QuoteReplyTopic: BEST Makeup! Need any advice? ASK ME!!!!! Posted: April 12 2005 at 9:03pm
I've been trying products for years and years of all price
levels. I'm currently 21 years old and a college student and love to try out
the newest products. I'm a big makeup, beauty, and fashion diva and have
finally found the perfect makeup regime that works for pretty much everyone.
Here is my secret:
Cheap foundation (any foundation really) can clog your pores, cause blackheads,
and can do more damage for your skin than it's worth. I picked up Dermalogica
tinted lotion (www.dermalogica.com) and now put it on my face every day. It
doesn't clog your pores and gives great color coverage. After that I use my
bare minerals foundation powder, blush, and then highlight with Revlon
Skinlights face illuminator (which is a bronzer). Afterwards I give complete
coverage with the bareminerals Mineral Vail. Here is the step by step easy for
you:
1. Dermalogica tinted lotion with SPF15
2. Bareminerals foundation (can combine several colors)
3. Bareminerals blush
4. Revlon Skinlights face illuminator
5. Mineral Vail
I'm very much into the 'naturally beautiful look' that won’t rub off during the
day, and this is perfect. I can also give recommendations to skincare products,
eye makeup, hair products, what to do with oily skin during the day, etc. I can
also recommend colors with the bareminerals line for your skin. Let me know if
you have any questions!!!!
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I need an eyeliner recommendation. I use a pencil liner from Maybelline and it's supposed to stay in place, but it seems to move anyway. What eyeliners will stay will you put them all day?
Thanks!
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Typically the liquid stuff is pretty good if you know how to apply it.
I don't have the patience for it so I typically don't use it too much.
Estee Lauder makes some good ones though if that interests you.
Clinique has two pencil kinds that are really really good. They take a
while to wear down as well. The first one is called Quickliner Eor Eyes
(it doesn't go on very dark so if you like a less dramatic look it's
great) and the second one is called Quick Eyes (which is darker and
more dramatic). I use the quick eyes because I like a little drama
added to my eyes. They are around 14 bucks and typically last a lot
longer than others that I have tried.
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I'm not trying to completely go all crazy for Clinique (as i'm not a
fan of their powders or foundations) but I love the High Impact
Mascara. It goes on your eyelashes thick but not thick enough to clump.
It also curlse at the same time. If you are more blonde I would try
Lash XL
Maximum Length Mascara by Estee Lauder...it will bring out your eyes like crazy!
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If you are gonna spend your money on anything, it should be your hair
and makeup. Trust me, I've seen people with skin problems because they
used a cheap foundation. Clinique isn't that expensive either really,
it's about 14 bucks for mascara and lasts longer because it doesn't dry
out easily.
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ok gurl heres my dilema. i have oily skin, and i use the new physicans
formula mineral makeup. it goes on great, and makes my skin look
amazing. the problem is i have a reallyu oily nose. no matter
what i do my nose gets oily again in like 30 minutes after washing,and
like 10 minutes after powdering. any suggestions?
learn to love what you were born with
you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad)
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Hi!
I would like a makeup technique that would make my eyes seem bigger, rounder, and brighter. I would like my makeup to seem as natural as possible and wear as little of it as possible.
Any advice?
Hair is BSL+ as of 9/15/05
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Go to Lamasbeauty.com. They have the best moisturizer (this is backed by several magazines). It is super light, and it absorbs so fast. It is also spf 15. It will keep your skin soft and moisturized all day. If you can afford it, buy the cosmoceutical anti-aging skin package. It will transform your skin, into beautifull, radiant skin. These products are 100% vegan. And there is nothing that can compare to it. Trust me, you will love it.
