Makeup Crimes

[chocolategoddes]

There was a time in my life when I thoughtI was about 3 shades lighter than i really was. I used to buy makeup made for an NC40 not an NC50. I've learned.

I als shaved half of my eyebrow off when i was 10 and tried hiding it by resting my palm on the side of my face. then my arm fell aleep and i paniced in the middle of class. HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR ARM JUST LOSE ITS FEELING AND THUD ON YOUR DESK??? SCARIEST SHIT EVER!!!

 

[S.S.BlackOrchid]

1. When I was in high school, I got really frustrated with my eyebrows (because they had no natural shape) and so I shaved them and drew them in with black liner.

2. I have had a habit of wearing foundation that is WAAYYY to light for me, making me look garish. (Back in my goth days, I used to wear theatrical pan makeup, hehe). I used to blend this stuff down my neck and back.

 

[deathcabber]

1. Clinique foundation...that creamy crap in the compact. Bright orange yuck.
2. No e/s ever...just white eyeliner above my dark brown cover girl e/l.
3. No blush
4. Overplucking
5. Lips consisted of red 99 cent lipliner and vaseline
6. yellow undereye corrector blended badly with only a little concealor on top

I cringe just thinking about it all!!!!

 

[lovesicles]

i shaved my forehead. ohh, regrets.
purple lipstick.
lavender lipgloss.
black eyeliner on the lips.
once used a pink gel pen on my eyelid/waterline.
put on heavy eyeliner to the point where i looked like a raccoon. usually without any mascara.
overplucked brows.
dark lipstick.
concealer on lips and nothing else.

 

[Lizzie]

I swear, it's like you guys are my long-lost sisters or something!

I definitely used to cut my hair in class (with no mirror).
I also did the white eyeshadow all over with the sticker earring things (ohh Gwen, how I wanted to be just like you [although I wasn't allowed to dye my hair pink].
Also, I used to get all the UGLY hand-me-down makeup from my real sisters (which were probably expired already, and did I mention UGLY?) ((think frosty pink lipsticks, which I paired with DARK BROWN lipliner and the grodiest old clumpy clinique free gift mascara that was probably years old)
It's really a wonder that I can still see!
And Covergirl foundation that was 12 bazillion shades to light for me...(when I was like 14 and didn't even need foundation).

Oh, and when I was like 8, I saw my mom plucking her eyebrows and I wanted to do it too, so when she left I must've plucked like half my eyebrows off! Then I got scared and didn't properly groom my eyebrows until I was like a senior in high school.

When I think about all the stuff I did, it makes me cringe!

 

[msmack]

my eyebrows are still recovering from the torture I put them through in my early teens...

 

[Esme]

Oh God!! My husband cannot figure out what I am laughing at! My mother shaved her eyebrows when she was a teenager and now she has no eyebrows!
I still don't wear foundation sometimes when it is really hot and my skin is okay, I just wear tinted moisturizer. And I often don't wear mascara, but I have my eyelashes dyed and I wear glasses so I don't even think you can tell.
I used to do a really dark, smokey eye with black, black eyeliner for family things in the daytime, or lots of purple. My granny thought I had a black eye one time and got mad at my husband!
I was in high school in the 70's (yeah, I am old!) and we used to put glitter in our hair and then put tons of Aquanet over it to keep it from going all over the place. It would take months to get it all washed off.
Bwhahahaha!!!

 

[iiifugaziii]

I love that this thread has been going for over a year!!!
I think i've had my fair share of crimes that have been listed on here several times...
but...
i'm still doing one of them which is NUDE lips with EVERYTHING. i can't get over it.
seriously.
fleshpot/myth/aloof...bring it on!

even blankety is getting to be too much color for me!! haha how does that work? i'm so weird about having colored lips. i love the way it looks on other people, but i hate it on me- unless i go ALL out and crazy with the color like purples/hot pinks/oranges.

 

[ShauntyXD]

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Originally Posted by chocolategoddes There was a time in my life when I thoughtI was about 3 shades lighter than i really was. I used to buy makeup made for an NC40 not an NC50. I've learned. I als shaved half of my eyebrow off when i was 10 and tried hiding it by resting my palm on the side of my face. then my arm fell aleep and i paniced in the middle of class. HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR ARM JUST LOSE ITS FEELING AND THUD ON YOUR DESK??? SCARIEST SHIT EVER!!!

LOOOOL OMG When i was 4 yrs old i saw one of my dads razors on the side of the sink and shaved off my WHOLE right eyebrow and actually thought i could hide it by holding my hand over my face the whole time. Of course my parents noticed right away and i got a MAJOR beating. oh lord.
AHA I've also cut off my eyelashes HAHAHAHAH DUMB.

Other than that I haven't done anything rly stupid with makeup.

