what is your greatest challenge in makeup?

[L1LMAMAJ]

I wanna know your greatest challenge in doing other people's makeup as well as your own. For myself, it would be matching both eyes as well as mastering eyeliner techniques. For doing it on others, it would be foundation/concealer matching and adapting to their eye shapes (i really suck at applying makeup on monolids). How did you overcome that challenge? What are u best at??

 

[BeccalovesMAC]

mine can be blending for certain shadows. I have issues with the eyeliner too. Im really good at contouring and great at lips(like thats hard) lol

 

[snowflakelashes]

Eye liner, for sure, i mean not water line liner, but liquid, or pencil, keeping it straight and not all crooked, so I susually stick to... pencil on the water line and shadow for liner otherwise... Liner still frustrates the heck out of me some days/nights.

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

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Originally Posted by BeccalovesMAC mine can be blending for certain shadows. I have issues with the eyeliner too. Im really good at contouring and great at lips(like thats hard) lol

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Originally Posted by snowflakelashes Eye liner, for sure, i mean not water line liner, but liquid, or pencil, keeping it straight and not all crooked, so I susually stick to... pencil on the water line and shadow for liner otherwise... Liner still frustrates the heck out of me some days/nights.

Eyeliner is so dang tricky!

I only started to do the little cat flick at the end but they never match on both eyes. Sometimes I'll try to fix it and then i'll end up looking like Amy Winehouse.

 

[Aremisia]

I have a horrible time making my liner match on both eyes as well
as far as applying on others, under eye concealer and mascara are my nemeses! (I'm totally with you on the monolid as well) I can never manage to get the concealer as smooth as i want it to go on, and the mascara NEVER makes it all the way to the roots of the lashes. Any tips?

 

[winkietoe]

My greatest challenge when it comes to makeup would be matching eyeshadow on one eye to the other. It seems like when I go over one eye to make it look like the other I go overboard and make it look all crazy. I have still yet to over come that challenge

Im awesome at eyeliner though! My eyeshadow might look horrible and unmatchy most days, but my eyeliner (on both eyes) look gooood

*ALSO, falsies! Im horrible at applying falsies on my left eye.

 

[VintageAqua]

For myself it is often eyeliner. Since my creases are slightly different shapes (not to other people but I notice) I sometimes have issues with creating the wing evenly on both eyes. I absolutely adore lining others' eyes though especially monolids.

For others, I hate applying blush. Sounds strange but I don't like heavy blush on most people so it can be tricky to apply just the right amount.

I also love applying lipstick to people with defined cupid's bows. Crazy, I know but very retro and fun.

 

[SparklingWaves]

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[glasswillow]

Eyebrows definitely! When I was 12, I was a stupid child and went waaaay overboard plucking my eyebrows..... several times. They grew back in, but they're no longer mirror images of each other (one's thinner and has less of an arch, and the other doesn't extend outward as far as it should). So when I apply my eyebrow powder (I've found that works better for me than creams or pencils), I've got a lot to fix. I never seam to get them just right....

 

[anita22]

For me, I wish my choices of colour and style were bolder. I naturally gravitate towards looks that are soft, natural and "safe". I don't often wear greens or blues for instance. Sometimes I really want to do more dramatic looks, but I chicken out! So my greatest challenge is to be more daring.

 

[Miss QQ]

I do makeup for myself only. My greatest challenge is the eyeliner. It always smudges, even waterproof ones, and I can't draw an even line. Mascara also tend to smudge on me. I end up with racoon eyes and I would rather skip eyeliner and mascara most of the time.

 

[Fataliya]

Mine would have to be blending my e/s color up into my highlight. I still suck at that.

My e/l usually looks crooked cuz I have wrinkly lids, lol.

 

[LMD84]

my greatest challenge is getting my eyeliner looking good on both eyes! usually one eye will look perfectand the other i'll end up with a too thick line wherei've been more heavy handed or a wonky line! it always changes too on which eye looks good so it's nothing to do with what hand i wright with or anything like that!

also i could do with more learning on blending my highlight colour to my lid and crease colours. ihave got loads better but still not perfect!!

