I am pretty hardcore about my Chanel Glossimer lipgloss. I own five different colors, but my absolute favorite is Unity. It's the perfect glossy neutral brown color. It works on everyone. I love it, because it shines, doesn't smell and isn't "tacky" like MAC's lipglass (which I hate).

I wear Merle Norman everything and I use their skin care. It is awesome! All of my friend tease me though, they're like "How old are you-my grandma wears Merle Norman." It really is good stuff.

I like Aveda and KMS for my hair.

My favorite perfumes are Cashmere Mist by Donna Karan and Jean Paul by Jean Paul Gaultier. It depends what time of year I like something lighter in the spring and summer-something sweeter in the winter and autumn.

What about clothing stores? I could not live without Harold's.

Speaking of makeup and such...did you know that when you return something to bath and body works, we throw it directly into the trash? Even if we know you couldn't have used it. It goes completely to waste. I told our manager that we should at least take it to the homeless shelter or something and she said she had already lobbied for that and the company insists that you toss it!

I suppose it's a good cautionary measure-- you don't know what people have done with it!

I can't live without Clinique's Glosswear line (Tenderheart is my favorite but I wear most of them) and my all-time favorite lipstick, Almost Lipstick in Black Honey. It suits everyone, I swear!!

My fragrances of the moment are Ralph Lauren's Glamorous and Ralph as well as Lancome's Miracle. Mmmm. :)

Has anyone tried Clinique's new "Happier"? My senior year in h.s., I wore Happy like it was going out of style! It still reminds me of that time in my life, so I hardly ever wear it (unless I want to feel 17 again!) but I'd love to try this new one. What do y'all think of it?

I love makeup! I swear most of each paycheck goes to Sephora and MAC!

Right now, these are my faves:


* Vincent Longo Lipstick in Topaz
* MAC Paints in Graphitto (this is great layered over MAC Hush eyeshadow)
* Too Faced Eyeshadow Duo in Ooh Aah (great for going out at night!)
* Paula Dorf Foundation (I could not live without this! It's perfect for my skin!)
* MAC Eyeshadow in Vex(a beautiful shimmery highlighter for your browbone)

I could go on and on.....:D

I finally went ahead and had one of those makeover thingies in the deparment store counter, and now im hooked on:
Estee Lauder Equalizer makeup in Sandy
Estee Lauder lipstick in spice

:) im just excited that i finally have the perfect foundation shade!

I usually don't wear lipstick, and if i do its a gloss...well yesterday i went out and bought Nars lip lacquer in chastity with a trish mcevoy lip liner #14(a purply color), i love them both..i usually swear by mac lipglass for every day stuff, but this stuff is great!

Boy, to pick only one is tough but I am a total lipstick junkie. I have a thousand of them. Right now my fave is MAC Photo, which is a very dark toffee brown. I also like Clinique Double Truffle. I recently discovered Victoria's Secret makeup and I really dig their lipsticks.....I love Fire and Tainted Love.

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I love anything clinique or MAC. I love the way the clinique soap makes my face feel. I also love MAC pressed powder. They both make really nice shades for ethnic people like myself.

I just wanted to ask any of the other asian americans in this board, how do u do your eye makeup? any tips at all? colors, blending techniques, anything!

I don't walk out of the house (now that I don't have color) without Clinique Super Double pressed powder and the gentle mascara. I also use softlips instead of lipstick when it gets cold and dry.

I have no good tricks, but everytime I get a makeover at a store I have to remind the makeup artist that I don't have that "crease"
in my eye. I usually stick with one color at a time.

For my every day, all I do is go to class, I wear Lancome compact with cherry flavored chapstick. Couldn't live without either of those two!

I hate MAC but cannot live without Bobbi Brown or Stila. My current faves:

Eyeshadow: BB Petal, Stila Kitten
Lips: BB Brown Shimmer (been wearing it for years) and Stila Petal Shine
Foundation: Senna custom blend (There are Senna stores in So. Cal. and it is sold at Marshall Field's in Chicago and OH, but you can also check out their web site at www.sennacosmetics.com). They also sell this amazing green stuff to go under your foundation. Really gets rid of the red in the skin. I am also totally adicted to my Anna Sui shimmer for nights on the town.
Eyeliner: BB Steel or any dark brown Senna color
Hair: I love ARTec smoothing shampoo and conditioner and cannot live without Farouk's BioSilk.
Scent: Hanae Mori or Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Deodorant (ladies, the men love this one).

After reading this it is difficult for me to believe that I don't wear makeup every day. Guess I am just picky about it when I do. By the way, they sell BeneFit at some Bloomingdales and Nordstroms stores and all Sephora stores. They usually don't carry the whole line though.

