Ten years ago I inhaled make-up. The art of making up my face was serious business for me. Yes on fun and funky eyeliner, no on foundation of any kind, yes to seriously well done eyeliner, no to dark lipstick, and yes, please to mascara. Oh, I loved it all and still do, quite honestly.
My main focus was eyeshadow; I was all about the bold, bright colors - the more intense the better. I had a rainbow for an eyeshadow collection; I never wore the same color two days in a row. For my wedding I wore bright yellow and green eyeshadow.... Traditional? I don't think so. I've never felt a real bond with the traditional pastels. I find them too limp and lifeless for my tastes. But, that's just me! Thank God for creating the rainbow, where in it we can all find our happy place color.
My favorite color eyeshadow was a deep, intense jade green. I loved that eyeshadow paired with a bright, shimmery granny smith apple green. Gorgeous!
Today I saw an online ad for L'Oreal HiP high intensity pigments; bright colors of eyeshadow, eyeliner, lip gloss and the like. I was somewhat taken aback. The colors and intensity I have loved and been wearing for ten years are finally "in?"
Look, I know I wasn't the first to wear bright, beautiful eyeshadow colors, but to think that just now they are becoming trendy and hip? This makes me wonder if I was fashion-forward or simply weird. Or perhaps it was neither. It could be that I was just totally awesome and it took ten years for the rest of the fashion world to catch on!
Kidding!
I don't know as I would ever buy a L'Oreal brand of eyeshadow, I am more of a Face Stockholm or Nars or CARGO or Urban Decay kind of girl. Regardless, I have to say it is good to see that making a statement with make-up is trickling down from the fashionistas (I am not including myself in this because I am so not one nor do I want to be.) to the every day, normal woman (this is me except I have a touch of rock n 'roll and a generous dab of sass) who happens to like beautiful colors.
But, should one delve into the bold and bright, moderation is the key. Moderation. This is crucially important and not something to forget. Otherwise, you may end up looking like a clown who got kicked out of the circus. And that is never, ever a good look. You'd scare the children.
What are you... bold, bright, and intense like me? Or do you rarely stray from the taupes?
Oh, and don't forget to tell me your favorite brand of make-up and why. I am very interested to know!
*Post from 2 years ago: One Team, One Fight
*Post from 1 year ago: Afternoon at the Cemetery
My main focus was eyeshadow; I was all about the bold, bright colors - the more intense the better. I had a rainbow for an eyeshadow collection; I never wore the same color two days in a row. For my wedding I wore bright yellow and green eyeshadow.... Traditional? I don't think so. I've never felt a real bond with the traditional pastels. I find them too limp and lifeless for my tastes. But, that's just me! Thank God for creating the rainbow, where in it we can all find our happy place color.
My favorite color eyeshadow was a deep, intense jade green. I loved that eyeshadow paired with a bright, shimmery granny smith apple green. Gorgeous!
Today I saw an online ad for L'Oreal HiP high intensity pigments; bright colors of eyeshadow, eyeliner, lip gloss and the like. I was somewhat taken aback. The colors and intensity I have loved and been wearing for ten years are finally "in?"
Look, I know I wasn't the first to wear bright, beautiful eyeshadow colors, but to think that just now they are becoming trendy and hip? This makes me wonder if I was fashion-forward or simply weird. Or perhaps it was neither. It could be that I was just totally awesome and it took ten years for the rest of the fashion world to catch on!
Kidding!
I don't know as I would ever buy a L'Oreal brand of eyeshadow, I am more of a Face Stockholm or Nars or CARGO or Urban Decay kind of girl. Regardless, I have to say it is good to see that making a statement with make-up is trickling down from the fashionistas (I am not including myself in this because I am so not one nor do I want to be.) to the every day, normal woman (this is me except I have a touch of rock n 'roll and a generous dab of sass) who happens to like beautiful colors.
But, should one delve into the bold and bright, moderation is the key. Moderation. This is crucially important and not something to forget. Otherwise, you may end up looking like a clown who got kicked out of the circus. And that is never, ever a good look. You'd scare the children.
What are you... bold, bright, and intense like me? Or do you rarely stray from the taupes?
Oh, and don't forget to tell me your favorite brand of make-up and why. I am very interested to know!
*Post from 2 years ago: One Team, One Fight
*Post from 1 year ago: Afternoon at the Cemetery
22 Comments:
I grew up with those parents that were terrified on my makeup ideas. When I started using a bright blue eyeliner and wearing dark lipstick my father called me a goth and all by forbid it. (He did forbid the winter hat in any weather besides winter).
I think my makeup ideas would have been much more intense, had my creativity not been reprimanded at nearly every turn.
My favorite brand(s)? Whichever is on sale. I know. It's horrible. The one time I had a lot of money to spend on makeup I got roped in by a Mary Kay lady... $250 later I had a kit full of neutral colors (I was "afraid" of color).
