what's your makeup routine?

[JazmenFlowers]

I started this over on 7W and it's turned out to be highly popular so I thought I'd bring it to my Ledge bitches (and that includes flamboyant gentlemen).

ok, discuss.

[sara1998]

Not much. I use a little eyeliner, some mascara on my top lashes, and just a hint of shadow. I don't like to use foundation, because my face breaks out very easily, and, I get it all over.

[cliffdweller]

mascara, a bit of concealer (if I need it that day) and I ALWAYS curl my eyelashes at least twice. My eyelashes are so long that it takes two times. Seriously.

Last I apply some "nudish" colored lipgloss and that's it! I hate wearing a lot of make-up. On the weekends I often go without it .

[CelticGypsy]

Oil of Olay, some concealer under my eyes, eyeshadow in a copper or light brown color, black mascara, eye pencil on lower eye, a bronzer or a little bit of wine colored blush, lip gloss and tint of wine colored lipstick. No foundation since I have good skin.

[SuzeQuze]

Foundation, blush (mauve or brownish-red), lipstick (pink shimmer in summer), eyeshadow (color on lid, usually lavender or blue, brown in crease, white on brow bone), sometimes black eyeliner (definitely if going out), black mascara, concealer under eyes. I'm a girlie girl!

[DrummerDeanna]

Well I used to use Clinique foundation/powder -but by the end of the day I looked as though I'd dipped my face in a pool of oil.

So I went back to non-department store foundation - found a revlon brand w/ oil control and it's AMAZING. I've been told by several co-workers that I look "soft" and they've been complimenting me daily since I started using it

It IS soft and makes my skin look wonderful AND my blemishes have started to clear up since using it!! WooHOo!!

Anyway - so Foundation, then some loose powder - very little eyeshadow - some mascara and lipstick or a gloss. I don't go overboard - I keep it simple....

Unless I'm going out and need to slut myself up a little

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Well I used to use Clinique foundation/powder -but by the end of the day I looked as though I'd dipped my face in a pool of oil.

So I went back to non-department store foundation - found a revlon brand w/ oil control and it's AMAZING. I've been told by several co-workers that I look "soft" and they've been complimenting me daily since I started using it

It IS soft and makes my skin look wonderful AND my blemishes have started to clear up since using it!! WooHOo!!

Anyway - so Foundation, then some loose powder - very little eyeshadow - some mascara and lipstick or a gloss. I don't go overboard - I keep it simple....

Unless I'm going out and need to slut myself up a little

Cool. You know, Clinique does have an oil free foundation. It is called stay-true makeup oil-free formula. I always use matte foundation because it really does give you a glow. I do have good skin anyway, but my skintone is uneven and I have a few broken capillaries that bug me (which no one ever notices, even if I mention it). So whoever sold you that crap foundation wasn't doing their job right!

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Cool. You know, Clinique does have an oil free foundation. It is called stay-true makeup oil-free formula. I always use matte foundation because it really does give you a glow. I do have good skin anyway, but my skintone is uneven and I have a few broken capillaries that bug me (which no one ever notices, even if I mention it). So whoever sold you that crap foundation wasn't doing their job right!

I was using the oil-free one! I always check to make sure things are oil-free - no matter what I used from Clinique my skin would get SO oily. It's not just Clinique though - every foundation/powder combo does that me..well, everyone I've tried.

I didn't try any plain Clinique foundation because all this experimenting was making me poor - so I went back to the Target Although for eye shadows and lip color I still go Clinique

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I was using the oil-free one! I always check to make sure things are oil-free - no matter what I used from Clinique my skin would get SO oily. It's not just Clinique though - every foundation/powder combo does that me..well, everyone I've tried.

I didn't try any plain Clinique foundation because all this experimenting was making me poor - so I went back to the Target Although for eye shadows and lip color I still go Clinique

I do get shiny so maybe I'll try the foundation you just got.