Finally there is someone else who has heard of Hanae Mori!! Her "Butterfly" is my absolute favorite perfume in the world. I got hooked on it one day as I was walking through Marshall Field's and got handed a sample. I'm very picky about perfume and don't like much, but it smelled so good I had to go back and buy it. I wore it for the first time on my wedding day, so now it always reminds me of that day. :)

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1) I have blonde eyelashes, so mascara is a must. Maybelline Volum'Express Mascara. Lots of it.

2) I also have really bad skin, acne plus rosacea. I've been on Accutane for about a week now so it should start clearing up soon, but until then I go NOWHERE without Stila foundation (shade A, heh heh for Albino, I'm really pale)

3) If I'm wearing mascara and foundation, then I can't be without lipstick, and the color I wear depends on what I'm wearing. Favorites are Stila lipstick in Wendy, MAC lipstick in Redwood or Twig, Victoria's Secret lipstick in Ruby Slippers or Red Velvet. Stop that laughing, Victoria's Secret makes wonderful makeup...they make this cream-to-powder stuff with an SPF 10 that totally cuts down the red in my face and I'll die if they ever discontinue it.

and always, Neutrogena Moisture and Chapstick Lip Moisturizer, both with an SPF 15.

Wow, I really had to cut that list down. I can't go NEAR a Sephora without spending at least $100, I need to stay away, especially since I have discovered three new fave makeup brands, Bloom, Tony and Tina, and TooFaced. But if I had to buy only one brand for the rest of my life, it would be MAC. If you need a color, they make it. I actually got into them a number of years ago, when I had trouble finding a foundation light enough to wear. Clinique didn't make one and I went to the MAC store on a whim. The rest is history

Going to stop now, for real.

Lips: Burt's Beeswax Lip Balm (I dont wear lipstick)- it has peppermint oil in it - love the tingle - and its all natural, no addictions!

Face: Revlon New Complexion Powder & Mattifying Makeup in Sand Beige.

Body: Tom Kitten Cream for Baby from Crabtree & Evelyn - clean, light scent and makes my skin soft soft soft!

Burt's Beeswax Lip Balm is awesome! I use it during the winter when I'm not wearing lipstick! Great stuff.

I used to get plain old Burts Beeswax Lip Balm, but now I've gotten hooked on the fruity kind...right now I'm into a pot of really yummy smelling Banana Lip Balm by Burt. It's great!

I love the fruity stuff too!!! Have you tried the lemon butter cuticle cream? woowoo!

lol, I used to a lip balm by Banana Republic- it was orangy and great but I can't find mine anymore :p

I'll have to look into the fruity kind! :D

I'm a Mary Kay girl all the way! I love their eyeshadows, lipsticks, and Velocity line.
For some other items I'll go for Jane eyeliner, Revelon foundation, and I have a favorite Cover Girl eyeshadow I like to wear when I go clubbin'!;)

Ok, here goes:

Face: I stick to the basics here...Cover Girl foundation or powder...sometimes if I have a big party to go to, I mix a bit of the foundation, some moisturizer, and some shimmering loose powder together and slather that on my face. Very shimmery.

Cheeks: in the summer I use Cover Girl, and in the winter I use Avon Sheer Cheek Tint...I'm all about the "why yes, I did just finish skiing" flush:D

Lips: I'm such a gloss whore...I have like, 10 different kinds all over.

Eyes: Hard Candy glitter liners-eye liner with glitter in them, love the colors!!. Also, Stila eyeshadow in Diamond Lil.

I just luf anything Stila; whenever I'm splurging on make-up, thats the counter I head straight for.

Gammazetagrl, you know what, I'm always frustrated when I get a makeover done, b/c usually the MA puts too much unnatural makeup on my eyes! I'm also an Asian, and though I have double-lidded eyes and creases (as opposed to typical single lids for Asians), my creases (and eyes) are not as big as the typical Caucasian's. The MA forgets that, it seems, and totally overdos the eye makeup, causing me to look like some hooker! LOL.

Anyhow, I did have one successful makeover done a few months ago, for a college interview (which went very well, I'm glad to say! :D). It was at MAC. God, I love that line. So practical, no-nonsense, sleek...

The MA applied these things on me, and I was so happy with the products that I bought them:

1) Sheer Studio Finish Matte Foundation in NC35
2) Matte Blush in Prism (love the color - pinkish brown, the perfect color)
3) Pro Lash in Coal (best mascara I've ever tried- and I've tried too many to count!)
4) Eyeshadow in Malt (perfect nude color as a base for the eyes...doesn't look like makeup at all)
5) Lipstick in Taupe (great color, can be toned down for day, turned up a notch for night)

I do have a favorite that's non-MAC though, haha. I do love Benefit's Eggplant Mascara. Though it doesn't give as much an eye-opening look as does the MAC Pro Lash, it's a beautiful color which brings out the golden flecks in my brown eyes. It's also super-conditioning and smells wonderful (rosewater).

ladyj - hey there! I haven't talked to you in a while...how are you? Anyhow, I know what you mean about Sephora, too! God, I could live there ;).

