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    Default Help! I'm becoming a makeup addict!

    Not a serious issue, but it just struck me as being funny...

    I grew up tossed between my mom and my grandmother. My grandmother is always IMPECCABLY groomed, and would give me her old makeup-Christian Dior, Estee Lauder, high end brands. My mom wears makeup maybe once or twice a year at most, and REFUSED to let me wear it except for special occasions a few times a year until I was 16. Her view was that she "wanted me to know I was pretty WITHOUT it" but the message that I instead got was that if I wore makeup I was lying, and it was useless because NO amount of grooming would make me pretty. (long story, its a weird dysfunctional family)

    Well, between my classical dancing needing stage makeup, and starting modeling, I've been branching out with the makeup for a few years, still with the grandmothers handmedowns.... And it occured to me... I probably spend as much on nice high end makeup now as my grandmother now that i'm buying my own...

    Bought a few new mac eye colors yesterday(including that HOT new teal from their summer collection.... works GREAT with my eyes!) A little bit back, I bought about 16 eyeshadow colors from Urban Decay, my 30$ Kiss Me Mascara(black for work and Brown for personal), just got my order placed for Dermablend concealors since I bruise freakish easily and badly(it even shows up under club lighting)(LOL the makeup counter didn't even have the color i needed, since I'm too pale and its the palest color in the whole line!)

    Sooner or later, I want some new shades of lipstick and some better brushes...

    But I've already probably spent 400-500$ on makeup this year. That is WAY too much! Thats almost a months rent! Thats more than I spend on the rest of my nondancer wardrobe COMBINED....

    What's your weakness budget breaker? Clothes, shoes, makeup, takeout chinese food, hair coloring/care... What pampering thing can you JUST not say no to?


    And side note question... really pale girls, what are your favorite colors/skin products... I have a hard time finding foundation thats pale enough for me, and a lot of lip colors/eye colors just look freakish or drag queenish because of teh brown undertones...

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    Default Re: Help! I'm becoming a makeup addict!

    i'm a makeup addict, too. i probably own 20 eyeshadows and 20 lip products. one thing i've learned is that there are many worse addictions to have than cosmetics and that if i can't see myself using a product frequently, then not buying it at all.

    my own weakness budget-breakers: makeup, books, cds, tea, stripper clothes.

    i recommend l'oreal's truematch foundation in ivory if you have yellow-toned pale skin, like i do. what are your skin undertones? then i can help you better. for example, does a lipstick with more blue in it look better on you or one with more brown in it?

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    Get your MAC discount so you don't feel so bad!!!


    My weaknesses (many!): high-end makeup (the only drugstore thing I buy nowadays is mascara), TIGI hair products,sexy shoes, party dresses, accessories, perfumes, Lush, salon coloring, mani/pedis...I could go on and on. I don't really hold out on myself much, unless I'm forced to.

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    How do I get a MAC discount? do tell! SWEEEEEEEEEEEET!

    Yeah, lipsticks are my big thing as well, I have probably 170 different shades of it(I bite my lips REALLY bad when they're dry, so its more of an "essential" and i always forget to carry it so... poof... buy another... Lipsticks, and eyeshadows... I have rosy undertones to my skin, and i've seen a lot more products with yellow undertones that just look wrong and dark on me.
    Other than that, COOK BOOKS and fabrics are my obsession... anything else, I'll thrift store.

    Yeah, I used to only use drug store thigns, or the handmedowns, but since i tried the higher end stuff, its like i MUST have it or i'll wear no makeup at all. So i have a giant box fulll of my old stage stuff that genuienly doesn't wear as well as my precious UD or MAC...

    And the dermablend better come soon-I don't know if i should work before i get it, since my bruising gets so bad that its visible in the dark club, and i need to wait a efw days to heal anyways.

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    Urban Decay discount if you order online and use a Visa card. Use the code visa9 and you'll get 20% if you spend more than $50.

    UD eyeshadows are my downfall.



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    ^Plenty of info on the Pro Discount in that thread. If you have any q's, need some help with the proof of employment, or want to see the letters I sent in, PM me.

    You can also get an MUFE discount, but need to order from the 1-800 number or buy from the store in NYC. If anyone is interested in that, I'll post the info.

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    I used to have one of those little plastic things with three drawers for my makeup. Eye stuff in one drawer, face and skin stuff in another, and lips in one. The brushes in a cup on top.

    I now have 4 of the three drawer things. Crazy.

    My biggest biggest biggest weakness? Yarn. I'm a knitting fiend. Been knitting for as long as I could remember. Still have a hat I made at 6. My mom has an oven square thingie that I made at five. I physically CANNOT walk out of a yarn store without buying something.

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    needtodance: Have you invested in some arnica gel? Old stripper secret. Go to your local natural foods store or section in the supermarket and find it. It heals brusies days quicker than other things. Arnica is the kind, not the brand. No, it won't exactly work overnight; but it's still quicker and ODORLESS and not greasy.

    Don't forget, also; you can try to just get a shade of regular foundation that stays well (max factor cake maybe) or your stage stuff; and powder over it and then hairspray over it. I figured you know this trick, but just in case you don't..

    LatinaRose is partially to blame for my new MAC addiction! She makes it look so easy! I'm getting older and I've always taken the cheap way out until a few years ago. Now,I'm all about high end hair and makeup. I always spent money on my work/dance clothes and not on my regular stuff--that's changing now.