This post makes me want to go pull out my kit and fiddle around (at 7pm with nowhere to go...)
You have to go check out the colors at Aromaleigh.com. She comes up with some of the most amazing colors. I love the mineral foundations she has and the range of colors is great. The price is amazing and the rest comes from what's on sale too...
Val en ABQ
I'm not as brave as you! (Wish I were!) I wear very little make up day to day, but even when I "make myself up" I'm pretty predictable and boring. Except for red lipstick. I do love a good red lipstick. (unfortunately I cant wear any now with my braces because the second I smile it all ends up on the white brackets- not a good look!)
I'm a faithful bare minerals girl. It's fantastic stuff! I only started using it because as I'm getting older my pores are getting HUGE and it was beginning to look like connect the dots all over my face every time I tried to use liquid foundation or concealer for any reason. I love everything about it though. The commercials are right- you don't even feel like you're wearing any make up at all, yet it still covers everything you want it to! It's great!
I am so boring when it comes to make up. Brown, brown and brown. oops, my mascara is brown-black.
LOL. I think with my complexion and hair color, it is kind of hard to pull anything else off. I have tried to vary my eye shadow, once upon a time... but it just looked weird. So I stick with brown. Boring brown, but it works for me.
As far as brand. I have fallen in love with Bare Minerals. I really like the feel of it!
ALicia
I've never been really into make up until recently. Of course now I am, but I used to buy whatever I could afford, because i didn't think I could afford "good" stuff. But then I started trying Mary Kay, and fell in love with it. But in reality, the MK stuff lasts much longer than the other stuff, and when you divide it up, it's probably about the same, and the difference in your skin is amazing! I also love how it has a 100% satisfaction guarentee...Even after you've used it!
I never did anything much for myself, and as moms/wives we buy for everyone else before we buy for us...We even buy things for the DOG before we buy things for ourselves. It's so funny how different I feel when I actually put myself together, instead of rolling out of bed and walking out of the house.
But anyways, to all of your lovely readers...If you want to "play" with makeup, Mary Kay has a "virtual" make-over where you can upload a picture of yourself and see how all of the makeup would look on you before you even try it! How cool is that?!?
My website where you can do a virtual make-over is www.marykay.com/christyrue and I'd LOVEEEE to hear what you & your readers like the best!
PS, I would LOVE to talk to you bare minerals friends, because we have some awesome new mineral powder foundation and it's only one step, a larger container, and cheaper!! Every single bare minerals customer that has tried our product (in my experience) has switched!! Any bare minerals customer who wants to switch and try our Mineral powder, I will give them 20% off, as long as they mention they're a bare minerals customer and your blog reader.
Anyways, I know this turned out to be a commercial, but it's only because I love the product so much, it's hard not to write so much!!
Anyone who is interested in some samples can e-mail me at christyrue at marykay dot com!!
Um, have you seen my pale skin with freckles and RED hair? I don't do bold colors--I have this great fear that I look like a circus clown when I do venture out and wear them.
I do shimmery pinks and neutrals with various browns, sometimes greens (muted) and I do have an eyeshadow compact that has some violet shades, but that's as experimental as I get.
No blush, no lipstick (neutral lipliner and gloss is all you'll see on me) and I'm a big fan of black eyeliner and mascara b/c my eyelashes are so incredibly light.
I wish I could say I have a favorite brand, but I don't...I'm a makeup hopper...but I do tend to stick with Maybelline and CoverGirl...cheap, I know which colors work on me, and it's safe. :) (I'm not a big risk taker, can you tell? Ha.)
Love,
Erin
I'm a natural girl. For work, where I see only 3 people...the same 3 people...every day...I don't wear make up. Maybe a touch of lip gloss and mascara, but that's usually it. For church and outings I tend to stick with the neutral palette...brown, taupe, white, cream. For dressier occasions I have been known to pop out a brick red on the eye shadow with some smoky gray/black. I'm a Merle Norman girl. I've tried every brand under the sun and always go back to Merle Norman. I have sensitive skin and this is the only brand that doesn't break me out. I've used it since I was 13!!!
I LOVE make-up! I don't have much time to play around with it anymore, but I adore a smoky eye, in pretty much any color. :)
No favorite brand...I like Clinique, but I usually have to find my make-up at Wal Mart instead...
Growing up, make up was a bad thing. So I really never learned how to apply it smoothly or correctly. I'm also not very good at matching makeup with my skin tones, you know, colors that compliment.