 

[MAC_Whore]

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[FiestyFemme]

On myself, it would be to create the defined eyes I see on others. I have a hard time creating the shape I want and not losing it in the blending process. On others, I find eyeliner the most challenging. I can't stand for someone to apply my eyeliner, so I'm always worried when I do it on others!

 

[tremorviolet]

Making the eyeliner match on both eyes is definitely a challenge. The corner of my right eye wrinkles a bit differently from my left so it's really hard to make flicks match. But everyday I get that much better at it.

By far my biggest challenge is my hooded eyes. I have a really deep, folded over crease and it's tough to figure out how to make eye shadow look good and to keep it from creasing. What looks great on a closed eye, completely disappears when my eyes are open. And I still haven't figured out what will keep me from creasing after about 8 hours or so. I get so frustrated I've even considered an eyelid tuck.

 

[n_c]

Blending.

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

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Originally Posted by glasswillow Eyebrows definitely! When I was 12, I was a stupid child and went waaaay overboard plucking my eyebrows..... several times. They grew back in, but they're no longer mirror images of each other (one's thinner and has less of an arch, and the other doesn't extend outward as far as it should). So when I apply my eyebrow powder (I've found that works better for me than creams or pencils), I've got a lot to fix. I never seam to get them just right....

When I was in middle school, I used to pluck the top of my eyebrows so they ended up looking downward sloping so I looked permanently sad. Haha oh the things we tried to do when we were young!

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Originally Posted by tremorviolet Making the eyeliner match on both eyes is definitely a challenge. The corner of my right eye wrinkles a bit differently from my left so it's really hard to make flicks match. But everyday I get that much better at it. By far my biggest challenge is my hooded eyes. I have a really deep, folded over crease and it's tough to figure out how to make eye shadow look good and to keep it from creasing. What looks great on a closed eye, completely disappears when my eyes are open. And I still haven't figured out what will keep me from creasing after about 8 hours or so. I get so frustrated I've even considered an eyelid tuck.

Yea I totally agree with the hooded eyes!! I don't have hooded eyes but many of my Asian friends do. She had a hard time using anything but liquid liner because they pencil and gel would smudge and end up on her eyelid after a while..(get it?) I tried this thing on my friend that has hooded eyelids where I smudged the pencil liner like crazy and blended some black shadow over it so it wouldn't smudge onto her eyelid when she blinked. works so far!

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Originally Posted by Aremisia I have a horrible time making my liner match on both eyes as well as far as applying on others, under eye concealer and mascara are my nemeses! (I'm totally with you on the monolid as well) I can never manage to get the concealer as smooth as i want it to go on, and the mascara NEVER makes it all the way to the roots of the lashes. Any tips?

YEAAA it's so hard to get mascara on the roots of the lashes...especially when applying mascara on others. i still need lots of practice. i'm always afraid that i'll poke thme.

 

[tremorviolet]

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Originally Posted by Aremisia I have a horrible time making my liner match on both eyes as well as far as applying on others, under eye concealer and mascara are my nemeses! (I'm totally with you on the monolid as well) I can never manage to get the concealer as smooth as i want it to go on, and the mascara NEVER makes it all the way to the roots of the lashes. Any tips?

I went to a MAC make-up class at Nordstrom's a few weeks ago (the MUA was Bianca A) and she recommended doing the mascara first, before any eye make-up. That way you can really wiggle it down to the base of the lashes and coat them evenly and then just clean up any smudges without worrying about messing up your eyeshadow.

 

[ginger9]

Good question!

My greatest challenges are;

1. Not end up looking muddy with my e/s application. Especially when I do a smokey eye, for some reason my e/s seems to migrate underneath my eye throughout the day. I don't get it! I use UDPP as well...maybe I need to set my e/s with powder after I'm done? If anyone can solve this mystery for me would be greatly appreciated!

2. My crease. I'm Asian and my eyes are big but long and almond shaped. My problem is I don't know where my crease would be. I've given up on creating a crease. I just do the smokey gradation thing instead. But it would be nice if I had the option.

3. Making bronzers look good on me. I have them, I've watched many tuts on applying them but on me they just look meh.

I'm good at eye lining and doing my lips though! Yay!