Prettypackages
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I've done that many times, there are so many gems in this thread. I actually need to go back a few pages now to get caught up.
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Prettypackages
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LMAO *DEAD*
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Shars
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Glad you're having a good purple eye week Shars. Were those Bite Beauty Lipduos known for breaking? When I read this I had a vague recollection that people returned them for that reason.
I don't think may people have had the issue. However, I've heard people say that they don't fare well in heat and I feel that was what happened today. I had it in my handbag and just grabbed it in the car to reapply and it snapped right off. I haven't had the issue with the other duo I have. Serves me right for applying my lipstick in traffic in the car
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Just because that is the truth does NOT mean you needed to speak it lol.
Medgal07
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I'm thinking Trinidad is too neutral/yellow for me too. In the TeamBuyItAll thread someone posted the link to swatches of the new foundation and I think New Orleans is more my shade as well.
http://cafemakeup.com/2015/01/21/nars-day-luminous-weightless-foundation-swatches-almost-shades/
I wear 355 Coconut in the Maybelline Fit Me which is my perfect shade but is too dewy. I want to try the new Fit Me Matte but have committed to finishing some bottles before I buy any more makeup. I was matched as MAC NW45 in their studio fix fluid foundation but that is a bit too dark and by the time it oxidises, it looks really weird. Funny enough, I wear NW43 in the powder version and like that better so may get a sample of that shade in the liquid. I see there's an NW44 now too so may also get a sample of that. I had a sample of Urban Decay's foundation. The MUA matched me to number 12 but that is too dark. I think 11 may be slightly too yellow but may still work. I found that foundation to be too dewy even though I loved how light it felt on my face. I also tried the Lancome Teinte Idole Ultra 24hr one in 510 Suede C. It was a good colour match but it was a tad too dewy for me. It would probably work for winter time but we don't get winter here so that was a shame. I may still try another sample and play around with some mattifying primers I have. My go-to foundation for a while was Revlon's Photoready Liquid Foundation in the shade 011 Capuccino. I feel like it's my skin in a bottle. I wore it today after a long break and fell in love again. Recently, I've been loving the Estee Lauder foundations. I picked up one from a line called Double Matte in the shade 24 Warm Chestnut which is my exact shade but oxidises too dark. I bought it from a CCO and was hoping to pick up a lighter shade to see if it would be the right shade after oxidising only to realise that Estee Lauder doesn't make the Double Matte line anymore and I don't want to fall in love with a discontinued shade lol. It keeps me matte for the whole working day though. I also picked up the Double Wear from the CCO in the shade 6W2 Spice and love it. It's probably either a shade too light or too yellow but when I mix it with the MAC NW45, it is perfection!! Spice, unfortunately is a discontinued shade but I hope to find the perfect shade for me in the current Double Wear line. I hope this was long paragraph was of use to you. I'd love to know what foundations you've been loving.
I don't think may people have had the issue. However, I've heard people say that they don't fare well in heat and I feel that was what happened today. I had it in my handbag and just grabbed it in the car to reapply and it snapped right off. I haven't had the issue with the other duo I have. Serves me right for applying my lipstick in traffic in the car
You had me at "heat"....it's snowing here. We could use some heat!!!!
Low punches Meddy lol!
Shars
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You have to catch me first!!! I might be old but I'm a light weight & I can run!!!
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"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee (wearing orange lipstick of course)!"
awickedshape
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Hi I haven't been in sync with the challenge for a while so I haven't posted. This is from two days ago lol I used the YSL Couture Palette 9 (plummy pink on lid and light pink under browbone and inner corners) and Ardency Inn Royal pigment (crease) and NARS Audrey (lips). The usual not-so-good pics from the end of the day:
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I forgot to mention that I finally got around to wearing MAC Rebel this week. I can't recall the last time prior to this that I wore it. It was lighter than I recall---I was taken aback by that, so I darkened it with Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait De Gloss Controversy 72, a very deep burgundy-----I was much happier with it.
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Thanks, Medgal07! Audrey was richer and deeper earlier during the day, there was some fading after lunch, which is not bad at all. Yay, NARS lol[COLOR=0000FF]Ahoy AWS. So good to see you. I'm loving this look---especially the the way the purple shade is peeping from your crease, and Audrey is beautiful on you!!![/COLOR]
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aradhana
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i like how it looks also - it doesn't look like freshly applied lipstick - it looks like your lips are just naturally that pretty shade.
how do you like the ardency inn pigments? i was looking at them the last time i was in sephora, though the ones i had my eye on (vintage gold and disco) were very sparkly. i found the shades super pretty, but then wasn't sure how the sparkle would translate to my lids. and it didn't help that i couldn't decide on just one. i swatched them about 5 times and walked around the store 10 times...and ended up not getting them during that visit. LOL. maybe next time...
Medgal07
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NARS did a great job with their lippies, and Audrey really becomes you. I managed to escape with just a couple them but made up for it
elsewhere.
Vineetha
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Love that look aWS!!Hi I haven't been in sync with the challenge for a while so I haven't posted. This is from two days ago lol I used the YSL Couture Palette 9 (plummy pink on lid and light pink under browbone and inner corners) and Ardency Inn Royal pigment (crease) and NARS Audrey (lips). The usual not-so-good pics from the end of the day:
awickedshape
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Thank youi like how it looks also - it doesn't look like freshly applied lipstick - it looks like your lips are just naturally that pretty shade.
They have some really nice shades! I've only used Royal once for a whole day (I'd been looking for that shade for a while) so far and I found it to wear off and lose vibrancy a bit over over the course of the day. But I really wanted that shade lol
I know the feeling lol It's a stellar line
Thank you, Vee!
meka72
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Very pretty AWS! I want to try the AI pigments but don't know how to use pigments and would likely put my eye out. Lol. I love that purple shade though!
Hi I haven't been in sync with the challenge for a while so I haven't posted. This is from two days ago lol I used the YSL Couture Palette 9 (plummy pink on lid and light pink under browbone and inner corners) and Ardency Inn Royal pigment (crease) and NARS Audrey (lips). The usual not-so-good pics from the end of the day:
awickedshape
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Thanks, Meka! These are pressed like eyeshadows and although Royal has a disclaimer that it can't be used around the eyes, I applied it in the crease with one of the sponge tip applicators that I use a lot of the time for eyeshadow. I tried it over a lipstick once to get a purple shade but I took it off right after as I was just experimenting. I do think it's pricey for one shade but I really wanted this particular shade.