I do love makeup! I just keep hoping for a friend to come into my life and help. I don't like foundation, by the way. Although, I've heard that bare minerals is very nice. I like eye shadow, etc.
i forgot to mention that I'm hoping to learn the ropes sooner than later, because I want to show lyv when she's older, and let her be creative.
now, i want to experiment with makeup again...oh well, i'm in TX and left all my makeup (a collection of odd items) in CA. lol
I did the Mary Kay thing for a while, but now...I don't really care what it is! And I don't wear much makeup. Concealer (b/c I've got horrible dark circles from allergies and major lack of sleep), black eyeliner and black mascara, and never forget the eyebrow liner! If I have time before church or going out, I might add a little eyeshadow (I have browns or purples--I like the smokey look), if I'm looking really pale (which is most days!) I'll put a little blush on. Lipsticks are mauve-ish colors usually. Actually, the lipstick I used for my wedding day is my favorite. I'm sure it's considered a neutral! I'm in and out in 5 min. or less. Of course, before kids I spent a lot more time and used more. I've never been much of a foundation girl though. I wouldn't mind trying bare minerals, but I don't like to spend money on makeup!! I always use CoverGirl always sharp eyeliner. Anything else is whatever I find that's cheapest!
I use Bare Essentials eyeshadow, but I'm more of a muted kind of girl. I've tried the brighter shadows and I'm not sure if it's my application or just my coloring, but they never look good on me!
I really want you to post some of your pics with you and bright color make-up your such a fun colorful girl I love it! Sometimes I wear bright pink eyeliner on the top and black on the bottom it might sound crazy but it really looks awesome
I love love love Urban Decay and NARS. I modeled for years and wore intensely "modern" makeup. its truely an art, and you sound like your makeup taste is right up my alley.
Love your blog! I go with pretty much tans and browns. But I do love me some shimmer!
I rarely wear makeup anymore, if I do its just base.
Hi I am new to your blog. First I have to say, I love your hair color! I dyed my hair a color similar to that once, it looked purple in certain light...
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I do like make-up, but have never worked anywhere where I could get away with bright colours - I did wear them when I was younger, but now that I am "older" (ha ha 34 feels pretty old some days) I am trying to use make-up more to highlight my positive features and minimize my negative ones. I have been using Smashbox lately and really like it - it is expensive so I don't own a lot but I like to use the basics. I also like Bare Essentials, I find it does wonders for my skin and gives me a clean, natural look. I haven't done eye shadow in a while, unless I'm going out somewhere . . . which I haven't done in ages unfortunately.
I think maybe we need to see some pictures of your pretty face so we can all get some make-up tips :-)
I love Mary Kay. I also have a couple of "signature" colors of Bobbi Brown.
Depending on my mood, I wear neutrals & brights. I think my favorite look is the on-the-thick- side liquid eyeliner with a pink eyeshadow.
I just recently purchased Bobbi Brown's Fall Mauve Pallette along with some of her brushes and really like it. I hadn't bought make-up for a while before that. In the past, I've been a fan of Clinique and like to experiment with different things from the Sephora catalog I get. I'm currently using a tinted moisturizer from Laura Mercier that I love as well. I haven't worn foundation until recently but this is a perfect compromise for me.
I like makeup alot and like to try many different things so, I don't spend alot on it. I use Rimmel alot and Maybelline Colossal mascara rocks! I used to buy ultra cheapy stuff but then I realized it would be clumpy and fade so, I use decent drugstore brands now. I too enjoy green eyeshadow (being that it is my fave color ever!) I'm more subtle with it, though. I actually wear alot of make-up but it doesn't really look like it. I always wear a tinted moisturizer or light foundation, blush, lipstick, eyeshadow and liner and of course, mascara. I've been playing around with some liquid liners lately and they are fun. I also have been wearing gold eyeshadow for nicer occasions. My goal is to find the perfect red lipstick for my skin tone. I really want to wear red without looking washed out!
I love bare essentials, i love that they are in a loose powder, but i know a lot of shadows are like that. i just happen to like those :) they have cool names LOL
when I DO wear makeup, i like to change up the colors and make them on the funkier side, although i do feel insecure about making it too bright or fun, because i am rarely seen with it on to begin with... i don't want to scare anyone, or myself haha! but I LOVE bright colors. everything decorative wise i own is some shade of BRIGHT in the rainbow
I've just started adding more colour to my palette in the last year or so. I have never been a high maintenance make-up girl...I've never had enough time in the morning. I know I could probably make my skin look smoother and hide the acne, but foundations: creams and powders always make my skin feel yucky in less then an hour of putting them on. Therefore, I try to naturally enhance my eyes.
I like the neutrals that provide a calm glisten with a darker brown to contrast. However, I have started using a plum purple with a golden shimmer, is really makes my green eyes stand out which I like.
I'm a shadow girl with the rare use of mascara, but eye-liner...well sometimes it's nice and sometimes I just feel ilook better with out it,
I mainly use clinique or mayballine. This may sound odd, but I like the way each works with the natural oil in my face. My eye shadow looks natural and like, not powdery and over done.
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