(01-20-2016, 06:12 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(01-17-2016, 07:14 AM)Teadrinker Wrote: I'm actually petty picky about my cosmetics now that I think about it.
If it's not Bare Minerals it doesn't go on my face. Liquid foundation scares me and mineral foundation just looks more natural to me.
I like Urban Decay eyeshadows. Half Baked is seriously one of the best neutral shades ever created.
My face primer, eye primer, eyeliner and Mascara are currently Benefit.Â
Perfume is Chanel Chance.
I am not picky about lip glosses at all because I always lose the damn things and find them a year later in a car compartment/sofa/coat pocket etc.
And...this is all my cosmetics.
I can't wear powder foundations, or cream-to-powder, because I have really dry skin and I end up with visible patches all over my face (I tried the Pur Minerals starter kit and it was a no-go, so I gave it to a co-worker). Â
So what I have is a mix... Â I guess I should just get to it. xD
Currently using Boots No.7 moisturizers for very dry skin, and they are lovely.
Favorite face primer is the Too Faced Hangover Rx primer. Â It's AMAZING for anyone with dry skin.
Eye primer is the Smashbox 24 Hour Photo Finish Shadow Primer (I got it for $10 on sale at Ulta!).
I have three foundations that I love - the Maybelline Fit Me Dewy & Smooth in 110 Porcelain, Too Faced Born This Way foundation in Porcelain, and the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion foundation in N2. Â All three work really well with my dry skin.
I've heard so much about the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circles Eraser, but it really doesn't do anything for me. Â I find I get better results from using the Nyx Dark Circle Corrector with my Real Techniques sponge, and then layering over the Fit Me concealer and blending that out, too.
I tried baking, I really did.  It was...a nightmare.  o_o  My skin is too dry I think.
I use the Elf High Definition Undereye Setting Powder for under my eyes, and it's super cheap. Â :S Â I love that. Â I'm trying out the Lorac POREfection baked powder, but I don't know if I like it better than my Fit Me powder. Â Jury's still out.
As far as eye shadows go, my currently favorite is the Tarte Tartelette In Bloom palette that I got for Christmas from a relative. Â The mattes are soooo easy to blend it's amazing. Â My other palettes include the Naked 2 (first serious palette I ever got, I'm cool toned so I like the cooler colors in this palette a lot), the Too Faced Natural Eyes, the Tarte Energy Noire Limited Edition palette, and I got the Ulta-exclusive Tarte Holiday set this year from my mom (I forget the name, but it was $49 and a really good deal - three palettes with blushes, plus a lip pencil and a mini Lights Cameras Lashes mascara).
I also have the Lorac Pro Palette, which I purchased over the holidays after hearing so many good things about it. Â Buuuut...okay so the primer made the skin around my lashline burn, then harden, then peel off. Â It was weeeeird. Â The shadows themselves don't seem to inspire that reaction, but I dunno. Â I just don't think they're as amazing as all the hype. Â I honestly like my Naked 2 or Tartelette in Bloom a lot better. Â
Favorite mascara right now is the Tarte Lights, Cameras, Lashes mascara - love this stuff! Â But I have also tried the Benefit Roller Lash mascara, and that's really good, too.
Favorite highlighter is currently the Balm's Mary-Lou Manizer, and current favorite bronzer is the Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil bronzer. Â
Favorite lip products is honestly a tie between Too Faced's Melted lipstick in Melted Chihuahua and the Colourpop lippie stick in Lumiere (was a collab with KathleenLights).
Does anyone else subscribe to Boxycharm? Â We got a Coastal Scents palette in this month's box, along with this weird tubal mascara by Blinc (that I'm semi-scared to try after reading reviews on instagram), a felt-tip eyeliner and some brushes. Â I was subscribed to Ipsy, but I cancelled it for Boxycharm because the value is so much better. Â I've gotten a clay mask, ridiculously expensive eye serum, nail polish, blushes, multiple eye liners, highlighters, etc.
lol i remember you mentioned at one point about how much you love Boxycharm. I actually don't have my ipsy subscription any more (stopped a couple month ago) and now I am temped to try out boxycharm..And the Balm's Mary-Lou Manizer gets so much rave on youtube! where do you get it from??
