Mascara

(BTW I think I am the only person in the world who hates both of the classic "Editor's Favorites," ie Great Lash and all Lancome mascaras so take w/grain of salt etc.)

xpost I used to just use cheapy Wet 'n' Wild for that. Now I use Stila powder shadow applied with an eyeliner brush.

The Almay eyeliner isn't too bad, though.

I hate Great Lash, too, Ally.

When I was blonde, I didn't give a second's thought to what color mascara to wear. I guess it depends on HOW blonde you are and what color your brows are but by and large brown mascara looks really flippin' weird.

I have had no problem with Max Factor 2000 Calorie myself, and used to buy their waterproof version when I went to beach more often ;_;

The only makeup I wear every day is mascara, I'm really, really obsessed with it. q, I just got $100 from my supervisor, we should go shopping for make-up + wine "tasting" soon.

Have any of you tried that philosophy primer that is supposed to fakey-fy your lashes?

I wouldn't worry about it, I don't think it really matters.

I like Diorshow, but it is obscenely expensive so I usually just stick with Jane mascara.

xpost - no. i've tried lash primers before (bourjois, almay, l'oreal), and they really irritate my eyes.

Black mascara makes me look like a hooker. My overall coloring is too light for it.

Note: make-up companies pay beauty editors to put their products on the "Editor's Choice" lists so Great Lash/Lancome's never-ending presence means nothing more than those two companies have the biggest beauty mag-bribery budget.

i'd say it was more the hot pants/thigh-high combination that affects this look jenny but whatevs.

i use some random thing i bought in russia in a state of desperation. it's not great. so thanks for all the suggestions.

With brows it is absolutely, 100% necessary to get a product meant for brow-grooming. Using clear mascara just results in bullet-proof eyebrows (I don't mean that in any kind of complimentary fashion).

x-post I'm also supposed to put make-up on my brows?

I had no idea people really used eyebrow grooming products! The lady who waxes my brows always trims them and that keeps them in check.

Speaking of... the place where I get my brows done now sells pubic hair dye. It's advertised to cover gray! Oy.

*Despite ads that laud the miracle of "one coat mascara" I also don't believe that people ever take the time to put on multiple coats.

Mary, you can probably try the full and soft in brown and be very sparing with the coat, though if it is clumping really badly it could be an application issue, or maybe you are letting it get too old before getting a new tube? I get clump issues if I try to stretch the tubes too long. Try brushing excess mascara off the wand and always start each stroke from the very bottom of your lashes and kind of roll/wiggle upwards.

xpost - i put on multiple coats. it takes about 5 seconds.

I use Neutrogena mascara--does anyone know anything positive or negative about this?

Also: how to make cats eyes?

x-post: The getting old thing could well be it; I wear mascara about twice a year:) My new years rez will be to wear it more.

eer, you are supposed to start at the end of your lashes? I need to go to beauty skool.

Ah! I understand. I dyed my hair dark, dark brown once and emerged looking like I had lost my eyelashes in the process.

xpost - that's five more seconds I could spend in bed! ;)

Your best bet is liquid liner + shadow applied w/liner brush to keep it in place (especially out at the "wings," at least if you are me and are constantly poking at your eyes for no good reason).

Also I usually just wipe around the, uh, entry?? to the tube of mascara, I am extreme lazy.

The End.

Are you supposed to apply mascara from above the lashes or from below, or both?

Re: Mascara, application above or below, I usually do just from bottom because I am lazy in mornings but if I'm being really proper with my makeup I do a quick sweep across top too.

Don't even get me started on lipstick.

Now I am confused by mascara application! I do just my upper lashes, starting at the base of the lash (underside near eyeball, not upper side near, uh, upper eyelid) and sweeping up to the tips. Am I doing it wrong?

Also: I am still not clear on the lining-the-inner-lower-lid thing. It is kind of, uh, wet and slippery, so stuff doesn't stick! But I've seen models with this part of lid lined--so what kind of stuff did the makeup artist use???

Re: liner, you just have to apply a good amount of it and use a good product, but yes, some of it will rub off during the day just due to blinking, etc. Seriously, I do this with eye shadow and used to do it with a regular eye pencil.

re: lipstick I've had several of them discontinue on me, which is another thing that bothers me a bit.

me, too! but I wish I understood eye makeup. I went to one of those free makeover thingies recently and had the makeup person do my eye makeup. it looked awesome, but I have no idea how to reproduce it.

