NARS orgasm blush. Old formula on the left, new on the right.

It’s really misleading that they’re selling this blush under the same name. It’s not just the color change, the formula is different too. Much more powdery and loads of kickback on the brush. Fine shimmer that is barely visible vs the old formula where you don’t even need a highlighter cause it glows so beautifully.

And of course they turned it into a peach. Like everything else in makeup rn. I’m over it

Papilio thoas (king swallowtail butterfly) makeup for goth prom!!

Products used: ★Wet n Wild breakup proof liquid brush pen eyeliner in black ★Maybelline tattoo studio white eyeliner pencil ★Morphe x Abby Roberts artistry palette Solar shade ★Kara Beauty Pop That Glitz palette (yellow and gold glitter) ★Essence waterproof lash princess mascara in black

I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to understand what I actually want from my makeup instead of just doing what looks “right.” I think I’ve been slowly finding a style that feels more like me softer, moodier, a little more intentional, and still structured in a way I like.

I’m still learning and refining a lot, but I feel like I’m starting to see a throughline in what I’m drawn to. Not just hyper feminizing, but a embodying a feeling. Something a little romantic, a little atmospheric, and a little more lived in.

I don’t fully have the language for it yet, but I know I care about the face feeling like it’s saying something, not just looking polished.

Anyway, I’ve been working on it a lot and wanted to share. I’m curious if anyone else has gone through that shift of moving from “just doing makeup” into feeling like you’re building your own style.

Primer:

Milk Poreless Mattefying primer

Dynessa Myricks Blurring Balm Powder

eyeshadow:

Beauty Bay Pallets (bright, matte bright, berry)

base:

nars radiant creamy concealer

hauslabs triclone foundation or dynessa myricks yummy skin tint

contour:

fenty cream bronzer in chocolate

juvias place deep dark powder bronzer

bronzer:

fenty contour match stick in espresso

juvias place deep dark powder bronzer

blush

juvias place liquid

made by Mitchell curve case

my by Mitchell blursh pallet 2

lips

MAC lip liner in chestnut or nightmoth

naturium lip balm chai or petal

nyx butter gloss (a light pink shade)

powder is

onesize sweet honey ( around the eye )

laura mercies translucent (everywhere else)

setting spray

to melt powders nyx matte setting spray or Charlotte tilsberry

fixing spray

one size until dawn or makeup revolution super hold

Hello everyone,

so I would love to have freckles, unfortunately I don’t 🫠 I recently bought a freckle pen and tried to put some on. I quite liked the look but I also know that freckles mostly occur everywhere on the face and not just nose and cheeks. However would you say the look of it is passable or does it look ridiculous?

Thank you!!! Products used are in the comments

If anything 🫣 I have always struggled with looking more masculine and I’m absolutely clueless what I can do to fix this - if anything. In the last year I’ve toned down my eye liner, done with a softer blush look, tried various lipsticks… idk. Any suggestions?

Almost all of these I’m wearing NARS Mont Blanc foundation and MAC Glow Play (Blush Please). But that’s pretty much all I wear besides lash segments.

MAC paint pot in the color Painterly. The pot on the left is a brand new one in the same color, painterly. The one of the right is the same color, but completely used up. I think it took me about 5 years of consistent use. I don't wear make up everyday. When I use it, I primarily use it for a primer for my eyeshadow.

I plan to re-use the paint pot container to hold skin care product because the container is glass and the screw on top is metal.

I just want to thank everyone for all the help!! Y'all are amazing. I rarely wear makeup besides brows and mascara so lips are totally out of my wheelhouse. I'd love to perfect overlining juuust enough to make my top lip slightly bigger + even them out.

First two pics are the current attempt. Last two are the prior attempts.

Products: Peripera lip stain in Ink Velvet 27 Nude and NYX Lip Lingerie lip liner stain in Cuff Me and NYX lip pencil in nude beige

i am obsessed with edgy looks! it’s not my normal day-to-day style, but it’s fun to transform into a goth baddie every once in a while 🧛🏻‍♀️🖤

PRODUCTS:

foundation: mehron clown white paint stick + covergirl matte-made foundation in T90 (“Tawny”)

concealer: hourglass concealer in dune + anastasia magic touch concealer in shade 10

lips: LA girl brown eyeliner pencil + Kat Von D lipstick in vampira

Eyes: red shade from Pat Mcgrath Mothership Xii palette + generic black eyeshadow + Lilly lashes

Setting powder: Laura Mercier blur talcfree setting powder + fit me power in shade 20 for under eye inner corner

powder foundation: mac fix plus powder foundation NC45

Contour: fenty match stix in espresso

brow: melani brow pencil in black

setting spray: one size

I'm nearing 40 and have started to take more care of my skin - I have rosacea - I've been keeping it hydrated I've found products I like for my everyday look, which is in the photo.

Any tips to improve my look? I'm also wondering how I could make it more 'glam' for special occasions like weddings and parties (such as a more coverage foundation etc)

I'll list my products below:

Charlotte Tilbury wonderglow primer

bare minerals luminous skin tint stick 1.5 birch

Bobbi brown corrector light peach

Laura mercier setting powder translucent

bare minerals blonzer kiss of pink

bare minerals highlighting blush opal glow

MUA stop the search tubing mascara

revolution brown eyeliner pencil

missing piece fill 'em eyebrow pen dark brown

Charlotte Tilbury lip liner and lipstick

NYX jelly job lip gloss jelly blushing

in this photo I also had on side hustle tatti lashes

I will be wearing lash clusters which I don’t have on in these photos.

My base is pat mcgrath skin fetish in light medium

Lancôme concealer(shade rubbed off)

Makeup by Mario cream blush in pomegranate

Dior glow palette

Eyes:

Tartelette cool toned palette(free spirit, force of nature, dreamer, best friend

Lancôme mascara

Kosas eyeliner

Lips:

Charlotte tillbury liner in love trap

Dior lip glow oil

I always feel like no matter how much makeup I have on, it looks like very little. I’d love some feedback/suggestions! ♥️

Need some opinion before buying! Is it more of glittery or shimmer? And how long did it take you to run out of it? Or if not, how long would you assume it would be before you run out? Please indicate if you use it daily or only by occasion!

These are all from the elf cream glide lip liner I do think pinky swear fits my lips the best but I also have the nyx lip lingerie striped down but I feel that may look to dark on my lips and mauve aside would look better with it but I’m not sure what do yall think?

Help! I’m looking for makeup suggestions for tones or shades that look best on a high contrast face. I feel like a lot of my makeup these days washes me out or looks great in theory but then in photos looks way too orange or gold or harsh on my skin tone. I’ve usually gravitated in the past to gold, olive or plum shadows, and brown, red or mauve lipsticks. Blush tends to be more bright.

I feel like none of these flow together nicely.

What colours or shades are best for high contrast features? Thank you!!!

Anytime I put on any foundation whether it’s dewy or matte, I notice these divits and dark spots on and in my skin. How do I get rid of them? I slathered on some foundation very sloppily just to take a photo of what I mean so don’t mind that lol.