*Stopping for a minute from furiously taking notes off the thread*
I am soooo glad somebody brought this thead back up!
As a matter of fact I'm actually looking to start wearing more make-up, new hairdo, everything...I've never been a person to mess with make-up/hair very much, I'm a "t-shirt and jeans" girl. However, those "I thought you were 17" comments when I'm actually 23 are getting to be a pain

so I have to do something!
I'm going to check out the MAC counter this weekend @ Lenox (I'm in the ATL) as well as Sephora (also @ Lenox) for some of the products you all mentioned. I was already familiar with Aveda because I have used some of their hair products. Sure, I will be afraid

at first but hopefully things will turn out fine. But keep your fingers crossed anyway as I venture into this unfamiliar territory!