Is is the heat or is it me?

[euphrosyne_rose]

I am getting so frustrated. I wake up and get dressed for work and do my makeup and then dry my hair. I usually walk out the door feeling pretty good about how I look but then by lunch time I feel like I look like I have no m/u on! My blush seems to disappear, my e/l has faded and my eyelashes never stay curled. I use a base on my eyes, I try heating the eyelash curler and I'm just at a loss on the blush. I really hate to bring everything with me to do touch ups so I need some help. What do you ladies do to keep things looking fresh? The eyelashes are the thing that bug me the most! I don't know if it's the warmer weather or what, but I'm really not outside that much during work. Any recommendations?

 

[User38]

if your eyelashes do not stay curled, it might be you are using mascara which is not waterproof... think of it like putting curlers in your hair and then getting in damp weather: if your hair is straight the curl will give out. Same thing with eyelashes. Why don't you try some layering -- i.e., use a primer for your makeup, use a powder base instead of a fluid one, use a gel blush and then a powder blush on top of that and finally use a translucent powder to seal it all so that it lasts longer thru the day

 

[alka1]

it's not you - it's the heat. and the humidity. it's around this time that I start ignoring some of my makeup, and switch over to a more toned-down look :O when it's 95 degrees out (southern california), you don't really feel like wearing too much.

i can't wait for autumn/winter

 

[olddcassettes]

its not just you... my 1 hr effort into making my face look good for work usually gets shot down on the freeway ride to the mall. i go in and it looks nothing like it did at home, makes me not even want to bother. how funny, i was thinking it was just me...i guess not, thank god, but yeah i started toning my looks down, i dont even bother much with application cause even with udpp, it still melts off >:[

 

[mizuki~]

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Originally Posted by olddcassettes its not just you... my 1 hr effort into making my face look good for work usually gets shot down on the freeway ride to the mall. i go in and it looks nothing like it did at home, makes me not even want to bother. how funny, i was thinking it was just me...i guess not, thank god, but yeah i started toning my looks down, i dont even bother much with application cause even with udpp, it still melts off >:[

Haha same here! In this heat, I'm not even going to bother doing my makeup. Waste my time

 

[euphrosyne_rose]

^^^^
I live in Louisiana and it's close to the 90's these days. I haven't even been doing alot of eye looks, but it's the lashes drooping and the blush that drives me crazy but that's pretty much the basis of the look! That day at work it was almost like I looked like death warmed over! I guess I'm just wanting to be sure I look fresh and pretty through the day!!

Today I curled my lashes, then heated the curler and curled them again then put the mascara on. I heard you aren't supposed to curl them after the mascara is on b/c it might make your lashes break off. Not sure about that but I sure didn't want to chance it.