Theme Makeup with a Purpose

[aradhana]

oh yeah, and on the topic of coral, i was thinking of picking up that red hot x9 palette - has anyone tried it yet?

 

[Shars]

yay! i am in as well!
i'm done school, so hopefully this means i will have more time for makeup and chat-e-chats...
how are you ladies doing? i miss you guys, and miss this thread.

totally down for corals etc for spring. i did a mini re-organization of my makeup, realized just how much i have, and came upon some forgotten colourful treasures that need love!!!

Hey girlie! I've been good. Trying to keep my head down, work hard and stop buying makeup haha.

I'm definitely team no-buy this year. I did a blush count the other day..... madness lol! I'm afraid to count my lip products now.

 

[sagehen]

OK sweet. I am thinking, since Spring actually begins on March 21, let's finish out March with a little color to get ourselves ready. We won't have any specific challenge, just getting ready for Spring by adding pops of color where we haven't been, For example, I am wearing a very plain eye today but I am wearing Milani Coral Crush blush and Sephora Always Red liquid lipstick and I feel so colorful and bright. I plan to wear the green liquid liner from Sephora for SP Day (any excuse to wear something colorful this month lol)

Glad everyone has survived winter so far - I miss the camaraderie in this thread. I am on a makeup no-buy for Lent but come Easter I plan to grab KvD ELLL in K-Dub. It is calling to me.

 

[aradhana]

Hey girlie! I've been good. Trying to keep my head down, work hard and stop buying makeup haha.

I'm definitely team no-buy this year. I did a blush count the other day..... madness lol! I'm afraid to count my lip products now.

haha! i should be on a no buy too...i am basically out of space. my drawer is overflowing, the top of my dresser is overflowing, and the overflow makeup case is also overflowing.
i am too scared to count anything, but yes - this is a good idea so that i can also hopefully get some perspective!

OK sweet. I am thinking, since Spring actually begins on March 21, let's finish out March with a little color to get ourselves ready. We won't have any specific challenge, just getting ready for Spring by adding pops of color where we haven't been, For example, I am wearing a very plain eye today but I am wearing Milani Coral Crush blush and Sephora Always Red liquid lipstick and I feel so colorful and bright. I plan to wear the green liquid liner from Sephora for SP Day (any excuse to wear something colorful this month lol)

Glad everyone has survived winter so far - I miss the camaraderie in this thread. I am on a makeup no-buy for Lent but come Easter I plan to grab KvD ELLL in K-Dub. It is calling to me.

good idea regarding the free for st-patrick's. i was just thinking about outfits for that day, and it did not even cross my mind that i could venture into the colourful makeup too...see how long it's been since i played with my collection?

today my pop of colour was cheeks also -- i wore love cloud on apples, with full of joy as highlight and nars out there as a contour.

i just picked up the smashbox full exposure palette -- i redeemed some points for it... just getting the hang of it...have you guys tried this palette at all?

 

[Prettypackages]

Team EVERYTHING CORAL!!! LOL I'm so down. You'd think I'd be peach and coral'd out. Now I'm adding copper/burgundy to the list.

I'm good. Still trying to freelance. I just finished a photoshoot, wanna see? LOL and I am job hunting again. I got rid of a lot of stuff... bills... but I am happy with what I have. Plus it makes room for the new right? LOL

Congrats on being done with school. I should have really gone back by now. I'd have3 grad degrees at this point. LOL

 

[aradhana]

Team EVERYTHING CORAL!!! LOL I'm so down. You'd think I'd be peach and coral'd out. Now I'm adding copper/burgundy to the list.

I'm good. Still trying to freelance. I just finished a photoshoot, wanna see? LOL and I am job hunting again. I got rid of a lot of stuff... bills... but I am happy with what I have. Plus it makes room for the new right? LOL

Congrats on being done with school. I should have really gone back by now. I'd have3 grad degrees at this point. LOL

awesome! i would love to see the photoshoot!
is the job hunting in addition to the freelancing? you sound super busy!
i'm liking the sound of the getting rid of stuff to make room for the new...i need to purge my house of old randomness too!

 

[Prettypackages]

SO Sephora just released a line called Stellar, by Monika Deol. A star or personality from Canada. It seems she created this line to expand the medium to deep range that you don't find in other lines. They also seem to include other undertones besides orange. so I'm super intrigued to try it. I'm placing an order now. Even if there isn't a concealer or foundation shade for you, the lipsticks look really nice.
What's New Wednesday: STELLAR - BeautyTalk

I wish they had swatches of the foundations

Article about the launch. Monika Deol Launches Inclusive Beauty Line, STELLAR* - FASHION Magazine I might be late and you already know about this. LOL

 

[aradhana]

SO Sephora just released a line called Stellar, by Monika Deol. A star or personality from Canada. It seems she created this line to expand the medium to deep range that you don't find in other lines. They also seem to include other undertones besides orange. so I'm super intrigued to try it. I'm placing an order now. Even if there isn't a concealer or foundation shade for you, the lipsticks look really nice.
What's New Wednesday: STELLAR - BeautyTalk

I wish they had swatches of the foundations

Article about the launch. Monika Deol Launches Inclusive Beauty Line, STELLAR* - FASHION Magazine I might be late and you already know about this. LOL

thanks for the tip!
i remember her from tv back in the day...
going to check this out!