    My next thing is to get a good quality purse - I've never really been into those either.

    My other obsessions? Tea, and <cringe> Classic Pooh Christmas stuff. Used to be books, but I'm a bit more selective now.

    Oh, and the big one: CARS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sho...t=mac+discount

    ^Plenty of info on the Pro Discount in that thread. If you have any q's, need some help with the proof of employment, or want to see the letters I sent in, PM me.

    You can also get an MUFE discount, but need to order from the 1-800 number or buy from the store in NYC. If anyone is interested in that, I'll post the info.
    I would like the MUFE info please Latina. I've been wanting to try those diamond powders for a while now.
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    I keep Arnica in my bag and cabinet at ALL times, but the thing is, I bruise easily, and i'm so fragile that its not uncommon for me to get these bruises that are MASSIVE, and dark enough for people to think from a distance its some sort of tattoo. I have put regular makeups on and sealed them, and it still shows through enough to be visible under club lighting. Rather embarassing.

    The MUFE would be AWESOME but i dont like to buy without seeing the color, adn i doubt i'd be able to get to NYC to make use of it. Shame, as i've heard its a great brand.

    I can't wait till I work next, to get that letter from the club... That won't be till thursday though, since I don't have any dermablend and wednesday I have a shoot-so I'm trying to keep my bruises at a minimum for the camera. No sense making the photographer do extra photoshop work.

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    if you have rosy undertones it sounds like makeup shades with more blue in them will work for you. they don't have to be blue; just look for shades that are "cool" as opposed to "warm".

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    i am sooo becoming a makeup addict now since I got a MAC makeover the other day

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    oooooh that must have been fun! I want a makeover!!!!!

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    I love MUFE! I live in NYC, I didn't know a discount was available!

    Post the info please!

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    This company also offers MakeUpArtist discounts, so that might interest you, LR.... Its supposed to be great quality, for MUA gear... I'm debating trying their cream foundation, since its supposed to be quite opaque... I need to see if they can send samples, for me to try the color...

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    I would NEVER color/cut my hair myself or go to supercuts. Gotta have my high end girl out of W. Hollywood (Yek uses her too

    I always get manis-pettis. I have naturally nice, strong nails but I got acrylics for a high end industry party in May. I still have them and have been getting creative french mani/pedis. Last time it was peach-pink w/ bright green tips. (worked perfect for the Live Earth party I went to). Now i have irredescent lavender w/ platimun tips.

    So creative french mani/pedis are my new addictions.

    Also, I went to a party and got free hair products from the Redken Urban Experiement line. They are amazing, but when they run out....they are around $50 per product
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    I'm addicted to make up to, can't live without my MAC!

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    Nail Polish is my addiction. I just love doing my own nails and getting creative with it. So anything that has to do with nails and nail polish. I don't know why, but I'm not that much of a makeup addict anymore. I'm starting to do more of a natural look these days. I used to buy all the high end foundations, but to me they work the same as the drug store stuff. When I was younger I used to buy alot of makeup, but now I've been cleaning all my drawers out and throwing alot of shit away. Damn, I did't realize how much crap I had.

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    Im addicted to eyeshadow. I've been wearing a face full of makeup since I was 12.5 So I've become attuned with finding even wet and wild stuff that works. you just have to know how to use cheap shit to make it work out well for you. I use mac pigments and cheap eyeshadow. although i'd like to add avon makes really good eyeshadow.

    I don't skimp on soaps,shaving creams or shampoo/conditioner.

    Same with getting my hair done. I have the same chick i drive to Indiana for at a highend there. color was typically done by my boyfriend who worked for EA but he quit to do his publishing company bit. So Idrive to my girl in Indiana for the color now. 3 hours lol

    Same with fingernail polish and lotions. Denim I found what works for me so I can buy either forever 21, urbanoutfitters or True Religions/frankie b's and be fine either way

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    Hi! My name is Mileia, and I am a makeup addict. I think I have just about everything I need now. I THINK!!!



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    Lately I've been buying makeup like a fiend! I'm thinking of eventually going into makeup artistry even.

    I'm a sucker for bold eyeshadows. Vincent Longo's 'mermaid blue' is next on my list!

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    Now that I've got my cosmetology apprentice license, I get my makeup and hair products at cost. I've gotten addicted to Aquage, TIGI and Aveda hair products as well as TIGI makeup. It's where pretty much all of my money goes.

    Cosmetology school 'effing rocks. I get free manis/ pedis all the time from girls who are about to graduate and want more practice before boards. They always look great, too!

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    That sounds sweet! i thought of going to be a makeup artist, but I know i don't know enough about skin care, and foundation shades adn the like. I'm good with e yes and lips already though. Not to mention that most of the makeup artists I've worked with put up iwth a lot of crap from people not wanting to pay them. But DAMN-i'm going in for a new set of acrylics, and i WISH i could just let someone practice on me for free! hehehe...

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    Did I mention my dermablend just got here and now i'm determined i NEED a nice/nicer set of makeup brushes, as well as seeing several colors of Nixie eyeshadow i MUST HAVE...

    Gotta find a way to get the MUA discount on those-I know nixie has a good program for it...

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    You say make up addict like it's a bad thing!

    I wish I was a make up addict. I buy high end stuff only, but it has a hard time finding its way on my face unless I am going to work or out at night.

    I love applying make up and doing crazy fun things with it, but I just can't get the motivation to put it on during the day outside of my Dior show mascara and Lipshine.
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