Bryan, believe it or not, super oily skin needs to be moisturized, in order to balance it out. This will stop your oil glands from over producing oil. Try the same products I mentioned above, and you won't believe the difference. These products are used by celebrities such as Alicia silverstone, Liza Minelli, Cindy Crawford and many more. I tried for years to find products that would give me healthy looking, radiant skin. I tried Lamcome, Clinique etc, But nothing ever gave me the results these products did. I also have oily skin, and was very prone to breaking out. Not anymore. My skin is perfectly balanced, radiant and beautifull. And no more breakouts. Also, get my favorite; the pumpkin spice polish. Is like a facial in a bottle. It exfoliates, yet is so gentle, and leaves your skin feeling amazing. It removes black heads. Sign up to get their monthly specials e-mailed to you. They have great deals. Let me know if you try it, and how it works out for you.
Oh and if you really want to get fancy, try their hand treatment. It is a combo of a hand scrub and a cream. Your hands will feel litterally like silk. Anybody who touches your hands will have to say something.
Thier products aren't cheap, so I usually wait to see what specials they have going on. And when I find a good one I stock up.
By the way, the products are super concentrated. They last a very long time. The anti-aging package lasts me about five moths. A little goes a long way.
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I could really use some makeup advice...it seems I've come to the right place!
I'm
16 years old and have combination skin, making it EXTREMELY difficult
for me to find makeup in my price range that doesn't "clump," dry out
my skin, or make it too oily (ahh -- the trials and tribulations of a
teenage girl!). Every foundation I wear seems to "clump" around
my mouth and chin (I hope that makes sense!). I'm sure it's dry
skin, but I exfoliate and apply moisturizer every morning. I have
recently started using Neutrogena products to clear up my mild acne and
I was hoping it would help my "clumping" problem, but it hasn't.
Any
suggestions as to a foundation that keeps my skin clear and smooth, but
also isn't too expensive?? I would very much appreciate ANY
suggestions!!!
- Linz
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Your situation is a little tricky. You are using acne fighting products, which tend to cause caos for combination skin. Usually they will overdry your skin around the sensitive areas (such as your mouth), so even when you moisturize, the skin in that area will still be dry. That is the reason for your make up clumping around your mouth. It is hard to balance out combination skin, without spending some cash. But it is not imposible. You can try some home remedies. For example, honey makes an amazing facial mask. It feels eeky the first minute, but it's ok afterwards. Keep it on for 10 to 15 minutes, then rinse. It moisturizes and it draws out impurities. Your skin will be really soft afterwards. Just don't fall asleep with the mask, or you will wake up with an ant mask instead-lol. You can also try plain yogurt wich has lactic acid, which is great for the skin. May be you can get your parents to buy you the cosmoceutical package from Lamasbeauty.com that I mentioned above. I have combination skin, and it has perfectly balanced it. It stopped breaking out withing 3 days of using it. Now I can wear any foundation I want. Which I don't do much anymore, because my skin looks so good I don't really needed. However when I do, I really like Elizabeth Arden Mousse make up. It goes on beautifull, and it won't cake up. However it is expensive. There is a foundation sold, I beleive at the dollar tree, which is called Aziza. I have never tried it. But acording to the reviews at makeupalley.com, the stuff is amazing, and it only costs $1. You can read the reviews yourself. It got 100% score from all the testers. It scored higher than any of the super expensive brands. If you're going to continue using over the counter products to treat your acne, try not to apply it around your mouth area. Use a good moisturizer that is light in texture, so your skin can absorb it. Well hope this helps. Good luck
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Hi guys!!! I'm SO sorry I haven't been on in awhile...I've been out of
town and working to get my advertising business officially off the
ground. Ok...let me start here:
Bryan: Have you tried dermalogica products? Also, you might want to try
an oil free lotion to put on under your powder. Smashbox makes a really
good airbrushed clear formula that you put on first to minimize poors
and oil appearance. Next, you use an oil free lotion (dermalogica makes
tinted lotions, PF might make some as well if you want to stick with
that), and then use your powder. Clean and Clear makes oil absorbing
sheets as well as a little blue powder that is WONDERFUL to minimize
oil. A last suggestion is using Clearasil's new 3 day guarantee system.
They have a scrub, wash, and benozyl peroxide formula. It's really
great and has reduced the oil on my face by A LOT! Hope these
suggestions help!
