[Anthea]

I would like to show you girls my small collection. Now this is a collection over the last 3 years, slowly one by one I occasionally buy something as I can afford it.



Top left are my nail polishes, mostly Revlon

Middle left are my lipsticks, bit of a variety of brands there but mostly Revlon, Maybaline I got from the supermarket and one Estee Lauder in its box.

Bottom left, 2 only lip pencils one being Mac (kept it in its box) and the other an el cheepo

Next to the the pencils are my 2 only lip glosses one a Mac Lipglass the other Estee Lauder. I did have some other cheap ones but after buying those I got rid of them (the cheep ones) as they did not compare

Bottom middile are my meager set of brushes. I know I really got to get me a better set.

Bottom Right are my mascara's, I seem to have lost one?? Grrr

Middle right are Eyes: Ranging from Revlon, Estee Lauder, 4 Mac Pigments (3 full size one sample) one Urban decay primer potion I bought when I read about it here in this forum, And a tray of Nutri Metics eye shadows. This tray used to belong to my ex Wife, she bought a consultant kit from them and she never sold anything and later on I found that tray in the house unused after she left me. So I now put it to good use. After seeing the lovely eyes on FOTD here I really want to get me some more eye colours.


Left of the Shadows are blushes, one Rimmel, one Revlon and there a Estee Lauder bronzer in the larger round compact.


Left of the Blushes are my Eye Pencils and one liquid eyeliner

Top Right are my foundations, now I rely on those pretty heavily as you can imagin (me being transgender) There are 2 pots of colortration foundation, I really need this to cover beard shadow and it does this well. The rest are Revlon colorstay and I use this in other areas including my shoulders as I suffer from bad acne on the shoulders. Theres a pressed powder compact of Maybellene (nearly finished)and a new unused compact of Revlon which I bought only last weekend.


I think I've talked you though the lot of them, sorry I did not mention the exact colours. I know my stash is tiny compared to most of you here and I am adding to it one by one as I can afford to buy it. I tend to buy a fair bit of clothes too so its a balancing thing depending on how I feel and my finances at the time. I go into the make up section of the department stores and I get a bit overwhelmed at the huge variety available, I dont know often what to get or where to start. I need help in this department. Any suggestions are most welcome. Thanks for reading.

[Jennifer]

great stuff!

[adrianavanessa]

niiCe!!

[puncturedskirt]

Nice collection.

[PhantomGoddess]

great collection!

[lummerz]

nice collection!!

[michal_cohen]

wow

great collection

you remind me i need to buy a new foundation

lol

[Maysie]

I like it! You have all the staples and then some The review center here helped me A LOT whenever I wanted to dive into department store makeup. I'd decide what product I wanted to try and then search for the top rates ones among that, its saved me a fair amount of money and trouble picking out the wrong thing

[Anthea]

Thank you so much for commenting Jennifer, Adrianavanessa, Puncturedskirt, Phantomgoddess & Lummerz.

Michal, looking at your avatar, one things for sure, you don't need foundation as much as I do lol

Maysie, thanks so much for the suggestion, the review section is one area here I have not been yet, I shall check it out. Thanks

[Kathy]

Nice stash!! If you are interested in some good brushes that are very affordable, try Essence of Beauty (available at CVS) or Sonia Kashuk (spelling?), available at Target.

[Anthea]

Thanks Kaville, not sure what CVS is lol Im in Australia I don't recognise it. But I will check out Target next time I'm in there as I think brushes will be my next purchase. I know Im going to get a foundation brush for sure as I've been appling it with my fingers lol

[MamaRocks]

Cool, I see you have The 'Just bitten' Lip stain. How do you like them? I cant decide what I think of mine yet.

[KimC2005]

Great stash!!

[Anthea]

Sarah, you are observant lol That is a fairly recent purchase and I have only worn it twice. Got to be careful in appling it as if you make a mistake you cant simply cant take it off too easily. Has a nice taste when putting it on. I do prefer a conventional lipstick on its own, where I found this product good is as a base as I applied a gloss over the top. When the gloss eventually wore off the colour of the stain was still there.

Thanks Kim for commenting.

[Trisha.]

Nice stash