The Makeup Thread
 

Ok everyone, I really need help in this area.
Can anyone give me some good tips on Which make-up products that are good in quality, longlasting and have good prices? Maybeline and cover girl is out of the question, it breaks me out.
Any advice would be helpful.:confused:

Make-Up
 

Greetings and Salutations,

I think the best make-up, in my opinion is MAC. Pretty much all MAC products are good except the mascara (not worth it, Max Factor 2000 Calorie works wonders). There should be a make counter in Nordstroms or Macy's and in some malls there is a MAC store.

MAC is the best ever
 

MAC is the best make up that could have ever been conceived! That's for real! I have practically have a make up counter (not for real but that's how much I have). Start off with one lip liner (CHESTNUT) and you'll be straight. Here are some of my favorite lip sticks/glasses/laquers:

Varushka (the tightest and sexiest color ever!)
Media
Cyber
Fettish
Fluid
Explicit (lip glass)
Oh Baby (lip glass)
C Thru (lip glass)
Nico (lip glass)
Glossiant (laquer)

Eye Shadows:

Heavenly Bliss
Nylon
Bronze

That little list should help you a tad. Mind you, CHESTNUT lip liner works great with all of the lip colors that I named. Other great lip liners are VINO and CORK. Good luck on getting "dolled" up!

Re: MAC is the best ever
 

I thought I was the only one that geeked over this. There is no other color like it!!! NONE!! I wear neutral colors mostly though and love Relic and Modem(lipsticks). Shadow... Vex

I wear mostly MAC products however Prescriptives (Nordstrom) will custom blend foundation. It's a little more on the expensive side but worth it especially if you're hard to match.

Relic/Modem
 

I have those two colors too! Oh my goodness... I could talk about MAC all day. I actually went through my lipsticks to see how many I have...13 tubes of lipstick and about ten lip glasses! That's awful isn't it?!

i love M.A.C.
 

my favorite lip liner is of course chestnut as well as currant

i use the ebony eye liner

i need only 2 eyeshadows - courduroy and camel

lip glass: oh baby, explicit and c-thru

lipstick: media, myth, cyber, fetish, film noir, coconutty, and relic

if you are looking for a good mascara, i recommend origins double set of "underwear for lashes" and "fringe benefits." that has my eyelashes POPPIN


i also like trish mcevoy makeup and bobbi brown essentials

but, if cheap is the way you want to go, i'm of no help if cover girl breaks you out because that is the drug-store brand of makeup i use

MAC and Fashion Fair
 

Fashion Fair for foundation and blush.

MAC for lip liners and lipstick:

Chestnut/Photo
Currant/Media
Burgundy/Miss Dish

quick question
 

of all of the suggestions that folks listed off, does skin tone play a role? (not that i am make-up illiterate) but i am curious if these shades cross the "color line" :confused:

I hardly wear make-up except lip gloss and a little eye makeup, but when I do, I tend to gravitate towards Fashion Fair. As far as eyeshadow, I love the duo with Winterberry/Golden Chestnut. And I WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE without my FF lip gloss in Sheer Drama. Except 8:00 am class. :p

If breakouts are an issue for you it would be very hard to recommend a product - color and quality is a different issue - I love Bobbi Brown and NARS - for lips and eyes, Lancome for their lip liner, Good old Fashion Fair for foundation and I actually like Iman's powder - but her lipsticks and liners are like clay!!

I have fairly sensitive skin. I have found that Black Opal foundation doesn't break me out. It also matches my skin tone better than any other drugstore brand.

I hope to try MAC someday, but I'm on a tight budget right now. But I've been very impressed when I've walked by their counter to view some of the makeovers they've done. Has anybody tried the Victoria's Secret line?

I use Revlon faithfully. I really like their ColorStay line b/c it doesn't rub off and looks fresh all day. I use various other products. Basically whatever is not that expensive and looks nice all day.
I really wanna try MAC but it's sorta too expensive for my taste. Maybe one day I'll buy a lipstick or something. My friend wears it and loves it to death!

Re: quick question
 

Some do. MAC has foundation in darker skin tones, along with color cosmetics that could work.
Prescriptives, which I've used for more than 10 years, has a wide range of foundations and color cosmetics that could work with darker skin tones.
:)

Hello,
I am new to this board. I do theater make-up. I find that bobbi brown has the best foundation and conceler for women of color. You have to be a little careful with MAC foundation and conceler because it contains ingredients that can possibly make african-american skin appear ashy, especially women with medium colored skin. However, MAC is excellent for lip, cheek , and eye color!!! A little tip- most of us wear black mascara, but I find that brown mascara will bring out the color of the eyes more. Try a luminous brown by Revlon to bring out your eyes if they are brown. On the same note, never underestimate the power of a eyebrow wax. Sculpted, clean eyebrows give the face an instant lift and definition. I also know that many women of color do not wear blush, but a nice raisin colored blush is absolutely beautiful on african-american skin. The important thing to remember about make-up is to keep it as simple as possible. Being too generous in make-up application can be disasterous!!!

Tigress

Re: MAC is the best ever
 

GURL, you are all up in my make-up kit, I have all of those colors practically, LOL. I don't know how I ever survived in life before CHESTNUT lipliner came out...matter of fact, mine is kinda low right now and I need to hit Nordy's. Have any of you MAC users ever traded in old tubes - I can never remember what the exchange is. All I wanted to throw in was a couple more colors -

"O" - it's my all time favorite MAC color - a classic that looks good on practically anyone.
"Santiago" - I use it with "Explicit" lipglass.
"Shag"

Hmm, I'll have to check out a couple of of those glasses and the lacquer mentioned.

One thing about MAC colors is that you need to try them for yourself - they might not look as good on you as they look on others. Several times I've seen someone in a color, bought it, and then when I tried it, I looked crazy. Examples are "Photo", "Film Noir" and "Media" - such CUTE colors, but none of them look good on me :mad: I ended up giving them to my little sister, who they looked great on - she's always available to take a $13 tube off my hands... :rolleyes:

I recently bought one of those Cover Girl "OutLast" lipsticks that is supposed to last all day through anything. It works pretty good - it's like you put on the color, wait for it to set, then put a moisturizer over it, and touch it up with the moisturizer all day. I had to use make up remover to get it off. The color goes on kinda dry, but the moisturizer feels great.