Oskana: Dermalogica makes a regular and tinted lotion that keeps your
face fresh all day. The tinted lotions have soothing fresh scents that
are completely natural. I LOVE it as I have dry patches around my nose.
Just make sure you get something without a scent. Another brand is DHC,
they make a clear lotion that is very good. My mother has extremely dry
skin (she had rosetia (can't spell it!) and uses the lotion daily...it
feels like silk and she loves it.
GoldieLocks: Well, I will suggest two things to you for bigger eyes.
Stay away from liquid liner if you want a natural look. Clinique makes
a pencil with pencil on one side and a matching color powder on the
other...quickliner I think it's called. Line your eyes underneath with
the pencil and then shade with other end. If you have dark eyes get a
black but if your eyes are more blue then I would opt for a blue liner
and blue mascara...they can look natural if applied lightly and make
your eyes look amazing. The second thing I will suggest to you is Emani
eye shadow. It is made for african american skin so it's very
pigmented. It looks amazing on any skin color, white or black, and make
your eyes pop. Make sure to use a light color on the lid and then bring
a darker color to the crease. Using a dark color on the bottom will
make your eyes smaller. The products are amazing and I have pretty much
every color! You can also get a mascara like lash doubling mascara by
clinique to make your eyes pop. Applying a primer beforehand will curl
lashes and then applying the mascara will keep it from clumping. I have
short lashes and the mascara makes my eyes look HUGE. A final word
about eye liner is to pull the line of your eyeliner out towards your
hair line a TINY bit when you apply your liner. It will give your eyes
a pop look.
Linz: The problem with your skin is that you are having acne due to the
combination skin yet when you apply the heavy makeup it causes more
breakouts, I've been there and I know how irritating it is! My best
advice to you is to use a tinted oil-free lotion under your powder.
Also, use a loose powder and buff the product into your skin.
Neutrogena makes some great makeup products, they really have some of
the best stuff ever. However, for acne I would try the new clearasil 3
day guarantee skin care system. It clears up mild acne and reduces the
appearance in 3 days. Another thing I would suggest to you is the new
neutrogena acne fading peel. It's a peel (it actually just washes off),
like 15 bucks, that you put on for 5 minutes 3 times a week and it
clears up all the read marks on your face from little breakouts. It
takes a couple of times to see a big difference but it's great! Like I
said, using a loose oil-free powder (neutrogena has some great ones)
and an oil-free tinted moisturizer for a base would be great. Try
Dermalogica as the lotion isn't TOO incredibly expensive (like 20 bucks
for a bottle) and it lasts a long long time. You can wear it sometimes
without makeup if you are going to school and you're tired, etc. I do
that often as I'm a college student and enjoy just putting on some
tinted moisturizer and going. All I can say to you is that if you use
ANY foundations that are over the counter (from walmart, etc) they are
very likely to breakout your skin. Powders are different in that
respect. There is no reason to use a foundation if you can find a good
tinted lotion...and the lotion wont break out your skin, Hope this
helps :)
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Thank you sooo much Jess!! I just got out of school today and
am planning a shopping trip with my friends for tomorrow and I'll be
sure to get the stuff you recommended! I'd never thought of not
using foundation, but I'll be sure to give it a try! Do you think
that Neutrogena's tinted moisturizer, Healthy Defense would be just as
effective asDermalogica,
it seems to be a bit more in my price range! O! I'm on the
Advanced Solutions program/plan thing by Neutrogena so I already have
the acne mark fading peel -- it works great! I also bought
the advanced solutions facial peel a while back and that stuff works
wonders on the texture of my skin alone -- I highly recommend it!
One last question for you: I recently purchased a pressed
powder by neutrogena -- "Health Skin Blends." You recommended
loose, but would this pressed powder work too or does it make a
difference?
Thank you sooo much again for the advice! You're my hero!!
