Is there anyone in your life who understands your love of makeup?

[macmistress]

OMG lol!

I have been on this search for a pro travel rolling traincase..and I finally found one! So I was going to different members of the family and their response was 'i am so bored' loool! I tried to talk to my sis about my fascination with cosmetics in general and i couldnt wait to talk about how ive found a makeup training course especially for the home, the only response i got was 'ure too funny' :O lol

My loving mum understands! I even tried a makeover on her face just for once..

Ahh I love my mum! She understands me!

 

[coachkitten]

All of my friends think I have gone off of the deep end! I would love to have someone really close to share my love of makeup. I keep trying to convert people but so far there has been no one to follow me to the dark side!

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by glam8babe my mother doesnt understand it either shes like "youve already got about 50 lipglosses why do you need another one?" and im like "well this is limited edition! plus i dont have a coral/pink colour with so n so sparkle in it" haha

I have well over 50(counting backups) MAC lipsticks, and I don't think my mother quite understands why. Occasionally, when I get a new one, she'll ask, "What did you get this one to wear with?"

However, when I remark that an item is LE, she'll say something like, "Well, then, better get it while you can!"
Since I have yet to use up a MAC lipstick, she's probably a little bewildered by the backups, but she doesn't criticize ...
I have a slight advantage in the fact that I had a near-fatal stroke several years ago, and I don't think my family [or my contingent of doctors] expected me to survive, let alone ever recover enough to care about my appearance, use a computer, become obsessed with MAC, etc. So I get cut some serious slack at times.
Oh, well. Things happen.

 

[mizuki~]

My boyfriend understands when I compare it to his love for cars hahah I allow him to go on and on about cars only if he allows me to go on and on about MAC

 

[stacylynne]

My mom & 1 of my friends love makeup. But when my friends come over, they want me to make them up.
My mom loves when I do her eyes & so do my friends

 

[persephonewillo]

alas, no.

i have one friend who wears makeup. she's done the same look everyday for years. she wears it, but isn't interested in talking about it, trying new looks, etc. bummer.

so i try to keep my enthusiasm over new makeup to a minimum because no one else gets it.

 

[KimmyAnn_678]

I'm lucky... one of my good friends works at the same mall as I do and is a make up junkie (she used to work for Lauder). She does incredible eyes and blends the best of anyone I've seen. Another co worker of mine is starting out with bridal make up so whenever I find a good tip or product, I can share it with him and he's just as excited as I am.

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by persephonewillo alas, no. i have one friend who wears makeup. she's done the same look everyday for years. she wears it, but isn't interested in talking about it, trying new looks, etc. bummer. so i try to keep my enthusiasm over new makeup to a minimum because no one else gets it.

I think I know what you mean.
Two years ago, for Christmas I bought two mutual friends each a tube of Lustrewhite. Even though one of the two women, F, wears almost no makeup, I thought, "What could be safer than clear lipgloss?"
One friend, K, loved hers, and wore it constantly. I think she even used her tube up, and bought another.
F, however, admits that she's never worn hers. I suspect that she gave it to her teenage daughter, who is very stylish, and probably thought, "Wow, MAC!"
Aren't we glad we have Specktra, where nobody says, "Ugh, I'm not interested in makeup ..."

 

[xiahe]

Honestly, no - maybe my friend in my sorority who is a MAC addict like me but other than that, no haha

 

[theblackqueen]

One of my friends! She's a closet mac fanatic. She doesnt usually wear make up aside from nail polish and lipstick but she loves shopping at the mac counter with me and playing with her purchases when no one is around

My mom likes to tease me about it, but she isn't particularly bad about it since I always find her such cool products to use

 

[b3AuTiFuL323]

Yea no one in my family or friends likes makeup as much as I do.They all think im crazzzy for spending so much money on it.Its kinda weird because I have 4 sisters and not 1 of them loves makeup or clothes as much as I do.

