my makeup, It means I have something that Interests them and I usually like to see what different colors look like on people. Its Mac, its not Gold.

 

[Tonitra]

It bothers me too when people start pawing through my makeup collection. Gah, this one time a friend starting going through my pigments and grabbed one and started opening it...sideways. So close to spilling everywhere. She just said "oh, right, I forgot that theres no lid underneath". I just about had a fit.
Sometimes a friend will see me applying a lustreglass and ask to use it, and it really pains me, but I feel like they'll think I'm being snobby if I tell them no. Now I make sure I re-apply in private. I keep cheap lipgloss on hand if anyone asks to borrow anything now.
However, I am happy to apply certain products on my friends if they ask-no problem there. I just like to do it myself, instead of having others play with my MAC.

 

[Ada]

Haha... I was the kid who never wanted to let anyone use her crayons because they would "mess them up"-- press too hard and dull the point, hold them too tight and break them, etc. My makeup love comes from the same place as my childhood crayon/marker love-- "look at all the pretty colors all lined up together like a rainbow, I'm going to make something pretty and colorful with them!" And I guard my makeup collection the same way I watched over my crayons hwen I was 7. I know, and I knew then, that it is selfish... but I allow myself that fault. Nobody gets to use my makeup-- although I'm happy to put it on people, and so far there's been no problems. Most of my friends/family are not into makeup very much at all, so while they're fascinated by my collection, they're happy to let me put stuff on them since they don't really know how.

 

[sunsational]

i dont let anyone touch my makeup or hair stuff cos i have tons of that. my mom thinks because i have 100 conditioner that will last me for 10 years, she can use them everyday and use loads of it too and for the wrong uses. that really pisses me off and sometimes, i have to lock them up in a box cos she wont buy hers. and she laughs at me when i buy more

 

[xxmissjennyxx]

i dont really mind as long as i know theyre clean and careful.

my friend came over and borrowed this quad from hard candy, it had white, grey, silver, and black w glitter. first of all, she used the sponge aplicator (i never use those, just brushes) and she ended up scrubbing the black and it got all over the rest of the colors. i nearly drop kicked her. on another day i saw HER makeup collection and sure enough, her collection looked like crap. kinda explains things.

on another day my mom saw my pigment jars and opened up my violet pigment jar and spilled half of it on the carpet. you can imagine how hysterical i was. thank god its not le.

 

[dearstars]

This thread cracked me up. I've had makeup stolen before, so I think it'd be hard having people around it touching it. When I got married, I had a purse of touch up makeup that I asked a friend to watch for me that day...she stole it! Every time I asked her for it back, she ignored me.

 

[scentofevil]

yeah, that irritates me. NO ONE touches my makeup OR my brushes OR my tools (curler/tweezer, etc.) unless they ask me very nicely first and i am in a good mood. even then, i much much much prefer to use my makeup on them rather than they put it on themselves.

....unless they're more skilled than i am. in which case their collection prolly puts mine to SHAME, and they wouldn't need to borrow anyway

 

[sunsational]

my former best friend stole my perfume just because i had 2. i had 2 because it was my favorite. she begged me for it and when i refused, she took it without me knowing. thats one of the reasons why she's my "former" best friend.