 

[frocher]

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[Simply Elegant]

White eyeshadow all over my lid and up to my crease. It looked so awful. When I first started wearing eyeliner I couldn't apply it properly and the line looked crooked and I never bothered to fix it.

A little while ago, this woman approached the counter wanting to be matched and the MA told her to get a darker foundation instead of bronzer so she could look more tanned. I guess she committed one of the worst makeup crimes.

 

[athena123]

This thread is too funny and I've been guilty of a lot of the "makeup crimes" within. I combined 3 of the worst offenses many many moons ago. I still have old yearbooks to remind me of this terrible time

1. White liquid eyeliner. Every. Day. White Liquid Eyeliner.
2. With china Blue cheapass Revlon eyeshadow and
3. deliberately clumped mascara.

More recent makeup crimes: Smokey eye look with thick, black liquid eyeliner. At least I was using better quality cosmetics, but this just isn't a look I can pull off.

I've tried to fake a tan by using foundation 2 shades too dark.

Ooh, and has anyone else tried to fake a beauty mark only to have it sweat off on a hot day? Yes, black eye pencil running down your cheek is very sexy!

 

[Dani]

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Originally Posted by frocher As a teenager I read in a beauty magazine that a subtle sexy eye look could be achieved by using wet cigarette ash. I tried it and my eyes became so red, it looked like I had poked myself in both eyes. Feel free to laugh at my expense ladies, I still laugh about it.

Oh. My. Goodness. I think we have a winner!!!! LOL wow you're lucky there was no permanent damage! Do you remember which magazine it was? My mind has been blown...

 

[Brittni]

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Originally Posted by Dani Oh. My. Goodness. I think we have a winner!!!! LOL wow you're lucky there was no permanent damage! Do you remember which magazine it was? My mind has been blown...

I second that! Ouuuchhh!! haha.

hmm... I can't think of any at the moment besides coloring in my eyebrows an obviously wrong shade..ick

 

[LOCa]

The Only Thing Bad I Had Was A Ghost Face Too.. I Just Wore Black Eyeliner On My Waterline Too But That Was Fine The Foundation Was Scary Though. I Didn't Relize It Till My BestFriend Called Me A Ghost.

 

[LOCa]

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Originally Posted by lovesicles i shaved my forehead. ohh, regrets.

HaHaHaah O Sh I Almost Died Of Laughter.

 

[iiifugaziii]

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Originally Posted by athena123 Ooh, and has anyone else tried to fake a beauty mark only to have it sweat off on a hot day? Yes, black eye pencil running down your cheek is very sexy!

duuuude use liquid last liner!!! THE BEST. doesn't move! lol

 

[User67]

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Originally Posted by iiifugaziii I love that this thread has been going for over a year!!! I think i've had my fair share of crimes that have been listed on here several times... but... i'm still doing one of them which is NUDE lips with EVERYTHING. i can't get over it. seriously. fleshpot/myth/aloof...bring it on! even blankety is getting to be too much color for me!! haha how does that work? i'm so weird about having colored lips. i love the way it looks on other people, but i hate it on me- unless i go ALL out and crazy with the color like purples/hot pinks/oranges.

I'm right there with you girly! I wear nude colors 90% of the time, unless of course like you I decide to go all out & rock a super bright pink or orange lip. Right now my favorite combo is Cork l/l, Fleshpot l/s & Bonus Beat (Heatherette) l/g.

 

[User67]

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Originally Posted by ShauntyXD LOOOOL OMG When i was 4 yrs old i saw one of my dads razors on the side of the sink and shaved off my WHOLE right eyebrow and actually thought i could hide it by holding my hand over my face the whole time. Of course my parents noticed right away and i got a MAJOR beating. oh lord. AHA I've also cut off my eyelashes HAHAHAHAH DUMB. Other than that I haven't done anything rly stupid with makeup.

OMG, my younger sister did that same exact thing! Everytime we would leave the house my Mom would have to draw an eyebrow on her so she wouldn't be embarrassed LOL!

 

[Kuuipo]

The wrong hair colour tone.
The wrong hair colour. Hair bleached way out pale is draining and makes a woman look older, washed out and tired. Two shades difference can mean the difference between a believable blonde colour and 'topless dancer' shade.
Too black and flat also ages a woman and gives her dark shadows on her face.
Shaving off eyebrows and drawing them on in a new location. Boy George might get away with that, you can't.

Visible contouring. Blusher opens a world of opportunities for mistakes.

Face lifts, bowtox, facial fillers. Not only are these pretty obvious looking, a person who sees them realizes the wearer is old enough to need cosmetic surgery, and also "what are they hiding". You can also spot bad face lifts by how tight they are pulled-the cheeks look like Nike logos. Think Janice Dickenson......If the injected areas around the 'marrionette lines' around the mouth are too puffed out it looks like a muzzle.

Bad Bronzer. Don't go out of the house looking orange....check yourself at the front step with a hand mirror.