 

[starangel2383]

no one in my immediate family likes makeup as much as i do, maybe my six year old niece, she loves any of the pink eyeshadows or pink lipsticks from MAC, anything pink and she is happy. i have recently dubbed my sister the "makeup police" because she gets on my case on how much money i spend on makeup. i do have some makeup artists friends who love the stuff as much as me, so thats good.

 

[Divinity]

Sadly, no. But my family is very accepting

 

[widdershins]

My aunt does. We feed our makeup obsessions mutually.

 

[georgiabarredo]

although my bestfriends are into make up somewat... they are in no way shape or form as addicted as me...

luckily i have a really good friend that i met through work that is as into it as i am and sees nothing wrong with me spending hundreds of dollars at a time coz she does it too... every monday after payday... we have our *MAC//Make up Mondays* where we go to our fave mac store which is on 22nd st in the iron building or go to the closest CCO or random beauty supply stores or sephoras...

i also have another friend who shares the addiction unfortunately she doesnt live in the city so she cannot attend MAC Mondays!!

other than that ppl at work or friends think im crazy for having soooo much make up... so i don't ever tell them how much i spend coz they dont understand... jokingly a co worker said the total worth of my make up could be a house down payment heheheh watever i say just let me live heheh

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by starangel2383 no one in my immediate family likes makeup as much as i do, maybe my six year old niece, she loves any of the pink eyeshadows or pink lipsticks from MAC, anything pink and she is happy. i have recently dubbed my sister the "makeup police" because she gets on my case on how much money i spend on makeup.

How funny about your niece!
Related story: A good friend of mine, mother of ten children, requested and got "Love Alert" Dazzleglass for Mother's Day, and last Sunday morning her youngest daughters, five and seven, begged her, "Mommy, can we please wear some of your sparkly stuff to Sunday School?"
Since Dazzleglass is so sheer, their mother consented, so at church last Sunday morning, there were these two little girls running around with MAC Dazzleglass on their lips.
I was wearing my "Ms. Fizz," so Dazzleglass was fairly well-represented at my church that morning.

As for your sister, it's none of her business how much you spend on makeup.
My sister used to gripe that I "always had perfect makeup," even if I were just going to the grocery store.
I chalked it up to sour grapes and kept doing exactly as I pleased.

 

[sinergy]

My husbands sis gives me a hard time about the money I put into my hair and makeup, but helllo...some of us want to look good! And on my recent visit to chicago I took my own sister into a MAC store for the first time, and Im proud to say...she is newly addicted!!!! She got a great haul for mother's day and sent me pics of it. She cant wait for the summer collections to come out. I think its great, cause now we have something else in common, and we can talk about all the stuff we love from MAC!!!

 

[melliquor]

I have nobody except for Specktra ladies. My husband tries to understand and will let me talk about it but I don't think he truely understands how much I love Mac. NONE of my friends where makeup and I don't even talk about it with them or at work. They only time I chat about it is here.

 

[astronaut]

I think my parents are understanding. My mom has painted my face when I was little and thought it was so cute. She even helped me apply my eyeliner in middle school when I didn't know how!

When she was younger, she liked to wear bright 80's colors on her lids and lips so she loves my bright fun makeup looks! My mom just got back into makeup and she wants to share my stash I remember when dazzleglass came out, my mom and I went to the mall and I swatched baby sparks, bare necessity, and sugarrimmed and my mom and I were both at awe at how pretty they were. My mom bought me baby sparks too <3

My dad is understanding also about my makeup obsession. I sometimes ask him, "Geez, why am I so obsessed with makeup! It's soooo unhealthy!" and he tells me, "Well, everyone has a specific thing that they like and enjoy. Like with your mom, she likes jewelry. With me, I like clothes" (Yes, my dad is a designer clothes gigolo LOL). And I stopped by the mall real quick with my dad recently and he waited as I got a solar bit from the counter. He asked me, "So you want to work there? Yeah, that seems like a cool job to have applying makeup on people and giving suggestions".

 

[TDoll]

Actually, my husband!! He witnesses my MAC addiction on a daily basis. He's into cars and electronics, I'm into makeup. It's just an understanding.