Oh, I have a question for those who wear MAC foundation - is it just me, or do they smell a tad bit? The smell reminds me of rubber or something! :eek:

Newbie -- I think all MAC makeup smells and I can't wear it for that reason. Some of my friends insist that the lipsticks smell like vanilla but I can't smell anything that resembles vanilla (and I don't really like vanilla scent anyway).

Glad to hear your college interview went well. Where do you want to go?

Thanks for your post, lauradav! Yes, their lipsticks do smell like vanilla, but I have no prob with that as at least that smells good! ;) LOL.

Well, I do want to go to the University of Southern California. I'm holding my breath, though, because it's getting soo competitive these days. Their avg GPA and SAT scores are scary. I think I read in previous posts that your alma mater is UCLA? I'll be dodging bullets, now! ;) J/K. My sister went to UCLA and is disappointed that I want to become a Trojan. She never forgets to bash 'SC! My top three choices are all in SoCal, and I'm hoping that I can at least get into one of them...and be happy there, of course!

Was the Alpha Phi you met this summer from USC? Just out of curiousity b/c the shirts you described in your post were USC shirts a couple of years ago and it sounded like something that one of my girls would say. I went to USC for law school and while I am a die hard Bruin I definitely understand why people want to be a part of the Trojan family.

Yay Car! I'm glad you're still interested in USC. Keep me posted on how that goes. I am looking at Grad school there and (yikes) UCLA. :)

Clinique concealer smells too--I have a realllly sensitive sense of smell and it drove me nuts for the first few weeks I used it--only that its such great concealer kept me using it and now I don't notice the smell anymore.

Hi amycat412:D

I'm curious as to which Clinique concealer you use?

amycat, i tried to reply to your pm but your mailbox is full.

weird. I am emptying it right now

Lauradav, actually, the A-Phi I met was from UC Santa Barbara! (Another school that I wish to attend.) I have not met any USC A-Phis, but if they're as cool as the one I met from UCSB, they would be awesome. Is it true that Maile from the pop group Eden's Crush/Popstars was an Alpha Phi at UCLA? I asked my sister but she said she didn't know. Yes, I really want to become a part of the Trojan family! :) That is so ironic that you attended USC Law School. My sister has a few friends that ended up attending USC Film School after being an undergrad at UCLA.

Amycat, sorry I still haven't emailed you back! I will do so right after I post this. Guess what, I just submitted my USC app and I feel GREAT! No more college apps to fill ;). Good luck in your grad school quest! I think it'd be so cool if we both went to USC at the same time - me as an undergrad, you as a grad student ;).

I use the "acne fighting" concealer. Its amazing, and keeps you from breaking out!

Newbie, I love the girls at UCSB --they are another of my chapters and they are absolutely fabulous young women!

Yes it is true that Maile was an Alpha Phi at UCLA. We were in the chapter together. She did a lot of our rush entertainment and is truly one of the most gifted singers I have ever met.

A lot of the undergrads at UCLA go to USC for grad school and vice versa. UCLA is actually the single largest feeder school to USC law school. Kind of ironic.

Amycat, I will try to PM you again. Weird, it hasn't shown you as being online for the past little while either. On the Clinique note, I used to use Pore Minimizer. I was totally adicted to that stuff b/c I have really oily skin (keep reminding myself no wrinkles as I get older), but they discontinued it a year and a half ago. They've tried to get me try the concealer you use but I am always scared of new concealers or foundations. Based on your vote I may just have to try it!

Laura-
Give the concealer a try. I don;'t have bad skin--but like you, its oily and I have big pores. And of course the occasional breakout and lingering blemish.

I used to have to use when I used Prescriptives--concealer (which concealed nothing) base and powder.

With the Clinique, not only has my skin cleared considerably--all I use it the concealer and their pressed powder compact. I feel so low maintenance compared to my old routine and love the feel of virtually no makeup on my skin!

:)
Amy

I'm definately a Clinique girl... oh yeah... I CANNOT live without my Citybase foundation matte powder, but THIS is what the guys flock to in my opinion B&B Calming Waters lotion, trust me!!! You all have to try it.

Funny story... the other day I was at the bars and one of my Phi Sig friends, Dan, came up to me and said "I smell fruit!" He proceeded to smell me and all of my roommates and then say "Why do girls always smell like fruit!? Guys don't even like fruit! I want a girl who smells like steak and mashed potatoes!" I was dumbfounded! As much work and money as most girls put into smelling good, and some fraternity guy wants me to smell like meat??? Goodbye Vickey Sec's! Hello prime rib!!!

Ohmygosh!!! I forgot to add that new Covergirl Outlast. I am soooo serious ladies, if you want a lipstick that is completely eating-proof, smoke-proof, makeout-proof, and... well... you get the idea, you have GOT to try this stuff. I prefer the color Brazen Raisin.