I Have Got to Stay Out of Sephora (and other glamourpuss issues)

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topaz you look great, i love the red on the glasses with your lipstick

the past about the anastasia product reminds me i need to rethink my brows. they dont grow at all so they need filling in but i dont want to look like my eyebrows are drawn on.
 
skatesindreams said:
You are the furthest thing from a "Plain Jane" I can imagine!
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I can always count on you for support!
When you grow up with a slim, blonde, vivacious and flirtatious mother telling you that plump and plain girls have a hard time "finding a man", it kinda affects how you perceive yourself. :shuffle:
 
quartz said:
When you grow up with a slim, blonde, vivacious and flirtatious mother telling you that plump and plain girls have a hard time "finding a man", it kinda affects how you perceive yourself. :shuffle:
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my mother was always telling me how much prettier and thinner she was but we couldnt have looked more alike. that was more about how your mom did or didnt perceive herself.
 
skatesindreams said:
Had I ever met your mother, I would not have "liked" her!
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Yeah. Mom was pretty good at letting me know that I didn't share her stylish beauty, and that I had a whole list of undesirable features. I got the message early on that certain things just weren't meant for girls "like me", which probably helps explain that I think of red lipstick as something only for glamorous and beautiful women.
It's pretty ridiculous I still haven't quite gotten over her lack of encouragement or support after all these years. Maybe I'd better keep wearing this red lipstick, and not give a shit about my mother! :D
 
Yeah. My mom is 5'1 and tiny - she's got hips and such, but overall, pretty small built. She wears a size 2. My sister's a 0. My built is so much thicker than them both- I'm a DD, thicker frame, more sturdily built. She's never ever told me I am ugly or big or fat or called me anything other than beautiful, but she made comments about how big breasts look vulgar or would always complain about how fat she was. So all I absorbed was that if she was fat, I must be a hippo. It's so hard to undo all of that. I get it, quartz.
 
my little pony said:
topaz you look great, i love the red on the glasses with your lipstick

the past about the anastasia product reminds me i need to rethink my brows. they dont grow at all so they need filling in but i dont want to look like my eyebrows are drawn on.
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I hear you on the brows. I'm lucky that I get my brows shaped every 2 months by threading(a professional). Yes, threading hurts me, badly. I have to take ibuprofen before hand. But I know vintage looks are so much about the brows so I work at it. It's a fine line between this brow and an "instagram brow" :)

My vintage inspirations are coming from Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Doris Day, Lucille Ball, Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren. I adore their brows, lashes and eye makeup.

clairecloutier said:
(((@quartz))) and (((@oleada)))
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I agree.
 
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Contouring just confuses me. :shuffle:
The only strong bone I have is my jaw line, which I used to hate but actually kinda like now.
It's enough for me to deal with red lipstick! :D
 
IMO that level of contouring only works if you plan on being seen from one angle, and with full light on your face.
 
When I get my eyebrows threaded, the line is much more precise.

And I don't get burned with the wax, which has happened in the past.
 
My SIL comes out of waxing with red all around her eyebrows, but that hasn't happened to me. I got threaded once on my chin when the hair was too short for waxing and it hurt like a mofo!
 
Threading is horrifically painful. But I like the results better, it lasts longer and it's cheaper.

I know some people who Get allergic reactions to the wax. Idk if they do threading, but it's an option.
 
@Jenny - I have "making faces" but I just love the last section mostly. I have a few make up books that I enjoy and that I learned from. Bobbi Brown's Makeup Manual and Nars "Makeup Your Mind" are excellent. I love Bobbi Brown and Francisco Nars' philsophy on make up. I fell in love with is brand too. I like that he uses products unconventionally. Uses unconventional colors to make gorgeous make up combos.

When I started researching vintage makeup looks, I really noticed the "classic" make up looks/techniques used in the 1930s,1940s and 1950s. Contouring was used quite a bit in the 1930s. I like aspects of the 30s, 40s and 50s for my own personal style of make up. I can't do false lashes on myself(they irritate my eyes), but I love long lush lashes, with winged liner. I try to do a demi matte, natural finish foundation. But my heart loves dewy skin(I have naturally dry skin). So I have foundations in different finishes. That's why I have so many .....:shuffle:

1930s accurate make up tutorial which I think is very pretty look. The nail polish trend is so pretty and I will start wearing my nails this way.

1940s accurate make up tutorial #1

1950s accurate make up tutorial
 
The reasons listed above is why I prefer threading over wax. Seriously, I would highly recommend it but take OTC pain med before hand. It helps me ALOT.
 
I can't get my eyebrows waxed anymore because of the allergic reaction but I don't do pain. so no threading either. I just pluck. Unfortunately my eyebrow problem these days is too little rather than too much...

And I had a petite, brunette mom who adored my looks when I was a blue-eyed, blonde baby. The eyes turned green, the hair turned brown, the teeth turned buck, the figure turned zaftig and the hair turned frizzy. When I was nine I overhead my mom telling one of her sisters over the phone that it didn't matter that I was "miskite" (plain) because I was smart enough to make a living.

No amount of growing into my looks later on after that awkward age overcame the insecurity of childhood. The good side of it is that now that I'm almost 60, I'm not panicking as much as women do who thought their best attribute was their looks. Brains deteriorate more slowly.
 
I think the pain level varies - I don't feel pain per se when I thread my brows, it just feels unpleasant and my eyes tear. My upper lip OTOH ... :scream: Waxing at least you have all the pain in one go!
 
Hugs to PRLady.

I was made fun of by some classmates as a child/teen. I had some insecurities more about the type of things I liked, i.e pop music and a more multi-cultural likeness for music and culture. Early twenties, I accepted it. My first husband helped me with that. I learned from him that my different tastes made me unique and set me apart from the other "regular" girls.

I still get some flack from my mom and family, but I don't care really care. I think my mom appreciates it in a way.

I have my moments of insecurities just like everyone else, but I try to push through it :)
 
My "model beautiful" mother shared her skillset with me and taught me to make the best use of what I have.
I hope she would be pleased with my choices.
 
Has anyone purchases any Charlotte Tilbury products? I would like to try the magic cream. I've heard very good things about her products and I think she is a fantastic makeup artist.

Also, anyone try "colour pop"?
 
insecurities, ugh! Let's just say while I was still in school my Grandma used to pinch me and exclaim "fat!" whenever I wore my cheerleading uniform. I was always compared to the figure skaters I loved watching like Yamaguchi and Gordeeva and told I should be as skinny as they were. I weighed in around 105-110 when this happened. that and the Mary Kay lady telling my Mom I have non-existening eye lashes. I was a mess, hated everything about my appearance and to this day I'm still working on my self esteem.

Topaz, I've never even heard of Charlotte Tilbury. I have more research to do!
 
myhoneyhoney said:
insecurities, ugh! Let's just say while I was still in school my Grandma used to pinch me and exclaim "fat!" whenever I wore my cheerleading uniform. I was always compared to the figure skaters I loved watching like Yamaguchi and Gordeeva and told I should be as skinny as they were. I weighed in around 105-110 when this happened. that and the Mary Kay lady telling my Mom I have non-existening eye lashes. I was a mess, hated everything about my appearance and to this day I'm still working on my self esteem.

Topaz, I've never even heard of Charlotte Tilbury. I have more research to do!
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105 pounds...You were not FAT!! ((((hug))))

Charlotte Tilbury is truly high end makeup. Very expensive and I have anxiety about the price of her products.
 
I only wore the head gear at night, but the staple holding the straps together gave me a bald spot. Your move.
 
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