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Originally Posted by lummerz
I would like to buy a full spectrum light bulb for makeup application and a huge giant stand up mirror so i'm not constantly hunching over the sink....
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The full spectrum light bulb sounds like a brill idea. I need a vanity table myself - can't manage to stand up and lean against the sink that well. I have astigmatism - I can do make-up without contacts in, but it HURTS after a while trying to get close enough to the mirror to see - no fun attempting eyeliner on tip-toes.
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Originally Posted by Isa
All of you are saying you need to stop buying makeup...well I need to start ! :P
I wanna experiment with different colours and brands, and have a nice big stash of makeup : D
Most of you live in the US so you have MAC and Sephora stores near you, and if you don't you can buy it on the internet and get it in a couple days...but I live in Belgium and not only is it expensive, it takes ages to get here  |
I don't live in the US now, despite my flag. You know, there are some good mineral makeup companies (Lumiere, MAD, The She Space, Silk Naturals come instantly to mind) that do not charge a fortune to ship overseas (2$ - 7$ US), and make some incredible colours and great quality in eyeshadows, blushes, glow powders, finishing powders, even lippies, and the prices are great - 2$ or so for a good-size sample eyeshadow, maybe 5$ or 6$ for a full-size, a blush is 6$ - 8$, ditto with foundation, finishing powder, bronzer, etc., and lippies are about 4$.
It's come a looong way since BE, in other words.
If you're comfortable using brushes for application, and working with loose powders, it's a fairly painless way to build up your collection - and you'll find some great dupes of things like MAC, Chanel, NARS, and Bobbi Brown, as well as original colours. If I had to pay department store prices, I'd have about - nothing? right now. At least try it with the eyeshadows and blushes - it's awfully hard to go wrong on those with any of the companies I've listed - great pigmentation, and they last all day. Plus the MAD samples at 2$ are enough to last ages - all the samples are except The She Space, but Heather makes such great pigments I buy full sizes only from her (samples are only 0.50$ though). Silk Naturals doesn't do E/S samples, but their blush samples are in 5 gm jars, usually packed full, and cost 0.75$. It's enough to last a month or two even if you used the same blush every day. How can you miss?
It doesn't make the post office or customs any faster, but usually they're good about packaging in small parcels so you don't get dinged badly with customs and tax. Definitely worth it if you're on a budget.
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