[DrummerDeanna]

Here is a link to what I am using:

http://www.revlon.com/product.asp?pr...5&mode=catalog

I've only been using it for about a two weeks - but so far I just love it - it doesn't rub off all over my clothes, but it's easy to wash off at the end of the day - it is soft - and I don't feel like I have any makeup on at all - so far so good With my luck though they'll discontinue it...

[michelle2677]

ooookay-here we go.
Clinique 3 step skin care system

Never wear foundation unless I'm going to be highly photographed (happens all the time )
Clinique pressed powder. It has a little bit more coverage than regular powder though. Not sure what it's called.
Anyway-Eyeshadow-usually brown, with brown eyeliner. I use a flat brush and pressed eyeliner though.
Here is the brush:


LOVE it.....

mascara (only on top lashes...I'm weird about them on the bottom.. )

then just light blush and lipstick or gloss.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I do get shiny so maybe I'll try the foundation you just got.

see, I like just a little shine. I can't stand to be completely matte. I think a little glow makes you look younger, imo.

[xdreamsunwindx]

I feel like such a ho, but whatever.

My everyday makeup routine:
- Foundation under my eyes (I rarely sleep, so I need a lot of it), and a bit around my mouth since there are a few discolorations that bother me
- Curl lashes, add a **** ton of Benefit's Bad Gal Lash mascara (loooove)
- Heavily line the bottom lids, the top waterline and right above the lashline in black pencil (think raccoon eyes - it works with the bangs)
- Occasionally, I'll use a bit of MAC Shadestick eyeshadow in white, as it goes on really sheer once you blend it, and just adds a bit of shine
- Chapstick, clear peach-y gloss and a high-shine clear gloss overtop of that

If I feel like looking somewhat like a girl, I'll wear the foundation, add a pink-ish blush (Flirt makes my favorite blush ever), line the top waterline with black pencil, then I'll use black liquid eyeliner on the top lashline and wing out the corners. I add even more of the Bad Gal Lash mascara, and either a matte cherry red lipstick or a burgundy-pink.

I used to do a serious "mod" look, like, with white eyeshadow, fake eyelashes, and painted on bottom lashes (like Twiggy), but it was such a pain in the ass that I just stopped with it. I'll occasionally break it out for parties and gigs, but it's too much for me right now.

Sigh. I love cosmetics.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

see, I like just a little shine. I can't stand to be completely matte. I think a little glow makes you look younger, imo.

I don't mind a little shine, myself - so I should add that the foundation I love so much does allow for a little shine - but unlike Clinique I don't look like I've just gone swimming in canola oil ew.

[Livia]

During the day for work:

Oil of Olay w/ 15 SPF and Vitamins C and E
Green tinted Almay concealer on the red spots (broken capillaries and the occasional zit)
Kiehl's abyssine eye cream (or the avocado one if I've got some)
Concealer under the eyes, if I need it (and MUST be applied immediately after eye cream)
L'Oreal true match C3 foundation, applied with a sponge
Loose powder
Blush
Curl the eyelashes
Line top eyelid with brown pencil eyeliner and blend
Maybelline mascara, top lashes only. I read somewhere that under fluorescent lighting, mascara on the bottom makes you look like you have dark circles under your eyes, so I stopped doing that.
Lip balm, applied several times a day

For night - full-on eyeshadow, I've been doing the smoky eye lately - liquid eyeliner on top lid and pencil on the inside of my lower eyelids. Which looks really cool, but you have to keep applying it all night to keep it fresh looking. And lipstick.

But let's talk about our receptionist for a moment: Lily Munster. Every day. I'm not kidding. HEAVY eye makeup, liquid eyeliner drawn all the way back to her temples - drawn on eyebrows (I think she plucked out all of her real ones), in a non-flattering orange-y colored pencil. I think she uses one of those stencil kits, 'cause the style changes a lot. But they are always too pointy, like an upside down "V." She's hideous. But she obviously thinks she looks good.