The Beauty Thread

[TBoneTX 45,580]

23 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

Merci, just a little more, but I really could pass as a 29yo, thanks to @laylalex's tips!

You're 29 until you're 39, and then you're 39 indefinitely, LS ma'am.   

[Melancholic Mage 115]

@laylalex I finally put on some make-up! 

 

Did it for Thanksgiving. It looked okay I think... had some nice smoky eyeshadow in the corners of my eyes that bled to silver, with a few hiccups here and there. (Some mineral powder that went, well, everywhere. I'm learning.)

 

But... I ended up looking like a panda at the end. Not sure if it was too much mascara dusting from my lashes, or the eyeliner smudging? But I ended up having black sleep in the corners of my eyes and it just... blotched. Very attractive. And no, I didn't rub at my eyes at all. 

 

Only grace was I had glasses on to hide the worst of it, but pretty much hid the rest of the night once I noticed. Also had sister-in-law try some weird nail dip varnish on me and it's all terribly chipped after a few days. Because I'm a heavy-handed working woman who doesn't go give a flying duck about my nails at the best of times: I have a job to do, I do it. And now I can't get this blasted stuff off. 

 

Don't think I'm cut out for this stuff. Suggestions going forward? 

[laylalex 7,293]

Yay for the makeup experimenting! Boo for the sad panda look.  

 

Luckily there is a solution for this problem, and it's something I use nearly every day, since I am an eyeshadow/eyeliner/mascara fiend: eyeshadow primer. Total game changer. Great news is that you do NOT need to spend a lot of money to get a good one, although there are a lot of expensive ones out there. The one I like more than any other is by Milani: https://www.milanicosmetics.com/products/stay-put-eyeshadow-primer 

 

A little goes a loooooong way, so a squirt the size of a ball bearing will be enough for both lids. It not only grips eyeshadow, it also helps mascara stay in place because oftentimes, it's the oil on our lids causing things to get messy in our lashes. If your eyeshadow isn't moving, more than likely your mascara isn't either. There are a ton of eyeshadow primers out there, so it might be trial and error, but Milani is it for me. I used to love the Urban Decay one which is about 2.5x the price and while it is excellent, there are cheaper alternatives.

 

Another option if you are skipping shadow but want to wear mascara, there is also mascara primer. There are MANY expensive options and some very good drugstore ones that work very, very well. This one from L'Oreal is solid: https://www.lorealparisusa.com/makeup/eye/mascara/voluminous-lash-primer A fancier option I rate is https://www.lancome-usa.com/makeup/eye-makeup/mascaras/cils-booster-xl-enhancing-lash-and-mascara-primer/990604.html (which now that I click on it, I want to buy myself!).

 

Don't look to me for nail tips, I'm in your camp!  My sister used to forcibly file my nails for me when I was younger because she said it was embarrassing. I do use an emery board to keep things in order, and I do NOT do long nails. Mine are all very short, and the only thing I use is this, because it is actually a nail strengthener, which I do need to use sometimes: https://us.amazon.com/modelones-Filler-Strengthener-Treatment-Damaged/dp/B0CNR9J3P5 When I remember! 

 

 

[Boiler 45,728]

An alternate approach

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/style/pamela-anderson-no-makeup-gotham-awards/index.html

 

At the annual Gotham Awards on Tuesday night, Pamela Anderson arrived on the red carpet in a strapless champagne-hued Oscar de la Renta satin gown. As the “Baywatch” star turned to pose for the wall of photographers, a larger-than-life bow peeped out from the back of her dress. Yet her main accessory was her fresh, barely made up face.

It has been over a year since Anderson publicly gave up her typical celebrity glam. Once synonymous with smokey cat-eyes and a fiercely lined set of lips, the actor made headlines in 2023 after she attended Paris Fashion Week wearing little more than a dab of moisturizer. The decision was born out of Anderson’s desire not to overshadow her outfit for the Isabel Marant show, but there was a bigger point, too. In an interview with Vogue published in October 2023, Anderson reflected “I know I wasn’t making strides towards world peace, but I was making a statement…” and added: “In this day and age, do we even know what a face looks like anymore? This is it.”

 

[laylalex 7,293]

I think she looks amazing -- so healthy! Shame about her eyebrows, but so many girls and women made the same mistake of overplucking in the late 90s/early 00s. I graduated high school in '03 and that was like the height of the pencil-thin look. I am forever grateful that I listened to my mother who told me to put the tweezers down. 

[TBoneTX 45,580]

This sounds awful -- take heed!

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Study:  Overuse Of Hair Detangler Giving Rise To Product-Resistant Supertangles

 

EL SEGUNDO, CA—Revealing that split ends have grown 50% stronger in just the past decade, a new study published Friday by researchers at the L'Oréal Academy warned that overuse of hair detangler was giving rise to new product-resistant supertangles.

 

"When hair detangler was first developed, we arrogantly assumed we would be living in a world without snagging, but now we face an even bigger threat to smooth, silky hair," said study author Vicki Zhou, explaining that decades of reliance on hair-detangling technology has led to the evolution of supertangles, which can survive the standard chemicals used to improve follicle manageability.

 

"We could be [...]

 

https://theonion.com/study-overuse-of-hair-detangler-giving-rise-to-product-resistant-supertangles/