- Linz
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I'm glad I could help you out :) Neutrogena's tinted moisturizer should
work really well...for the summer I would get one that is a tiny bit
darker than your skin tone...putting the powder on over it will
definately even it out but give you a summery look. I have a med-light
skin tone and I use a medium tinted lotion and then put the lighter
powders over it. The powders actually stay on better with the tinted
lotion rather than the foundation too! The pressed powder from
neutrogena should be fine. The reason I like loose powders is that I
feel like you can buff them a little more into your skin and create a
more even look than with pressed powders, however, different people
like pressed or loose powders. The pressed will work well though, a
quick trick is that you can always take a loose powder brush and swipe
it across the pressed powder...it's actually almost the same thing :)
Neutrogena has a GREAT line of products so continue to use them. Good
luck and let me know how it goes :)
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I went to Wal-Mart the other day (god i love Wal-Mart! ) and they were out of the tinted Neurtogena lotion! Grr!! haha oh well -- I'll get it next time!
I've been checking out the
Clearasil Ultra products, but I'm worried. I had really bad acne
when I was in 5th and 6th grade and my mom bought me some of the
Clearasil products. I broke out in terrible itchy hives. I
think it was because my skin was so young, but I'm not sure.
So my question is do you think
the Clearasil Ultra stuff is to powerful? I don't think I'll have
any trouble with it (i've used regular Clearasil since with no
problems) but since my acne is only mild and I have combination skin,
I'm worried that it was dry my skin out and my "clumping problem" will
only get worse!
What do you think?
- Linz
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I have combination skin as well and never seemed to break out. However,
after the death of a family member my stress levels went crazy and I
started breaking out all over my face. I went to the dermatologist a
couple of days ago to check what products to use, etc. etc. This is
what they said:
Use the Clearsil Ultra wash, scrub and benzoyl peroxide 10%
cream...it's one of the best over the counter systems. Use the wash in
the morning, the scrub in the evening, and put the BP cream on your
t-zone and trouble spots overnight. Rinse and repeat in the morning!
Make sure you don't use ANY products with oil in them at
all...foundations, or blushes mainly. Eyeshadows don't really matter.
Those clog your pores horribly and will just cause more acne. Once
Walmart gets the tinted lotion in stock use that after you wash your
face in the morning. You may even want to put a light, oil-free lotion
on under the tinted lotion as well. My skin doesn't get dry from the
Clearsil at all and I used to HATE Clearsil too. It works great on me
now, maybe it's just the Ultra system! Make sure when you apply the BP
cream that you apply a thin layer. If your skin peels it's not a big
deal at all, just means you applied too much or your skin is a little
sensitive to it. It wont peel a lot, just a tiny bit, comes off with
exfoliation anyways. So far it's working well for me...and another
thing I learned is that the BP cream will not only cleanse you of acne
but will also help clear those red post-acne marks everyone gets!
And to help with the clumping problem, make sure that you get a little
loose powder brush and you can brush on your compact makeup. It will
keep it from looking 'cakey' which is what you mean by clumpy. The
clearasil shouldn't make the clumping worse, just don't think you are
falling apart if you see a tiny bit of peeling from the BP cream...it's
very normal bc of it's strength, which is why my dermatologist said
just to wear it at night and not under makeup during the day.
Hope this helps and let me know how it turns out. Keep checking walmart, they will get the lotion in soon I'm sure! :)
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Hey Jess, I'm going on holiday in a few weeks and I always put on fake tan and bronzer before I go (yeah i know i'm so sad) but I can't seem to find a bronzer for my face that doesnt make me look like an orange, and doesnt blow out my bank account!! Pleease can you help me?! Reeeeeally need to find a natural looking face bronzer do you know any? Char xx
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Have you tried mystic tan? It's completely awesome, relatively
inexpensive, and one treatment will last about 7 days. It gets your
face and everything REALLY well with absolutely no streaking. I just
went for my 21st birthday and got the deepest level (level 3) and
couldn't have been happier. If that isn't something you are interested
in then I have a lotion I currently use that is great. I will have to
find it tomorrow and get the name but I would DEF check into mystic
tan. Let me know!
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