 

[aradhana]

hmmm... i agree about swatches. how am i suppose to know what the shades 'really' look like?

i'll wait till it gets to the brick and mortar stores i guess...

 

[Prettypackages]

Yeah that is frustrating. I bought one to see. SO I guess we can go from there. LOL

 

[aradhana]

hello hello...what's going on? are we doing a spring challenge?
[MENTION=62369]Prettypackages[/MENTION] how did the stellar product turn out? does it translate well IRL?

i'm kinda interested in trying out that new mac foundation - next to nothing. has anybody tried it yet?

 

[sagehen]

Hey [MENTION=34744]aradhana[/MENTION]!

I am still doing Spring. I still have some Color Rocker lipsticks to get through as well as some of the new KvD shades, so neutral eyes with a pop of color on the lips is still happening for me. Today I am wearing KvD ELL in Miss Argentina. I need K-Dub SO bad!

I haven't tried the new foundation yet - I am oily so a little afraid it won't work for me.

 

[sagehen]

So, WHY don't I wear Relentlessly Red more often?

 

[Prettypackages]

Hey there! the color I received was too light. I hadn't ordered a new one yet. It was sheer but buildable. I almost liked the concealer more than Nars. I need to test it some more. I think you should check these out.

 

[aradhana]

Hey @aradhana!

I am still doing Spring. I still have some Color Rocker lipsticks to get through as well as some of the new KvD shades, so neutral eyes with a pop of color on the lips is still happening for me. Today I am wearing KvD ELL in Miss Argentina. I need K-Dub SO bad!

I haven't tried the new foundation yet - I am oily so a little afraid it won't work for me.

wow - k-dub looks really awesome. i haven't checked out any of the new shades yet. i am hoping to pick up hawkwind (liquid) and piaf (in the lipstick formula). i am going to get my makeup done at sephora tomorrow afternoon, and i think i will have a hard time making myself wait till next week when the sale starts to make my purchases!

So, WHY don't I wear Relentlessly Red more often?

i know, isn't it just such an awesome awesome shade?!

Hey there! the color I received was too light. I hadn't ordered a new one yet. It was sheer but buildable. I almost liked the concealer more than Nars. I need to test it some more. I think you should check these out.

i'm definitely waiting till they come out in store, or if they offer the samples online. i have too many foundation mishaps in my cupboard!!!


so my makeup today was inspired by lisa eldridge's tutorial....i used chrome yellow eyeshadow on the lid, a blend of a bunch of browns in the crease, avenue fluidline (top only), and black mascara. i used pink sprinkles blush + shape the future edsf, and on lips i wore venezia liquid lipstick by stila and grand pumpkin lipglass. i felt verrrry springtime! oh btw i have been using milk skin tint the last few days, and really liking both the colour match and the finish.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

Ooh I forgot all about this thread. I may join after I try all my new products. But that task seems never-ending. Oh I forgot I got some samples of the Stellar foundation at a new Sephora. I need to try them. May have to wait until next weekend as I get nervous about using new foundation during the work week. I got S18 and S19. If I got the numbers right S17 didn't look yellow enough. But these 2 looked very yellow. Maybe even too yellow if that is possible. I assumed the numbers went from lightest to darkest but it was hard to tell without pumping it out and I was making a mess all over the place. The colors looked all the same in the bottles.

 

[sagehen]

Ooh I forgot all about this thread. I may join after I try all my new products. But that task seems never-ending. Oh I forgot I got some samples of the Stellar foundation at a new Sephora. I need to try them. May have to wait until next weekend as I get nervous about using new foundation during the work week. I got S18 and S19. If I got the numbers right S17 didn't look yellow enough. But these 2 looked very yellow. Maybe even too yellow if that is possible. I assumed the numbers went from lightest to darkest but it was hard to tell without pumping it out and I was making a mess all over the place. The colors looked all the same in the bottles.

Me too LOL. I refuse to go to lunch, look in the rear view mirror and be shocked and appalled at what I see.

 

[aradhana]

ha! yes i am always afraid of trying new foundations at work too...but, occasionally, i like using the work people as guinea pigs for testing out my kookiness. however not that i think about it, i usually regret those times!

so i ended up doing a bit of pre-sale sephora shopping, a little sale shopping, and then some!

before the sale i bought one of those tom ford eyeshadow cream/powder duos...peach bronze. my first tom ford product.

when the sale started i got the narsissist loaded palette, the milk holographic stick, and hawkwind by kat von d. i am going to pick it up tomorrow at the post office. yay!

and today i ordered the pat mcgrath eye kit. because i've gone mad! must stop somehow...

 

[katred]

Hi everyone! I haven't been on here in ages, but I really wanted some challenges to keep me shopping my stash (instead of putting two dozen things in my cart on the Sephora website and trying to decide which ones I NEED).

Aradhana, I'm dying to know what you think about the PM set. I dawdled too long on the previous sets, because I couldn't choose between gold and silver, and they sold out while I was deciding...

im currently waiting for my next payday and hoping that I can still get the items I want from the Basquiat collection

 

[Prettypackages]

hahahahaha I try my foundations out at work and when I go out for a "real" life test. I guess I need to stop.

I'm still stuck on coral. I will always be stuck on coral and peach. Do you guys want to stick with a Spring challenge?