Also, these women are terribly grumpy.

I am such an old woman.

I figure either flats or heels can be painful if they're not well made and don't fit properly. I would've never believed it w/o trying but honestly my charles david 3.5" platform boots are the most comfortable shoes I own that aren't sneakers, because the insole is actually padded + comfy. what about the nike air shoes for cole haan? a lot of them are ugly but there are a few that are cute.
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Thanks Laurel! I loved your outfit. Carey did my hair and gave me a mini cat's eyes lesson. My shoes were killing the balls of my feet though. Do I need to build up calluses there?

Back to mascara: I was under the impressions that one coat was one swoosh of the wand, all lashes at once. But is one coat that painting of each singular lash bit by bit?

A new clumping culprit: my lashes might be long but not full. Mascara-ing them draws certain lashes together to form varigated spindles.

Also: why can't I find Max Factor stuff anywhere (anywhere = CVS, in this case)? I want to do a head-to-head comparison between full and soft and 2000 calorie, but can't fine 2000 calorie!

xpost, yeah, don't really need to lose weight but could use more exercise, mostly to have more energy.

If I wiggle it past the bottom half of my lashes, they spindle back together again. I have really, really fine, long, curly lashes though so they're a bit difficult to keep neat.

Confession, I have never used an eye lash curler and they kind of scare me.

xpost: so quincie, they won't accidentally pop one of my eyeballs out?

Also: I needs to jump on DC Fitness Club bandwagon.

This has to be the only reason they were banned on planes in the US. "Get back, before I CURL YOU!"

Maybe I should just go for the Priscilla Presley stylee fake lashes. Also, I thought my lashes were average brownish black but I looked at them in the light today and they start off brown and then end up blond at the tips.

There must be a Sephora in DC, right? Maybe the tall DC gals could meet me and instruct me in the ways of womanhood:)

And yeah, M, there is a Sephora in Gtown and def. in Pentagon City, might be one at Tyson's as well but I am not 100% on that.

huzzah!
entry number one!

can someone find me an awesome pair of black pumps? i need a heel that is not too ridiculous so that i can go to work in them but everything with a normal heel is ugly and it seems giant heels are in this year. i've been putting off buying a pair but i really need to now since i seem to have lost my other ones (which were far past their prime anyway).

I am in total mascara crisis now. I thought I had found the bomb kickin mascara, Loreal Shocking Volume. It’s one of those with 2 applicators one is a brush to “prep” lashes and the other is a really cool tiny comb that coats your lashes with black mascara (starting at the base of lashes and pulling all the way to the top.) It looks so great once it’s on, and I have wimpy lashes & brows that I have tinted every 3 weeks otherwise it looks like I have no lashes up til recently (for like 4 years) I haven’t worn mascara first cuz I had an allergic reaction to it then it just stopped being a habit and I got used to seeing myself without it and so did everyone else. The tinting was enough to at least look like I had some lashes. Back to my Loreral story. The stuff looks so great on, and it stays on…and stays on and stays on. No matter what you do, remover, Vaseline, soap water nothing! It won’t come off. It starts to get really sticky after a couple of days and I can’t help but touch my eyes – to find my lashes are coming out in clumps! Argh! It begins to break down and do the raccoon thing under your eyes on day 4 and by then I have rubbed my eyes so much and put so much crap on to try and get it off, I have a red irritation all around my eyes and look horrible! So much potential for that product but not after all that! Into the trash it went.

Do you all know that Lancome Loreal Maybelline and Biotherm are owned by the same company (Cosmair) and that many of the products are the same or only slightly different but are packaged and of course sold in different places (pricy Lancome in the department stores and Loreal at CVS) they are marketed for different customers and wallet sizes. Same for Estee Lauder and Jane being the same. I rarely buy “luxury” brands for this reason unless I know them to be (or at least believe) that I am getting something I can’t get at the local drug store.

I use Loreal foundation really lightly and doesn't rub off on anything and it's not that horrible orange or fake redish color that so many base make-up's get when applied. I use very little bluse and it's still after 5 years "orgasm" by Nars. Lipstick - always a dilema, hate dry lips, but hate it when the lipstick rubs off on everything, cups, people, clothes, phones....yeech. I have wound up with one of the "indelible" types (apply once in the morning and its on til you take it off at night in a really neutral shade just a little darker than my own lips are. That's my routine, boring but quick.